OT: 'Off topic' thoughts

[al secord]

Too much gaming talk, back to important stuff. I was looking for something at the LCBO yesterday and happened to see this on the shelf. I'd never tried the cask strength stuff but I've read about it lately, I like Laphroaig so on an impulse, I bought a bottle even though it was damn pricey. I tried some last night, holy smokes what a peat bomb. I'm honestly not ever sure I like it, perhaps my palate isn't sophisticated enough or maybe it's just too peaty but I guess I'll have to try it a couple more times to decide for sure. I don't normally add water to scotch but for this stuff it's a must, completely changes the taste and opens it up. This is batch 16, in batch 15 there are apparently instructions on the package to add double the amount of water to the scotch, but for this batch is says to add just a little bit. An interesting experiment anyway, next time I try it I will probably add more water than I did. If I had to say right now, I'd say I won't be buying any more of Laphroaig Cask Strength as I'd rather just by Lagavulin (8 or 16) but who knows. It's different anyway from any scotch I've tried before, VERY different!!


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That is beautiful.

Too much gaming talk, back to important stuff. I was looking for something at the LCBO yesterday and happened to see this on the shelf. I'd never tried the cask strength stuff but I've read about it lately, I like Laphroaig so on an impulse, I bought a bottle even though it was damn pricey. I tried some last night, holy smokes what a peat bomb. I'm honestly not ever sure I like it, perhaps my palate isn't sophisticated enough or maybe it's just too peaty but I guess I'll have to try it a couple more times to decide for sure. I don't normally add water to scotch but for this stuff it's a must, completely changes the taste and opens it up. This is batch 16, in batch 15 there are apparently instructions on the package to add double the amount of water to the scotch, but for this batch is says to add just a little bit. An interesting experiment anyway, next time I try it I will probably add more water than I did. If I had to say right now, I'd say I won't be buying any more of Laphroaig Cask Strength as I'd rather just by Lagavulin (8 or 16) but who knows. It's different anyway from any scotch I've tried before, VERY different!!


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I'm not a peaty scotch guy, but that's still beautiful. I just picked up a Lagavulin 16 and Macallan 18, so even if the Leafs lose tonight, I'll come out a winner. Or at least have enough to not remember the loss.

 

[Gary Nylund]

That is beautiful.
I'm not a peaty scotch guy, but that's still beautiful. I just picked up a Lagavulin 16 and Macallan 18, so even if the Leafs lose tonight, I'll come out a winner. Or at least have enough to not remember the loss.

I found this quote in a review, it's kind of how I feel - If you’re not used to peat, be prepared to be shocked and overwhelmed.

Lagavulin 16 is my all-time favorite and that's peaty too of course, I feel like the peat in this Laphroaig is just overwhelming though I'm no expert so maybe it's something else that's making me unsure about this one whereas Lagavulin was just love from the first sip. Even Lagavulin 8 is amazing, for my palate anyway. I hadn't had any Lagavulin in a long time as I've mostly been drinking bourbon lately but yeah last night, first the Laphroaig and then I opened a bottle of Lagavulin 8, yum!

I picked up a bottle of Lagavulin Distillers edition in the summer, haven't opened it yet, I assume it will be on the same tier as the 16.

I've never really gotten into Macallan, from what I hear it's really good (and I know there are people that won't drink anything else) but also so hyped that it's overpriced. I just looked it up in lcbo.com and at distiller.com, there's 2 different ones at lcbo, both priced at over 700 bucks, is that what you have? There's the double cask for 744.95 which user reviews at distiller rate to be roughly on par with Lagavulin 16, and then the Sherry Oak for 845 which user reviews rate a bit higher. Seems really expensive, I feel a bit sheepish already for spending over 150 buck on a bottle that I'm not even sure I really like LOL.

 

[saltming]

Too much gaming talk, back to important stuff. I was looking for something at the LCBO yesterday and happened to see this on the shelf. I'd never tried the cask strength stuff but I've read about it lately, I like Laphroaig so on an impulse, I bought a bottle even though it was damn pricey. I tried some last night, holy smokes what a peat bomb. I'm honestly not ever sure I like it, perhaps my palate isn't sophisticated enough or maybe it's just too peaty but I guess I'll have to try it a couple more times to decide for sure. I don't normally add water to scotch but for this stuff it's a must, completely changes the taste and opens it up. This is batch 16, in batch 15 there are apparently instructions on the package to add double the amount of water to the scotch, but for this batch is says to add just a little bit. An interesting experiment anyway, next time I try it I will probably add more water than I did. If I had to say right now, I'd say I won't be buying any more of Laphroaig Cask Strength as I'd rather just by Lagavulin (8 or 16) but who knows. It's different anyway from any scotch I've tried before, VERY different!!


