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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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13/03/2015 19:31
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Singleton of Dufftown 15 Year Old Single Malt
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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13/03/2015 19:37
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What do you like? Peaty or not? Personally I prefer peaty so Laproaig and the like which MrsWishy despises so it has the added bonus of keeping her out of my stash as she doesn't mind a drop either. I find looking at a map helps decide what to try based on past experiences (not a joke, see below).
Last edited by Wishy; 14/03/2015 00:58. Reason: erroneous parenthesis
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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had "whiskey mack " once, lovely
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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Did I hear whisky, forget Jameson Irish stuff. Drank whisky on & off 40 years or so. As pointed out peat or not. Speyside is the more easy to drink being less peat & a fresher drink. There are so many to choose from. One of my all time favourites is the Oban, a really spicy whisky, expensive but a must try in my mind. By the way the only thing you should add to whisky is more whisky. I prefer my drink room temp' the taste is far more prevalent. One whisky thats a blend in most pubs around here that's a lovely chewy one is Black Bottle. In the end the choice is yours. I genuinely love the stuff, unfortunately I can't do justice to the drink now, but hey it's fun trying now & again if I have a minder with me.....
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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13/03/2015 20:57
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Almost forgot, if you're ever in Birmingham seek out a pub called The Wellington I 2nd that
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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13/03/2015 22:18
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Believe or not my namesake Jim murray whisky bible, give it a whirl.
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 00:23
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Ditto the comment above re Raw Spirit. I can't remember whether it was from that book or not but I was sorely disppointed to discover that the peatiness of my favoured Islay malts was imported from the mainland these days.
I never saw the point of the recent Jura flavours as IMHO the plain old Jura (now Origins?) was always a cracking and dangerously deckable non-peaty easy drinking malt, so why change anything? MrsWishy is a big fan of that one.
Caol Ila is another I'll always grab if it's around.
There are some serious collections mentioned above, I'm lucky to have 3 bottles sat around at any one time. I did used to be in the habit of keeping a bottle of a cheap blend around to protect the good stuff but stopped that long ago. I came to the conclusion that it was pointless if what I had to drink to protect the good stuff tasted horrible so why bother? So I stopped bothering.
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 00:29
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Interesting, I've tried Penderyn but it was just OK, I'll have a look at the other variants. In any case, better than what I've tried from the English Whisky Co.
Just don't mention the Japanese....
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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Aberlour a'bunadh Ardbeg 10 Years Old Auchentoshan American Oak Auchentoshan Classic Balblair 1997 Balvenie Carribean Cask 14 Years Old Balvenie DoubleWood 12 Years Old Balvenie PortWood 21 Years Old Black Bottle Compass Box Asyla Cutty Sark Original Dalmore 12 Years Old Famous Grouse Black Grouse Glenrothes - Select Reserve Isle of Jura Diurachs' Own Isle of Jura Origin Isle of Jura Prophecy Isle of Jura Supersition Johnnie Walker Black Label Lagavulin 16 Years Old Laphroaig Quarter Cask Laphroaig Select Monkey Shoulder Oban 14 Years Old Talisker 10 Years Old Wow! I'm jealous. I need a bigger sideboard! I quite like Superstition but it falls in line with my taste. Ardbeg and Laphraoig are my cup of tea and the peatiness(?) is right up my street. I've started to get into malts from other quadrants of the graph though, Glenlivet being my preferred. I'm still waiting to win the Euromillions so I can buy that £30k Dalmore I saw at Heathrow once.
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Jura duirach for me, although I did enjoy my bottle of j.Walker blue.
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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i think blends are much maligned. they can be as good as many a fine single malt. I think it stems from most cheap whisky being blended but the issues more to do with cheap (read crap) rather than blended. I tend to agree with the Jura comment the 10 year old Origin and 16 year old Duraichs Own are to me preferable to the other but the do offer an interesting comparison. More for marketing like the poorly reviewed Club Haig (which has some funny reviews). Ali - not sure I could part with 30k but I do have my eye on this https://www.whiskyshop.com/isle-of-jura-2108for my 40th next year.
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 09:39
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If I was going to introduce someone to malts for the first time the Macallan 12yr old would be a good choice, fruity sweet with marmalade in there as well. Glenfarclas another sweet & spicy Whisky to try. I remember on holiday in the west coast trying a 25yr old Macallan in a pub some years back...sublime. Got chatting to the barman who knew his stuff about the water of life,he took the bottle down from the top shelf & said you might just like this.Slurp, blether about more Whisky. It was early afternoon & before I could say cheerio to my new friend the wife dragged me out & into the car, she was driving by the way. Perhaps I get a bit misty eyed & look at life through rose coloured specs, but there is something special about sitting in a lovely wee country pub in Highlands getting the craic with the locals, barman jollying things along while I'm sipping a chosen malt.....much brawness.
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 11:34
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When my parents moved up to Skye, thirty years ago, we went in this place: http://goo.gl/maps/v2u2WThe downstairs bar had maybe six dozen bottles on the top shelf, all unlabeled, all 'local'...
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 13:31
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Have always been chasing for a real nice smooth whisky! But never found it yet Was once offered a whisky from a hip flask at a wedding from a guy in the full kit! Whisky was so nice smooth and flavoursome (not sure how to describe it but) without the sort of sharp fumes gasses? No idea if it was a special whisky can't remember to be honest but it was like drinking a nice mixed short!! Would love to find something similar When I drink whisky I need a bit of water but don't know why it took so long to re-discover whisky as its really nice! Am going to try some of the recommendations
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 14:23
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J&B rare is considered a really smooth blended whisky. Heard it called the woman's choice. I think it's part of the Knockando distillery, another cracking whisky from Speyside. Had a '77 vintage which was delicious, very expensive & very well drank & gone now.
Speyside & Highland tend to be what you are looking for, but there are exceptions. Half the fun is finding them...
Funny thing when drinking out of a hip flask does seem to enhance the flavour.
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14/03/2015 17:30
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Thanks Jimboy will try the ones recommended by yourself! Just seems wrong to be thinking about whisky whilst at work and on call for the whole weekend! Roll on Monday
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Re: Any whisky drinkers?
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14/03/2015 20:54
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Keep us posted on how you get on. Realistically tasting whisky can be a bit daunting in a good way if you what I mean, it's a good experience if you have like minded people with you.
Most of all enjoy.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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