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Whisky
- Thread starter 1 Mcnamara
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Tonight I am mostly drinking this. £25 Tesco Clubcard deal.
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It's superb, enjoy
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- Jul 21, 2005
Like a milder south Islay peat monster. Peat smoke, sea salt, citrus tang, peppery finish.
8/10.
Am I right?
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Whilst visiting my relatives in East Lothian last weekend, my cousin gave me a bottle of whisky - one of several her Hearts ST holder husband had in the house when he sadly died a couple of years ago. It’s Dewar’s so not exactly a favourite of mine, but I’m toasting his memory with it now and must say today’s result has made it quite palatable.
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You are right, lovely gas-like vapour as it moves across the tongue too, can't really identify the citrus but my sinuses are fkd usually. Lighter peatyness than some other ones perhaps?
Durability: 9 days, don't know if I could drag it out any longer knowin it was there in the cupboard...
Slippery kaboosh
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I did the johnny walker experience on Friday.. was quite good.. had a nip of thier Harris tweed limited edition which was pretty nice.. bloody expensive to buy at there's only 10k bottles.... tonight I'm having a few ardbeg 10s to celebrate our fantastic victory.. have a nice bottle of Laphroaig sitting by but I'll keep that for another night
Archie
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I visit a pal from time to time. Every time I go I have a Laphroaig. The next time I I go there is exactly the same amount in the bottle as when I left. An acquired taste indeed.
Slippery kaboosh
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My wife's pals mother is a master blender and has been flown to Japan and America recently to work with all expenses paid.. makes a fortune and has an unbelievable whiskey collection.
Slippery kaboosh
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Did he bring it half empty?
Slippery kaboosh
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With the way my head feels he probably should have
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I must admit it’s probably been 10 years since I had a hangover but a whisky one was always the worst kind.
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That's cask strength. Were you drinking it neat or did you put a good dose of water in it?
Slippery kaboosh
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Had the first one neat but it's quite strong so added about a mill and a half from my pipette.. you really don't need a lot. Its quite smooth and salty and the water kind of brings out the smokiness ...had a few then finished with an ardbeg 10.
Alex Edwards Shin pad
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Picked this up today
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Picked up a bottle when I was in Tesco today love a speyside whisky
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It's really good value for the money. Just finished a bottle of Lindores Lowland Malt, which was very tasty.
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Just purchased a bottle of this for St. Paddy's Day. 
Bofahibee
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Just had a taste of our friends at Eden Mill’s new whisky releases. They both quite young but very nice astute. The Bourbon cask is quite citrusy while the Sherry cask has hints of sticky toffee pudding.
Apparently they’ve not been distilling for a wee while, while they moved into a new building. The new place is now up and running and will be open to the public in August.
That part of Fife is getting a few good distilleries now.
Apparently they’ve not been distilling for a wee while, while they moved into a new building. The new place is now up and running and will be open to the public in August.
That part of Fife is getting a few good distilleries now.
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Seems to be. I finished a bottle of Lindores last weekend. Very tasty.
Also have a bottle of Kingsbarns Bell Rock which I haven't opened yet.
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This is another outstanding lowland malt, albeit from the South West rather than Fife. Highly recommended.
Bofahibee
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I’ve been meaning to try that Lindores - I knew the guy who runs its’ brother. In fact I might even know the guy that runs it too. (If so he had a great punk record collection).
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It's really good. I'm sure you'll like it.
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Currently firing into the Tamnavulin Port Cask and watching Depeche Mode at Barrowlands. Lovely jubbly.
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Just cracked the Kingsbarns Bell Rock. 61.1% so packs quite a punch. 2.5 teaspoons of water required to get it to my taste.
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I was given a box of 3 Glen Marnoch limited reserve miniatures - sherry cask, bourbon cask and rum cask finish. The first two were quite pleasant but the rum cask one is beautiful, tastes like a whisky/spiced rum crossbreed. Must have a look for it as a miniature is just too wee.
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Is Glen Marnoch the one from Aldi? I remember having an 18 year old. Hardly ever see it. Was something like 30 quid. Very nice. Saturday kitchen was bigging up Glen Marnoch on Burns Night. Excellent value. Will keep an eye out for the rum cask.
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Aye it’s Aldi’s “own” brand but they’re vague about its origins, sometimes describing it as Highland, sometimes Speyside but the rum cask finish was most enjoyable - wherever it came from.
Fernando
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Too woke for me it’ll be Tesco for me noo @ sancho panza
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Good wine choices too.
GibbytheHibby
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So that's your afternoon sorted. What's for after tea?
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Deary me is nothing sacred from scam artists?.....
Police are probing three Scotch whisky companies after hundreds of people were conned out of millions of pounds in schemes offering fantastical returns on investment in whisky casks.
Victims have been duped into investing tens of thousands of pounds into casks which do not exist, are overpriced or have been sold to multiple people, a BBC investigation found.
Some of those affected include NHS staff and a woman with terminal cancer.
Police are probing three Scotch whisky companies after hundreds of people were conned out of millions of pounds in schemes offering fantastical returns on investment in whisky casks.
Victims have been duped into investing tens of thousands of pounds into casks which do not exist, are overpriced or have been sold to multiple people, a BBC investigation found.
Some of those affected include NHS staff and a woman with terminal cancer.
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One couple admitted to investing - and losing - their life savings of £100,000 - must have been drinking the stuff when they did that.
Westside Green
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I used to get them phoning me about investing in casks of whisky. I'd listen to their shite for a while then ask if they wanted to buy one of my distilleries for a bargain price.
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I discussed buying a cask between some mates once. Not as an investment but to have our own private bottling.
I can understand folk investing but to put your entire life savings into something like that is just fucking mental.