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Bofahibee said:
Pretty sure I saw some on the shelves at WoodWinters’s in BOFA when I was last in there. There’s also a blend called Campbeltown Loch which contains quite a lot of Springbank.

(There’s a WoodWinters out Newington Rd too btw)
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Nice one thanks Bofa - have been in both a few times (used to work in Stirling) and never thought to give that a go - but makes sense. Recommend Campbeltown Loch? Good tune of course!
 
Fair play 😆 I got a delivery of world beers tonight.
Fairly enjoying the different stouts more than the ipa's.

But I'll arse them all tonight 😞
 
Formerly YB! 😄 said:
Nice one thanks Bofa - have been in both a few times (used to work in Stirling) and never thought to give that a go - but makes sense. Recommend Campbeltown Loch? Good tune of course!
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Campbeltown is ok - my boy had a taste in the shop and liked it so I bought him a bottle ( his first whisky). It’s ok but there’s nicer whiskies for the price.
 
Bofahibee said:
Campbeltown is ok - my boy had a taste in the shop and liked it so I bought him a bottle ( his first whisky). It’s ok but there’s nicer whiskies for the price.
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To be fair I’m needing to branch out; i tend to stick to:-
- Balvenie (few different ones);
- Glenfarclas 15 (tastes like Christmas cake);
- Bruichladdich Classic Laddie (don’t like the peaty ones) or Springbank 10 but haven’t had it for a while.

Had a few SMWS ones which are brilliant to be fair (need water with them) but one offs, Dalmore cigar malt and Cu Bocan are very nice too. Brother in law introduced me to Tamnavulin (there’s a few of them) which are incredibly cheap but pretty decent.

Missing my Springbank fix tho, so may well give the Campbeltown Loch a bash.
 
Formerly YB! 😄 said:
To be fair I’m needing to branch out; i tend to stick to:-
- Balvenie (few different ones);
- Glenfarclas 15 (tastes like Christmas cake);
- Bruichladdich Classic Laddie (don’t like the peaty ones) or Springbank 10 but haven’t had it for a while.

Had a few SMWS ones which are brilliant to be fair (need water with them) but one offs, Dalmore cigar malt and Cu Bocan are very nice too. Brother in law introduced me to Tamnavulin (there’s a few of them) which are incredibly cheap but pretty decent.

Missing my Springbank fix tho, so may well give the Campbeltown Loch a bash.
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Try Aberlour 12 year old. Very moreish. £35 in Tesco just now with Clubcard.
Glenfarclas 105 is amazing. Pretty much cask strength so goes further.
Bunnahabhain 12 is very nice too. Upeated Islay malt.
Bladnoch Vinaya is an outstanding lowland malt. Non chill-filtered and natural colour.
 
Formerly YB! 😄 said:
To be fair I’m needing to branch out; i tend to stick to:-
- Balvenie (few different ones);
- Glenfarclas 15 (tastes like Christmas cake);
- Bruichladdich Classic Laddie (don’t like the peaty ones) or Springbank 10 but haven’t had it for a while.

Had a few SMWS ones which are brilliant to be fair (need water with them) but one offs, Dalmore cigar malt and Cu Bocan are very nice too. Brother in law introduced me to Tamnavulin (there’s a few of them) which are incredibly cheap but pretty decent.

Missing my Springbank fix tho, so may well give the Campbeltown Loch a bash.
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My Dad was a Glenfarclas drinker. I have a bottle of the 15 on the go just now.

Deanston is good value if you can get it when it’s on offer at the supermarket .
 
Sancho Panza said:
Try Aberlour 12 year old. Very moreish. £35 in Tesco just now with Clubcard.
Glenfarclas 105 is amazing. Pretty much cask strength so goes further.
Bunnahabhain 12 is very nice too. Upeated Islay malt.
Bladnoch Vinaya is an outstanding lowland malt. Non chill-filtered and natural colour.
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Nice one- thanks mate
 
Bofahibee said:
My Dad was a Glenfarclas drinker. I have a bottle of the 15 on the go just now.

Deanston is good value if you can get it when it’s on offer at the supermarket .
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Glenfarclas is one of the only independent family owned distilleries left. Love their whiskies.
 
Had a few doubles of Balvenie at a posh hotel on Wednesday (£20 a pop). Went to Wetherspoon’s in Aberdeen for a nightcap last night and a double Glenkinchie was £8.62. Vive la difference!
 
Sancho Panza said:
Haven't had the others but Clynelish 14 year old is lovely.
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I'm looking forward to it.. we do 3 every month. These were my choices..ill need to do a wee presentation on the zoom call but I'm absolutely hammered with a viral infection and today I've got a vomiting bug from my daughter... happy days
 
Slippery kaboosh said:
I'm looking forward to it.. we do 3 every month. These were my choices..ill need to do a wee presentation on the zoom call but I'm absolutely hammered with a viral infection and today I've got a vomiting bug from my daughter... happy days
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Early Christmas present?
Could she not just have got you socks, or slippers, or even whisky?
 
Wee trip round Tesco this afternoon. Treated myself to a bottle of Dalwhinnie Winter’s Gold (£43 for £28 with the Club Card). Dalwhinnie was one of my favourites 20 odd years ago so looking forward to a wee snifter at Christmas.
 
Mate of mine sent me this. Excellent price for a Macallan, if there are any left. I would but I seriously need to rein it in. 😆

aberdeenwhiskyshop.co.uk

Highland (Motherlover) 9 Years Old 2015 • Aberdeen Whisky Shop

This single malt (Macallan) has been produced by vatting one first fill French Oak Oloroso Sherry hogshead and one first fill American Oak Pedro Ximénez Hogshead. Aged for 9 years, bottled at 57.5% ABV (also known as 101 proof), at natural colour and non-chill filtered. Available for home...
aberdeenwhiskyshop.co.uk
 
Last night I tried ardberg 10....very very smokey but I really enjoyed it.. tonight I'm drinking ardberg oogadal..its nice but quite strong with a slight smokey taste..I much prefer the 10
 
Slippery kaboosh said:
Last night I tried ardberg 10....very very smokey but I really enjoyed it.. tonight I'm drinking ardberg oogadal..its nice but quite strong with a slight smokey taste..I much prefer the 10
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Uigeadail needs water in it to really open it up as it's much higher ABV than the 10. It was voted best whisky in the world a few years ago. The 5 year old Wee Beastie is very moreish. Very young for a whisky and quite phenolic but excellent value for money.
 
Sancho Panza said:
Uigeadail needs water in it to really open it up as it's much higher ABV than the 10. It was voted best whisky in the world a few years ago. The 5 year old Wee Beastie is very moreish. Very young for a whisky and quite phenolic but excellent value for money.
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Thank you for making me look up 'phenol', been meaning to for decades!

Is that the stuff my Johnny Walker red label fae the supermarket is rich in?
 
Perhaps those more into whisky than me could shed some light on what the hell I'm drinking. Just finished a Suntory so was browsing for another Japanese one when I was accosted by the sales assistant and told this (see photo) was "very special" Chinese but what the hell I'll drink anything once. Anyway its nothing special. Tried to find it on google and there's nothing. Same with chat GPT
Any ideas?
I'm starting to think the folk in the shop are flogging some obscure stuff with homemade labels 🤷
 

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