Show us your whisky! Vol 2

[Blown2CV]

rsbmw said:

Any recommendation for a Japanese whisky aged in plum liqueur barrels? Tried Hibiki 12 recently and t was immense, but impossible to get at a reasonable price now.

sounds specific!

[Mr Trophy]

Just tucked into a Yamazaki 18 , please don't shout at me, but it's nothing to shout about !

[NRS]

Just realised I didn't post a reply about the festival post - looks like you had a good time and got to try a lot of different things. Thanks for the quick summary of each bottle.

Mr Trophy said:

Just tucked into a Yamazaki 18 , please don't shout at me, but it's nothing to shout about !

No shouting from me - I agree. It's good, but nothing like the prices that are being paid for the bottles now.

[whoami]

Mr Trophy said:

Just tucked into a Yamazaki 18 , please don't shout at me, but it's nothing to shout about !

Interesting.

The 12 year old is beautiful.

What was missing?

[Mr Trophy]

whoami said:

Mr Trophy said:

Just tucked into a Yamazaki 18 , please don't shout at me, but it's nothing to shout about !

Interesting.

The 12 year old is beautiful.

What was missing?

I was expecting big flavours and big tastes. What I was, erm, not that!

[Podie]

I recently purchased the Macallan 12 sherry oak. It's been a few years since I've had an age statements Macallan, so I was really looking forward to opening this.

Wow.

What a bland, disappointing dram.

Not unpleasant, but just completely mediocre with no rea redeeming features. For the same money, the recently departed GlenDronach 15 Revival blows it outbid the water in every sense.

A triumph of brand over substance. Avoid.

[krallicious]

NRS said:

Just realised I didn't post a reply about the festival post - looks like you had a good time and got to try a lot of different things. Thanks for the quick summary of each bottle.

Mr Trophy said:

Just tucked into a Yamazaki 18 , please don't shout at me, but it's nothing to shout about !

No shouting from me - I agree. It's good, but nothing like the prices that are being paid for the bottles now.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT!!!! Send the bottle onto me I think it is a lovely whisky but, as NRS says, not worth the prices being asked today. I can understand why you are not keen on it as it is very subtle (a bit like some Lowlands which I find a little too boring).

No problem! I did enjoy the day.

[NRS]

krallicious said:

YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT!!!! Send the bottle onto me I think it is a lovely whisky but, as NRS says, not worth the prices being asked today. I can understand why you are not keen on it as it is very subtle (a bit like some Lowlands which I find a little too boring).

No problem! I did enjoy the day.

I think that is the problem for me - I do like big flavours compared to subtle ones. Sounds like the same issue as Mr Trophy had with it? I haven't tasted too many Yamazaki bottles, but the 18, 12 and 2015 special edition were good whiskies but just not giving me enough of a flavour hit for the current pricing. They're certainly not bad, just not the ones I would spend money on. If spending a extra on a Japanese bottle I would go for Yoichi. The NAS Yamazaki is very good for the price though (at least it was in Japan, not looked at the prices over here recently), although not as good as the aged statements.

P.S. It wasn't that I didn't like it, just it didn't stand out for me... sadly for you it was still good enough to finish,

I've ordered the new Ice Edition Highland Park. I'm supposed to be buying less due to some house work, but it was impossible not to buy when the marketing combined Norway, mountains, ice and whisky - basically my life these days,

[Hosenbugler]

Has anyone tried the new Lagavulin 8 as yet?

[rsbmw]

Blown2CV said:

rsbmw said:

Any recommendation for a Japanese whisky aged in plum liqueur barrels? Tried Hibiki 12 recently and t was immense, but impossible to get at a reasonable price now.

sounds specific!

A couple of articles on Google suggest it's a fairly common thing they do, but I've been unable to find any examples other than Hibiki 12 and one of the Yamazaki (which are even more rare)

[krallicious]

Hosenbugler said:

Has anyone tried the new Lagavulin 8 as yet?

[Hosenbugler]

krallicious said:

Hosenbugler said:

Has anyone tried the new Lagavulin 8 as yet?

I take it thats a positive emoticon?

How does it compare to the 16, or even, the 12?

[krallicious]

Hosenbugler said:

I take it thats a positive emoticon?

How does it compare to the 16, or even, the 12?

I mentioned it on the previous page. I found it better than the 12 but not as complex as the 16. 'Tis worth trying as it is very nice.

[Hosenbugler]

krallicious said:

Hosenbugler said:

I take it thats a positive emoticon?

How does it compare to the 16, or even, the 12?

I mentioned it on the previous page. I found it better than the 12 but not as complex as the 16. 'Tis worth trying as it is very nice.

Ah, yes, managed to miss that . Interesting, my concern though is that they will use it as an excuse to shift the price of 16 upwards . We shall see.

Ta!

[oldaudi]

rsbmw said:

Any recommendation for a Japanese whisky aged in plum liqueur barrels? Tried Hibiki 12 recently and t was immense, but impossible to get at a reasonable price now.

My local Tesco still have 8 bottles of the Hibiki 12 50 cl bottles at £37. The online prices for this are stupid now. You should try the Hibiki Harmony. This is a NAS version with the same plum like fruity tastes. Easier to find and cheaper

I have a Hibiki 12 50cl, an unopened 12 70 cl and a Hibiki 17 70cl but youre not having those :-)

Other bottles you should be able to find easily include the NAS Ymazaki and Hakushu. The 12 and upwards of these are getting silly prices now.

Limited stock here of the 12 assuming its up to date

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/spirit-type/hibiki-j...

Edited by oldaudi on Thursday 12th May 14:05

Edited by oldaudi on Thursday 12th May 14:08

[rsbmw]

oldaudi said:

My local Tesco still have 8 bottles of the Hibiki 12 50 cl bottles at £37. The online prices for this are stupid now. You should try the Hibiki Harmony. This is a NAS version with the same plum like fruity tastes. Easier to find and cheaper

I have a Hibiki 12 50cl, an unopened 12 70 cl and a Hibiki 17 70cl but youre not having those :-)

Other bottles you should be able to find easily include the NAS Ymazaki and Hakushu. The 12 and upwards of these are getting silly prices now.

Limited stock here of the 12 assuming its up to date

http://www.waitrosecellar.com/spirit-type/hibiki-j...

Edited by oldaudi on Thursday 12th May 14:05

Edited by oldaudi on Thursday 12th May 14:08

Thanks, which is your local tesco? Will try mine. Waitrose link seems to be the Harmony

oldaudi said:

I have a Hibiki 12 50cl, an unopened 12 70 cl and a Hibiki 17 70cl

Can I have those?!

Edited by rsbmw on Thursday 12th May 14:24

Edited by rsbmw on Thursday 12th May 14:25

[rsbmw]

As luck would have it, wandered into my local Whisky purveyor and Hibiki 12 at £35, bargain

[krallicious]

A word of warning. Never try the 21yo Hibiki. You'll end up selling body parts for what it is going for.

[Blown2CV]

yet to taste a japanese whisky i haven't been underwhelmed by... IMHO of course

[NRS]

Blown2CV said:

yet to taste a japanese whisky i haven't been underwhelmed by... IMHO of course

Have you tried the Yoichi 15 or 20 year olds? 20yo has to be one of my favourite whiskies. Also the single casks that I have tasted have been amazing. Problem is almost all of those are £400+!