Derek Patterson Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Just now, GiGi said: Honestly was worried it was gonna be gash, being so young but was pleasantly surprised. Never usually go for the "hoose whisky" but quite a few folk seemed to be praising it. Obviously not a huge body to.it but genuinely enjoyable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 1 minute ago, Derek Patterson said: Honestly was worried it was gonna be gash, being so young but was pleasantly surprised. Never usually go for the "hoose whisky" but quite a few folk seemed to be praising it. Obviously not a huge body to.it but genuinely enjoyable. Fair enough. I like Deanston but that's easily their weakest offering. The 12 is still cheap and a lot better IMO. It's one of my favourite standard distillery bottlings at that age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Maybe not something you'd savour as such on its own but a good pint accompaniment. They have stuff in called "Skinny Malinky" which is kinda a minty Weiss. Went well with that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Patterson Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 The 12 is still cheap and a lot better IMO. It's one of my favourite standard distillery bottlings at that age. Yeah I quite like to try the 12 of any distillery I come across as a standard. Deanston and Bunnahabhain are my two favourites I have found. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 I’m in Tenerife and the supermercado around the corner has a ridiculously good selection of whisky for the size of the shop (€1,000 bottle of Macallan). I decided to buy a Glen Grant 16yo and when the guy typed the price in he transposed the numbers and charged me €25.95 rather than €52.95. Cheers! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 On 22/01/2018 at 01:38, gannonball said: Yeah I quite like to try the 12 of any distillery I come across as a standard. Deanston and Bunnahabhain are my two favourites I have found. It looks like Amazon have been reading the thread. Deanston 12 and 18 on sale this week under Burns night malts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 9 hours ago, GiGi said: It looks like Amazon have been reading the thread. Deanston 12 and 18 on sale this week under Burns night malts. Cheers, both have been purchased. Can never have too much of the12 and dont have the 18 yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, gannonball said: Cheers, both have been purchased. Can never have too much of the12 and dont have the 18 yet. I bought the 18 too, that's a good deal. It's ~£75 most other places so £55 on Amazon is dece. I also ordered the 2008 Bordeaux red wine cask Deanston I was talking about a couple of pages back. Around the same price as the 18 but I felt it was in good company with the far older and more expensive halves I had the night I tried it. Edited January 24, 2018 by GiGi 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Also, Amazon are doing £10 off orders over £50 today only. Used that to get a bit off another nice bottle I'm going to need a bigger cabinet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenlantern Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Happy Burns night. Gettin tore into a Macallan 12 ???? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereismillar Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 On 29/03/2012 at 10:08, Lex said: Laphroaig is my personal favourite. Very peaty and strong nose. Warms the cockles. me too, lagavulin as well ,my daughter got me glen kieth single malt for xmas and it is really good ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) As this is now the Deanston virgin oak thread I'll chuck in that it is one granule of sugar away from being undrinkably sweet. Loads of vanilla and honey so would be a good cranachan or coffee whisky but can't same I'm enjoying it too much. For someone who likes a JD or similar I would say a perfect beginners malt. As I was saying further up the thread the you need the bourbon to take all of that first layer of sweetness out of the wood before you make whisky and get more subtlety. Edited January 26, 2018 by invergowrie arab 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Andy Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Another question for you lads that I think might spark a little debate. I've been invited to a Whisky tasting at my mates house. It will be a blind tasting with marks for nose/palate/finish deciding the winner of the prize. There's a £50 limit on the whisky you can bring. My question is. . . If this was you, what whisky would you take? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Young Andy said: Another question for you lads that I think might spark a little debate. I've been invited to a Whisky tasting at my mates house. It will be a blind tasting with marks for nose/palate/finish deciding the winner of the prize. There's a £50 limit on the whisky you can bring. My question is. . . If this was you, what whisky would you take? Half bottle of Tesco value and scoop everyone else's malts. If you are not as big a dick as me then Jura 16 diurachs own can be obtained for around 45 if you shop around (asda) and has loads going on. Perhaps more easy to obtain would be a Tobermory 10 which whilst an island malt has plenty floral and sweetness to throw people off scent bit also has the spicy oaky dryness of an island. Edited January 26, 2018 by invergowrie arab 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Happy Burns night. Gettin tore into a Macallan 12 ???? Mental how much macallan costs nowadays, seen the 12 online for 65 quid.Opened a bottle of Tullibardine 233 last night. Not really a fan of Tullibardine as find it a bit rough but it wasnt too bad to be honest. Not enough to warrant another nip though and ended up having a deanston 12 and a highland park 12 too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 15 minutes ago, gannonball said: Mental how much macallan costs nowadays, seen the 12 online for 65 quid. Opened a bottle of Tullibardine 233 last night. Not really a fan of Tullibardine as find it a bit rough but it wasnt too bad to be honest. Not enough to warrant another nip though and ended up having a deanston 12 and a highland park 12 too. Macallan is just a rip off. I bought the 12 near the start of my collection and it cost me over £50 then. I quickly realised while good it's not twice as good as its counterparts despite being twice the price. I don't bother with them at all now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberfeldy Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Opened this on Thursday as it was Burns Night. Only had one as I was driving the next morning. Didn’t think it was too bad so as tonight is Saturday and there is no driving tomorrow morning, I’ll knock a hole in the rest of the bottle tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 This will wash down my lunch.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Ordered a bottle of the 2008 Deanston Red Wine cask. Really looking forward to getting into that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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