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jammy_basturd said:
Ooo yes, Bruichladdich. I love their Port Charlotte.
At the moment we're looking at staying in Port Ellen, though we really don't have much choice to choose from.
I stayed in the Lochside Hotel. Amazing bar with incredible whisky collection (300 Islay malts!). Geese as and alarm clock in the morning. Brown tapwater, run off the peat, the stuff the whisky is made from. The local general store next door had Laphroig at 15 (vastly superior to the 10) at far less than English prices. Several of the distillery managers were there and I spent an evening chatting with them, which was very convivial and extremely interesting.At the moment we're looking at staying in Port Ellen, though we really don't have much choice to choose from.
http://www.lochsidehotel.co.uk/Islay_Lochside/Home...
NRS said:
Edited for accuracy, 
My collection goes back to the 1950s (1952 Scapa, for instance). It includes lots of Cadenheads, Scottish Malt Whisky Society and Gordon & MacPhail bottlings, including single cask stuff with hand written labels. Older whisky comes from when the distilleries did their own malting, instead of buying it in, which adds to the uniqueness of each dram. The bottles were largely opened to be sampled, so most of them are pretty full! When you have so much whisky it is difficult to make a dent in it. And with my illnesses I have pretty much stopped drinking it. If the bottles were still sealed the collection would be worth many thousands of pounds.Tonight's single malt is with the rugby tomorrow in mind. Penderyn Madeira finished (Welsh) whisky. Easy to drink; honey, melon and almost a bit of a saki-like on part of the finish.
Adam Ansel said:
My collection goes back to the 1950s (1952 Scapa, for instance). It includes lots of Cadenheads, Scottish Malt Whisky Society and Gordon & MacPhail bottlings, including single cask stuff with hand written labels. Older whisky comes from when the distilleries did their own malting, instead of buying it in, which adds to the uniqueness of each dram. The bottles were largely opened to be sampled, so most of them are pretty full! When you have so much whisky it is difficult to make a dent in it. And with my illnesses I have pretty much stopped drinking it. If the bottles were still sealed the collection would be worth many thousands of pounds.
Sounds good, but as you know it will be difficult to move them on when people don't know the quality due to the interactions with air over time. Approximately how long have they been open for? Lots of different things, but quite a few people mention months to a few years to have a negative effect (depending on storage, amount of air in bottle etc).Edited by NRS on Friday 12th February 20:07
rsbmw said:
Since it's worthless, I'll be happy to remove it for you free of charge so you can have your cupboard space back
LOL I just pulled a bottle out. Gordon & MacPhail. Cragganmore 1976 56.6%. How much of this is left on the planet?and another one
Port Ellen at 40%. 1974. Bottled 1991.
Which I am now going to try a small dram of.
Whilst purchasing some whisky for a German friend (the postage to there is horrendous) I may have slipped one of these into my basket as it looked and sounded rather nice.
Amarone micro provenance
http://www.bruichladdich.com/whisky-shop/bruichlad...
Amarone micro provenance
http://www.bruichladdich.com/whisky-shop/bruichlad...
Mr Trophy said:
krallicious said:
A bottle of Kavalan Solist Sherry Cask arrived yesterday so will be cracking it open at the weekend with some friends.
We both know how good this is 
NRS said:
Still need to try this! It's always been sold out when I've been somewhere that had it, 
If it is any consolation, it tastes great 
WE still have some https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/18121/kavalan-...
DuncanM said:
That's the one I wanted!
I tried it in Glasgow and it blew my mind.
Very difficult to find now, so I got the normal 14 year old which is very nice, similar to Glenmorangie, which I love
dammit i've just checked and it is quite hard to find!! Was going to get another bottle too...I tried it in Glasgow and it blew my mind.
Very difficult to find now, so I got the normal 14 year old which is very nice, similar to Glenmorangie, which I love
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