Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[jammy-git]

Could be Jack Daniels Honey and Coal Ila 12.

[Mr Trophy]

Merry Christmas whisky friends

[krallicious]

No Christmas whisky for me this year but I have been digging into the whisky that I left at the MiL's last year.



Always good to spread the collection around

[Blown2CV]

interested to know how that Jamesons caskmates tastes. Fairly innovative idea.

[LeighW]

Podie said:

Smashed this last night... Glenglassaugh Pedro Ximenez Sherry Wood Finish. Damn it’s good. Second bottle arrives today.

It is good stuff. I picked up a bottle from Royal Mile Whiskies on a pre Xmas weekend in Edinburgh. While I was in there, I asked if they had anything that I wouldn't find elsewhere. They had this Glen Scotia exclusive bottling in stock. Cask strength and a really different, interesting dram. Real tropical fruit notes, and a sweet peppery finish. I was waiting for Christmas to crack one open, but flu ruined my plans. Feeling a bit better today, so hopefully later on today.

[InductionRoar]

I would like some assistance on my next purchase, as I have been invited to a "malt evening" that will be a family and friends affair. My brother is a big whisk(e)y fan and has a good selection of bourbon, Islay (which are my particular favourite) and Japanese malts, so those bases are well covered.

My budget is around £100 (I don't mind whether this is made up of one bottle or more), although it would be nice to be able to offer a well-respected, but left field choice that will make me appear knowledgeable on the subject.

I have wanted to try one of the Octomores for a while now and had thought about using this event as a means of justifying the purchase of a 7.1, however, as I mentioned Islay whiskys will be well-represented with the usual suspects and it would be nice to offer a more conventional malt.

Over to you.

[Mr Trophy]

I’d recommend a lovely bottle of Ardbeg - JUST KIDDING.

I’ll leave it to the ash tray lovers to come along and help you

[jammy-git]

If Islay and Japanese are covered I'd look at something like an Aberlour A'bunadh + Aberfledy 12. Or stretch the budget slightly and get a Kavalan or Midleton Very Rare is something a little different.

[HarryW]

As recently posted by Podie have a look at some of the latest offerings by Glenglassaugh. Very good quality but reasonably priced you should be able to pick two for your hundred English pounds, perhaps one peaty and one smooth conventional highlander...

[NRS]

krallicious said:

No Christmas whisky for me this year but I have been digging into the whisky that I left at the MiL's last year.

Always good to spread the collection around

Do you not get into a bit of "trouble" for that? I know I have to cut back on bottles stored in the UK these days,

Mr Trophy said:

I’d recommend a lovely bottle of Ardbeg - JUST KIDDING.

I’ll leave it to the ash tray lovers to come along and help you

Do you not even have a "best of the bad lot" you can recommend?

HarryW said:

As recently posted by Podie have a look at some of the latest offerings by Glenglassaugh. Very good quality but reasonably priced you should be able to pick two for your hundred English pounds, perhaps one peaty and one smooth conventional highlander...

That's a good left field choice - shows you know more than the typical names. It might be a little "young" for some people (without having tasted them myself - I just know some people don't like young whisky), but would be interesting to have.

Ledaig could be another on the peated side - they've generally been looked down upon for a while, but it seems around 2004 they did some changes in distilling and quite a lot of the newer bottles since then can be very good. However you need to be selective with which ones you choose, and I think not everyone likes them.



I picked this lot up at Christmas. Also on the way home one of my flights were delayed, which meant I missed the next one and had a 4.5 hour wait. Left the airport and went to a whisky bar. Had 3 Hanyu's including 2 of the cards and a 12yo Yoichi 70th Anniversary (cask strength I think). A very enjoyable way to spend the delay!

[NRS]

Speaking about Glenglassaugh - the national shop here just updated their prices today, and they reduced the Glenglassaugh 30yo they still have to around £160. Just stuck in a order for a few bottles as it would be rude not to at those prices! They can be a bit bad at updating how many are available though very quickly, so it may well be they have already sold out by the time I saw.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

InductionRoar said:

I would like some assistance on my next purchase, as I have been invited to a "malt evening" that will be a family and friends affair. My brother is a big whisk(e)y fan and has a good selection of bourbon, Islay (which are my particular favourite) and Japanese malts, so those bases are well covered.

My budget is around £100 (I don't mind whether this is made up of one bottle or more), although it would be nice to be able to offer a well-respected, but left field choice that will make me appear knowledgeable on the subject.

