The Whisk(e)y Thread (Irish, Scottish, Miscellaneous)

[Jock42]

That's a very decent, affordable dram.

Good to know. Was actually drawn to the site by an ad gor the orchard experiment but clocked that instead.

That sounds very interesting indeed! I remember many years ago, after a session in a pub (Canny Man for Embra folk), I went back to a mates house and we started on a bottle of Springbank that had been matured in a dark rum cask. It was dark green in colour and a lighter shade of dark green when we added the water. Absolutely feckin delicious. I think we drank about half of it. Apparently it is now worth a few bob if only he had kept it sealed and in the box! Never mind, I appreciated it at the time.

I don't get those that buy whisky as an investment (ok I do but you know what I mean), I'd never be able to keep it.

[Globus]

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/

[dpedin]

Good to know. Was actually drawn to the site by an ad gor the orchard experiment but clocked that instead.

That sounds very interesting indeed! I remember many years ago, after a session in a pub (Canny Man for Embra folk), I went back to a mates house and we started on a bottle of Springbank that had been matured in a dark rum cask. It was dark green in colour and a lighter shade of dark green when we added the water. Absolutely feckin delicious. I think we drank about half of it. Apparently it is now worth a few bob if only he had kept it sealed and in the box! Never mind, I appreciated it at the time.

I don't get those that buy whisky as an investment (ok I do but you know what I mean), I'd never be able to keep it.

Just searched for that green Springbank we gulped down - apparently it was distilled in 1973 and bottled in 1991 and a bottle is now worth £2,750! So in todays terms I must have drunk about £700 worth that night?

https://www.thewhiskyvault.com/springba ... 1349-p.asp

[PornDog]

Recently had the pleasure of trying the Redbreast 27.

Truly outstanding. €85 A glass is too rich for my blood, but it's worth the €500 A bottle

[Tichtheid]

Lyon have been much the better side in that half

[Tichtheid]

Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Oops

[dpedin]

Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Too much whisky?

[Tichtheid]

Lyon have been much the better side in that half

Too much whisky?

Not enough, probably, I'm off it atm.

[MungoMan]

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/

Since you were posting links about whisk(e)y on 27 May 2022, would it be too presumptuous to assume you are alive and well?

[PCPhil]

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/s ... rs-whisky/

Since you were posting links about whisk(e)y on 27 May 2022, would it be too presumptuous to assume you are alive and well?

He is indestructible. The only things that can withstand a nuclear war are cockroaches and……

[Hellraiser]

Recently had the pleasure of trying the Redbreast 27.

Truly outstanding. €85 A glass is too rich for my blood, but it's worth the €500 A bottle

Where the hell were you drinking it that it cost you that much?

[Uncle fester]

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Anyone tried this stuff? Am getting rave reviews from others and yet I never heard of it before last weekend.

[Happyhooker]

It's pretty good and I'd drink it again, but i wouldn't rave about it

[Tichtheid]

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

[Dinsdale Piranha]

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.

[Tichtheid]

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.

I'm with you on the underlined bit up to a point.

I have probably said this before now but I used to go to a group which met once a month to six weeks and we'd each pay about fifteen quid or twenty quid on special nights like before Christmas. So there were about 20 of us paying toward five bottles of whisky. That way you get to taste stuff that would be way beyond my pocket.

Two of the best ones I remember were an Ardbeg Alligator, which was so-named because it was matured in a heavily charred barrel which resembled alligator skin on the inside and a Balvenie 21 year old port wood finish. That was around seventy quid at the time and I've just had a look, it's now around two hundred nicker - we never went that high unless the bottles were gifted by the reps from distilleries or bottlers we'd have come to give presentations

The group was killed off by Covid, which is a shame

[Jock42]

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

The Mrs got me a bottle of the Fable. Think it's the first one in the collection, a blend but very drinkable.

[Dinsdale Piranha]

There's over forty distilleries in Ireland, over a hundred and forty in Scotland, but who knew there are forty nine in England? Not me.

English v Scottish in the Torygraph.

