Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[Hoofy]

Pflanzgarten said:

Quite often available on Amazon for even less. It’s fairly average stuff.

I just tend to buy when I'm browsing that aisle. Yeah, it's £25 not £250 but for the money I think it's one of the best.

[Hoofy]

jammy-git said:

Is it NAS?

Dunno what that means in whisky terms.

[akirk]

Hoofy said:

jammy-git said:

Is it NAS?

Dunno what that means in whisky terms.

No Age Statement (or something similar)
It is when a whisky company brands their whisky as the 'Peaty no 1 from by the Sea' edition to cover up the fact that they are selling it young - rather than selling it as the number of years it has been stored... usually because it is being sold at 5 or 8 years and if you put that on the bottle no-one would buy it, we see 10 years as the minimum on the bottle, even though technically it can be sold as whisky from 3 years old...
some interesting background on the 3 years here: https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/ask-the-professo...

[Hoofy]

akirk said:

Hoofy said:

jammy-git said:

Is it NAS?

Dunno what that means in whisky terms.

No Age Statement (or something similar)
It is when a whisky company brands their whisky as the 'Peaty no 1 from by the Sea' edition to cover up the fact that they are selling it young - rather than selling it as the number of years it has been stored... usually because it is being sold at 5 or 8 years and if you put that on the bottle no-one would buy it, we see 10 years as the minimum on the bottle, even though technically it can be sold as whisky from 3 years old...
some interesting background on the 3 years here: https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/ask-the-professo...

Oh ok. Dunno why they don't just put "5 year old" or whatever.

I like it.

[eyebeebe]

Hoofy said:

Oh ok. Dunno why they don't just put "5 year old" or whatever.

I like it.

Because people broadly expect to pay more for older whisky. If a distillery releases a 5yo age statement, they’d likely have to price it below their other older offerings. If they give it a funky name and don‘t say how old it is, they can charge what they think they can get away with.

[Hoofy]

eyebeebe said:

Hoofy said:

Oh ok. Dunno why they don't just put "5 year old" or whatever.

I like it.

Because people broadly expect to pay more for older whisky. If a distillery releases a 5yo age statement, they’d likely have to price it below their other older offerings. If they give it a funky name and don‘t say how old it is, they can charge what they think they can get away with.

I get that but their 12 year old is around £50 isn't it? So they could call it a 5 year old whisky and continue to charge around £30.

[Pflanzgarten]

Hoofy said:

eyebeebe said:

Hoofy said:

Oh ok. Dunno why they don't just put "5 year old" or whatever.

I like it.

Because people broadly expect to pay more for older whisky. If a distillery releases a 5yo age statement, they’d likely have to price it below their other older offerings. If they give it a funky name and don‘t say how old it is, they can charge what they think they can get away with.

I get that but their 12 year old is around £50 isn't it? So they could call it a 5 year old whisky and continue to charge around £30.

More than likely because the age statement has to be the youngest of what's in there, so there'll likely be plenty of three year old in it but they don't want to release it as a "three years old whisky".

[Pflanzgarten]

I’d like to say the Xmas dram has arrived but there’s been a glut of first fill sherry buts released this month (who’d a thunk it) so it’s not the only one joining the tasting collection.

I’ve painted fences with tackle this colour before…

[Philrose]

My latest sherried whisky and lovely with mince pies

[Pflanzgarten]

£39, bargain

[andym1603]

Can I ask what the rules are for this? I have a small collection but don't know if it would be worth posting pictures.
Thanks

[Aces_High]

BigMon said:

Bit of sippin' liquor for the festive period.

Great choices. I tried the Fettercairns at this year’s Whisky Show and absolutely loved each one. Possibly helped by the fact the lady at their stand was Scottish and brilliant.

Glenfarclas (and Glendronach) are personal weaknesses, I just love them. A favourite is the 25 bought a few years ago before the crazy price hike - sadly have about 3 cl left in the bottle, that’s a blow. But the younger ones are just delicious too - might have to now head over to MoM for a 15!

[eein]

andym1603 said:

Can I ask what the rules are for this? I have a small collection but don't know if it would be worth posting pictures.
Thanks

If the collection is whisky then the rule is you are required to post a picture, or multiple pictures of it. Not showing us your whisky is not allowed. Collection, investment bottles, current drinkers, whatever. If it's whisky then show us.

[Philrose]

Another new distillery inaugural release.

[eein]

Final additions in dec 2023. Drinkers apart from the miniature.

[andym1603]

Part of my collection. More to follow.

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