Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[whoami]

ClassicMercs said:

Tip of tongue to back of mouth - several times. Give it time.
The nose is delivering best at the bottom of the glass - plenty of air in the nosing glass.
This is one that goes a long way - perfect for a tight Yorkshireman.

It's immeasurably better with water too.

[loosemarbles]

I was in my local Lidl and bought one of their Glen Alba whisky's. It was sherry cask finished, and found it quite appealing.

Any suggestions for something similar for me to try? Incidentally, the Glen Alba lasted less than a fortnight - it was rather nice ...

[krallicious]

Joat said:

I've just taken a look at a bottle of that at the whiskey shop, sounds delicious , maybe one for next month.

Mistake made. It was Batch 10 that I was drinking. I have another bottle squirrelled away so I just need to find a deserving day to open it.

Finished a bottle of Maker's Mark 46 last night. I had forgotten just how smooth it is.

[krallicious]

Hmmm. Starting to feel like an alcoholic.

Getting stuck into one of the bottles from the tasting in October. Caol Ila 2004 Peated Sherry. It is very nice and I am tempted to get another bottle so I can compare it with our first PH cask.

[Mr Trophy]

krallicious said:

Hmmm. Starting to feel like an alcoholic.

Getting stuck into one of the bottles from the tasting in October. Caol Ila 2004 Peated Sherry. It is very nice and I am tempted to get another bottle so I can compare it with our first PH cask.

Starting...?

[krallicious]

bd

[Hosenbugler]

Has anyone done the Distillerry tour at Highland Park in Orkney?

Friends up there next week and looking at visiting, anyone any experience?

[dasonix]

[lenny007]

Oooh!



That'll be cheap...

[Blown2CV]

Ok update on the dark cove 'committee strength': water essential!!

Oh you didn't just show me another new ardbeg!

[whoami]

Blown2CV said:

Ok update on the dark cove 'committee strength': water essential!!

Oh you didn't just show me another new ardbeg!

I posted that a couple of days ago. It's certainly much better with water, isn't it?

It seems to integrate and balance better.

I really like it.

[krallicious]

Where did you find that 21 Ardbeg picture? The only 21yo I know of is the 2001 bottling.

[F-Stop Junkie]

There's been a TTB filing apparently spotted here

[krallicious]

Nice. So around 300 quid a bottle is my guess then.

I opened a bottle of Penderyn Peated (April 2011 release) last night that has been sta in my cupboard for nearly 4 years

They fill the spirit into casks that contained peated whisky so the effect is very subtle but it is so smooth. Everytime I try a whisky from this distillery I ask myself why I don't buy more bottles from them. Top stuff.

[williredale]

krallicious said:

Nice. So around 300 quid a bottle is my guess then.

I opened a bottle of Penderyn Peated (April 2011 release) last night that has been sta in my cupboard for nearly 4 years

They fill the spirit into casks that contained peated whisky so the effect is very subtle but it is so smooth. Everytime I try a whisky from this distillery I ask myself why I don't buy more bottles from them. Top stuff.

I'm a fan of Penderyn too. I've had a couple of bottles of the peated which were, as you say, quite subtle but I did the distillery tour last year and sampled the peated they had open for that and that bottle was much more in your face. I don't think they said where they source the casks from but that was quite a different whisky. The chap who was running the tour enjoyed it too. The sherry and madiera finishes are also good.

[hoegaardenruls]

williredale said:

krallicious said:

Nice. So around 300 quid a bottle is my guess then.

I opened a bottle of Penderyn Peated (April 2011 release) last night that has been sta in my cupboard for nearly 4 years

They fill the spirit into casks that contained peated whisky so the effect is very subtle but it is so smooth. Everytime I try a whisky from this distillery I ask myself why I don't buy more bottles from them. Top stuff.

I'm a fan of Penderyn too. I've had a couple of bottles of the peated which were, as you say, quite subtle but I did the distillery tour last year and sampled the peated they had open for that and that bottle was much more in your face. I don't think they said where they source the casks from but that was quite a different whisky. The chap who was running the tour enjoyed it too. The sherry and madiera finishes are also good.

I'm coming towards the end of a bottle of the port wood from the same place - it's one that reminds me I'd just bought my current car, and an early finish at a datacentre in the Valley's led to some spare time hooning around the Beacons and a trip to the distillery, adding a few hours to the usual time taken to get back to the hotel in Cardiff..

It was released about 3-4 years ago, and was a bargain at the time - just wish I'd picked up another:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/penderyn-por...

Sadly the limited release now available is quite a bit more expensive..

[krallicious]

hoegaardenruls said:

I'm coming towards the end of a bottle of the port wood from the same place - it's one that reminds me I'd just bought my current car, and an early finish at a datacentre in the Valley's led to some spare time hooning around the Beacons and a trip to the distillery, adding a few hours to the usual time taken to get back to the hotel in Cardiff..

It was released about 3-4 years ago, and was a bargain at the time - just wish I'd picked up another:

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/penderyn-por...

Sadly the limited release now available is quite a bit more expensive..

I have a bottle of the Swansea Portwood Release at home and I am looking forward to trying it at some point.

Having a look at some of the other Portwood releases is eye opening

[Podie]

BenRiach Cask Strength - Batch 1... ordered.

[BenWRXSEi]

Picked up a bottle of this earlier on a whim while I was in Waitrose:



I'm glad I did, it's rather nice!

[steveT350C]

Arrived last week, ordered before Xmas....