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A new one today and a very recent purchase.
Tomintoul 12 Oloroso cask finish.
This has a lovely hue.
Nose has sherry, nutty pecans and maybe a minute bit of putty.
Nice creamy Toffee along with fruit cake. Quite buttery.
Longish finish which is controlled but satisfying.
Rather good for a 12yr old.
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Another new opening today.
Tamdhu 12yr old sherry cask.
Tamdhu have been using sherry casks since their beginnings. Always AFAIK Oloroso casks.
Think this distillery is owned by same family that has glengoyne, the McLeods. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0934962d9d.jpg
Orange, cinnamon and sherried peels on nose to start, and in mouth, which is lovely and juicy, banana, orange again followed again by sherry, and spices. finish is medium and not too burning.. this is very, very moreish.. you could easily drink the bottle :eyebrows:
at under £40 a bottle; and the bottle is very nice too, its a veritable bargain.
rather good that... too easy to drink :eyebrows: leave that tho and finish the bottle of glendronach 15, which has 2 small ones in left. fairly tearing through the near empty bottles this week.:D
the bucket man is going to think im an alky....a rich alky:lol:
Glen Grant 15 tonight.
50 ABV!
I believe it is un chill filtered.
No sherry or Bourbon cask finish , just a glorious tasting old school scotch .
Most likely aged in European oak. So much fruit and toffee and a little pumpkin spice on the finish.
I could just sit and sniff it all night, this is by far the best 12 to 15 year old bottle you could ever hope for.
I thought the Glen Grant 12 was good but this is amazing.
I am sorry this bottle in the U.S. or any thing Glen Grant here is very,very hard to find,this one was a holiday special $55.00 and well worth $100.00 in my humble opinion.
Glad to have gotten one, and met a nice older couple from Scotland that moved here 20 years ago,they said they lived very near the Fettercarin Distillery. I was happy to know of some of the distilleries she talked about like Talisker another of her favorites.Grant has taught me well.
She said she is partial to Laphroaig quarter cask.
Marco would hate this, NO CARAMEL COLOR ADDED. No finish casking. No Bull Shit ,Honest 50 ABV. dram.
CORRECTION: It was aged in an ex Bourbon cask.
Don't often see it here as its a product for the usa market I think. A few bottles around at £75 or so. grant is one of my fav distilleries.. quality stuffQuote:
Originally Posted by goraman
Im back on this.. Gelstons rum cask
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staying irish with some lustau.
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borrow a pic ;)
Went to a Halloween party tonight, I brought this .
A nice Dewar's blended 15 year old.
There is still more than half left so I brought it home.
The Monarch... Should hold some nicely sherried spices. Halloween was cancelled here AFAIK. Parties are banned too.Quote:
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Nikka from the Barrel.
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Our Governor has destroyed so many businesses Ca. has been the most restrictive state of all 50. School is zoom meetings and no youth sports have been allowed.Quote:
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Yet his kids are going to school privatively, all wineries where closed yet his never shut down and people are very upset.
There was more parties and kids out than ever before. Pent up people just wanting to move on with their lives.
BTW The Dewar's was far better than I expected ,I always thought of them as a budget blend but the 15 is very good, there is defiantly some grains mixed in but not to it's undoing.
It was a little more peat forward then J.W. Green label but not a peat bomb by any standard.
Never had a Japanese whiskey, Grant what do you think of it?
Never taken any note of American politics, so I had a bit of a look on t'internet: that is so similar to here - that sort of behaviour always makes me think of the last bit of "Animal farm" - trying to get back on topic for this thread: no wonder you like a wee dram or two :glug:Quote:
Originally Posted by goraman
I think it's a developed taste. Slightly floral, but has some areas your palate might like.Quote:
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Seem to come in 50cl bottles mostly and overly priced. I prefer the Nikka red to the cask strength
Wolfburn Aurora
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Lovely young drop this. And it is young
Glenglassaugh Revival.
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The fabulous Redbreast 15 Yr old.
Fruity, creamy classic pot still Irish.
This is a very fine dram that, with some air, will improve in the bottle as well as the glass.
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That is my favorite whiskey.Quote:
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It is very nice and growing on me more each time I drink some.Quote:
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Redbreast Lustau
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Opened a nice 18yr old tonight. This is from Glengoyne distillery.
A Highland distillery this, but only just. In fact it's technically aged in lowland as the the aging premises is on the lowland side of main Rd, and distillery on t'otherhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...266dd43069.jpg
creamy honeyed and quite soft. lots of sherry too of course. quite deep sherry in this actually. worth trying as are most of the goyne's ive had.
Tamnavulin sherry cask. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...7419aa4d2f.jpg
Aberlour big A...
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my second bottle of the 63 batch.. think they are now at 66. i liked this batch
Just a heads up, folks... Was in Aldi yesterday and they've got some fantastic drinkies in for Xmas - check out the range here: https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/wines/chris...ntTotalCount=9
I picked up a bottle of their 40-year old Tawny port, which considering the quality is excellent value at £34.99, and among other stuff, a bottle of 2019 Grand Vallon Châteauneuf-du-Pape Grande Réserve white, for £14.99: https://www.aldi.co.uk/white-chateau...07569433605400
And also a bottle of Princes de France Gigondas 2018, for £9.99 and a lovely 2017 Médoc Cru Bourgeois, for £7.49, which really was a Billy Bargain! Also got a traditional Scottish Batch gin, from St Andrews, housed in a rather attractive stone bottle, for £17.99:
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Details here: https://www.aldi.co.uk/traditional-s...87727247690700
Not a massive gin drinker, but looking forward to trying that one:)
HURRY NOW, while stocks last to secure these wonderful Christmas slurps!:cheers:
Marco.
aldi do some decent booze at times. the ports ive had there have been excellent. cant comment on gin tho
Yup... They (and Lidl) are consistently good in that respect, throughout the year, but particularly at Christmas, as many of their 'Specials' are very much *exactly* that!:)
Like you, I'm not a massive gin fan, but we wanted something nice in, so we can offer guests a quality G&T, plus for making Del some 'princess cocktails' she likes with gin in. I also got some flavoured ones for when her pals come over during the Xmas hols.
