Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[Got4wheels]

I've been a whisky drinker for a few years now, and compared to some here, I've a modest collection. Though some are from recommendations on this thread:

Mortlach 16
Glendronach Allardice (Though even after trying Parliament, Revival is my favourite
Auchentoshan Three Wood (incredibly easy drinker)
Kilchoman Sanaig (unopened)
Whisky Broker Speyside 24
Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold (bought by a family member, not keen on the freezer gimmick personally)
Royal Salute 21 Signature Blend (unopened)
Dalmore Cigar Malt (another incredibly easy drinker)

I'm open to more suggestions.

I was given some Filey Bay miniatures for Christmas and tried the Moscatel, it's nice but I felt it lacked dimension compared to other sherry cask drams.

Michael

[LeighW]

Got4wheels said:

I've been a whisky drinker for a few years now, and compared to some here, I've a modest collection. Though some are from recommendations on this thread:

Mortlach 16
Glendronach Allardice (Though even after trying Parliament, Revival is my favourite
Auchentoshan Three Wood (incredibly easy drinker)
Kilchoman Sanaig (unopened)
Whisky Broker Speyside 24
Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold (bought by a family member, not keen on the freezer gimmick personally)
Royal Salute 21 Signature Blend (unopened)
Dalmore Cigar Malt (another incredibly easy drinker)

I'm open to more suggestions.

I was given some Filey Bay miniatures for Christmas and tried the Moscatel, it's nice but I felt it lacked dimension compared to other sherry cask drams.

Michael

Glenallachie is my go to whisky these days, but it depends what your preferences are? The core range 12 and 15 are both very good and usually readily available, and if you can get your hands on a 10yo Cask Strength, even better! Batch 7 is just out (my first one's being delivered tomorrow ), batch 5 and 6 crop up at auction at around the £70+fees mark if you want to go that route.

I have a bottle of the Kilchoman Sanaig too, and even though I'm not a huge fan of peated whisky, I really do like it.

[CardShark]

Had this for a month or so however tonight is the opening night.

[Mark Benson]

Got4wheels said:

I was given some Filey Bay miniatures for Christmas and tried the Moscatel, it's nice but I felt it lacked dimension compared to other sherry cask drams.

Michael

I had one of their first release bottles; it was, I think 3 years old (they've only been going for a short while) - it has a lot of promise but needs more time in the barrel, which it will doubtless get.
Must be difficult being a startup with a product that takes years to come to it's best.

Edited by Mark Benson on Tuesday 1st March 09:13

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Heads up - Kilkerran have releases 2 different 8 Year Old Cask Strength expressions -

Kilkerran 8 Port Cask Matured @ 57.9%
Kilkerran 8 Sherry Cask Matured @ 58.1%

My local(ish) shop has just called and I am collecting a bottle of each on Saturday

[LeighW]

Just in time for the weekend, my first batch 7 turned up.

[ToastMan76]

Finally got around to opening the Jura Winter. Taken with 2 ice cubes (I havent bought a bug ice cube maker yet) first impressions it has a sweetness on the nose, you can deffo smell the sherry hints. First unwatered sip was smooth (not syrupy which Im glad!). Exceptionally smokey, it tasted almost burnt and firey. Once the water infused into it there was a much more mellow and enjoyable flavour to the drink.

Novice rating: 7.5/10

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Looking forward to trying the Post Cask one tonight!

[CardShark]

^^^ I've a 12 plus another in reserve and had an Internet gander for either the port or sherry cask last night - they sell out pretty quickly, by the looks of things!

Talking of sherry cask, this is tonight's tipple -

[C70R]

Advice on selling whisky, please. The one on the right is listed in a few places for a fair bit more than I paid at the moment. Given that I drank the one on the left after paying less than £100 for it, and it ended up being listed for £1k+ in a few places, I might sell the other one to ease my suffering a little...

Where should I list it? Is there a decent whisky auction site?

[SlimJim16v]

This is one of the larger ones, someone on here mentioned it. I'm currently bidding on a couple.

https://www.scotchwhiskyauctions.com/

[justin220]

Whisky Hammer and Whisky Auctioneer are another couple of good auction sites.

[loskie]

Should I have just finished this? Or kept it in a cupboard?
TBH it’s not a favourite

[C70R]

Thanks for the auction sites. Think I'm going to keep an eye on prices for a few months.

Somewhat depressingly, the bottle on the left sold for 1600 quid last month. And it was only an ok dram.

Edited by C70R on Tuesday 8th March 21:56

[eein]

For selling I only use Scotch Whisky Auctions and Whisky Auctioneer. The others don't tend to get the consistency on prices, especially for the £1k+ bottles.

I mostly use Scotch Whisky Auctions as they only charge £6 per bottle selling fee. Whisky Auctioneer charges 6% which is much more on a £1k+ bottle, however they tend to get slightly better hammer prices, but not always 6% more.

[robscot]

Can recommend https://www.thegrandwhiskyauction.com/ as both a buyer and a seller.

[justin220]

I've recently completed the 'Runrig' edition whisky set, which I've been trying to get all 6 bottles for a while now. Couple of duplicates of the easier to get ones, which are open. But planning on keeping the 6 set for a while.

I'm thinking about keeping them all for my son turning 18, which is about 15 years away. I don't want to keep them out in sight, just incase they are accidently opened etc.

What would people recommend to keep them in, and where? I'm assuming a big plastic box would be fine, but then would the garage/loft be suitable ? I guess I'm worried about damp etc..

[NRS]

Somewhere damp would be better for the cork (reduces the change it dries out and leaks/disintegrates when you open it) but would be worse for the labels.

[eyebeebe]

I was at a “whisky ship” event on lake Lucerne yesterday. Great opportunity to try some whisky at reasonable prices before buying, as well a lot of bottles that would be very difficult to try elsewhere, given they were bottled for the stands’ owners or were limited releases.

This is the list from one of the stands. I’d wanted to try a Port Ellen for a long time. I had the 27yo and to be honest was pretty disappointed. I’d have been gutted to buy one for £1,200. Not that many at that price ever get drunk. The Ardbeg 15 yo was excellent, but sadly not for sale by the bottle.



This is what I actually ended up buying. The Williamson is a Laphroiag with a teaspoon of something else in it. Remarkably smooth for a 6yo. The Bruichladdie was bottled for a whisky shop in Zurich and finished in a red wine cask. The Glenrothes finished in a Madeira cask.

Edited by eyebeebe on Monday 28th March 10:51

[jammy-git]

Funnily enough I've had a ~30 year old Port Ellen, on Islay and was very underwhelmed.