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Ya that's known if the peaty flavour. Instead of adding water try having it on the side to chase. That way you don't dilute the scotch, just the aftertaste

 

[BallardEra]

i have legend of zelda tears of Kindgom collectors edition still unopened Was gifted for my birthday

Mine is also unopened too.

 

[Leaf Rocket]

Such a good game.

Kind of a random additional comment, but if all goes according to plan, I’ll be releasing my first commercial video game this fall! Given I only work on it in my spare time, a lot will depend on how busy my work life is this year.

congrats man and all the best!

 

[Metroid]

Too much gaming talk, back to important stuff. I was looking for something at the LCBO yesterday and happened to see this on the shelf. I'd never tried the cask strength stuff but I've read about it lately, I like Laphroaig so on an impulse, I bought a bottle even though it was damn pricey. I tried some last night, holy smokes what a peat bomb. I'm honestly not ever sure I like it, perhaps my palate isn't sophisticated enough or maybe it's just too peaty but I guess I'll have to try it a couple more times to decide for sure. I don't normally add water to scotch but for this stuff it's a must, completely changes the taste and opens it up. This is batch 16, in batch 15 there are apparently instructions on the package to add double the amount of water to the scotch, but for this batch is says to add just a little bit. An interesting experiment anyway, next time I try it I will probably add more water than I did. If I had to say right now, I'd say I won't be buying any more of Laphroaig Cask Strength as I'd rather just by Lagavulin (8 or 16) but who knows. It's different anyway from any scotch I've tried before, VERY different!!


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I was eying this one too, I wanna see if I can get into the peaty ones myself. Not sure where to start at.

All this video game talk reminded me I have thos bad boy. BNIB

 

[Gary Nylund]

I was eying this one too, I wanna see if I can get into the peaty ones myself. Not sure where to start at.

All this video game talk reminded me I have thos bad boy. BNIB
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I tried some again last night, it's definitely too peaty for me. Laphroaig 10 and Lagavulin 8 might be good ones to try, they're both peaty but much less so. They're both good bang for the buck IMO, I especially love the Lagavulin 8 (I really love everything Lagavulin does).

 

[Metroid]

I tried some again last night, it's definitely too peaty for me. Laphroaig 10 and Lagavulin 8 might be good ones to try, they're both peaty but much less so. They're both good bang for the buck IMO, I especially love the Lagavulin 8 (I really love everything Lagavulin does).

I'll give em a try.
Watching Parks and Rec few months ago wanted me to give Lagavulin 16 a go, but don't wanna spend that cash until I know I can handle the peat

 

[Gary Nylund]

I'll give em a try.
Watching Parks and Rec few months ago wanted me to give Lagavulin 16 a go, but don't wanna spend that cash until I know I can handle the peat

Yeah the 16 is pricey, single malt prices have gone up so much it's crazy. I still think it's worth it, but Lagavulin 16 is simply my all time favorite and others might disagree. The Lagavulin 8 is also amazing though, if you try it, let us know how you like it. Cheers!

 

[BallardEra]

I can't believe how much better my modded NES looks over component cables versus the normal composite AV ones.

Zoom in on the pics below but watching in person is night and day. I have some videos but not sure how to post them here.

Composite

Component

 

[keonsbitterness]

I can't believe how much better my modded NES looks over component cables versus the normal composite AV ones.

Zoom in on the pics below but watching in person is night and day. I have some videos but not sure how to post them here.

Composite

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I once won an RBI Baseball 2 tournament. Pitched a perfect game in the final. My opponent was not happy.

 

[Gary Nylund]

I'll give em a try.
Watching Parks and Rec few months ago wanted me to give Lagavulin 16 a go, but don't wanna spend that cash until I know I can handle the peat

I forgot to say earlier (and not sure if you know this already) but if you're a fan of Parks and Rec, it might be interesting to know that Lagavulin worked with Offerman to do a special version of Lagavulin called the Offerman edition. It doesn't currently show on the lcbo website and I'm not sure exactly what the deal is with this, but I'm guessing there will be another batch of these coming at some point. I've been lucky enough to try 2 versions of it, one was finished in Guinness cases I believe, the price was a bit more than the Lagavulin 8 and like every version of Lagavulin I've ever tried, IMO it was well worth the money.

If interested, you can read about the various Lagavulin offerings at this site. As far as rating go, I ignore the "sort by" as I have no idea what it means, but I have found the "relevance" scores (which I assume are user ratings) to be on point.

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[BallardEra]

I once won an RBI Baseball 2 tournament. Pitched a perfect game in the final. My opponent was not happy.

Where was this? Generally the original RBI Baseball is the more popular one but I prefer RBI 2 for a few reasons.

