Whisky recommendations?
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Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
I had some Pogues whisky a while back. It was very young whisky but had a slightly interesting unsweetened-chocolate taste to it.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I'm still on dry jan and staying that way till Saturday. Looking forward to a drop of Laphroaig Quarter Cask when get in on the evening. 
RedRedRose
Well-Known Member
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I am probably going to use that one for hot toddies.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
There’s no shame in that.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I decided I fancied an Old Fashioned or two this evening with the rugby, and went to Sainsburys to get some bourbon.
Strangely, they had no bourbon or rye, but as I was looking around for a substitute my eye fell on this:
A Welsh single malt.
I figured that I was going to mix it with sugar and bitters anyway so if it was a dog it wouldn't matter much, and the fact that it was on offer (£27 down from £37) helped.
It's very good. So far I've had 4 drams and not mixed it yet. It's 46% and tastes a wee bit rough neat, but with a piece of ice it more than holds its own as a very fair drop of whisky.
Great find!
Strangely, they had no bourbon or rye, but as I was looking around for a substitute my eye fell on this:
A Welsh single malt.
I figured that I was going to mix it with sugar and bitters anyway so if it was a dog it wouldn't matter much, and the fact that it was on offer (£27 down from £37) helped.
It's very good. So far I've had 4 drams and not mixed it yet. It's 46% and tastes a wee bit rough neat, but with a piece of ice it more than holds its own as a very fair drop of whisky.
Great find!
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beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
It’s relatively new - came out in the early 2000’s iirc. I once had a very drunken chat with the head distiller at a whisky festival, who was extremely forthcoming with free samples
WhyLikeThis
Something, something, something
I fucking love smokey scotch. I’ve worked my way through Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Talisker, Jura & Lagavulin.
What would you learned whisky drinkers recommend next?
What would you learned whisky drinkers recommend next?
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Longrow is a nice peated Campbeltown. Octomore is a very expensive Bruachladdie bottling. I’ve never owned a bottle.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It’s relatively new - came out in the early 2000’s iirc. I once had a very drunken chat with the head distiller at a whisky festival, who was extremely forthcoming with free samples
What did you think of it?
By the way, it works beautifully in an Old Fashioned, too:
Hic!
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Sobriety means it’s been a few years since I’ve had any, but I liked it enough to buy a couple of bottles over the years.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Passable. Just about OK at £27 but no more. I'll sometimes have one when in Wales (tastes better after a day on the hill), but wouldnt be in a rush to buy a bottle again unless a nice discount.
RedRedRose
Well-Known Member
I was very impressed with Islay Mist.
AnCnoc have a very peaty range, but I would rate Laphroaig and Talisker over them TBH.
How did it work as sours?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
More than acceptable, but to be fair you could put sugar and Angostura in ditch water and it’d taste good!
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Some missing ones there are Port Charlotte and Caol Ila.
There are also bottlings aimed at hardcore peatheads - Peat's Beast, Smokehead and the like. They tend to be young but if you want a blast of smokey peat they'll do the trick.
shifting gears
Well-Known Member
Welcome home old friend
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Narnia's daughter got me this one for Christmas last year. Its not a bad touch.
Very nice as a hot whisky
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Narnia's daughter got me this one for Christmas last year. Its not a bad touch.
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Very nice as a hot whisky
I've still got a bit left.
Want one together?
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
It's never bloody one with you though is it?
I've just poured one of these.
I cant have a whisky yet I've got a bath running for the Mrs who's on her way back from Shropshire.
If she comes home and I'm pissed as a fart talking to you on the interwubs and the lounge is flooded like last time I had a dram with the faucets open I'll be for the ducking high jump.
When shes in the soup I'll pour one.
I necked that bottle of Loch Lomand you bought me over Christmas. Drank half of it with the daughters boyfriend and then finished the other half off getting the mother of the grandchild pished.
Very nice touch.
I'll have to get one when I'm up there week after next as I intended keeping that for your next dahlia feed.
I'll be on the lookout for something different.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Just poured her ladyship one. She says cheers.
I'm still on the stout. Vocation Brew-York.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Quiet night in tonight with a few of my friends
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
You are now ready for Octomore, made by Bruichladdich, and a heavy peaty whisky.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Nice haul. These are just the ones I have brought back home.e to the highlands
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Is that four open bottles of connoisseurs choice?
