BallochSonsFan Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Had a Balvennie Double Wood earlier when I was out with a few mates. Very enjoyable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, bishopburn boy said: Probably because you have a scabby wooden transport enabler in your mouth ,( or an old word for a bed ) palette - what a painter ( artist , not decorator uses) Palate , the whisky discriminator ! That’s a great typo. I really should proof read my posts... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 On 11/01/2020 at 00:16, Honest_Man#1 said: I’d only had Old Pulteney 12 once and hated it, so hadn’t had it again for years until this Christmas someone poured me one and it was decent enough. Don’t know if it’s changed at all, or my palate has. Yeah I did the tour earlier this year as was working up in Orkney so did a few up that neck of the woods and its decent stuff. Ended up working with quite a few serious whisky collectors up in Orkney and it was a few of them that told me some of there stuff cant be a raffle at times. Quite often though I will try and stuff be a bit underwhelmed and then have it again a few weeks later and change my mind. But you know when you get a rough botting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 (edited) I just got one of Aldi's Glen Marnoch 25yo. It was reduced to £29.99 in the Aldi nearest my work. Did anyone try this year’s? Edited January 15, 2020 by Ziggy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 The sprog gave me a voucher for a Chivas whisky blending event. Only £15 and it was excellent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Learnt a lesson the other day when I bought this from Glasgow Airport. Was told that this is a travel exclusive and is only available in Glasgow Airport, I thought great - I might make a few quid off of this. I did try to google it but the WiFi was rubbish so I took my chances and bought it. I searched it later to find it was selling for the exact same price I paid through various companies online So yeah, I was told nonsense when I bought it. Might be worth something later down the line so I’ll just hold onto it. I tasted it in the airport though and it was pretty nice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 It likely won't be worth anything later down the line, it's just another travel exclusive among hundreds. Drink it and enjoy it or gift it if you know someone who'll appreciate it, it's no investment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peedzy Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Pay day has arrived, I've been wanting this for ages from Tyndrum/Green Welly whisky. Edited January 25, 2020 by Peedzy shit pictures. 21 yr Arran Sherry at 55.3% 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 I’m in Edinburgh Airport Duty Free. So far I’ve tried Glen Deveron 20 & Mortlach 20. Both very nice especially when they are free. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 £25 in tesco. It was either this, or a litre of haig clubman down from £35 to £22. Had a nip of Highland Park the other week, and I've tried the haig one before, it was ok but I prefer the single malt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Chief Toffee Teeth Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Learnt a lesson the other day when I bought this from Glasgow Airport. Was told that this is a travel exclusive and is only available in Glasgow Airport, I thought great - I might make a few quid off of this. I did try to google it but the WiFi was rubbish so I took my chances and bought it. I searched it later to find it was selling for the exact same price I paid through various companies online So yeah, I was told nonsense when I bought it. Might be worth something later down the line so I’ll just hold onto it. I tasted it in the airport though and it was pretty nice. At the risk of sounding like a patronising auld fucker, in what world would anything bought in an airport outlet be likely to be a good buy / exclusive opportunity / fine investment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 At the risk of sounding like a patronising auld fucker, in what world would anything bought in an airport outlet be likely to be a good buy / exclusive opportunity / fine investment?Some distilleries do airport exclusives where they are sold only in duty free and nowhere else - therefore the only way to obtain a bottle is by flying somewhere (or maybe you could get a friend who works at the airport to get you one, I don’t know). Sometimes it’s exclusive to only certain airports as well. Highland Park for example did an airport exclusive, they had bottles for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Heathrow and many more. When they first came out you could buy them and sell them immediately to make a few quid. I thought that’s what I could maybe do here but as it turned out I fucked it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 I was given a bottle of Glenrothes Select Reserve by my mother-in-law for Christmas. It's NAS and I didn't know what to expect but I'm really enjoying it. Strangely it doesn't seem to be available anywhere when I look it up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Chief Toffee Teeth Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Some distilleries do airport exclusives where they are sold only in duty free and nowhere else - therefore the only way to obtain a bottle is by flying somewhere (or maybe you could get a friend who works at the airport to get you one, I don’t know). Sometimes it’s exclusive to only certain airports as well. Highland Park for example did an airport exclusive, they had bottles for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Heathrow and many more. When they first came out you could buy them and sell them immediately to make a few quid. I thought that’s what I could maybe do here but as it turned out I fucked it. I suppose I'm just an auld sceptic. I've always had the notion that selling "exclusive" whiskies -usually in litre bottles- rather than the higher end of their normal range duty free is simply a way of the industry protecting the image and prices of familiar whiskies in UK shops. Similarly, in EU countries, where duty on alcohol is usually cheaper, you find very few familiar top end malts (Glen Grant, anyone? ) in the supermarkets - for the same reason, I've always felt.I am quite happy to be corrected, however.And I am not suggesting that many of the airport malts are anything other than damn fine drams, just that I'm not sure they are bargains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D TOTAL Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Can we all unanimously agree haig is probably the worst “premium whisky” on the planet and has only ever been tried cause of David Beckham 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 57 minutes ago, D TOTAL said: Can we all unanimously agree haig is probably the worst “premium whisky” on the planet and has only ever been tried cause of David Beckham It's about £16 a bottle, it's priced lower than some proper gutrot, which is what it is. Only thing premium about it is the adverts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Lidl, in case anyone is interested... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The main thing about whisky is, its fucking delicious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 The main thing about whisky is, its fucking delicious. Agreed. I'd love to start a decent collection, but I get too greedy and can't make a bottle last any more than a couple of months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 Arran 18 for me tonight, AKA liquid crystallised apricots. So delicious 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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