Show us your whisky!

[Wadeski]

Sadly staff arent allowed to order limited editions. I'll keep you guys updated when shipments go out though.

[Nat_H]

Makes me kinda glad I got 3 before Christmas.

FYI, HP12 is £20 sainsburys, and just having my first ever glass now.

[Lefty]

Great day at Glenfiddich today.

Tried:

Glenfiddich:
12
14 Rich Oak
15
18
19 Discovery
21

Grants:
Ale cask www.dramperday.wordpress.com
12yo
Sherry cask
Export-strength family reserve
Blended malt.

Highlight of the day though was 15yo straight from the Solera vat. Wow! I wish, wish, wish, they would bottle it at that strength though.

I was driving so just nosing and tasting rather than drinking. Got a storming drive home across the Cabrach too.

Happy days.

[Nat_H]

Ohh, off to Bangalore on Saturday, so I'll have to pick up a bottle of 19 yo Glenfiddich

[Wadeski]

err lefty, they do bottle it at that strength? its in the gift shop!

70 quid though

and ale cask is one of the most bizarre drams out on the market today. it tastes like nothing else, and really divides people. kinda funny it is a finish on a standard blend, rather than an ultra-rare limited edition for whisky geeks.

[Lefty]

!

Oh well, good excuse to go back up and pop in to balvenie or mortlach too...

[Lefty]

Wadeski said:

and ale cask is one of the most bizarre drams out on the market today. it tastes like nothing else, and really divides people. kinda funny it is a finish on a standard blend, rather than an ultra-rare limited edition for whisky geeks.

I loved it, a really interesting dram. Never seen it before, never even heard of it! I was amzed how long it had been on the go.

Thanks for the introduction Wade, Ludo's a nice bloke. Be sure to give me a shout next time you're up around these parts, I owe you a dram or two! Did you have a chance to do much driving on the roads around Dufftown? They're a joy mid-week, deserted Or were you pished the whole time?!


Anyway, I just registered a new domain name for ma blog:

www.dramperday.com

Bit easier to remember!

[F-Stop Junkie]

Nat, do Amrut do distillery tours and/or tastings? If I went back I'd love to see that, with the whisky maturing in the heat...

I don't know if you've been before, but the Park on the weekend tends to be young and loud, Oberoi more refined, and the Leela Palace the place for the Sunday lunch buffet...

Also bourbon growing in popularity, but used to be subject to phenomenal import duties. Gentleman Jack was £10 a bottle while passing through Dubai, the a supermarket in Bangalore had Smirnoff (made locally under licence) for £1.20 and Jack Daniels fresh from Lynchburg for £65 a bottle...

[Nat_H]

I hadn't really thought about it much, as it's a work thing, and I'm not to keen to go.

I'm actually staying in the Leela Palace, so I'll have to check out the Sunday buffet.

[F-Stop Junkie]

The buffet used to be Rs1000 with all the sparkling wine you can drink. Which can be great fun, when combined with the onsite bowling alley

[Nat_H]

Sounds like I might have fun after all.

I heard the club in the hotel was meant to be ok, but closes at 23:30....

[Nat_H]

Grant's ale cask is £13 in Waitrose, if anyone is tempted after what Lefty said.

[Lefty]

For £13 you can't not!

[Nat_H]

Lefty said:

For £13 you can't not!

On my desk now, along with a nice list ready for lhr duty free.

[Dan_1981]

Atv13 quid its got to be worth trying hasn't it?

[Lefty]

Nat_H said:

On my desk now, along with a nice list ready for lhr duty free.

Try Balvenie Portwood 21, 47% (the duty-free version). It's awesome.

[Nat_H]

Lefty said:

Try Balvenie Portwood 21, 47% (the duty-free version). It's awesome.

It was either that or the 19 /21 Glenfiddich....

[Lefty]

I wasn't all that impressed with the 19yo Glenfiddich TBH.

And the 21yo doesn't really do it for me either. The 18yo and 15yo are great though.

In fact, I reviewed the 15yo last night

[Nat_H]

Being an OCD freak, I wanted to complete the line up, as I have the 12, 14, 15, 18 & and Snow Phoenix, so wanted the "full house"

[Lefty]

What order would you rank them, out of interest?