Great Job.

Welcome Ed,

great to see an Planet Cyrene Official in here.

Cyrene is definitely the planet I'm looking forward to the most. And it's not only me.

(Reminds me to finish the restructuring of the Cyrene wiki page...)

 

hey Ed and welcome to EP, good to have some official from Cyrene on board. Please don;t be shy and post some of the good stuff on here.

Did you see our wiki page on Cyrene: About Planet Cyrene - EntropiaPlanets Wiki - Information about Entropia Universe
if anything important is missing please feel free to add that, or let us know so we can do it for you (some exclusive screenshots maybe :D or a launch data maybe)

 

Ireland and Wales also use the additional E. Sorry, whisky is a major hoby of mine (to the extent we run a whisky tasting company. Unfortunately, I have only 1 customer, and that's the guy typing this reply right now). Should you ever get near Denmark, shoot me a message, and I'll hook you up with a free tasting ;)

Do you have any specific distillery or area preferences?


Also, welcome to EP and thanks for your kind words. Now let's see how we can serve you and your team even better :)

 

Johnny Walker Black Label is a very nice blend. I highly enjoy it myself :) I'm not too familiar with the bourbons, but I have tried a few. I much prefer the Scottish stuff, though.

Irish generally is more smooth, due to their triple-distillation. Scotch-wise, I'd say easy entry-level whisky is LowLands, which is mostly also triple distilled. If you can find it, and if you can afford it, RoseBank was an excellent distillery. The distillery has been closed, leading to steeper prices, but in Europe, 100 EUR will usually get you a bottle (though not one of the really nice ones).

I'm really not sure about availability in the US, but other nice "beginner" whiskies are most Speysides. Glen Morangie is probably easy to come by. They offer a variety of different flavours, and I really like the portwood finish one (The Quinta Ruban) or the Sherry finish (Lasanta).

Personally, my heart is in the Island and Islay whiskies, though. They're characterized by saltiness, due to being distilled and maturing near the ocean. Most of the Islay distilleries use local peat in the "Kilning" process (which is when they kill off growth in the barley by heating it, in order to ensure the sugars will not be consumed by the germination process), which shines through in the end-product as well. Islay and Island whiskies typically have a smokey and somewhat oily taste to them. Ionide is also a typical smell originating from an Islay.

It's not a typical beginner whisky, and definitly not for everybody, but I'm absolutely smitten with the stuff. You can wake me up for a Laphroaig any day!

Shameless plug: If you're interested in the whole distillation process and want some tips for experiencing whisky in the most optimal way, have a peek at www.scottishdelight.com. There's a whole section on the distillation process there, and a seperate section on how your senses are involved when you have a wee dram.

Yup. Yamazaki 18 years old. Also a fantastic, albeit pricey, whisky. What struck me with that was the sheer complexity of the dram. It literally fellt like experiencing wave after wave of different flavours and sensations in the mouth. Very yummy.

 

Ed, Lykke, admin,

you are doing really well in turning this into a cigars and whiskey debate. But it's too late. We see through it and know that Ed came to buy EntropiaPlanets.com -the biggest independent EU forum- before the other planet partners wake up ;)