Introducing the Night Crew

Reptar Khan

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Necro for new name idea, in keeping with our semi-official soviet theme.
Night witches, or as the germans called them, the Nachthexen.
Russian all-female (irrelevant to our usage, but still cool) bomber squadron in WW2 that flew super outdated equipment on night raids. They were so good that you could get the iron cross for shooting one down.
Today I learned
 

Haxta

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Assuming I'm not back in time for the PU launch and SC works A-OK in China, I'm totally in.
 

KingNerd

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EDIT: POSTED IN MORE DETAIL IN MY OWN THREAD SORRY FOR THE SLOP https://testsquadron.com/threads/scotch-scotchy-scotch-scotch.5826/

Just wanted to post this here because I keep seeing about beer and people on the other side of the world. I'm just dipping my toes into properly nosing, tasting and generally developing a feel of Scotch. My first true bottle that I bought, nothing really expensive, was this. http://liquorama.net/dewars-aberfeldy-12-year-old-single-malt-scotch-750ml.html?vfsku=3480&vfsku=3480&gpla=pla&gclid=COPdrKvwpskCFdgVgQod5uMFDA
I tried it last night as recommended, I have jet to try and give it that slightly watered down, I tasted it at room temperature with no ice or anything like that. I sipped it, enough to cover my tongue but not enough to drown my tongue in nothing but alchohol flavor, I tried different levels of "sipping" to see if I was doing it wrong but I don't think I was.
I've got to say, it's harsh, doesn't taste good at all and literally has a smokey taste/smell/feel to it like everybody says BUT I'm having problems smelling anything other than the alchohol or tasting anything in particular. I was hoping for a variety of flavors that I could try to sift through but the overwhelming harshness of the, I guess, iodine flavor of the whiskey made me almost a little queasy after the third sip. I'm beginning to wonder if these "specialists" are just making up shit or if since I'm new to the flavor (and thus still have all my taste buds that have yet to be murdered by this stuff) I can't pick out the specifics.

Random post I know, who's a scotch guy here give me some advice!
 
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maynard

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holy necro, Batman!

WRT straight scotch, any booze > 60 proof will be harsh. watering it down by pouring over ice and letting it cool a bit allows you to better savor the flavors.
 
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