Looks interesting, Jules, but do me a favour, when you post pics of wines you've had, please list both the PRICE and SOURCE, so that anyone interested knows where to get it! Ta:)Quote:
Originally Posted by julesd68
Marco.
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Looks interesting, Jules, but do me a favour, when you post pics of wines you've had, please list both the PRICE and SOURCE, so that anyone interested knows where to get it! Ta:)Quote:
Originally Posted by julesd68
Marco.
Depending on vintage, I think it is around £8 to £12 a bottle.
Grant, The Redbreast Lustau is a 10 year old Irish whisky with an additional year in a Spanish oak sherry cask.
I picked up this when I saw it today, Your side of the pond . I'll open it tomorrow night.
I believe it's a Speyside? It says Highlands on the bottle, but it could still be a Speyside because Spayside is in Highlands right? Or was that Glenfarclas ? Fruitcakey ? I know they use the tallest column stills in Scotland.
It has the most beautiful color, and no fake coloring added. Some times it looks purple, sometimes red .
My picture sucks,dose not show the real color of this gem. At $72.99 I could nearly have gotten a Glenfarclas 17 year or cask 105.
I was told $62,99 but thats not what I was charged,looking at my receipt later. Liquor stores are like that here. I should have looked at the receipt before leaving ,my bad. I know better.
Ah the quinta ruban.. Lovely dram, and I've got a bottle stashed myself. Very nice stuff. Yes morangie stills are very tall necks, about 5 metres and have an odd firing bulge at bottom I think.
The label used to say the 16 men from tain, on it but I think it's got just the men from tain.
They are pot stills as well, not column.
Anyway you will enjoy that. They do a 12 called Lasanta which is sherry cask finished.
Quinta is older now than it used to be, getting longer in the port tubes.
Enjoy Jeff
Below, the morange stills. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...67be6d7492.jpg
you can see the bulge at bottom of neck.. i think its called a reflux ball, supposedly slows down the vapour producing a finer vapour.. (I think )lol
My bottle at back of shelf. Got at a good price.. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...c6e26539f9.jpg
More interesting facts is the water used is spring water. It can take over 100 yrs for rain to emerge as spring water. The distillery were worried about contamination of the catchment area so bought about 650 acres so it stayed pristine.
The stills are designed originally from gin stills, thus the size, which are biggest in country.. and only a third of the second distill is used as whisky. The rest is reprocessed. A very fine whisky
I have a question for the knowledgeable people on this thread.
What is an exceptionally good whisky to give someone for a “big” birthday present, without spending stupid amounts on a bottle?
what is "stupid amount"?
depends on the person and their likes, and of course how much you want to spend... maybe an 18 year old Glen Grant.. comes in a nice box and is lovely stuff..Quote:
Originally Posted by CageyH
or maybe a Macallan sherry cask.. the 12 is about 60 odd.. the GG is maybe double that.
Not stupid amount = less than £400
The person in question has no particular preference in regions, which makes it more difficult.
https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskie...-whisky/?srh=1
Ive tasted this at the distillery.. its pretty awesome..:eyebrows: