gannonball Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Been hearing good things about the new Ben Riach 12 (triple cask finish) so ordered one for next time home and also Highland Park Cask Strength batch number 1. I think the latter is HP getting in to the ‘budget’ cask strength sherry bomb market like Glenfarclas 105 and Aberlour a'bunadh (used to be cheap). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 The GlenAllachie cask strength batch 4 is out. 10yo and retailing around 55 quid. If it's anything like batch 3 that's pretty good value IMO. Incredible colour on it. Doing a virtual tasting tonight. Reserve the right to get blootered and buy all the bottles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, CountyFan said: The GlenAllachie cask strength batch 4 is out. 10yo and retailing around 55 quid. If it's anything like batch 3 that's pretty good value IMO. Incredible colour on it. Doing a virtual tasting tonight. Reserve the right to get blootered and buy all the bottles. What malts are in the tasting? You can recommend which ones are best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: What malts are in the tasting? You can recommend which ones are best. It's all north star. Vega 22, Orkney 13, Spica 40 (forty!), longmorn 15, bowmore 18, glenturret 8 I've died and gone to fucking heaven. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 48 minutes ago, CountyFan said: It's all north star. Vega 22, Orkney 13, Spica 40 (forty!), longmorn 15, bowmore 18, glenturret 8 I've died and gone to fucking heaven. How big are the tasters? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountyFan Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 36 minutes ago, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: How big are the tasters? 25ml. The tasting cost 25 quid I think and it was a Macmillan thing. They raised 1900 quid. Good evening all round, except I apparently left my mic off mute and they all heard my full time kebab being delivered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, CountyFan said: 25ml. The tasting cost 25 quid I think and it was a Macmillan thing. They raised 1900 quid. Good evening all round, except I apparently left my mic off mute and they all heard my full time kebab being delivered. Haha. That's the way to do it. Glad you enjoyed it, it was the same thing I was looking at. Which one was value for money? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Whisky is wasted on me, but my cousin works in the industry. This was how she spent her evening, would mean nothing to me but I'm sure a few posters would have enjoyed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Whisky is wasted on me, but my cousin works in the industry. This was how she spent her evening, would mean nothing to me but I'm sure a few posters would have enjoyed it. Looks like a worldy. I saw they were doing the Hazelburn tasting a couple of nights ago as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 95 quid and is otherworldly good. Not a Bordeaux finish but has spent the whole 10 years in a Bordeaux cask. https://tobermorydistillery.com/product/ledaig-2009-bordeaux-red-wine-cask-matured/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peedzy Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 £100 budget? Don't piss about, here's the one, keep the change: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glenfarclas-Years-Single-Scotch-Whisky/dp/B001GLO8AU 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I’ve been gifted a £100 bottle to choose. Considering possibly Balvenie Doublewood 17, Glengoyne 18 or something completely different. Any recommendations?For £100 I'd give any of the limited release Deanston some thought. Very underrated distillery from the owners of Bunnahabhain and Tobermory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Master of Malt have lauched a subscription tasting box, first one comes with 2 Glasses, 5 samples for £20 delivered. Got mine today. Code: P&SAFFIL20Just remember to email and cancel if you don't want to pay £30 for future monthshttps://pourandsip.com/?_ga=2.65183982.174505702.1604012115-557781300.1602018639&_gac=1.194444511.1603745395.Cj0KCQjw59n8BRD2ARIsAAmgPmLeSurSy2_5dFCQRduNTXn6M_jHuZj4U2VguODN-VTBwi_YxZAyg04aAoKFEALw_wcB&s=09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 This was on offer in booths in Keswick, £42 down to £21. Very nice as well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Was up at Tomatin today, picked up a 2001 PX Distillery Exclusive. Tucking it away until my daughter turns 18.Anyone else got whisky stashed away for the long haul? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said: Was up at Tomatin today, picked up a 2001 PX Distillery Exclusive. Tucking it away until my daughter turns 18. Anyone else got whisky stashed away for the long haul? Not something I do. If I see it and I like it I'll drink it. If a special occasion comes up in future I'll just get something for it then. Edited November 3, 2020 by GiGi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Not something I do. If I see it and I like it I'll drink it. If a special occasion comes up in future I'll just get something for it then.Fair enough, I get that.I got the idea from my father in law, when I proposed to his daughter and we arrived at the house with the news he disappeared upstairs and came back with a 1988 Bells Ceramic Decanter and cracked it. He bought 3 in total, one for each of his kids for that "big news" moment.He gave me another try on the morning of the wedding which was pretty cool.Ps. Bells from 1988 is actually really nice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, V.Aye.R said: Fair enough, I get that. I got the idea from my father in law, when I proposed to his daughter and we arrived at the house with the news he disappeared upstairs and came back with a 1988 Bells Ceramic Decanter and cracked it. He bought 3 in total, one for each of his kids for that "big news" moment. He gave me another try on the morning of the wedding which was pretty cool. Ps. Bells from 1988 is actually really nice. A lot of the old blends used much more old whisky than you get these days. If you can pick up blends from the 70s and 80s they are well worth a punt as some of them have very generous portions of 20yr + malts within. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Was up at Tomatin today, picked up a 2001 PX Distillery Exclusive. Tucking it away until my daughter turns 18.Anyone else got whisky stashed away for the long haul? Yes. My wee boy poured a Valinch at Bruichladdich and scribbled the name onto the label when he was about 4. He'll get it when he's 18. The fact that the label is totally illegible will mean he will have no choice other than to drink it, and hopefully share some with me.I think it was a sherry cask 15yo, from memory, but I've got a photo somewhere of the actual contents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: A lot of the old blends used much more old whisky than you get these days. If you can pick up blends from the 70s and 80s they are well worth a punt as some of them have very generous portions of 20yr + malts within. You must be quite knowledgeable to recognise which whiskies are from back then by looking at the label. I was looking at a whisky auction at the weekend and trying to find old blends by hunting for the ones without barcodes. I never ended up buying anything but that was my best idea on how to find the older blends. Sometimes you can find one without the ABV on the label. They must be quite old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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