Whisky

[The Mantis]

So what have people been drinking recently?

I've got a 10yo Ardbeg from the SMWS on the go at the mo. Also a Benrinnes 14yo which is getting well down, have to stop the wife from stealing it. Also a wee dribble left of a 38yo Longmorn. It was only a 500ml so I've been spinning it out for a year.

Just back from 2 weeks in Canada where I decided I would have a Scotch-free fortnight and broaden my horizons (but still had a Glengoyne on the plane as it was all they had). Came back with a bottle of Alberta Premium and some bourbon but they're not in the premier league - ye cannae beat the old uisge beatha.

[The Mantis]

I said old gits. You young gits stop reading this thread. Did you ever get a chance to drink your Glenfarclas Caley100

[dead_ball_specialist]

Does Jack Daniels Count?

Edited August 24, 2009 by dead_ball_specialist

[SMEE]

Does Jack Daniels Count?

Heathen,,,,,thats a Bourbon!!

[Heilandee]

I know i dont make it into the "old gits" category yet, but i had the good fortune to be involved in a wee whisky tasting education a few weeks back ,I was surprised to find tasting blind i prefered a whisky created for the asian market and now available in UK but only from the Muir of Ord distillery called Singleton,lovely drop.Still like Macallan 10 year old from choice and Laphroag is beyond me why anyone would drink that for pleasure

And no DBS Jack Daniels disnae count!!

Edited August 24, 2009 by Heilandee

[Caley Stan]

I said old gits. You young gits stop reading this thread. Did you ever get a chance to drink your Glenfarclas Caley100 ;)

[Yngwie]

Recently got through a bottle of Strathmill which I got as a present. I'd never tried it before but it was very nice.

I also have another present, a Highland Park 25yo, still unopened. ( TBH I'd have been a bit disappointed if they'd given it to me already opened). I'll save it for special occasions, but I suspect that deep down I won't enjoy the taste as much as the basic 12yo which is an all time favourite.

As an "everyday" tipple I'm very partial to a Grouse and Ginger Ale. If any of you old duffers think that's bad, in my younger days it was Grouse and Irn Bru. Still a class above JD if you ask me.

Why do young Scots drink Jack Daniels when there are so many better whiskies around? [Note to JD drinkers. Drinking it does NOT turn you into Slash or any other JD swilling idol you may have.]

[DingwallAway]

Cannae whack a bit of Bells..

[Johnboy]

I said old gits. You young gits stop reading this thread. Did you ever get a chance to drink your Glenfarclas Caley100

I'd better stop reading this thread...

[The Mantis]

I actually tried JD the other week for the first time. No wonder they fill it wi coke. Technically Smee, it's no a bourbon, it's Tennessee Whiskey which according to them is different from bourbon, which is mainly Kentucky. Something to do with slow filtering through charcoal and all that keech.

[CaleyD]

Tastes like it's been filtered through keech....so a pretty accurate description I would say

The only foreign whisky I ever took a liking to was Canadian Club....strangely enough though, I only every really have an inkling for it when sitting in Airport lounges!!!

[Kingsmills]

Tastes like it's been filtered through keech....so a pretty accurate description I would say

The only foreign whisky I ever took a liking to was Canadian Club....strangely enough though, I only every really have an inkling for it when sitting in Airport lounges!!!

Wow, I thought I was unique in having a penchant for Canadian Club but only in airports ! Uncanny, do you think there are any more of us ?

[Johnboy]

Tastes like it's been filtered through keech....so a pretty accurate description I would say

The only foreign whisky I ever took a liking to was Canadian Club....strangely enough though, I only every really have an inkling for it when sitting in Airport lounges!!!

Wow, I thought I was unique in having a penchant for Canadian Club but only in airports ! Uncanny, do you think there are any more of us ?

Gawd... I hope not.

[absent friend]

My favourite story regarding Highland Park was being there on a Friday NOT standing in line for a dram and was approached to find out the reason.

I explained I did not like taking water in my dram and without it, it was too strong for me. Off goes my guy to come back with a bottle of 7up, rescued a dram for me and there I was in love with the world.

We discussed my enjoyment of HP, of Orkney and their way of life and whilst I was flying down to Wick for a weekend party that afternoon, I was looking forward to returning on Monday.

