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sheepsplitter said:
Personally I'd give him a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh. (I'm assuming you want to keep away from Islay peated/smoky malts).
I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Nice to know the Aberlour is good, I bought a bottle of that and Glen Keith 1995 yesterday.I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Anyone had any experience of Glen Keith 1995?
msmith0592 said:
sheepsplitter said:
Personally I'd give him a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh. (I'm assuming you want to keep away from Islay peated/smoky malts).
I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Nice to know the Aberlour is good, I bought a bottle of that and Glen Keith 1995 yesterday.I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Anyone had any experience of Glen Keith 1995?
Glendronach 15 Revival is another good option - if you can find one.
Yes, totally agree. I have a bottle of Revival and it's seriously nice as well.
Anyone had any experience of Glen Keith 1995?The A'bunadh is one of the best value cask strength offerings out there (IMO).
Glendronach 15 Revival is another good option - if you can find one.
Podie said:
msmith0592 said:
sheepsplitter said:
Personally I'd give him a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh. (I'm assuming you want to keep away from Islay peated/smoky malts).
I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Nice to know the Aberlour is good, I bought a bottle of that and Glen Keith 1995 yesterday.I use that on all my tasting evenings, and when people rank the whisky's of the night (and we sample quite a few), it always comes out as the favourite, and even the highest rated by the non-regular whisky drinkers.
You can get it for about £41.50 at Waitrose.
It's usually about 59.6% proof, as well, so it requires a little water to open it up and take some of the alcohol sting away. Compared to a 40% that's like a bottle and a half.
Still one of my all time favourites.
Anyone had any experience of Glen Keith 1995?
Glendronach 15 Revival is another good option - if you can find one.
It's a 12 year old cask specific bottling from casks 25231 and 25232 from Old Pulteney Distillery, matured in bourbon casks, 43%ABV
Distilled in 1990.
Bottled in 2003.
Issued in 2003.
Limited edition of 672 bottles.
Distilled in 1990.
Bottled in 2003.
Issued in 2003.
Limited edition of 672 bottles.
oxford drinker said:
A while ago I was given this bottle - now I'm a beer man rather than whisky so know next to nothing about it and can find little on the web about this particular one. Anyone able to shed any light on it?
Will try to get a couple of pics up in due course, but I went visiting a couple of distilleries yesterday bought a few bottles.
The big difference, was the two distilleries were basically farm distilleries, and we were speaking with the owner/distillers - very small operations compared to the typical scale of a Scottish distillery. The two were in the Mosel Valley, either side of the Luxembourg and German border - Diedenacker, and Avadis (Threelands) respectively. Diedenacker was especially interesting as they only distill two barrels of whisky a year, as they are only allowed as a farm distillery to produce 2000 litres a year, and whisky is not their primary product - the entire stock of whisky wasn't in a bonded warehouse, instead it was half a dozen casks in a cellar but the pride they take in the product is obvious.
I was driving, so sampling was kept to a minimum, but both use Mosel wine casks which makes a noticeable difference to the whisky, as well as Diedernacker No 1 being a rye/malt mix.
The big difference, was the two distilleries were basically farm distilleries, and we were speaking with the owner/distillers - very small operations compared to the typical scale of a Scottish distillery. The two were in the Mosel Valley, either side of the Luxembourg and German border - Diedenacker, and Avadis (Threelands) respectively. Diedenacker was especially interesting as they only distill two barrels of whisky a year, as they are only allowed as a farm distillery to produce 2000 litres a year, and whisky is not their primary product - the entire stock of whisky wasn't in a bonded warehouse, instead it was half a dozen casks in a cellar but the pride they take in the product is obvious.
I was driving, so sampling was kept to a minimum, but both use Mosel wine casks which makes a noticeable difference to the whisky, as well as Diedernacker No 1 being a rye/malt mix.
Hi there,
Had an amazing afternoon. Was invited to attend an event in Manchester where one of my customers was taking delivery of a Dalmore Constellation 1978 Cask 1. This bottle cost around £6800 and is now listed on the menu of the restaurant at £555 per shot (25ml)
The handover was conducted by none other than Richard Paterson himself (head distiller at Dalmore). What an amazing guy and a brilliant couple of hours sampling the full range.
We started with the 15yo, then on to the Cigar Malt, before the King Alexander. Then the big guns were brought out in the form of the Dalmore 25yo before the highlight the Constellation 1978.
Richard suprised everyone with one last bottle as he closed the event. He had bought along a never released Constellation 1968 which is worth around £22,000. He pour us all a dram and certainly wasn't shy with his measures.
A truely memorable day.
Regards
Tim
Had an amazing afternoon. Was invited to attend an event in Manchester where one of my customers was taking delivery of a Dalmore Constellation 1978 Cask 1. This bottle cost around £6800 and is now listed on the menu of the restaurant at £555 per shot (25ml)
The handover was conducted by none other than Richard Paterson himself (head distiller at Dalmore). What an amazing guy and a brilliant couple of hours sampling the full range.
We started with the 15yo, then on to the Cigar Malt, before the King Alexander. Then the big guns were brought out in the form of the Dalmore 25yo before the highlight the Constellation 1978.
Richard suprised everyone with one last bottle as he closed the event. He had bought along a never released Constellation 1968 which is worth around £22,000. He pour us all a dram and certainly wasn't shy with his measures.
A truely memorable day.
Regards
Tim
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