Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[Mr Trophy]

Has anyone joined the monthly master of malt dram club?

[LeighW]

Mr Trophy said:

Just seen this is 60.8%

Had the email from UPS that mine's being delivered tomorrow. When I have an A'bunadh, I have the first taste neat and enjoy the 'slap in the chops', then add a teaspoon of water. The same approach needed with this I think - I hope it's good!

I've also managed to find a bottle of the elusive Ben Riach Virgin Oak - in Belgium of all places. I've paid for it, now I'm just hoping it turns up. The store is Jurgen's Whiskyhuis.

[yanyan]

Tomintoul 40 year old.
I got an e-mail through yesterday from an online whisky site saying there was £300 off a bottle of Tomintoul 40 year old.
I've had a look and it seems a cracking whisky, and only 500 decanters filled.
Takes a week to deliver as it is ordered up from the distillery upon purchase.
The code to enter at checkout is "tom300"
Code valid until the end of August or while stocks last.
The link is here; https://bit.ly/2OZNZbF

[LeighW]

A favourable, if concise review.

[HarryW]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

whoami said:

Mr Trophy said:

Podie said:

LeighW said:

NRS said:

I couldn't help buying this a few days ago too - £60 quid for a 23yo sherried whisky is a bargain no matter the distillery/bottler these days surely?

https://www.whiskybroker.co.uk/70cl,-23yo-distille...

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

I can't believe there are any left to be honest!

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £65. (inc P&P)!

Rude not to join in.....

[Bobberoo99]

HarryW said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

whoami said:

Mr Trophy said:

Podie said:

LeighW said:

NRS said:

I couldn't help buying this a few days ago too - £60 quid for a 23yo sherried whisky is a bargain no matter the distillery/bottler these days surely?

https://www.whiskybroker.co.uk/70cl,-23yo-distille...

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

I can't believe there are any left to be honest!

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £65. (inc P&P)!

Rude not to join in.....

Must.......resist.............

[LeighW]

Bobberoo99 said:

HarryW said:

LaurasOtherHalf said:

whoami said:

Mr Trophy said:

Podie said:

LeighW said:

NRS said:

I couldn't help buying this a few days ago too - £60 quid for a 23yo sherried whisky is a bargain no matter the distillery/bottler these days surely?

https://www.whiskybroker.co.uk/70cl,-23yo-distille...

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

I can't believe there are any left to be honest!

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £60.

Dammit, you just cost me £65. (inc P&P)!

Rude not to join in.....

Must.......resist.............

Nah, do it.

The man from UPS has been. If this is decent and there are any left I think I'll grab another.

[Podie]

Sixty point eight percent.

Nom.

[LeighW]

Podie said:

Sixty point eight percent.

Nom.

Oof!

I'm hoping for some sort of 'early-A'bunadh-alike', but older. And cheaper.

[jammy-git]

How do they even get something so old and yet so high in alcohol still given the angel share per year? Or is this me misunderstanding the concept of proof?

[LeighW]

jammy-git said:

How do they even get something so old and yet so high in alcohol still given the angel share per year? Or is this me misunderstanding the concept of proof?

Actually, that's a very good point. IIRC, casks are generally filled at around 63-64%, and the angel's share can be between 0.5 and 2% per year depending on the barrel type and the storage conditions. I think the 'share per year' decreases over time, but even so it does seem to be pushing the limits of what's possible.

Edit - here's an 11 year old at 66.2%, so presumable filled at still strength, which google tells me can be between 60 and 75%. Every day's a school day!

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/43934/glenlive...

Edited by LeighW on Friday 24th August 12:58

[LeighW]

I'm spamming the forum here...

I now follow Whisky Broker on FB - today's release, a 16yo Arran, £40

https://www.whiskybroker.co.uk/70cl,-16yo-distille...

Who's going to try this one then?

[Bobberoo99]

LeighW said:

I'm spamming the forum here...

I now follow Whisky Broker on FB - today's release, a 16yo Arran, £40

https://www.whiskybroker.co.uk/70cl,-16yo-distille...

Who's going to try this one then?

HHmmmmmm quite tempted by that, wonder if Mrs Bobbers will let me? She said I could get the 23yr old if I wanted, but there's a couple of other things I want to buy this month.

[jammy-git]

LeighW said:

Actually, that's a very good point. IIRC, casks are generally filled at around 63-64%, and the angel's share can be between 0.5 and 2% per year depending on the barrel type and the storage conditions. I think the 'share per year' decreases over time, but even so it does seem to be pushing the limits of what's possible.

Edit - here's an 11 year old at 66.2%, so presumable filled at still strength, which google tells me can be between 60 and 75%. Every day's a school day!

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/43934/glenlive...

Edited by LeighW on Friday 24th August 12:58

So, I did a quick calculation:
At 2% angel share a year it would have had to have gone into the cask at ~95%.
At 1% - ~75%.
At 0.5% - ~68%.

[Blown2CV]

i presume evaporation isn't a linear plot

[Mr Trophy]

Ain’t it just incredible the amount of nonsense you can tell your wife and she believes you.... take 2!

[LeighW]

LeighW said:

Podie said:

Sixty point eight percent.

Nom.

Oof!

I'm hoping for some sort of 'early-A'bunadh-alike', but older. And cheaper.

Well, I opened it tonight. It's at least as good as I'd hoped. Lots of rich dried fruit, sultanas, orange on the nose, great mouthfeel, thick, rich, creamy, more dried fruit, christmas cake, a dark chocolatey finish. Despite the strength, I drank it neat. The age is helping, none of the alcohol burn you might expect with a younger whisky. My tongue and top lip were going slightly numb by the end, so no doubting the strength. I'll try it with a drop of water tomorrow.

Very happy with it, in fact I was going to buy another but it looks to be sold out.

[LeighW]

Mr Trophy said:

Ain’t it just incredible the amount of nonsense you can tell your wife and she believes you.... take 2!

A replacement already?

[Blown2CV]

LeighW said:

Mr Trophy said:

Ain’t it just incredible the amount of nonsense you can tell your wife and she believes you.... take 2!

A replacement already?

i guess if you're gonna shell out for the bottle then paying for next day delivery is pennies by comparison!

[HarryW]

Blown2CV said:

LeighW said:

Mr Trophy said:

Ain’t it just incredible the amount of nonsense you can tell your wife and she believes you.... take 2!

A replacement already?

i guess if you're gonna shell out for the bottle then paying for next day delivery is pennies by comparison!

for a $1000 bottle of whisky I'd be pouring (pun intended) over my house insurance accident clauses......