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Shaw Tarse
19,159 posts
72 months
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Flying machine said: My whisky collection so far! It's a bit varied and gives me a nice bit of choice, but there's always plenty of room for more!  Starting from the top: SMWS tasters 37.44, 53.35, 48.19, 125.28, sheep dip (nice blended malt), couple of MOM tasters, Ardbeg airigh nam beist, Ardbeg corryvreckan, Ardbeg alligator, Dalmore 18, Lagavulin distillers edition, Port ellen 3rd release, Ancnoc 12 year, Talisker 57 north, Lagavulin 16 years  Auchentoshan distillery bottling at cask strength 15 years, Yamazaki 18 years, Glenfarclas 30 years, Miyagikyo 15 years, Douglas Laing Highland park 27 years, Glenfidich snow phoenix, Douglas Laing bruichladdich 18 years, single cask unknown speyside 15 years, Aberlour 10 years, Springbank claret wood 12 years, Springbank 10 years, Springbank longrow CV, Mackillops Coal ila 18 years, JD single barrel, Bells, Ardmore, Grouse, SMWS 64.28, 128.1, 44.48, G1.7, 33.92, 29.89 - and some gin appears to have sneaked in! 
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Flying machine
609 posts
45 months
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And for tonight.... A number of master of malt tasters for blind tasting as I fancy a couple of new bottles, but I'm not sure of what:  Yoichi 20 Year Old, Compass Box Spice Tree, Glenmorangie Signet, Kentucky Vintage, Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve, Glen Spey 21 Year Old (2010 Release), Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel, Hakushu 18 Year Old, Dalmore Cigar Malt and Glendronach 18 Year Old Allardice I quite like buying a selection of 3cl tasters and trying them blind to see what I actually like - and much to my wife's hilarity when she realises just how useless I am at trying to identify which is which!
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K77 CTR
1,020 posts
51 months
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Thanks for the suggestions so far, have now decided it could be an expensive mistake if I chose the wrong whisky for fathers day.
I have decided to get a selection of miniatures with the promise of buying him a full bottle of his favourite for his birthday. So which miniatures should I chose?
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Flying machine
609 posts
45 months
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K77 CTR said: Thanks for the suggestions so far, have now decided it could be an expensive mistake if I chose the wrong whisky for fathers day.
I have decided to get a selection of miniatures with the promise of buying him a full bottle of his favourite for his birthday. So which miniatures should I chose? I would recommend that you go to master of malt and choose 5 whisky's - as above - and then buy him the one that he prefers from them, some great malts on that site!
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RicksAlfas
5,289 posts
113 months
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Flying machine said: And for tonight.... A number of master of malt tasters for blind tasting as I fancy a couple of new bottles, but I'm not sure of what: Yoichi 20 Year Old, Compass Box Spice Tree, Glenmorangie Signet, Kentucky Vintage, Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve, Glen Spey 21 Year Old (2010 Release), Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel, Hakushu 18 Year Old, Dalmore Cigar Malt and Glendronach 18 Year Old Allardice I quite like buying a selection of 3cl tasters and trying them blind to see what I actually like - and much to my wife's hilarity when she realises just how useless I am at trying to identify which is which! That's a great idea. Where do you get those from?
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Shaw Tarse
19,159 posts
72 months
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RicksAlfas said: Flying machine said: And for tonight.... A number of master of malt tasters for blind tasting as I fancy a couple of new bottles, but I'm not sure of what: Yoichi 20 Year Old, Compass Box Spice Tree, Glenmorangie Signet, Kentucky Vintage, Ichiro’s Malt Mizunara Wood Reserve, Glen Spey 21 Year Old (2010 Release), Yamazaki Bourbon Barrel, Hakushu 18 Year Old, Dalmore Cigar Malt and Glendronach 18 Year Old Allardice I quite like buying a selection of 3cl tasters and trying them blind to see what I actually like - and much to my wife's hilarity when she realises just how useless I am at trying to identify which is which! That's a great idea. Where do you get those from? Have a look at http://www.masterofmalt.com/samples/
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RicksAlfas
5,289 posts
113 months
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Will do.
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jameswilliams
1,646 posts
68 months
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I visited St George's over the weekend, and had a good nose around their selection. I only walked away with one, http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/milford-10-ye..., Anyone with any experience of it? I chose it as we supplied the glass bottle which the whisky is in. Bottle made in Scotland, shipped to New Zealand and back again once filled. Not good from a carbon footprint. The distillery was demolished, but they are rebuilding it now under different ownership.
