Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[HarryW]

whoami said:

LeighW said:

whoami said:

Podie said:

Try an Aberlour A'bunadh next...

Especially before the imminent comedy price increase.

Now £80 on WE & MoM. Sad times...

It's a real shame. When the current stocks are sold £80-90, will be the normal retail price.

Real shame, its a sub £50 whisky and I always have a bottle on the go, I will not though at £80 a pop. Glenfarclas 105 is similar, if not better to some, and that remains under £50 for the present...

[whoami]

HarryW said:

Real shame, its a sub £50 whisky and I always have a bottle on the go, I will not though at £80 a pop. Glenfarclas 105 is similar, if not better to some, and that remains under £50 for the present...

Spot on.

[Mr Trophy]

If anyone is looking for a new whisky to try. This is a belter:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/speyside/bei...

[Flog123]

These are the bottles I’m working my way through at the moment.





Feel like I need a special occasion to open the quarter century.

[Joat]

Super smooth and fruity, easy drinking, but a bit poor on the finish for me.



Smooth full bodied and sweet with a peaty smoke finish..........

[Bobberoo99]

Joat said:

Smooth full bodied and sweet with a peaty smoke finish..........

Pretty much my favourite whisky!!!

[Joat]

Bobberoo99 said:

Joat said:

Smooth full bodied and sweet with a peaty smoke finish..........

Pretty much my favourite whisky!!!

Have you tried the Loch Gorm?

[NRS]

Mr Trophy said:

If anyone is looking for a new whisky to try. This is a belter:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/speyside/bei...

I'd been wondering about that one. The colour makes it look really interesting,

[Bobberoo99]

Joat said:

Have you tried the Loch Gorm?

Unfortunately not, I did ask for somebody else's feed back on it earlier in the thread but they didn't reply, so I'll ask you what you think of it? I had a bottle of the 100% Islay last year and that was Machir Bay but to the power of 10!!!!

[Joat]

Bobberoo99 said:

Joat said:

Have you tried the Loch Gorm?

Unfortunately not, I did ask for somebody else's feed back on it earlier in the thread but they didn't reply, so I'll ask you what you think of it? I had a bottle of the 100% Islay last year and that was Machir Bay but to the power of 10!!!!

I've got them open at the moment trying them both side by side and in my opinion the Loch Gorm has the same characteristics of the 2007 Vintage but much refined.

[Joat]

Had the last 2 glasses out of this bottle last night, absolutely fantastic, got to be the best bottle of malt for me so far.

[Bobberoo99]

Thanks for the feed back Joat, I've just grabbed a bottle of A'bunadh for £49.99 before It's no longer available for that price, had a bottle well over a decade ago so let's see how it compares!!! Think my next purchase will be either a Loch Gorm or a Sanaig but won't be until the end of June now!!!

[Bert Cheese]

Sorry for not having replied to the recent Loch Gorm enquiry, I haven't opened it yet due to an overload of work trying to refurbish my flat and having too many bottles of malt on go at present already.

As for the Aberlour A'bunadh pricing....I've bought seven or so in the last couple of years, in Waitrose they appear at £49.99 and then get sold off at £36.00 or less a few months later...a waiting game that never fails and frankly recent batches haven't been as good as the mid 40's numbers.
How they end up at £140+ on other sites is beyond me...tempted to sell some older ones off if people are paying that strong money though?

Edited by Bert Cheese on Monday 28th May 01:25

[Bobberoo99]

Bert Cheese said:

Sorry for not having replied to the recent Loch Gorm enquiry, I haven't opened it yet due to an overload of work trying to refurbish my flat and having too many bottles of malt on go at present already.

As for the Aberlour A'bunadh pricing....I've bought seven or so in the last couple of years, in Waitrose they appear at £49.99 and then get sold off at £36.00 or less a few months later...a waiting game that never fails and frankly recent batches haven't been as good as the mid 40's numbers.
How they end up at £140+ on other sites is beyond me...tempted to sell some older ones off if people are paying that strong money though?

Edited by Bert Cheese on Monday 28th May 01:25

No worries about the reply, it's nice to hear from you now!! Good luck with selling them, although I wouldn't hold your breath, it seems that unless it's something increadibly rare or a special bottling of something mainstream the auction houses don't bother replying, I've asked to auction my bottle of the original bottling of Aberfeldy 25year old in its wooden presentation box and had no response, they're currently on Whisky Exchange for £350 a bottle!!!

[LeighW]

Mr Trophy said:

If anyone is looking for a new whisky to try. This is a belter:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/speyside/bei...

That looks interesting!

My latest bottles on the back of Ralfy reviews. Plus a couple of samples to try and persuade my palate to like some peat smoke - I drank them last weekend - can't say I'm swaying much! I've had a Lagavulin 1999 Distillers edition before, and enjoyed the way it turned sweet after the initial smokeyness. I didn't seem to get that here. Edit to add - the samples are Bowmore No 1 and Lagavulin 2000 Distillers Edition.



This arrived yesterday; my fourth bottle and the last one I can find anywhere online. It's just so delicious with beautiful confectionary notes, guess I have a sweet tooth!

[jammy-git]

I’m going through Gatwick in a week - anyone know of anything with looking at in duty free at the moment?

[NRS]

Will the new Macallan announced a few days ago be available...?

https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/latest-news/1925...

[sheepsplitter]

jammy-git said:

I’m going through Gatwick in a week - anyone know of anything with looking at in duty free at the moment?

Last time I went through I got a bottle of Glen Scotia 16 year old, and am absolutely loving it.
Nearly gone now though, so might have to get another one.

Here's a review for it....
https://www.whiskynotes.be/2017/glen-scotia/glen-s...

Edited by sheepsplitter on Friday 1st June 09:23

[EJH]

LeighW said:

I assume it's because they think that people will pay it? Still £49.99 on Amazon, for now at least.

It most certainly is; the Amazon fairy brought me a bottle this week

[Bobberoo99]

EJH said:

LeighW said:

I assume it's because they think that people will pay it? Still £49.99 on Amazon, for now at least.

It most certainly is; the Amazon fairy brought me a bottle this week

mine arrived today!!!