Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[Podie]

hoegaardenruls said:

Podie said:

whoami said:

Podie said:

Yep. Not blown away, but it's a nice dram. Really long finish, and quite a citrus hit.

Mmmm. You're not really selling it to me.

I've got too many open at the moment so won't open this one yet.

I picked up a bottle of Aldi's 28 year old Speyside and I'm intrigued to see what it's like so that'll be next to be opened.

It's a nice dram, and is on a par with its circa £100 price tag.

I suppose given the hype around Jim Murray I was expecting to be amazed by how great the whisky was going to be. It's nice, but given the price tag it's no better than I really expected.

I normally take Jim Murray's comment with more than just a pinch of salt. Assuming no use of colouring in the 18yo, I'd guess from the description its not one of the sherry bombs that Glen Grant are capable of producing?

No, colouring free and not a sherry bomb. Don't get me wrong - it's a nice dram with an unusually long finish.

It's well worth trying, but I might give one of the younger Glen Grant's a go.

I've never bothered with Jim Murray's book, but the opportunity for this came up at a sensible price, so I thought I'd try it.

[NRS]

If you like Bruichladdich it's worth checking out the Whiskyauctioneer's auction this month! It's seems as if someone has put their collection for sale (not mine - although hopefully some of them might end up being mine, ).

[whoami]

rsbmw said:

It's £40 and I think it's excellent

I opened mine tonight and agree.

It's very nice; reminiscent of an older Glenfarclas.

Bargain.

[HarryW]

whoami said:

rsbmw said:

It's £40 and I think it's excellent

I opened mine tonight and agree.

It's very nice; reminiscent of an older Glenfarclas.

Bargain.

Agree, I bought 2 when they were in stock, ones evaporated already!

[crmcatee]

NRS said:

If you like Bruichladdich it's worth checking out the Whiskyauctioneer's auction this month! It's seems as if someone has put their collection for sale (not mine - although hopefully some of them might end up being mine, ).

Must resist... Cheers for the heads up.

[HarryW]

Imhe can't go wrong with Aberlour, a simple 12yo but what a sherry bomb, nice...

[Joat]

Just clearing out a cupboard with odd bottles of whisky and found this, it was already open with just a few scoops taken out, probably bought for me at christmas some 12 odd years ago.



Checked it out on the internet and couldn't believe that it's listed anywhere from £104 for the 1992 to £179 for the 1987/89.

Anyway i'm sat here having a a few scoops and enjoying it, but I wonder how much it was when it first hit the shelves.

[Podie]

Well the Glen Grant 18 is growing on me. Had another dram last night, and it's perhaps a bit more complex that I first thought.

[Joat]

HarryW said:

Imhe can't go wrong with Aberlour, a simple 12yo but what a sherry bomb, nice...

Aberlour, forgotten how good this is

[captainzep]

I'm not allowed to buy too much whisky this Xmas due to impending gifts apparently. So needed a "gulping" Scotch until then. Thank you Aldi. This is perfectly nice. Perhaps not as peaty as last year's batch, but great value.

[Blown2CV]

i don't believe there's a distillery by that name on Islay... wonder who produces it for Aldi? Does it say on the label?

[captainzep]

Blown2CV said:

i don't believe there's a distillery by that name on Islay... wonder who produces it for Aldi? Does it say on the label?

Bit of a secret apparently but online speculation seems to settle on Aldi dealing with Dalmore or Fettercain?

ETA -neither of which are Islay distilleries of course but the limited edition nature of this suggests Aldi chats quietly to any distillery with a batch of barrels they aren't 100% happy with for a midnight flit to a bottling plant with Glen Marnoch labels.

Edited by captainzep on Friday 23 December 17:19

[Joat]

captainzep said:

I'm not allowed to buy too much whisky this Xmas due to impending gifts apparently. So needed a "gulping" Scotch until then. Thank you Aldi. This is perfectly nice. Perhaps not as peaty as last year's batch, but great value.

http://whiskyrover.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/review-glen-marnoch-limited-edition.html

Bit of info here, it appears Aldi own Glen Marnoch.

[Blown2CV]

captainzep said:

Blown2CV said:

i don't believe there's a distillery by that name on Islay... wonder who produces it for Aldi? Does it say on the label?

Bit of a secret apparently but online speculation seems to settle on Aldi dealing with Dalmore or Fettercain?

neither of which are on islay interesting!

[whoami]

Blown2CV said:

captainzep said:

Blown2CV said:

i don't believe there's a distillery by that name on Islay... wonder who produces it for Aldi? Does it say on the label?

Bit of a secret apparently but online speculation seems to settle on Aldi dealing with Dalmore or Fettercain?

neither of which are on islay interesting!

There's no Glen Marnoch distillery anywhere.

It's just Aldi's generic name for their whisky whether Speyside, Highland or Islay).

[captainzep]

captainzep said:

Bit of a secret apparently but online speculation seems to settle on Aldi dealing with Dalmore or Fettercain?

ETA -neither of which are Islay distilleries of course but the limited edition nature of this suggests Aldi chats quietly to any distillery with a batch of barrels they aren't 100% happy with for a midnight flit to a bottling plant with Glen Marnoch labels.

Edited by captainzep on Friday 23 December 17:19

[HarryW]

HarryW said:

whoami said:

rsbmw said:

It's £40 and I think it's excellent

I opened mine tonight and agree.

It's very nice; reminiscent of an older Glenfarclas.

Bargain.

Agree, I bought 2 when they were in stock, ones evaporated already!

Popped in to Aldi today and they one bottle left, rude not to have another for a rainy day.
Finally found a review for it to... https://thewhiskyphiles.com/2016/11/17/glen-marnoc...

[BigMon]

Well due to dimwits at Amazon fecking up their delivery I have now lost out on discounted bottles of Lagavulin 8, 16 and Talisker 10. I am not a happy bunny.

And I can confirm Amazon's customer 'service' is now utterly ste when it once was brilliant. Buggeration.

[jontymo]

HarryW said:

HarryW said:

whoami said:

rsbmw said:

It's £40 and I think it's excellent

I opened mine tonight and agree.

It's very nice; reminiscent of an older Glenfarclas.

Bargain.

Agree, I bought 2 when they were in stock, ones evaporated already!

Popped in to Aldi today and they one bottle left, rude not to have another for a rainy day.
Finally found a review for it to... https://thewhiskyphiles.com/2016/11/17/glen-marnoc...

Andy from Malt Box on YouTube has a review from 2 weeks ago.

I have already drammed 1 bottle plus half of another, not managed to find anymore!

[rsbmw]

I ordered discounted Lagavulin 16, it hasn't been dispatched yet. How did you miss out?