Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
No age statement on the whisky, monarchy concept: poorly aged.Anyone?
Offers notes of toffee, cherries, chocolate, nuts and figs throughout the palate.
Also, have they coloured it fucking yellow?
Whisky recommendations?
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Also, have they coloured it fucking yellow?
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
It will likely be three years old, which is the minimum age at which whisky can be sold.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Anyone?
Offers notes of toffee, cherries, chocolate, nuts and figs throughout the palate.
Lot's of people by the look of it.
They've sold out of the limited run of 5000 bottles.
I'd have bought one for £85 and stuck it in the back of a cupboard.
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
You can buy a decent bottle for that.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Select is decent. It's not a patch on Quarter Cask, though, so you may be disappointed.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
And do what with it? The whiskey's probably mediocre at best and who the fuck cares about an engraved decanter?
That's the old marketing lie that something will be valuable just because there aren't many of them. Only if people think it's any good. Rare shit things are just rare and shit.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Not a chance. Select is my stock drop. Of course there are better whiskies but as a regular go-to, it's significantly more than adequate!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
It's good but it's not special like Quarter Cask. Quarter Cask is something I'd give a whiskey lover as a present. Don't think Select is quite at that level.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Just keep it. You won't lose money, might make a bit, and it's a curiosity that might raise a laugh when you dust it of in 10 years or give it as a gift.
I'd certainly take a flyer on it for £85!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Sure, but all cask strengths are better than their lighter brethren. Point is, with Select you're already starting from a high point.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yeah, but it's your stock drop. So to make a treaty present, you have to go one level up. Whiskey lovers are expensive to treat!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I like your thinking.
My birthday is next week, btw.
If you get me one of these you can keep the decanter.
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
In a couple of weeks I'll be in Stirling, Perth and Newburgh. Can anyone recommend decent distilleries in the area for a visit?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Bought some on offer again. Didn't get quarter cask by accident this time, sadly. But I can report that yes, it's excellent. Not QC of course, but really good. It's still complex and peaty and lovely. You're right. It is gift quality.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
How much was it on offer?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
25 quid at Waitrose.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Fuk Dat Shit!Anyone?
Offers notes of toffee, cherries, chocolate, nuts and figs throughout the palate.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Will you be mobile?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I've been looking out for Select recently, but haven't seen it with a discount. I don't shop in Waitrose though.
However got a bonus bottle of Quarter Cask. OH parents had ordered it for me for Xmas from Amazon and it never arrived, so Amazon sent another. Turns out it was with a neighbour. Very nice of them to give it to me now and not keep it for birthday. Especially as I'd just finished the cheap Alidi malt.
However got a bonus bottle of Quarter Cask. OH parents had ordered it for me for Xmas from Amazon and it never arrived, so Amazon sent another. Turns out it was with a neighbour. Very nice of them to give it to me now and not keep it for birthday. Especially as I'd just finished the cheap Alidi malt.
Griff
Feeding the foxes
Not sure if it's been mentioned on this thread before, but Whiskybroker is a great site for getting some straight from the cask and unusual bottles at decent prices.
The 12 year old Caol Ila sold out quickly though, at £51.60.
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The 12 year old Caol Ila sold out quickly though, at £51.60.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I get all my whisky from Waitrose. They have a regular rotation of discounts so I never buy anything full price.
For a non-peaty one, Cardhu at 26 quid when discounted is really good. Singleton is also decent.
For a non-peaty one, Cardhu at 26 quid when discounted is really good. Singleton is also decent.
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Depends how much whisky I guzzle
But yes, I'm driving on the way to distilleries, Mrs Forward will drive back.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I never thought to do this before, but comparing Waitrose's discounted prices to the best price on Amazon, they're consistently better. But their full price is way too much.
Cardhu Gold Reserve is £30 on Amazon, £26 discounted and £48 full price at Waitrose. The Ardmore (a nice lightly peaty one) is £29 on Amazon, £23 discounted and about £33 full price at Waitrose.
So my instinct for this was right. Waitrose's discount prices are very good value but never buy full price there.
Cardhu Gold Reserve is £30 on Amazon, £26 discounted and £48 full price at Waitrose. The Ardmore (a nice lightly peaty one) is £29 on Amazon, £23 discounted and about £33 full price at Waitrose.
So my instinct for this was right. Waitrose's discount prices are very good value but never buy full price there.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Morrisons online is great for discounted whisky. Select is almost permanently on offer at £25, Cardhu at the moment is the same, and they've got The Ardmore on for £20.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
North of Perth you've got a fair few.Depends how much whisky I guzzle
Blair Athol. Dewars. Eradour.
West there's Glenturret.
Dalwhinnie is well worth the visit.
Pitlochry and Blair athol are well worth a trip to even though they can be a bit touristy.
Most of the distilleries provide the driver with a take home pack of all the whiskies you'll be tasting.
danny la rouge pogofish and Sasaferrato will have some recommendations as well I would imagine.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
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Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Thanks friedaweed and danny la rouge for all the recommendations. Funnily enough, I looked at that Lindores Abbey one, seeing as it's just down the road. But i was a bit suspicious as they seem to be trading on the whole "birthplace of whisky" heritage rather than their actual whisky. The distillery itself is only a few years old. Sure, you have to start somewhere but using so many hundreds of years in your main marketing struck me as iffy.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I am sampling the Tesco own brand 12yo Highland Single Malt. It's perfectly pleasant but nothing very special, a can't scare the horses whisky. Quite citrusy and a bit of almond. I'm trying to work out where it's actually from. Generally it's Whyte & Mackay that provide their own brands, so I'm guessing it's a Fettercairn. Perfectly acceptable for £23 full price.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
Fancy that. Scots folk trading on the mystique of the wee dram
To be honest I'm not much of a Distillery hunter but if I'm in the neck of the woods of a dram I like I will at least got to the shop of the distillery. Once you've done a few tours you kinda get the gist of how it's made. The distilleries I do have really fond memories of though are more about their location that their copper pots.
A word of warning. Most of what you can buy north of the border is available online, and in supermarkets all over the world, cheaper than it will be in any Scottish distillery.
You are going there to make a contribution to
Have you been that way before Serge?
