welshbairn Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I was in the Bon Accord at Charing Cross on Friday and they have a bottle of this on the top shelf. At £900 a half it could be just the thing you are looking for! And there is a least a couple of measures out of it, so somebody hasn't been scared off by the price. I had a a couple of large 40 year old Bowmores for my 40th birthday at the Ceilidh Place in Ullapool, thinking I was being pretty extravagant at £10 a single. Worth it though, it was gorgeous. Could have been a bit of a bargain: https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-915.aspx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Really expensive whisky and brandy in bars is pointless, and unless you're the person that gets them to crack open the bottle/you're certain there's a high turnover of the stuff being bought, pretty much only marks out the buyer as a fanny. Once open the whisky will start to oxidise and flavour will be lost. This will increase over time, but will be reasonably significant after just 6 months when you consider the subtleties of flavour involved. So if you're in the Bon Accord or The Grill or any of the other myriad whisky bars and feeling flush, take a good look at the bottle that's sitting there teasing you at £30+ per nip. Ask yourself how often other punters buy it and how long it's been open for. If you want to drink expensive whisky, buy the bottle for yourself, basically. Head room is a factor too. So if it has had a few nips out their is probably no issue. Half a bottle or 2/3 gone possibly more of a problem. This is why if I lived in Edinburgh I would be all over the malt whisky society. Cask strength bottlings you can buy by the nip with a high turnover. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rational Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Checkout girl: You're holding up the queue, Sir. Mr Rational: Haud yer wheesht woman, I'm trying to take a photo to upload onto Pie & Bovril FFS. Lol! Nearly, the wifie in front was taking ages and I was sending a picture to my mate to see if he had tried it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Couple of days left next week before I'm on holiday, but this years haul of gifts from suppliers so far is: Glenfarclas 10yo, Old Pulteney 12yo & Glenfiddich 12yo. One that normally gives me a whisky has given me 2 bottles of wine instead for some reason. Must not have spent enough this year... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Nomad Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Got this for £25 out of Tesco. Not opened yet, probably save for the bells. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Why do they give you a buttplug with the bowmore 40yo? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That's an expensive lube. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 (edited) Not really a whisky drinker but got given 2 bottles of single malt over Christmas. A bottle of 10 year old Laphroaig and a 12 year Old Pulteney. Probably going to pop my cherry over Hogmanay and knowing next to nothing about Whisky, which one would be best for a whisky VL? ETA: f**k knows what happened to the font. Edited December 30, 2015 by Bobby Skidmarks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I would go for the Pulteney ya big virgin. Prefer a 12 year old, Mozza? Thanks for that, if I buy for someone I tend to just buy something between £20 and £30 without knowing what they taste like. Have to start somewhere I suppose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spain Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Laphroaig is very marmite - a lot of people (myself included) don't like it. I'm not a fan of anything particularly peaty. The Old Pulteney is the safer bet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Laphroaig is very marmite - a lot of people (myself included) don't like it. I'm not a fan of anything particularly peaty. The Old Pulteney is the safer bet. Very much this. Probably the most extreme at one end of the entire tasting scale, with Pultney being far more Central and a far better choice for a whisky VL. Used to love Laphroaig but now have to be very much in the mood for it these days tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE KING Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Drinking The Hakushu right now , lovely Japanese , their stuff is amazing very light and subtle...unlike me after half the bottle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Recently finished a couple of bottles. 18yr old Glenfiddich which was pretty disappointing. It's easily drinkable but just nothing special. 15yr Glenlivet French oak reserve is lovely stuff and the best I've found around the £30 range so far. Got a Balvenie doublewood and an Auchentoshan American oak for Christmas. The former is cracking, the latter nice enough but not a patch of the excellent three wood. I need to top up my reserves though, I'd like a bit more variety. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Oh and I bought my old man a Glenrothes 11 for his Christmas. Almost purple it's so dark. But different and really fruity but good nonetheless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I love smokey whisky but laphroaig 10 yo is pretty shite with a horrible aftertaste. Spend an extra tenner for a bowmore Sherry cask or lagavulin 16 yo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieT1314 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Got a bottle of Laphroig as a gift and hated it upon first taste but by the time i had finished the bottle i had really grown to love it. An acquired taste i think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 1451469150031.jpg Got this for £25 out of Tesco. Not opened yet, probably save for the bells. Good choice! I got the same deal at Tesco, opened that when we had visitors at Christmas. It got thumbs up all round! Just got a couple of glasses worth left in bottle now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberdeen-Warrior Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Partial to glengoyne 17 although they don't make this anymore. Just got a jura elixer 12 years old and it's lovely. Very fiery and lots of flavours 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I love smokey whisky but laphroaig 10 yo is pretty shite with a horrible aftertaste. Spend an extra tenner for a bowmore Sherry cask or lagavulin 16 yo Way to shite on my gift, m8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I have a bottle of this: Does anyone have any insight? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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