Pistonheads whisky cask
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CASK 1
Still waiting on funds from autofocus (Tim D) and flying machine (Mike P)...
CASK 2
SPARE SLOT FOR CASK 2 AVAILABLE.
Cheers
Lefty
| PH name | Cask 1 (peated sherry) | Contact details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | y |
| Mr E? | 1 | y | y |
| Autofocus | 1 | Y | n |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| Flying Machine | 1 | y | n |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
Still waiting on funds from autofocus (Tim D) and flying machine (Mike P)...
CASK 2
| PH name | Cask 2 (peated bourbon) | Contacts details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | Y |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | Y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | n |
| SPARE | 1 | n | n |
| Arguti | 1 | Y | y |
| Shaw Tarse | 1 | y | n |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
SPARE SLOT FOR CASK 2 AVAILABLE.
Cheers
Lefty
Edited by Lefty on Friday 26th August 10:02
CASK 1
Still waiting on funds from autofocus (Tim D) and flying machine (Mike P)...
CASK 2
Cheers
Lefty
| PH name | Cask 1 (peated sherry) | Contact details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | y |
| Mr E? | 1 | y | y |
| Autofocus | 1 | Y | n |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| Flying Machine | 1 | y | n |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
Still waiting on funds from autofocus (Tim D) and flying machine (Mike P)...
CASK 2
| PH name | Cask 2 (peated bourbon) | Contacts details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | Y |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | Y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | n |
| Balmoral Green | 1 | n | n |
| Arguti | 1 | Y | y |
| Shaw Tarse | 1 | y | n |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
Cheers
Lefty
I'm going to take a drive up to Portsoy this afternoon and buy the casks.
Can anyone who still owes money please pay today.
We need a name! We can get anything we want stencilled on the casks and we need to decide ASAP. I'd be tempted just to keep it simple and go for PH Cask 1 and PH Cask 2.
Cheers,
Iain
Can anyone who still owes money please pay today.
We need a name! We can get anything we want stencilled on the casks and we need to decide ASAP. I'd be tempted just to keep it simple and go for PH Cask 1 and PH Cask 2.
Cheers,
Iain
) at Glenglassaugh. All their casks are called "Friends of JMWS Cask 12" etcAll done, bought and paid for
Can anybody who has not yet paid do so tonight otherwise I'll open those slots to the PH public.
One thing I must say, that I only found out today. The sherry casks, what we have chosen as cask 1, are ex-sherry butts with the staves cut down to make small casks or Octaves. This I knew and understood. These are casks that have held only sherry. I tried some of the transit sherry today and it's awesome, almost like PX in it's intensity. No way will this whisky need 7 years, I would be surprised if it wasn't ready after 5 years (Ronnie reckons 3 or 4).
The casks that are described as "refill" octaves I assumed were bourbon hoggies but this is not entirely correct. These octaves are made from a mixture of oak staves from refill casks but there is no guarantee what type of cask they will be from, it is most likely that these octaves will be made from a combination of american and spanish oak.
If anyone wants to pull out of cask 2 based on this information that's fine and I will give a full refund.
Sorry
it's completely my fault for not checking.
The sherry octave will be delivered from jerez and filled in November, the refill octave will be filled next week, I might go back up and do that myself The paperwork will all come through next week and I'll scan it and send it to you all.
I already have a receipt for the £1300 I paid today and I'll send that too, along with the agreement.
Cheers
Lefty
Can anybody who has not yet paid do so tonight otherwise I'll open those slots to the PH public.
One thing I must say, that I only found out today. The sherry casks, what we have chosen as cask 1, are ex-sherry butts with the staves cut down to make small casks or Octaves. This I knew and understood. These are casks that have held only sherry. I tried some of the transit sherry today and it's awesome, almost like PX in it's intensity. No way will this whisky need 7 years, I would be surprised if it wasn't ready after 5 years (Ronnie reckons 3 or 4).
The casks that are described as "refill" octaves I assumed were bourbon hoggies but this is not entirely correct. These octaves are made from a mixture of oak staves from refill casks but there is no guarantee what type of cask they will be from, it is most likely that these octaves will be made from a combination of american and spanish oak.
If anyone wants to pull out of cask 2 based on this information that's fine and I will give a full refund.
Sorry
it's completely my fault for not checking.The sherry octave will be delivered from jerez and filled in November, the refill octave will be filled next week, I might go back up and do that myself
The paperwork will all come through next week and I'll scan it and send it to you all.I already have a receipt for the £1300 I paid today and I'll send that too, along with the agreement.
Cheers
Lefty
Edited by Lefty on Friday 26th August 21:00
I left the office at 12 so didn't see any of the replies, sorry chaps.
The casks are called "PH: whisky matters cask 1 and cask 2"
I didn't buy anything else, although I was awfully tempted by the 26yo at £145.
