Show us your whisky! Vol 2
Discussion
NRS said:
Having this tonight. Have to say it is one of the best whiskies I have tasted!
https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/22635/g...
At £1500 a bottle I'd expect to seem like you're in heaven with young nubiles blowing you whilst you sip.....https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/22635/g...
Edited by NRS on Wednesday 31st May 19:46
HarryW said:
At £1500 a bottle I'd expect to seem like you're in heaven with young nubiles blowing you whilst you sip.....
Whiskybase values are often quite wrong, as it picks up the bottles people put for sale at silly prices. It can also be the opposite way though, if it is a rare bottle than is almost never sold then sometimes it has the original price or an old one that is far too cheap. However it was expensive - but I bought a sample from a friend, so nothing like the cost of a whole bottle thankfully! I guess the fact I don't have young nubiles blowing me helps me afford it, :P Plus it was snowing this morning, so needed a whisky to warm me up, 
jammy-git said:
That Ardbeg is lovely.
Yes, the PX is a nice dram too! Although I have moved a little away from the heavy peat/smoke whiskies currently. Currently drinking a sample of the Macallan Rare Cask Black series a friend sent, and very little peat in it. A nice whisky, but certainly not worth the asking price.2 bottles from Japan just arrived, and considering Japanese prices they were generally good value too! First is Fuji Gotemba (Kirini) Distillers Select 2016. At only £55 for a distillery only, limited bottle worth a try, particularly as it seems to have pretty good reviews. Interesting story too - they got staff in the distillery to make their own vatting, they were then tasted blind and a winner picked with a little tweaking. The second was one of the small single cask bottles (180ml), 12yo and from the Sherry and Sweet distillery bottles from Miyagikyo. And for £40 good value compared to most of the single cask bottles from Japan!
I have friends in Japan at the moment - any tips for picking up deals? From what she's told me so far everything is more expensive than in the UK!
Also, never been too impressed with Macallan myself. None of them have been a bad dram, but just nothing exceptional, rather like Glenfiddich IMO.
Also, never been too impressed with Macallan myself. None of them have been a bad dram, but just nothing exceptional, rather like Glenfiddich IMO.
jammy-git said:
I have friends in Japan at the moment - any tips for picking up deals? From what she's told me so far everything is more expensive than in the UK!
Also, never been too impressed with Macallan myself. None of them have been a bad dram, but just nothing exceptional, rather like Glenfiddich IMO.
Not much point in them looking for stuff really - I was there about a year ago and spent probably a whole day looking and found basically nothing (Mars/Shinshu Komagatake Spirit of Rindo at Hasegawa Liqours and Mars Tsunaga at Isetan). It could be worth them checking Isetan (department store like Harrods) as occasionally they have something interesting and even if there is no whisky they might enjoy the shopping there if they like that sort of thing. I believe the Fuji distillery would have the bottle above if they visited it - plus a similar single grain version. But generally anything interesting is immediately bought up, and most of the prices are massively inflated as you say. Apparently the plane loads of Chinese tourists who were coming to buy lots of bottles have dried up now as there is so little these days.Also, never been too impressed with Macallan myself. None of them have been a bad dram, but just nothing exceptional, rather like Glenfiddich IMO.
I got those bottles from Rakuten (kind of Japanese Amazon/ebay I think). Most bottles are crazy prices, but occasionally there is interesting bottles for a good/ok price. It might be a problem posting to the UK though - they say nothing >24% to UK (presumably the post office rules, which I would not recommend breaking as they destroyed a single cask HP I sent previously, :'( ). To Norway they say it is not allowed, but not sure why. I just asked them to send it as I know there is not an issue and it arrived fine.
I agree with the modern Macallan I have tasted - and not had any of the old spectacular ones for which they seem to have built their reputation in the past. When you compare the prices to the likes of Glendronach it is hard to justify buying them.
Edited by NRS on Thursday 15th June 21:31
Joat said:
Back to Cambeltown tonight with this, Glen Scotia Double Cask.
Is no one else drinking?
Bowmore Dawn for me tonight. Bowmore which was finished in port pipes and bottled at 51.5% - lovely! Last night finished the last little bit of the 1988 Macallan in a bourbon cask I shared here before.Is no one else drinking?
Did the Glenlivet 25 survive by the way?
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