Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[NRS]

Picked this up earlier today. Probably last bottle before Christmas I guess.

[Joat]

HarryW said:

Tonight's dram is Tamnavulin NAS an absolute bargain at £20 in Morrisons, it's got everything you'd expect for a Speyside single malt for not a lot of money.

Tesco have just reduced theirs from £32.00 to £22.00, so you've done really well at £20.00.

I'm just having a taste of these two, I can recommend both, but the Glenglassaugh for £34.95 you can't go wrong.

[whoami]

NRS said:

Picked this up earlier today. Probably last bottle before Christmas I guess.

Excellent choice, I love Rosebank.

[pmanson]

Joat said:

Spotted this in my local wine shop last week and couldn't resist.

Now then, will it last till Christmas?...........

Any good?

[Joat]

pmanson said:

Joat said:

Spotted this in my local wine shop last week and couldn't resist.

Now then, will it last till Christmas?...........

Any good?

It's delicious, but if you want to get hold of a bottle, it seems to be quite scarce now.

[Hosenbugler]

NRS said:

I managed to go to the Stavanger whisky club's monthly meeting this week as I am here with work. The theme was 4 of Adelphi's Liddesdale (Bunnahabhain) 21yo's. These are sherry casks and we tried batch 4, 5, 6 and 9. The overall vote was that batch 4 was best.

After that I had these 3. The Arran was a Norway only release (Bourbon cask).

What did you make of the Lagavulin 12 ? I have a bottle of that release in my stash .

I have had bottles of other releases and they were huge citrus bombs.

[Hosenbugler]

HarryW said:

Anyway back on topic, Talisker 10yo tonight, very nice

Have you ever tried the 18? One of the finest, if not the finest whisky one can buy for under £100 IMHO.

[HarryW]

Hosenbugler said:

HarryW said:

Anyway back on topic, Talisker 10yo tonight, very nice

Have you ever tried the 18? One of the finest, if not the finest whisky one can buy for under £100 IMHO.

I haven't tried it, as the turnover of my selection seems to go quite quickly I tend to buy in the £20-40 bracket for myself and put a limit of £50 ish for people buying one as a present for me. Although having really liked all the Taliskers I've tried to date I might make an exception to my self imposed rule in the new year....

[sjabrown]

It is a good time of year to pick up bargains but I'm facing a dilemma: how many are too many bottles? At the rate my bottles get finished I think I've got a decades-worth of whisky now. Roughly 40 different, and a few duplicates of my favourites.

Do I continue to buy what I like and increase consumption to match?!!

[Birdster]

I became a big fan of Hibiki 12 when I was given a bottle lately. Was in a bar at the weekend and they had Hibiki 17 for £6 a double. I've no idea where they picked it up from, but I hope it makes its way back. It was much better than I expected it to be when compared to the 12.

[Puddenchucker]

Been offered a bottle of Dewar's 12.
I was surprised to see that it's a blend rather than a single malt.
Anyone here tried it?

[Podie]

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

[Podie]

Puddenchucker said:

Just opened a bottle of this:



Not quite as good as the 15 Revival, but very smooth & drinkable.

I wasn't a fan, although Mrs Podie seemed to enjoy it!

[brrapp]

Puddenchucker said:

Been offered a bottle of Dewar's 12.
I was surprised to see that it's a blend rather than a single malt.
Anyone here tried it?

Yes and I quite liked it, thought it was a bit like Johnnie Walker black label.
My Sister-in-law works in a distillery and she and many of her colleagues who I've met insist that a good blend is 'better' than a single malt as the flavour of a single malt has been reached mostly by chance while a blend has been 'lovingly created' by a master blender. Her explanation is that you wouldn't go into a restaurant and demand single ingredients on your plate, you'd trust the chef to create. Her favourite is Johnnie Walker Blue Label (but she works for Diageo so she's biased).

[whoami]

Podie said:

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

Me too.

[Podie]

whoami said:

Podie said:

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

Me too.

Cool

Having just spanked Compass Box's Spice Tree Extravaganza, this needs to turn up pronto

[Mr Trophy]

Let us know your thoughts!

[HarryW]

Podie said:

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

For non holders of Jim Murrays whisky bible, the obvious question if this is second is what was first finest whisky in the world?

[whoami]

HarryW said:

Podie said:

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

For non holders of Jim Murrays whisky bible, the obvious question if this is second is what was first finest whisky in the world?

BOOKER'S RYE

13 Year Old

[HarryW]

whoami said:

HarryW said:

Podie said:

Just bought this to see if it lives up to the hype... (Awarded Second Finest Whisky in the World in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible 2017.)

For non holders of Jim Murrays whisky bible, the obvious question if this is second is what was first finest whisky in the world?

BOOKER'S RYE

13 Year Old

Had to look that up, it's a Whiskey, not a Whisky.... And at $1000 a pop I dont think I'll be tasting that then..