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Posted: **Sun May 22, 2022 9:35 pm**

dpedin wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:22 pm
Jock42 wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 1:27 pm
Blackmac wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 11:17 am

That's a very decent, affordable dram.
Good to know. Was actually drawn to the site by an ad gor the orchard experiment but clocked that instead.
That sounds very interesting indeed! I remember many years ago, after a session in a pub (Canny Man for Embra folk), I went back to a mates house and we started on a bottle of Springbank that had been matured in a dark rum cask. It was dark green in colour and a lighter shade of dark green when we added the water. Absolutely feckin delicious. I think we drank about half of it. Apparently it is now worth a few bob if only he had kept it sealed and in the box! Never mind, I appreciated it at the time.

I don't get those that buy whisky as an investment (ok I do but you know what I mean), I'd never be able to keep it.

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 1:42 pm**

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 3:30 pm**

Jock42 wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:35 pm
dpedin wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 9:22 pm
Jock42 wrote: Sun May 22, 2022 1:27 pm

Good to know. Was actually drawn to the site by an ad gor the orchard experiment but clocked that instead.
That sounds very interesting indeed! I remember many years ago, after a session in a pub (Canny Man for Embra folk), I went back to a mates house and we started on a bottle of Springbank that had been matured in a dark rum cask. It was dark green in colour and a lighter shade of dark green when we added the water. Absolutely feckin delicious. I think we drank about half of it. Apparently it is now worth a few bob if only he had kept it sealed and in the box! Never mind, I appreciated it at the time.
I don't get those that buy whisky as an investment (ok I do but you know what I mean), I'd never be able to keep it.

Just searched for that green Springbank we gulped down - apparently it was distilled in 1973 and bottled in 1991 and a bottle is now worth £2,750! So in todays terms I must have drunk about £700 worth that night?

https://www.thewhiskyvault.com/springba ... 1349-p.asp

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:46 pm**

Recently had the pleasure of trying the Redbreast 27.

Truly outstanding. €85 A glass is too rich for my blood, but it's worth the €500 A bottle

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:50 pm**

Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Posted: **Fri May 27, 2022 7:50 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:50 pm Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Oops

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 10:59 am**

Tichtheid wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:50 pm Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Too much whisky?

Posted: **Sat May 28, 2022 1:34 pm**

dpedin wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 10:59 am
Tichtheid wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:50 pm Lyon have been much the better side in that half
Too much whisky?

Not enough, probably, I'm off it atm.

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 10:10 am**

Globus wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 1:42 pm https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/

Since you were posting links about whisk(e)y on 27 May 2022, would it be too presumptuous to assume you are alive and well?

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 2:59 pm**

MungoMan wrote: Mon May 30, 2022 10:10 am
Globus wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 1:42 pm https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/
Since you were posting links about whisk(e)y on 27 May 2022, would it be too presumptuous to assume you are alive and well?

He is indestructible. The only things that can withstand a nuclear war are cockroaches and……

Posted: **Mon May 30, 2022 3:29 pm**

PornDog wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:46 pm Recently had the pleasure of trying the Redbreast 27.

Truly outstanding. €85 A glass is too rich for my blood, but it's worth the €500 A bottle

Where the hell were you drinking it that it cost you that much?

Posted: **Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:04 pm**

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Anyone tried this stuff? Am getting rave reviews from others and yet I never heard of it before last weekend.

Posted: **Sat Mar 25, 2023 2:52 pm**

It's pretty good and I'd drink it again, but i wouldn't rave about it

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:52 pm**

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:59 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:52 pm There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:15 pm**

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:59 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:52 pm There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG
I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.

I'm with you on the underlined bit up to a point.

I have probably said this before now but I used to go to a group which met once a month to six weeks and we'd each pay about fifteen quid or twenty quid on special nights like before Christmas. So there were about 20 of us paying toward five bottles of whisky. That way you get to taste stuff that would be way beyond my pocket.

Two of the best ones I remember were an Ardbeg Alligator, which was so-named because it was matured in a heavily charred barrel which resembled alligator skin on the inside and a Balvenie 21 year old port wood finish. That was around seventy quid at the time and I've just had a look, it's now around two hundred nicker - we never went that high unless the bottles were gifted by the reps from distilleries or bottlers we'd have come to give presentations

The group was killed off by Covid, which is a shame

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:37 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:52 pm There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

The Mrs got me a bottle of the Fable. Think it's the first one in the collection, a blend but very drinkable.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:46 pm**

Tichtheid wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:15 pm
Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:59 pm
Tichtheid wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 12:52 pm There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG
I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.
I'm with you on the underlined bit up to a point.

I have probably said this before now but I used to go to a group which met once a month to six weeks and we'd each pay about fifteen quid or twenty quid on special nights like before Christmas. So there were about 20 of us paying toward five bottles of whisky. That way you get to taste stuff that would be way beyond my pocket.

Two of the best ones I remember were an Ardbeg Alligator, which was so-named because it was matured in a heavily charred barrel which resembled alligator skin on the inside and a Balvenie 21 year old port wood finish. That was around seventy quid at the time and I've just had a look, it's now around two hundred nicker - we never went that high unless the bottles were gifted by the reps from distilleries or bottlers we'd have come to give presentations

The group was killed off by Covid, which is a shame

70 quid for any 21 year sounds like it was a bargain back then. I paid £120 for Edradour 21yo some 10 years ago and considered it worth it - That's the most I've spent on a bottle.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 3:47 pm**

I judged a South Wales Photographic Competition several years ago. As my "fee" they sent me a bottle of Welsh Whiskey. It is at the back of the cupboard along with some Irish Whiskey I was given. I suspect they are nice drinks but they can stay there alongside the Grappa and the (now departed) mother-in-law's martini cinzano.