 

[Metroid]

I forgot to say earlier (and not sure if you know this already) but if you're a fan of Parks and Rec, it might be interesting to know that Lagavulin worked with Offerman to do a special version of Lagavulin called the Offerman edition. It doesn't currently show on the lcbo website and I'm not sure exactly what the deal is with this, but I'm guessing there will be another batch of these coming at some point. I've been lucky enough to try 2 versions of it, one was finished in Guinness cases I believe, the price was a bit more than the Lagavulin 8 and like every version of Lagavulin I've ever tried, IMO it was well worth the money.

If interested, you can read about the various Lagavulin offerings at this site. As far as rating go, I ignore the "sort by" as I have no idea what it means, but I have found the "relevance" scores (which I assume are user ratings) to be on point.

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Oh shit eh, that's awesome. That Guinness cask one sounds very interesting!! I have couple buddies that are Product Consultants at the LCBO, I'll pick their brain about it!

 

[keonsbitterness]

Where was this? Generally the original RBI Baseball is the more popular one but I prefer RBI 2 for a few reasons.

Just a group of guys from work back in the day.

The original one was definitely different.

 

[Squiffy]

I once won an RBI Baseball 2 tournament. Pitched a perfect game in the final. My opponent was not happy.

Baseball Stars was the best baseball game of the NES era. Discuss.

 

[Seath The Scaleless]

Baseball Stars was the best baseball game of the NES era. Discuss.

Absolutely hilarious game. 90% of fly balls would drop in the outfield and seemed like every guy had the Johnny Damon noodle for an arm.

Grew up playing Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball for SNES. Hitting and pitching were really fun. Fielding got a little dicey at times with the weird camera angles.

 

[BallardEra]

Just a group of guys from work back in the day.

The original one was definitely different.

I liked them both but I loved that the second one (and RBI 3) had a homer run distance measurement. My friends and I realized that when you brought in a pinch hitter they'd have some extra pop. I think the programers did this to make things interesting when a pinch hitter came into the game.

We actually wrote the developers from Tengen back in 1990 and they gave us the passwords to use their hidden Tengen team. Some fake names on there but also a lot of the development team. By throwing these super players on the bench and bringing them in as pinch hitters you could hit 500+ ft homers in the game.

Check out one of their players below with 70 homers.

Baseball Stars was the best baseball game of the NES era. Discuss.

It was a great game for sure but I remember renting the Neo-Geo back in the day and that was the superior version without a doubt.

 

[keonsbitterness]

Baseball Stars was the best baseball game of the NES era. Discuss.

I completely forgot about that one.

 

[Squiffy]

I completely forgot about that one.

First game I remember that had some semblance of a franchise mode.

 

[Gary Nylund]

I've decided that I want this guitar. I don't want to spend the money right now but I will probably buy one at some point in this calendar year. I've never played one, my understanding is that they might be hard to get used to but I am determined to try very hard and even if I fail, I can just hang it on a wall and stare at it. The Firebird is IMO the sexiest guitar ever made, these Epiphone sunbursts come in for a fraction of the price of a Gibson and they are getting rave reviews from pretty much everyone. Lynyrd Skynyrd is my second favorite band of all time so it doesn't hurt that Allen Collins played one of these, not to mention Johnny Winter. I don't have a bucket list but if I did, owning a Firebird would be on it.

Does anyone have experience with one of these hotties?

 

[the squared circle]

Re: RBI Baseball. Used to have tournaments with my buddies, so many fun memories of those times.

Sometimes, I play this youtube link to hear all the beautiful sounds of the game, to take me back to those times in the 80s hahaha




There is also a 10 hour Bubble Bobble theme on youtube lol

 

[BallardEra]

Re: RBI Baseball. Used to have tournaments with my buddies, so many fun memories of those times.

Sometimes, I play this youtube link to hear all the beautiful sounds of the game, to take me back to those times in the 80s hahaha




There is also a 10 hour Bubble Bobble theme on youtube lol

This is so awesome too:

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

I've decided that I want this guitar. I don't want to spend the money right now but I will probably buy one at some point in this calendar year. I've never played one, my understanding is that they might be hard to get used to but I am determined to try very hard and even if I fail, I can just hang it on a wall and stare at it. The Firebird is IMO the sexiest guitar ever made, these Epiphone sunbursts come in for a fraction of the price of a Gibson and they are getting rave reviews from pretty much everyone. Lynyrd Skynyrd is my second favorite band of all time so it doesn't hurt that Allen Collins played one of these, not to mention Johnny Winter. I don't have a bucket list but if I did, owning a Firebird would be on it.

Does anyone have experience with one of these hotties?

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Do you already play guitar?

 

[Gary Nylund]

Do you already play guitar?

I do, yes. I guess you could say I'm a decent campfire guitarist, played acoustic for many years, self taught and decided to take up electric a few years back so I could jam with some friends every now and then.