A few of the guys at my old group loved Japanese whisky. I always liked it, but thought Scotch was far better value pound for pound. The thing about Scottish whisky is the indy bottlers, that's where the gems are to be found, imo. There or the alchemist blenders like Compass box

https://archive.is/ZTkZG

I am a long way from a Whisk(e)y expert but my $2c :

Japanese blends are good - their single malts are overpriced.
I had the first English whisky that I liked recently - Cotswolds single malt. Reasonable value.
Most Port/Sherry/Pedro Ximenez etc. finishes can fuck off. If I want something that tastes like Port, I'll buy a bottle of Port.

I'm with you on the underlined bit up to a point.

I have probably said this before now but I used to go to a group which met once a month to six weeks and we'd each pay about fifteen quid or twenty quid on special nights like before Christmas. So there were about 20 of us paying toward five bottles of whisky. That way you get to taste stuff that would be way beyond my pocket.

Two of the best ones I remember were an Ardbeg Alligator, which was so-named because it was matured in a heavily charred barrel which resembled alligator skin on the inside and a Balvenie 21 year old port wood finish. That was around seventy quid at the time and I've just had a look, it's now around two hundred nicker - we never went that high unless the bottles were gifted by the reps from distilleries or bottlers we'd have come to give presentations

The group was killed off by Covid, which is a shame

70 quid for any 21 year sounds like it was a bargain back then. I paid £120 for Edradour 21yo some 10 years ago and considered it worth it - That's the most I've spent on a bottle.

[vball]

I judged a South Wales Photographic Competition several years ago. As my "fee" they sent me a bottle of Welsh Whiskey. It is at the back of the cupboard along with some Irish Whiskey I was given. I suspect they are nice drinks but they can stay there alongside the Grappa and the (now departed) mother-in-law's martini cinzano.

[Hellraiser]

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Anyone tried this stuff? Am getting rave reviews from others and yet I never heard of it before last weekend.

It's been around for several years. It's an old Royal Irish Distilleries brand that Echlinville Distillery bought several years ago. They use it for doing very high quality sherry finishes on aged single malt from Cooley (and a very small amount of Bushmills). It will always be separate to their own liquid which leans heavily towards pot still and will start being released under the Echlinville name this year (They've been distilling in Kircubbin since August 2013).

[Blackmac]

My daughter's wedding today so I am opening a 40 year old bottle of Johnnie Walker Premier which my dad left. It was a special that they produced from all their silent distilleries. My old man didn't like malt but drunk and collected exclusive blends. I gave them all away to cousins but kept this one and another for both my daughter's weddings.

[Uncle fester]

Enjoy the big day out.

[Tichtheid]

Sláinte

[Jock42]

My daughter's wedding today so I am opening a 40 year old bottle of Johnnie Walker Premier which my dad left. It was a special that they produced from all their silent distilleries. My old man didn't like malt but drunk and collected exclusive blends. I gave them all away to cousins but kept this one and another for both my daughter's weddings.

Enjoy both.

[dpedin]

Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

[Tichtheid]

Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

I'm very tempted to join when I get back to Scotland in a few months. The tastings they do at the Queen Street venue are early enough for me to catch a train back out to the free state afterwards.

The guy who started our club here went north and worked for SMWS for a while. He organised a big SMWS event here in the Hotel du Vin. It was all well and good but it was a bit formal, with large numbers and a fair distance from the vibe of a bunch of hippies running our events in the back room of a local boozer, which I much preferred.

[Blackmac]

Just rejoined the Scots Malt Whisky Society - for the 3rd time, I keep letting my membership lapse.

As I'm based in Embra I am looking forward to a few boozy lunches at their rooms in Queen Street and Leith. Joined the first time when it first opened in early 1980's and had many a fun time at the Vaults but back then staggering out of the Vaults into the darkened streets of deepest Leith was a bit of an adventure at times. In the late 1980's I took some colleagues from London for a business lunch at the Vaults and one of my London colleagues asked the barman for a G&T to which he replied 'I'm sorry Madam, we only sell spirits with colour in them!' She had to have a whisky which thankfully she really enjoyed.

Leith still is a bit of an adventure. I love walking about it now and seeing all the up market pubs and restaurants and having a giggle about how fine a line any unsuspecting visitor is walking. I remember getting called to a death in the Banana flats a number of years before I retired and as we were mulling over the scene in the flat there was a knock at the door and a couple of unsuspecting Americans had rented a flat for a year and were knocking on doors to introduce themselves to their neighbours. They actually had apple pie.
They were shocked to learn the reality of their new situation.