Whisk(e)y

hunnymonster said:
There's only one justification for Bourbon - as a cask conditioner for casks subsequently used to age Scotch :lol:
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Because bourbon casks are cheaper than sherry or pomerol casks. Nonetheless, if someone wants to point me in the direction of a really decent new world whiskey I'm ready to have my prejudices overturned (however vanishing unlikely that prospect may be). ;)
Dram of the day: Talisker 10 YO 45.8%
 
Japanese malts enjoy a rather good reputation (a couple of the distilleries were founded between the wars, so there's plenty of distilling history over there), I think Yamazaki and Karuizawa are the big names. I've never tried any though, but I was given a bottle of Thai "whisky" once, which should be reserved for external use only - like toughening up the soles of your feet for instance.
 
I had a Japanese whisky at a rather nice hotel cigar bar in Brighton a few years back - they had the most amazing whisky menu, something like 50 varieties. The Japanese stuff was the most expensive they sold, some going for £24+ per measure!

I had a medium priced :shock: glass that was around £7 and it was fantastic. Very thin and dry, without a tang or bite to it, but a very smooth and almost floral drink.

That said, I followed it with a staggering amount of other scotch, beer, wine, sambuca and God only knows what else... so my opinion might be worthless! :oops:
 
Glass of Monkey Shoulder for me tonight.

I know it's not a malt (it's a blended malt), but it is a nice drop.

Been told not to buy any of my favourites (Lagavulin, Talisker, Ardbeg or Laphroiag) as Santa is coming.
 
My brother Joel runs <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://caskstrength.blogspot.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://caskstrength.blogspot.com/</a><!-- m -->

He's a big fan of the Japanese stuff (as well as the Scottish, of course) and has an amazing collection, easily worth a four figure sum.

The website's well worth a visit; if your say hello do mention that you know me and you'll get an even warmer than usual welcome.
 
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Rev-O said:
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The website's well worth a visit; if your say hello do mention that you know me and you'll get an even warmer than usual welcome.
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I'm sure we will, this explains more than you will ever reveal Rev.
 
Has anybody here tried the new 'English Whiskey'? It can't be called a whiskey as it has only been matured for 22 months in a Bourbon barrel,it says on the notes of the Whiskey Exchange.
It's £35.76 plus P&P from them.
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That's indecently young in my book. Bladnoch were trying to hawk some of its 3yo product (the first since the distillery changed hands) when I visited last year, and it was grim, but give it a decade or so ...
 
the last 3 nights have been sampling nights for me as the wife came back from a trip to her brothers with a load of miniatures for me to review :hungrig

i also have a proper glass to do it with now :roll:

1st night - Scapa, Springbank, Dalwhinnie & Talisker = Talisker won easily

2nd night - Highland Park, Bowmore & Bunnahabhain = Bowmore wins

3rd night - Ardbeg, Laphroaig & Caol Ila = harder this time as they were all nice but Ardbeg

i know there's different ones from each Distillery but i'm on a journey to find mine, many more to come :D
 
the Coal Ila was the Collectors Choice so apparantly better than the normal stuff off the shelf

i think i'll be an Islay man but Talisker is very nice
the Bowmore had a wonderful nose but the taste didn't quite match
 
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