Posted: **Thu Mar 28, 2024 5:37 pm**

Uncle fester wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 8:04 pm IMG-20230323-WA0004.jpg

Anyone tried this stuff? Am getting rave reviews from others and yet I never heard of it before last weekend.

It's been around for several years. It's an old Royal Irish Distilleries brand that Echlinville Distillery bought several years ago. They use it for doing very high quality sherry finishes on aged single malt from Cooley (and a very small amount of Bushmills). It will always be separate to their own liquid which leans heavily towards pot still and will start being released under the Echlinville name this year (They've been distilling in Kircubbin since August 2013).

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:51 am**

My daughter's wedding today so I am opening a 40 year old bottle of Johnnie Walker Premier which my dad left. It was a special that they produced from all their silent distilleries. My old man didn't like malt but drunk and collected exclusive blends. I gave them all away to cousins but kept this one and another for both my daughter's weddings.

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:05 am**

Enjoy the big day out.

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:47 am**

Sláinte

Posted: **Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:18 pm**

Blackmac wrote: Sat Mar 30, 2024 10:51 am My daughter's wedding today so I am opening a 40 year old bottle of Johnnie Walker Premier which my dad left. It was a special that they produced from all their silent distilleries. My old man didn't like malt but drunk and collected exclusive blends. I gave them all away to cousins but kept this one and another for both my daughter's weddings.

Enjoy both.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:51 pm**

Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:51 pm**

dpedin wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:51 pm Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

I'm very tempted to join when I get back to Scotland in a few months. The tastings they do at the Queen Street venue are early enough for me to catch a train back out to the free state afterwards.

The guy who started our club here went north and worked for SMWS for a while. He organised a big SMWS event here in the Hotel du Vin. It was all well and good but it was a bit formal, with large numbers and a fair distance from the vibe of a bunch of hippies running our events in the back room of a local boozer, which I much preferred.

Posted: **Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:53 pm**

dpedin wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:51 pm Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

Leith still is a bit of an adventure. I love walking about it now and seeing all the up market pubs and restaurants and having a giggle about how fine a line any unsuspecting visitor is walking. I remember getting called to a death in the Banana flats a number of years before I retired and as we were mulling over the scene in the flat there was a knock at the door and a couple of unsuspecting Americans had rented a flat for a year and were knocking on doors to introduce themselves to their neighbours. They actually had apple pie.
They were shocked to learn the reality of their new situation.

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:43 pm**

TIL that Italian whisky is a thing

https://karadarshop.com/en/whisky-whisk ... distillery

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:07 pm**

tabascoboy wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 12:43 pm TIL that Italian whisky is a thing

https://karadarshop.com/en/whisky-whisk ... distillery

Also Belgian

https://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/filli ... qDaqgx2wgy

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:11 pm**

A present from my dad:

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:20 pm**

inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:11 pm A present from my dad:

Have you fallen out?

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:25 pm**

It's either that or wine made in Norfolk.

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 9:07 pm**

inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:25 pm It's either that or wine made in Norfolk.

I think it’s cider.

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 9:13 pm**

Sandstorm wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 9:07 pm
inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:25 pm It's either that or wine made in Norfolk.
I think it’s cider.

grape cider. Maybe.

Posted: **Tue Nov 12, 2024 11:36 pm**

Biffer wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:20 pm
inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:11 pm A present from my dad:

Have you fallen out?

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:51 am**

SMWS have whisky from Wales, Japan, India, England, Taiwan, US, Sweden, France and Finland for sale on their website just now. Never tried any of them but intrigued!

They have a nice cheeky little peaty Islay coming up for sale soon, 10yo, heavily peated and 58 proof - it might be my Christmas pressies to myself! I love a medicinal oily whisky.

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:29 am**

dpedin wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 9:51 am SMWS have whisky from Wales, Japan, India, England, Taiwan, US, Sweden, France and Finland for sale on their website just now. Never tried any of them but intrigued!

They have a nice cheeky little peaty Islay coming up for sale soon, 10yo, heavily peated and 58 proof - it might be my Christmas pressies to myself! I love a medicinal oily whisky.

I have enjoyed some good French ones however I am still partial to the Irish stuff.
I am afraid the peat thing is not for me though

This one is my favourite French one but the price is becoming a bit much.
Aged in Vin Jaune barrels it's fantastic (if you do not like Vin Jaune ignore this)

https://www.marielouisetissot-levin.com ... une-70-cl/

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:45 am**

The Aussie whisky Starward Leftfield is an excellent drop. On offer on Amazon for £32 a bottle. As good as a lot of Scotches for the price

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:51 am**

Biffer wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:20 pm
inactionman wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:11 pm A present from my dad:

Have you fallen out?

Posted: **Wed Nov 13, 2024 7:30 pm**

Poshprop wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 10:45 am The Aussie whisky Starward Leftfield is an excellent drop. On offer on Amazon for £32 a bottle. As good as a lot of Scotches for the price

Had a taste of Sullivan's Cove French Oak at a tasting. It was very nice but the price for their whisky is just ridiculous.

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