I stopped at Glendronach on my way home, did a tour and was all set to spend £300 on their 4 new single-casks but they hadn't unpacked them yet so I drove home, went to my local and had 5 pints of guinness instead.
The dram per day review tonight may be a bit non-specific...
Sláinte
Lefty
The casks are called "PH: whisky matters cask 1 and cask 2"
I didn't buy anything else, although I was awfully tempted by the 26yo at £145.
I stopped at Glendronach on my way home, did a tour and was all set to spend £300 on their 4 new single-casks but they hadn't unpacked them yet so I drove home, went to my local and had 5 pints of guinness instead.
The dram per day review tonight may be a bit non-specific...
Sláinte
Lefty
ClassicMercs said:
Any bets Lefty comes away with more than the receipt and paperwork from two casks of whisky !
There are another four months of drams to fill after all.
Calm down, have you seen how expensive Glenglassaugh is? The 40yo is amazing but I wouldn't spend £1500 on a bottle, purely because I would have to open it and drink it and I can't afford to drink whisky at £50 per nip.There are another four months of drams to fill after all.
TFatC said:
Lefty, I for one will be perfectly happy with whatever comes, it will be different and I am sure enjoyable. Now,
Is it ready yet?
Well, somebody was going to do it!
Is it ready yet?
Well, somebody was going to do it!
f
ks sake, it's gonna be a long 7 years... 
Are we there yet Dad?
Really sorry for the mix-up again chaps
However, I have no doubt whatsoever that it will be enjoyable. They've sold 300 octaves now!
That sherry I tried today was quite simply marvellous. It needs filtered before drinking in any quantity but it's very promising for the quality of the oak for cask 1.
Oogadal is awesome!
Port finished...hmmm, the best port drams I've had are the 21 balvenie and a really young single-cask (port pipe) SMWS Glengoyne. Most others (arran, glendronach) that I've tried have been a bit disappointing.
Although Benriach Solstice is ace, heavily peated and port finished, dark and stormy...
Port finished...hmmm, the best port drams I've had are the 21 balvenie and a really young single-cask (port pipe) SMWS Glengoyne. Most others (arran, glendronach) that I've tried have been a bit disappointing.
Although Benriach Solstice is ace, heavily peated and port finished, dark and stormy...
CASK 1
CASK 2
Cheers
Lefty
| PH name | Cask 1 (peated sherry) | Contact details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | y |
| Mr E? | 1 | y | y |
| Autofocus | 1 | Y | n |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| Flying Machine | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
CASK 2
| PH name | Cask 2 (peated bourbon) | Contacts details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | Y |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | Y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | n |
| Balmoral Green | 1 | y | n |
| Arguti | 1 | Y | y |
| Shaw Tarse | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
Cheers
Lefty
Edited by Lefty on Saturday 27th August 18:20
CASK 1
CASK 2
Cheers
Lefty
| PH name | Cask 1 (peated sherry) | Contact details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | y |
| Mr E? | 1 | y | y |
| Autofocus | 1 | Y | n |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| Flying Machine | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
CASK 2
| PH name | Cask 2 (peated refill) | Contacts details received | £££ received |
| Lefty | 1 | y | y |
| Coneyhurst Blue | 1 | Y | Y |
| TFatC | 1 | Y | Y |
| S6PNJ | 1 | Y | y |
| FunkyGibbon | 1 | y | y |
| krallicious/ClassicMercs | 1 | y | y |
| hidetheelephants | 1 | y | y |
| Balmoral Green | 1 | y | y |
| Arguti | 1 | Y | y |
| Shaw Tarse | 1 | y | y |
| Total | 10 | . | . |
Cheers
Lefty
Edited by Lefty on Monday 29th August 08:03
Coneyhurst Blue said:
Happy for either...............non-peated sherry or non peated-bourbon !
For you to come in Lefty then we would need to go with non-peated bourbon as you have the sherry ?
If I may be so bold how about put a table up and gauage the interest ? (I would but don't know how !)
I'd certainly go in for an unpeated refill cask (note, not exclusively bourbon For you to come in Lefty then we would need to go with non-peated bourbon as you have the sherry ?
If I may be so bold how about put a table up and gauage the interest ? (I would but don't know how !)
) To gauge interest, please copy and paste this table if you would be interested...
| PH Name | Cask 3 - unpeated refill |
| Lefty | Y |
| TOTAL | 1 |
Edited by Lefty on Monday 29th August 08:02
ClassicMercs said:
Lefty said:
Although Benriach Solstice is ace, heavily peated and port finished, dark and stormy...
Yummy.Having bought the Glendronach 15 Revival last week I might sneak back to the local shop to look at the new 15 Tawny Port today. Did you try this when you went yesterday ? I'm quite impressed with all the port finishes I've had recently.
Cheers!
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