Show us your whisky!

[NWVT]

i have just started collecting whiskyiv liked it for a while and thought i would start venturing out into the deferent whisys at the moment only three bottles graze my shelf at present Jim Beam ,SoCo and JD i have noted down your recomendations and i shall try and get some soon as my current bottles are a bit low. when i got a few more i will post up. pics

[Lefty Guns]

That's whiskey mate, not whisky!

What's SoCo?

[NWVT]

sorry i am feeling a little speshal today SoCo = Southern Comfort and i have a big wish list on single malts direct now

[Lefty Guns]

NWVT said:

sorry i am feeling a little speshal today SoCo = Southern Comfort and i have a big wish list on single malts direct now

Ahh, well done.

I've never even tried Southern Comfort before! Is it bourbon I take it?

[NWVT]

yes i believe so i tend to drink more of that then the other two it has a nice sweet kick to it. i am heading up to scotland end of july with some other ph'rs and we are going to one or two distillerys so i am really looking forward to that.

[BaronVonVTEC]

Lefty Guns said:

BaronVonVTEC said:

Not mine, but I went to a whisky bar while I was in Finland. A choice of over 360 single malts and some local ales. Not cheap, but a great place to drink and they really knew their stuff. I was on the Cardhu

12yo Cardhu? it's amazing stuff! I bet it was expensive! Never been to finland but I'm assuming it's like Norway - any imported booze is horrendous there. How about £12 for a glass of bog basic glenmorangie!

Finland's not as bad as Norway, Sweden and Denmark. In fact i'd say prices are pretty much the same as they are over here (on drinks other than imported single malts). The prices of the whisky were pretty reasonable actually, I was paying about 7 euros for a 12 year old Cardhu. It's in one of the suburbs of Helsinki so the prices are sensible, you'd only know it's there if you went out intentionally to find it or knew a local who told you about it. Cheapest whiskys were about 3 euros for a single, then at the upper end of the scale you could pay 110 euros for a single dram! Then there were the even more expensive ones which weren't on the menu

[Lefty Guns]

Aye that's not bad at all. I love Cardhu and, in fact, my bottle is getting low so will need to be replaced soon...

Most I've ever paid for a glass of whisky in a bar or restaurant is about £15. Most I've paid for a bottle in a shop is about £230. And that was actually from my missus as a present on our honeymoon. I'm not sure I'll ever get to the point where I want to spend thousands on one bottle of booze.

My problem is that I buy to taste and drink, not to store and invest.

I ended up buying 4 bottles of 21yo portwood balvenie (with the intention of saving at least one) and I've just opened that last one. It's too damn good!

[Lefty Guns]

In fact, I'm leaving work early today because I'm giving my mate a lift to the airport. So i think I may take a small detour on my home home via Huntly...

[MickC]

Lefty Guns said:

BenRiach's one I've never tried, what's it like?

Bog standard highland with a little bit of peat. Nothing special imho.

[MickC]

Lefty Guns said:

I ended up buying 4 bottles of 21yo portwood balvenie (with the intention of saving at least one) and I've just opened that last one. It's too damn good!

Yep a very nice whisky that one. I had a litre bottle but its all gone now

[zax]

Nice display

Main problem here in Finland is the limited selection in the state-run Alko stores (the only place you can buy the stuff). They will order if requested but half of the fun is browsing and occasionally tasting. I like the shop in Stansted airport for that purpose. It's almost worth jumping on a Ryanair flight just to go single malt shopping and come straight back...

[Lefty Guns]

I spent 2 hours re-organising my shelves last night - i'll post a video on you-tube with a link here later on...

And my Ardbeg Supernova arrrived yesterday. It's beautiful.

[555ST]

Went to this place a few years back for dinner with a few mates: http://www.fishermansretreat.com/whisky.php

Their whisky selection is pretty impressive for a pub...

[sal 965]

555ST said:

Went to this place a few years back for dinner with a few mates: http://www.fishermansretreat.com/whisky.php

Their whisky selection is pretty impressive for a pub...

Good shout. The wife is the pastry chef there and the whisky tastings are a good night out. Six whiskys and a meal can't be bad for the ticket price.

[MickC]

555ST said:

Went to this place a few years back for dinner with a few mates: http://www.fishermansretreat.com/whisky.php

Their whisky selection is pretty impressive for a pub...

Oh my word. And I'm staying in Ramsbottom for a course in Bury at the end of this month. Nice find.

[fullbeem]

Just seen this thread. Not got alot in my liquor cabinet/cupboard at the moment

Yesterday I added a bottle for Bollinger to sit along side the bottle of Hennessey. Will add Whisky at the start of next month.

[Super Bad]

MickC said:

Nice!

[Lefty Guns]

MickC said:

Just bought myself a new cabinet to house the whisky in...

Damn middle shelf isn't quite high enough! Bo**ocks!

How do you decide what goes at the front and what goes at the back?

I had a similar problem in my old flat (when I only had about 15 bottles) and it pi$$ed me off that I couldn't see them all or had to move bottles to get at others!

You need a bigger cabinet mate!

[Pot Bellied Fool]

Visited the distillery back in September and still exercising considerable self-discipline & only allowing myself a tot to savour...

Un-chilfiltered from Edradour (the smallest distillery).

[GTCDI]

WHISKEY ....... DAM GOOD STUFF!

Iv got a few nice bottles in the house , jim bean green , johnny walker red, black, green, gold and blue, woodford resureve, JD gold medal (harsh), JD silver select, gentleman jack, jd no7, just a few I remember.