Whiskey

[Baz Chaz]

:clap: A nice selection there buddy :thumb:

.. the Caol Ila Connoisseurs Choice particularly caught my eye :mrgreen: hope you have a very special occasion for that one :thumb:

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Went down Tesco earlier this evening because they have Kenco red label, 300g, half price.

Came out with:
A bottle of Talisker, 10 year, 45.8% abv, £22.95
A bottle of Balvenie ‘double wood’, 12 year, 40% abv, £22.81
A decent bottle of port.
A bottle of Frascati (Father-in-law's Christmas treat).
A bottle of Asti (Mother-in-law's Christmas treat, even though I'm taking a Corny of fizzy WOW).
Milk, bread, a few cold meats and some sundry purchases for tomorrow's lunch.

Managed to spend just over the ton, mostly on booze :whistle:

They'd sold out of coffee :rofl:

Did you get ya Clubcard points

 

[snail59]

Just been looking and asda have,

Isle of Jura - 10 year old malt whisky @ £19.85 a bottle
Glenmorangie original @ £22.47
Highland Park - 12 year old malt whisky @ £22.47
The Balvenie single malt whisky @ 23.30

So all scotish whisky, any one have a preference? i`m swaying toward the highland park or jura from the reccomendations

Try the CO-OP

£19.99 each was £32.69
The Original Glenmorangie 10 Year Old Highland Single Malt Whisky

£19.35 each was £29.35
The Glenlivet 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

£17.55 each was £27.55
Isle Of Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

 

[jonewer]

£17.55 each was £27.55
Isle Of Jura 10 Year Old Single Malt Whisky

I might make my way towards a co-op tomorrow!

My personal fave is Lagavulin DE.

 

[Moley]

Did you get ya Clubcard points

But of course :thumb:


Aleman: Nice collection of cartons and tubes you've got there - anything in them?

My problem is that it grieves me to finish a bottle of malt unless it's something fairly commonplace or I've got another of the same in reserve. This means that I must have at least a dozen bottles with an inch or less left in the bottom. As you can tell a lot about a whisky simply by its nose, some of the really special last dregs are just opened and sniffed every now and then. Sad or what?

 

[Baz Chaz]

This means that I must have at least a dozen bottles with an inch or less left in the bottom. As you can tell a lot about a whisky simply by its nose, some of the really special last dregs are just opened and sniffed every now and then. Sad or what?

If that's sad I'm just as bad, I understand exactly where you're coming from

 

[Vossy1]

Nice collection Aleman I've polished off a few of those myself in the past.
I don't have a preference so to speak, I tend to buy 'offers'. I've just bought my first bottle for a while, a JW Green Label, a fav of mine. I prefer the blue but it wasn't on offer

 

[leedsbrew]

I'm planning in getting a bottle of Capl Ila for Christmas day

Cor! I'd hate to be your head on Boxing day! :drunk: :rofl:

Wildly off topic Leedsbrew, but is that Omar Rodriguez Lopez in your avatar?

Ha ha, I'll have a father and two brothers to help me! lol

and yeah it isOmar! Love the mars volta! Been to see them 3 times! should have been 4 but they had to cancel a show in Manchester after Cedric did his voice in Birmingham the night before! :twisted:

 

[Aleman]

I've just noticed that I'm missing a lagavullin . . . . Can't think where that went :wha: Oh well That's an easy one to find, . . . much easier than the Port Ellen :cry:

I tend to buy them duty free when going/returning on holiday . . . Which means that I can't holiday anywhere in Europe . . . What a shame :lol:

 

[Moley]

I've just noticed that I'm missing a Lagavulin (edited for spelling ) . . . . Can't think where that went :wha:

Also missing a Bruichladdich.

 

[Aleman]

Also missing a Bruichladdich.

No that's in the old malt Cask

 

[rickthebrew]

Only went past an asda today so settled on the twelve year old Highland Park single malt whisky I`ve had a smell and i`m looking forward to a taster later - the sleeve recommends a drop of water, thoughts and preference on this would be much appreciated. If it lives up to the description of a smooth, balanced malt with a gentle smoky finish i`ll be very happy - it smells good and nothing like the smell of a cheap whisky

Looking forward to my journey into the world of whisky and whiskey

 

[Aleman]

the sleeve recommends a drop of water, thoughts and preference on this would be much appreciated.

The trick is to start drinking it neat . . . and then after a few sips, try adding a dash of spring water to it . . . and see what you prefer. . . as I said earlier, you also ought to try and see if there is a difference adding warm water to it. With some malts it really releases a lot of flavours

 

[Moley]

No that's in the old malt Cask

Sod it, my screen resolution's ***** and moles have lousy eyesight, I thought that was a Bladnoch

 

[jonewer]

the sleeve recommends a drop of water, thoughts and preference on this would be much appreciated.

Definitely add a small splash of water. It open up the flavours and aromas wonderfully.

 

[dennisking]

The purist say you should use water from the same source as the whisky its self, not easy here in Essex.
I prefer without but maybe because of the chlorinated stuff we are served. A bottle of Highland spring might be the answer.

 

[Baz Chaz]

the sleeve recommends a drop of water, thoughts and preference on this would be much appreciated.

Definitely add a small splash of water. It open up the flavours and aromas wonderfully.

........ and makes it go a little bit further :whistle:

but as Dennis says ^^^ better to use a drop of bottled rather than tap :thumb:

 

[rickthebrew]

Spring water on the shopping list for today Didn`t taste last night but will tonight :thumb:

 

[Baz Chaz]

^^^ Bugger it's a bit far to nip round, I was going to offer to help

A few years ago I took son walking up Coniston Old Man for his first trip up the fells. Took a small container with orange squash, no water :wha: got up the tops and filled the bottle with water from one of the high becks he'd never tasted orange squash that good :!:

May a time I've been out and about and bring back some 'fell water' :thumb: no chemicals in that stuff :thumb:

maybe a bit of peat or some fallen livestock further upstream :wha: but it's pretty well filtered :lol:

 

[graysalchemy]

^^^ Bugger it's a bit far to nip round, I was going to offer to help

A few years ago I took son walking up Coniston Old Man for his first trip up the fells. Took a small container with orange squash, no water :wha: got up the tops and filled the bottle with water from one of the high becks he'd never tasted orange squash that good :!:

May a time I've been out and about and bring back some 'fell water' :thumb: no chemicals in that stuff :thumb:

maybe a bit of peat or some fallen livestock further upstream :wha: but it's pretty well filtered :lol:

Did you go in the black bull for a pint of Old MAn ?? I think it is the law in those parts.