Pistonheads whisky cask

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TFatC

397 posts

251 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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Thanks for the reply Lefty, much appreciated. As said, I am up for a tasting if one can be organised and think it would be a good idea to check before bottling as it has been a while

Coneyhurst Blue

582 posts

191 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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I would like to see PPX1 bottled as that's ready, and I'm inpatient.
A tasting would be fantastic but for those of us at the other end of the country difficult.
That said if it were happening I would try to be there.
I'm happy to go with the majority and see what we get.
No harm in Lefty getting a quote (if that's ok Lefty?, give us an idea of cost/timescales etc ?

Any thoughts on bottles and labels ?
I'd love this bottle for our octaves but am guessing its expensive.


Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Thursday 20th October 2016
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Given we've moved from GLG, I assume we've lost access to the teardrops?

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Monday 7th November 2016
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Well, last night I picked up this...



I'm assuming it's from the same Octave cask option that the PH ones are...

crmcatee

5,691 posts

226 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Never guess what I came across on Monday.









krallicious

4,312 posts

204 months

Wednesday 18th January 2017
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Are we really coming up to 6 years ago that our casks were filled?

5678

6,146 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Anyone have the table that shows who was in on which cask? I can't remember mine!

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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5678 said:
Anyone have the table that shows who was in on which cask? I can't remember mine!

Lefty

Original Poster:

16,131 posts

201 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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I've emailed them for a quote on ppx1...but I think many might be ready and I want to taste them!!


5678

6,146 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Cheers Podie!

Lefty

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16,131 posts

201 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Pleasant catch-up with crmcatee today, looks like you had a great experience with whiskybroker.

Craig tells me that they will happily divide any leftover whisky into smaller bottles so that each cask owners gets an equal share. Most excellent. Basic labels are free, 50cl bruichladdich-style bottles work out to around £2 each.


whoami

13,151 posts

239 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Once you've bottled this, I'd love to buy a bottle if anyone wants to sell.

A forlorn hope perhaps, but if you don't ask...smile

crmcatee

5,691 posts

226 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Lefty said:
Craig tells me that they will happily divide any leftover whisky into smaller bottles so that each cask owners gets an equal share. Most excellent. Basic labels are free, 50cl bruichladdich-style bottles work out to around £2 each.
They gave me the bottles, I did the dividing myself. smile

HotJambalaya

2,023 posts

179 months

Thursday 19th January 2017
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Sheesh, this thread winds me up, so jealous...

These guys are now doing octaves, I vaguely remember reading about them:

http://dornochdistillery.com/octave-terms/

Seems to be £2k, as an 'investor pack' they're crowd funded. No idea if they just sell them. Or what happens if they go bust!

handpaper

1,290 posts

202 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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Missing from the table above is something I've been looking for for a while - a peated Port.

Any interest out there?

One of my favourite drams is Edradour's Port Cask - not Port finished but exclusively Port cask matured, for 9 years. It's lovely cloud9

Do any of the big Islay distilleries do private casks?

krallicious

4,312 posts

204 months

Friday 20th January 2017
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handpaper said:
Missing from the table above is something I've been looking for for a while - a peated Port.


Do any of the big Islay distilleries do private casks?
I'm sure they do but you will be looking at a lot of money to get one. Laphroaig did a peated port bottling a couple of years ago for the Islay Festival.

madbadger

11,555 posts

243 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Lefty said:
Pleasant catch-up with crmcatee today, looks like you had a great experience with whiskybroker.

Craig tells me that they will happily divide any leftover whisky into smaller bottles so that each cask owners gets an equal share. Most excellent. Basic labels are free, 50cl bruichladdich-style bottles work out to around £2 each.
Spot on. smile

Basic bottles fine by me. It's about the whisky and we're not David Beckham.

TFatC

397 posts

251 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Lefty said:
I've emailed them for a quote on ppx1...but I think many might be ready and I want to taste them!!
Well, I am still up for a visit! :-)

Lefty

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16,131 posts

201 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Right chaps, how about the 9th / 10th Feb?

S6PNJ

5,157 posts

280 months

Saturday 21st January 2017
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Right, for once, I might actually be able to come up and visit, so I need to start making formulative plans! Assuming the dates as offered, what would the proposed timescales for visiting the distillery/storage be please? Assuming I'm able to come and visit, I need to know which days for travel and which nights for staying over. Any accommodation nearby or what would the best/nearest village/town be and would we be planning an evening meal anywhere? If there will be tasting (which I damn well hope so!) I need to factor in my wife driving the Tuscan (which she is insured for but has NEVER ever driven in the over 10 years I've owned it!). She is 'scared' of it and has no desire (or indeed wish) to drive it, hence my issue.

Clearly lots of questions being asked and if I can help in the (group) arrangements in any way, please let me know as I know organising something like this takes a lot of effort across lots of different aspects.

Oh, and I don't mind basic labels and assuming the 50cl bottles are as previously proposed, I'm all for those.

woohoo I'm looking forward to this!