They're trendy just now, especially as some of Del's female friends are still in their 20s. I'll no doubt be on 'bar duty' again, unless I'm TOLD to bugger off, like last time!:eek::D
Marco.
Marco,
It sounds like Aldi is like Costco , for Holiday bottles.
I have a friend who buys all his whiskey around Christmas for the whole year because the prices are so good.
If you see a deal on Glenfarclas 15,17,18,21,25 go for it very good stuff in those bottles.
young folk drink shite;) fortunately for your scotch:eyebrows: wouldnt put much else down my gullet than "good" scotch/irish/bourbon.. good being the optimum wordQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
The Rasteau doesn't look too shabby either. :)
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Yes, I've had it, Barry, and it's excellent. That Médoc looks rather good too, and a silly price for the quality on offer, so you may like to visit your local branch and 'purloin' a few!;)
Marco.
Hi Jeff,Quote:
Originally Posted by goraman
Yeah you're on the money there, dude. We've also got Costco here. I opened an account at our local branch years ago, used it twice and haven't been back since, simply because it's not somewhere I'd normally think of using, but they did have some decent stuff there last time:)
Marco.
Lol - you're not joking, certainly if that last party we had in our garden was anything to go by!:eek::doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
You want to have seen the colours of some of it... Blue, green and pink shit - no idea what was in it, but it certainly sent them schoopit, after mixing it with wine and cider!:lol:
Mind you, the entertainment was top-notch afterwards, when they all started getting 'frisky' with each other and playing 'Truth or Dare'...:kiss::eyebrows:
I was a gentleman of course and turned a blind eye - wouldn't dream of perving...;)
Marco.
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Originally Posted by Marco
aye, pull someone eles's plonker:D
yeah the older farclas stuff is great value sherried malt.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by goraman
Wot - moi? You don't expect me to watch a group of drunken 20/30-year-old girlies snogging each other, and erm, 'other stuff'...? Shurely not - would you?:eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Marco.
i bloody would :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Haha... I'll admit having to disappear a couple of times to, ahem, 'sort myself out':o;)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Anyway, do you think I'll be wanted on bar duty for the forthcoming girly soirees, or told to fuck off, in the nicest possible sense?:D
Marco.
Oh bar duties I guess... Who wants to make their own drinkies?
If I was there I'd sort those teasers out. [emoji39]
Lol - in what way? I'm curious!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Don't think they were teasing, as such, just 'in their zone' enjoying themselves. I honestly don't think they even saw me! Some of the 'dares' though, were certainly rather daring:eek: And I ain't no prude... Never ceases to amaze me how much drink 'loosens' inhibitions... Mind you, some don't need much encouragement!
Yeah, you're probably right. Bar duty it'll be. I don't mind really - it's not such a bad job I guess in the circumstances;)
Marco.
You could always invite some of the Mods to help relieve you of such an onerous burden. ;)
You volunteering, Barry? They might dig you in the likes of a chauffeur's uniform:D
Marco.
I could wear my dinner jacket - would that suffice?
(Thinking about it, it should be a white jacket, so sorry - I don't have one.)
Yes, just a dinner jacket and a smile. lol... TBH, mate, I don't think you'd last 5 mins - when they get going, they're rabid!:eyebrows:
Marco.
Well I have survived the attentions of rapacious young fillies on New Year's Eve in Llanwyst, North Wales.
Dose anyone else do this?
I have a 1.75 liter bottle of Carlyle that was left to sit in a bourbon cask , I put the last third of a bottle of Monkey Shoulder and 1/4 bottle of Naked Grouse, now I added half a bottle of Dewar's 15 and some Classic Laddie just to bring up the alcohol content Because the Dewar's was only 40%. It is an ever changing self vatted blend I put in my decanter. It combines a lot of my less expensive bottles. I just want to be rid of, to make room for new bottles I want to try and it lets me keep a big mystery jug of scotch that continues to change.I don't do this with expensive single malts I really like.
I once mixed some whiskies. Like you it was leftovers. Was Laphroaig, JD, and a blended one I've forgot the name of. It tasted pretty horrid [emoji23].
I guess I've not got the knack. Think the smokey islay held it back.
I mostly just use blended scotch from different makers, most bleanded scotches are pretty well balanced so they play nicely togather .The exception was a little 50% unpeated classic laddie .
I thought it just needed a little of the sea brine and younger fruits you get from the laddie. Its funny how just adding 4 or 5 ounces of laddie to a 1.75 liter bottle can make a nice but subtle impact.
With whiskey even a small thing makes a noticeable change.
So as a rule I vat blends not wildly different from one another.
I am glad I added a little laddie as it gave it a nice note of salt air.
A nice balance to all the sherry blends added.
I have been thinking about it recently - just to get rid of some nearly empty bottles and such like. However, I think that the fear of making something awful puts me off :)
the dark side... Edradour 10.
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Glenfarclas 105.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...0650d1bb04.jpg
got another of these on order.. for money and abv/quality its a no brainer buy really. a lovely drop
If it comes out really,really foul tasting offer it to inlaws when they come over.