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ClassicMercs
1,160 posts
50 months
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jameswilliams said: Bottle made in Scotland, shipped to New Zealand and back again once filled. Not good from a carbon footprint. Marginally worse than the Amrut Two Continents then. What bottle makers are there in NZ - there will be some in Aus ? The whisky supply chain is not environmentally friendly. eg - Talisker malt from Glen Ord maltings, roughly daily. New make taken away elsewhere. At the Speyside Festival I tasted some very interesting NZ drams - cask strength from Cadenheads, and good value. In fact, one of my local specialists in York has just got them in - soon be next month and a new credit card bill.
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jameswilliams
1,646 posts
68 months
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ClassicMercs said: What bottle makers are there in NZ - there will be some in Aus ?
At the Speyside Festival I tasted some very interesting NZ drams - cask strength from Cadenheads, and good value. The local manufacturers have an absolute monopoly in ANZ, but there is plenty of room for imported glass, especially good quality (read NOT Chinese) from the UK. We also ship a 4.5L whisky bottle regularly to that side of the world, as well as some more normal bottles. Do you know which distillery Cadenheads are offering?
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jameswilliams
1,646 posts
68 months
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lenny007
805 posts
90 months
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Just ordered a bottle of Bowmore Feis Ile 2009 - surprisingly available from (or rather linked from) the official website.
Not a bad price either
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ClassicMercs
1,160 posts
50 months
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jameswilliams said: The local manufacturers have an absolute monopoly in ANZ, but there is plenty of room for imported glass, especially good quality (read NOT Chinese) from the UK. We also ship a 4.5L whisky bottle regularly to that side of the world, as well as some more normal bottles.
Do you know which distillery Cadenheads are offering? There are two JW - I'm sure one is the Lammerlaw - and the other must be Milford I guess. Contact Cadenheads own shop - or ring Field & Fawcett in York. Its not on the site - just fresh in - wasn't even on the printed price list it was that fresh out of the box the other day. (They have good prices - just the website isn't quite there yet - well established business).
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jameswilliams
1,646 posts
68 months
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ClassicMercs said: There are two JW - I'm sure one is the Lammerlaw - and the other must be Milford I guess.
Contact Cadenheads own shop - or ring Field & Fawcett in York. Its not on the site - just fresh in - wasn't even on the printed price list it was that fresh out of the box the other day. (They have good prices - just the website isn't quite there yet - well established business).
Cheers. I know that Milford bottled Lammerlaw under their own label as well, I think during the Seagrams years, but I think there are some Lammerlaw casks are still in existence. Given the clarity of the water, they should be pretty good.
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Parabola
1,229 posts
66 months
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Aberlour 10 is reduced to £16 a bottle in Asda. Felt like I was robbing them at the till! Highland Park 12 is a very reasonable £25 too. 
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jameswilliams
1,646 posts
68 months
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this is the latest opening ... A single cask Douglas of Drumlanrig bottling, which is Duncan Taylor I read, but the box says it was selected and bottled by Langside Distillers. Confused! I've not had anything from Craigellachie before but it a nice dram, as the amount drunk in a small space of time testifies. It is 46%, and is different to anything I have had before. A lot of spice, and almost like cloves on the palate. It was a gift, which is always good. We supplied the cork, capsule and bottle so always nice to drink something that we were involved with. 
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ClassicMercs
1,160 posts
50 months
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Lefty and CB do whisky ! Come on boys - still standing ?? 156 drams to go - and you're just starting.   Ardbeg Day for me, after a bottle of Wyken Bacchus, Suffolk White (with a healthy quiche/salad meal - following a warm/fresh/not VATable double pork pie breakfast, somewhat earlier) - ain't life great (apart from grief from Mrs Mercs about cutting back). Wish I was there.
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DeadMeat_UK
3,053 posts
151 months
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ClassicMercs said: DeadMeat_UK said: My bottle of Ardbeg Day just turned up.
Shall I drink it, or save it see what it's worth, must be limited numbers, no? Hmmmmmm choices. Drink it. If you want one for its 'potential' try and buy a second soon, although the site says out of stock now. May be too late. And that's reminded me - where are my pair ? Stuck in Teeside somewhere according to Parcelforce - should have been here today. Opened it. Gotta say, disappointed. Just hasn't got that smoke or peat I love, and doesn't even seem to have much depth. Just tried the blasda for comparison and even that has more peat. Way too medicinal for my taste. Oh well, at least I like all their other stuff.
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ClassicMercs
1,160 posts
50 months
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DeadMeat_UK said: Opened it. Gotta say, disappointed. There have been better - but still better than some drams from elsewhere. Would I buy another, if available, - No. Its youth and freshness is good, but as you say, the depth of peat is not as we may like.
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ClassicMercs
1,160 posts
50 months
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Clynelish tonight.
Cask strength official bottling, only available at the distillery - bargain.
Fresh, citrus, creamy smooth, spice, sea salt, the wood coming through on the end.
Been around a couple of years at least, but stocks are getting low now I understand. Deserves another batch to be bottled.
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