Show us your whisky!

[NRS]

Much better than cutting back on new buys!

Well, this just arrived today. Just in time to help survive the snow outside,

[Bungleaio]

All this talk of waitrose offers has resulted in this



I'm looking forward to getting cracking on them.

[Podie]

Bungleaio said:

All this talk of waitrose offers has resulted in this



I'm looking forward to getting cracking on them.

Good choices.

Tough call as to which I like best!

[Swervin_Mervin]

Think we'll be getting the 16 in a week or so, ready for Xmas. And another 10yo as this one seems to be disappearing somewhere.

[krallicious]

Something turned up yesterday.....



I did not do a write up on the Limberg Whisky festival this year but here is the haul from May

[NRS]

How did you get the Kildalton without going to the distillery - I thought you can only get it there? Or was that the one where they released it on the online shop a while after?

[whoami]

NRS said:

How did you get the Kildalton without going to the distillery - I thought you can only get it there? Or was that the one where they released it on the online shop a while after?

You can get it on Amazon.

[SpydieNut]

whoami said:

You can get it on Amazon.

true - for £360 a bottle - that must be some *very* special whisky

[krallicious]

I had a bit of luck on eBay. There are a few Buy it Now for 390€ but I managed to get mine for a lot less. I'll not be opening it until I can try a sample in Limburg next May.

[NRS]

SpydieNut said:

whoami said:

You can get it on Amazon.

true - for £360 a bottle - that must be some *very* special whisky

It goes for auction around £180-200 I think (although it was more earlier on). So it's the usual Amazon silly prices. There are a few shops on there that just stick a random crazy price around 2x that of the normal price, and just hope nobody checks it seems. Check out some of the Balvenie Tun 1401s for example!

[krallicious]

Limited bottlings are going nuts ATM. It's really annoying if you enjoy drinking whisky but great if you are collecting I suppose.

I purchased some Octomore 6.3 two days ago and it is just shy of 150 GBP from the distillery. The price for a bottle has just about doubled in 5 years which is quite a bitter pill to swallow.

[Cheese Mechanic]

krallicious said:

Something turned up yesterday.....



I did not do a write up on the Limberg Whisky festival this year but here is the haul from May

Heck, how did you manage to get your hands on the George T Stagg?

[krallicious]

Cheese Mechanic said:

Heck, how did you manage to get your hands on the George T Stagg?

I have found one bottle online and the rest I have bought from the whisky messe in Limburg.

[Cheese Mechanic]

krallicious said:

I have found one bottle online and the rest I have bought from the whisky messe in Limburg.

Good for you, I can never find it. Have a contact in the US, and he can only seem to get one for hiself, and not a spare for me. Seems a lot of speculation going on with bourbons now, similar to all too many scotches.

Have the same prob with other top end Bourbons as well. Have you tried it yet?

[Bungleaio]

Podie said:

Good choices.

Tough call as to which I like best!

16 is open, its lovely!

[Blown2CV]

krallicious said:

Something turned up yesterday.....



I did not do a write up on the Limberg Whisky festival this year but here is the haul from May

nice choices there, what's the Kildalton Cross like, and also what do you think of the Isle of Arran?

[krallicious]

Cheese Mechanic said:

Good for you, I can never find it. Have a contact in the US, and he can only seem to get one for hiself, and not a spare for me. Seems a lot of speculation going on with bourbons now, similar to all too many scotches.

Have the same prob with other top end Bourbons as well. Have you tried it yet?

I haven't tried many top end Bourbons. I've gone through a couple of bottles of Pappy VW 15yo and that is my favorite. I have another bottle stashed at home but the price for it has gone through the roof in the last 1.5 years. I used to be able to get it in Zurich but the shop has been out of stock for a long while now. Had I known, I would have bought all 4 bottles they had when I was there 2 years ago!

I did have some Stagg at a pub when I was visiting my family in the summer. It was in Fritton Lake which is in the arse end of nowhere but the landlord has a fetish for Bourbon!

I have some William Larue Weller, Thomas H Handy and Sazerac as well but the prices are starting to become silly so they have been moved from the drink later list to the collection list

[krallicious]

Blown2CV said:

nice choices there, what's the Kildalton Cross like, and also what do you think of the Isle of Arran?

I haven't tried the Kildalton yet but it will remain closed until I get a sample. I really like Arran. The one in the picture is the standard Amarone cask bottling and it is one of the best examples of wine finished whisky I have tried. I also rate the 10yo really highly.

Arran seems to be overshadowed somewhat by other more well known island distilleries but they produce some cracking bottles at very good prices.

[vixen1700]

Just ordered a bottle of this http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/speciality-dr... for my Christmas tipple.

[S6PNJ]

NRS said:

Much better than cutting back on new buys!

Well, this just arrived today. Just in time to help survive the snow outside,

NRS, where did you get this and how much please? 1989 is a year with significance for me so it could be good to add to my collection!