As I was about to leave HP for the plane, a young lad came up to me and said I could not leave without signing out, an unknown requirement at that time. I was instructed on where to 'sign-out' and when I arrived there instead of signing anything, was presented with a clinking bag "for the weekend"

Never, never, was a party so enjoyed - a weekend of Highland Park fun!

Just as well there were no customs at Wick airfield although I feel that with their superior taste in the good things in life, I would have been able to 'bribe' my way down the aircraft steps!

A beautiful dram made by wonderful people, with their way of life somehow woven into the taste.

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[Scotty]

Highland Park for me .... wonder who instilled that habit !!!! not a big fan of Canadian Whisky - Crown Royal is too fruity and dont really like Canadian Club

[SMEE]

My fave non malt is good auld Black Bottle. I just find it pleasant on the pallette

[Sorted]

Talisker for me with a good splash of peaty unfiltered Foyers water.

[The Fly]

Er.. Bells!

Sacrilege, I know :33:

[Tichy_Blacks_Back]

Gone but not forgotten....

Glen Mhor, 28-Year-Old

One of Diageo's 'Rare Malts' releases in 2006. Glen Mhor was constructed in 1892 as a sister distillery to Glen Albyn. It was located on the banks of the Caledonian Canal in Inverness, where it was one of three distilleries working until the 1980s. A delicate, fudgy nose, with a palate that exhibits sweet, floral, lemon and malt notes. Quite light bodied, with a medium length finish. 51.9% ABV, 70cl, ?86, specialist whisky merchants.

Millburn, 35-Year-Old

One of Diageo's 'Rare Malts' rleases for 2006. Dating from 1807, Millburn was the oldest of the three Inverness distilleries to survive into the 1980s. Although it closed along with Glen Albyn and Glen Mhor during that decade, some of the structure survives and now functions as a restaurant. Dry, slightly peppery and reserved on the nose, becoming fruitier with time. In contrast with expectations, this is rich and full on the palate, liquorice, sweet malt and some developing oakiness. The finish is drying and spicy. 51.2% ABV, 70cl, ?86, specialist whisky merchants.

Source: www.whisky-pages.com

Still partial to a 10-y-o Glenmorangie myself (especially those quirky ones in the foreign casks) whereas my father has taken a liking recently to Wick's Old Pulteney.

Once spent an evening in a bar in the middle of nowhere in Bulgaria and was surprised that among the local whiskies there was a lone bottle of Dalwhinnie. I am glad to say that it was left lighter at the end of the night that when it started but after 4 or 5 I could have bought a whole bottle back home.

[Yngwie]

(especially those quirky ones in the foreign casks)

I think I'm right in saying that pretty much all the casks used in Scotch are foreign, having previously been used for bourbon or sherry. But I know exactly what you are meaning, port or madeira finish etc. Don't like them at all myself, you can't really beat the original.

[PullMyFinger]

Once spent an evening in a bar in the middle of nowhere in Bulgaria and was surprised that among the local whiskies there was a lone bottle of Dalwhinnie. I am glad to say that it was left lighter at the end of the night that when it started but after 4 or 5 I could have bought a whole bottle back home.

Dalwhinnie is one of my own favourites at the moment, mmm.

[davie]

Last one of any note was a 15yo Oban, which was kinda OK. But, having drunk the cratur all my life, I went off it a bit, and have now developed a penchant for vodka (current favourite zubrowka, the bison grass stuff) and Gin (current favourite Blackwoods 60) Is this strange for a bona fide old git?

[PullMyFinger]

Last one of any note was a 15yo Oban, which was kinda OK. But, having drunk the cratur all my life, I went off it a bit, and have now developed a penchant for vodka (current favourite zubrowka, the bison grass stuff) and Gin (current favourite Blackwoods 60) Is this strange for a bona fide old git?

Poof.

GlenRothes is a nice tipple too but seems easier to get in the US.

[The Mantis]

Gone but not forgotten....

Glen Mhor, 28-Year-Old

A real Howden Ender's dram :024: :( :lol:

A mate of mine had a bottle of 25yo in a wooden box like that. Lovely stuff.

[The Mantis]

GlenRothes is a nice tipple too but seems easier to get in the US.

The SMWS are always getting bottlings of it - I had a bunch of pals round on Jan 2 and got a bottle in for that.

Seems a lot more common this year - they seem to be pushing it a bit more. Loads at Glasgow airport anyway.