Honest_Man#1 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I’ve been gifted a £100 bottle to choose. Considering possibly Balvenie Doublewood 17, Glengoyne 18 or something completely different. Any recommendations? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 7 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I’ve been gifted a £100 bottle to choose. Considering possibly Balvenie Doublewood 17, Glengoyne 18 or something completely different. Any recommendations? i'm wanting to keep an eye on this by V.Aye.R There is a north star tasting at the end of the month through Good Spirits Co https://www.thegoodspiritsco.com/tastings/37580-virtual-north-star-x-ralfy-whisky-tasting-friday-30th-october-2020-7-9pm.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 14 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: I’ve been gifted a £100 bottle to choose. Considering possibly Balvenie Doublewood 17, Glengoyne 18 or something completely different. Any recommendations? Any £100 bottle? In that case I'd aim higher than either of those two. They're certainly good if you choose them though. Some suggestions: Glendronach 18 - you'll never go wrong here https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glendronach/the-glendronach-18-year-old-allardice-whisky/ Glenfarclas 21 - one of my old favourites, not as good value for money as it used to be but still a belter https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/2068/glenfarclas-21-year-old Compass Box: Spice Tree Extravaganza - a blend but a premium one, really rich and fruity https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/34644/compass-box-spice-tree-extravaganza Talisker 18 - bit smoky but still rich and tasty https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/4840/talisker-18-year-old In having a quick look there a lot of whisky I was going to recommend is so expensive now. The last couple of years have not been good for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish's Passenger Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I’ve been gifted a £100 bottle to choose. Considering possibly Balvenie Doublewood 17, Glengoyne 18 or something completely different. Any recommendations?This is a wonderful thing to happen to any man. My £100 bottle of choice would be the Bunnahabhain 18yo each and every time. Majestic stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 hours ago, GiGi said: Any £100 bottle? In that case I'd aim higher than either of those two. They're certainly good if you choose them though. Some suggestions: Glendronach 18 - you'll never go wrong here https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/glendronach/the-glendronach-18-year-old-allardice-whisky/ Glenfarclas 21 - one of my old favourites, not as good value for money as it used to be but still a belter https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/2068/glenfarclas-21-year-old Compass Box: Spice Tree Extravaganza - a blend but a premium one, really rich and fruity https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/34644/compass-box-spice-tree-extravaganza Talisker 18 - bit smoky but still rich and tasty https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/4840/talisker-18-year-old In having a quick look there a lot of whisky I was going to recommend is so expensive now. The last couple of years have not been good for that. I’ve got a Glendronach 18 on the shelf currently (always have a Glendronach of some description on the shelf, king of whisky), and finished a Glenfarclas 21 quite recently, which while nice it didn’t live up to expectations of a 21 for me. Will have a look at the compass box one as not seen that before. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 9 hours ago, Hamish's Passenger said: This is a wonderful thing to happen to any man. My £100 bottle of choice would be the Bunnahabhain 18yo each and every time. Majestic stuff. That was going to be my first recommendation but you're not getting it for £100 now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish's Passenger Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 That was going to be my first recommendation but you're not getting it for £100 now.https://reallygoodwhisky.com/bunnahabhain-18-year-old-islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky-70cl-46-3/Near enough [emoji102] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hamish's Passenger said: https://reallygoodwhisky.com/bunnahabhain-18-year-old-islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky-70cl-46-3/ Near enough Cheapest I've seen it by about £20! This is as worthy is any in that case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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...
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