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  1. #1571
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    The Lasanta is only £35 a bottle. Must be a bargain if it is any good?
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    lasanta is very nice, as is their quinta ruban port version.
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  3. #1573
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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glengoyne-Y...ords=glengoyne

    this is a cracker... had some of this on the tour. blimey
    Ordered... Fuck it, you only live once!

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  4. #1574
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    It should be rather nice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Is it this one, by any chance: https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskie...ar-old-whisky/

    Pricey, but I need another 'nice whisky' [and that one sounds right up my street], to add to my selection and enjoy with friends over Xmas. Don't want to spend any more than a ton, though...

    Marco.
    No I've got this one which I don't recommend, not nearly as good as earlier batches of it.
    Maybe the latest batches are better ...

    https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskie...tch-59-whisky/

    If you are going to drop a ton, this would be one to consider. Doesn't seem to get a bad review.
    Good strength at 48% and matured in Oloroso and PX casks ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by CageyH View Post
    The Lasanta is only £35 a bottle. Must be a bargain if it is any good?
    I've bought it on Grant's recommendation - great price at the moment!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    Looks nice, Shaun! Could you describe the flavour? I might be interested in getting a bottle myself. I like something nice and smooth (such as most sherry cask whiskies), and not too peaty or smoky

    Marco.
    Well Marco, initially it is thick, gloopy and creamy to taste. Extremely piney but as peaty as the fires of hell. Lots of kind of fruit cake flavours. Very Christmassy. One of the best I have ever bought.

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    Quote Originally Posted by montesquieu View Post
    Agree. Mouthwash. Give me a nice sherry cask Speyside!
    Oh dear...!

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    For me, those Speyside whiskies are nothing short of that bloody Irish rubbish with the exception of Connemara of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Haselsh1 View Post
    Well Marco, initially it is thick, gloopy and creamy to taste. Extremely piney but as peaty as the fires of hell. Lots of kind of fruit cake flavours. Very Christmassy. One of the best I have ever bought.
    As long as you're enjoying it mate, that's the important thing. We all have different palates. Like I said, I'm far from a 'proper' whisky drinker. I just know what I like

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    Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.

    Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.

    CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.

    Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.

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    Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.

    Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.

    Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.


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