I have wanted to try one of the Octomores for a while now and had thought about using this event as a means of justifying the purchase of a 7.1, however, as I mentioned Islay whiskys will be well-represented with the usual suspects and it would be nice to offer a more conventional malt.

Over to you.

For a 'left field' option how about trying a Campbeltown whisky? I have recently acquired 2 - Glen Scotia Double Cask (£29.99 in M&S) and Springbank 10 (£43.00 from Amazon) they are both very different. You could either turn up with both bottles or buy a more expensive bottle from either distillery such as GlenScotia Victoriana (£77.15)

See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyjPJW0tSsQ

[Blown2CV]

InductionRoar said:

I would like some assistance on my next purchase, as I have been invited to a "malt evening" that will be a family and friends affair. My brother is a big whisk(e)y fan and has a good selection of bourbon, Islay (which are my particular favourite) and Japanese malts, so those bases are well covered.

My budget is around £100 (I don't mind whether this is made up of one bottle or more), although it would be nice to be able to offer a well-respected, but left field choice that will make me appear knowledgeable on the subject.

I have wanted to try one of the Octomores for a while now and had thought about using this event as a means of justifying the purchase of a 7.1, however, as I mentioned Islay whiskys will be well-represented with the usual suspects and it would be nice to offer a more conventional malt.

Over to you.

bowmore 15 darkest. It's half your budget but is excellent.

[Bobberoo99]

Blown2CV said:

InductionRoar said:

I would like some assistance on my next purchase, as I have been invited to a "malt evening" that will be a family and friends affair. My brother is a big whisk(e)y fan and has a good selection of bourbon, Islay (which are my particular favourite) and Japanese malts, so those bases are well covered.

My budget is around £100 (I don't mind whether this is made up of one bottle or more), although it would be nice to be able to offer a well-respected, but left field choice that will make me appear knowledgeable on the subject.

I have wanted to try one of the Octomores for a while now and had thought about using this event as a means of justifying the purchase of a 7.1, however, as I mentioned Islay whiskys will be well-represented with the usual suspects and it would be nice to offer a more conventional malt.

Over to you.

bowmore 15 darkest. It's half your budget but is excellent.

Well I'd suggest a bottle of Glenfiddich 15yr old solera vat, lovely sweet fruit, and a bottle of Ballantines 18yr old as a left field choice, very smooth and a cracking depth for a blend.

[InductionRoar]

So many choices and recommendations. Thanks gents.

[HarryW]

Keeping it left field and certainly not something you can pick up in the supermarket is a smart move. You could even cover the bottles and go for blind tasting...
To that end and to make the evening interesting I'd certainly concur the Thought of throwing a Campbeltown into the mix, however I'd plum for the Kilkerran 12 year old. Even further left field would be an English whisky company offering, I've tried a few of theirs and not been disappointed, what piques my interest in their current crop is the Chapter 16 pleated sherry cask.

[Bobberoo99]

Decisions, decisions!!! Went with the Black Grouse and the Glen Scotia, they're now downstairs with the current open ones!!

[jammy-git]

If anyone ever comes across a bottle of Loch Fyne Living Cask Batch 1, please, PLEASE, let me know.

[NRS]

jammy-git said:

If anyone ever comes across a bottle of Loch Fyne Living Cask Batch 1, please, PLEASE, let me know.

Will do! Seems like it doesn't come up much in auctions.

Speaking about auctions, got a few Glenglassaugh in the latest ones. 1986 Dod Cameron (The Manager's Legacy), 1980's single malt, and a small XB Fledgling (1yo spirit from there). Also picked up something a bit different - Fuji Gotemba single cask from quite a few years ago. It's a bit of a strange one - 10yo and cask strength at 46%. In the past they would fill barrels at a lower alcohol % than normal, so they don't look cask strength.

Anyone else pick something up?

[ClassicMercs]

NRS said:

Will do! Seems like it doesn't come up much in auctions.

Speaking about auctions, got a few Glenglassaugh in the latest ones. 1986 Dod Cameron (The Manager's Legacy), 1980's single malt, and a small XB Fledgling (1yo spirit from there). Also picked up something a bit different - Fuji Gotemba single cask from quite a few years ago. It's a bit of a strange one - 10yo and cask strength at 46%. In the past they would fill barrels at a lower alcohol % than normal, so they don't look cask strength.

Anyone else pick something up?

After looking for so long I finally hit the button and got the Peacock to complete the set - only ten times what I would have paid had I not picked up something else and promised to buy the Peacock later (only to be disappointed).
This one has to go down as for the collection - against my normal rule of everything is bought to drink.