Peedzy Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Diageo. A great bunch of lads. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 9 hours ago, V.Aye.R said: Yours for £50! I wonder what this one will be, over the £2k this time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) On 06/08/2022 at 09:17, Sarcastic Bairn said: I wonder what this one will be, over the £2k this time? Who knows. I think IMD will be feeling the pinch with this project plus the energy prices biting hard. Their pricing has gone daft on Tamdhu in particular. Edited August 12, 2022 by V.Aye.R 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 (edited) Tried two cask strength drams tonight. Glenfarclas 105 sample from a pal and Benromach 2012. Both very similar in cask make up/ABV/price/age Benromach... You could be convinced its Springbank. 105 is sweeter and not peated at all which is quite noticeable side by side. Benromach probably just edges it for me. Maybe a little older (10yr age statement) and all first fill bourbon/sherry casks. Both cracking drams though. Would recommend both. Also a wee picture from Benromach this week Edited August 14, 2022 by V.Aye.R 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 New York World Spirits Awards Quite fancy trying the Peruvian, I’ll let someone else go for The Sassenach before me though! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGlovin' Posted September 11, 2022 Share Posted September 11, 2022 On 05/08/2022 at 17:38, V.Aye.R said: Thats talisker 18 finally back out on shelves. An extra £100 now, £175 bandits man. I mean, it's not news but Diageo really extracting the urine now. Glad I stocked up on Laga 16 and Clynelish last year. But I'll be taking my whisky £££ elsewhere going forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 An Cladach is a liter of Cask Strength Bunna for 50 quid so you can't really go wrong. It was solid but unspectacular to begin with and took me about almost 4 years to drink which tells you how far it was up my priority list but I was really enjoying the last third of the bottle and did that in in a few weeks so definitely benefitted from a bit of air in the bottle to take strength out of it and let the flavour come through. Èirigh na Grèine is a favourite of mine. If you are into red fruit, salty, sweet, peppery type of whisky you will like it. Both are unpeated but there is definitely smoke and body come through the latter.Sorry, should have thanked you at the time. Went with your advice on the Bunna and it's a lovely dram. Back in duty free today but just looking as I'm on a domestic flight. Some people obviously have a MUCH bigger whisky budget than I do as a woman reached across me and picked up this 18yo Balvenie for the princely sum of £180! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 21 minutes ago, Archie McSquackle said: Sorry, should have thanked you at the time. Went with your advice on the Bunna and it's a lovely dram. Back in duty free today but just looking as I'm on a domestic flight. Some people obviously have a MUCH bigger whisky budget than I do as a woman reached across me and picked up this 18yo Balvenie for the princely sum of £180! Ive been burned by the Travel retail Balvenie before. The 16yo Triple Cask. Bang average imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI HAT Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Given this by my laddie, reserve judgement on whether he hates me or not. Port cask, sherry cask and an orange wine cask all at46.6%. See how they go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peedzy Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 If anyone's got Amazon Prime, Compass Box Orchard House back on for £34 ish. Thoroughly recommended. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Compass-Box-Orchard-House-70cl/dp/B09DTP1PF8?ref_=ast_sto_dp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 Just had a Caol Isla 12 for the first time. Absolutely excellent stuff. Almost perfectly balanced. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 It's lovely stuff. You can get a litre of it for around £38 at the airport duty free according to the website. I had hoped to pick up a bottle when I go on holiday next week but it doesn't seem to be available at the airport I'm flying from despite the website making it look like you can reserve in advance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie adie Posted October 13, 2022 Share Posted October 13, 2022 Another great deal on Tamnavulin at coop last week £22 quid, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Thought I'd give you the heads up for Thursday 10th Nov at Lidl. Another giveaway late teen single malt for £40 goes on sale. Informed its Caol Ila again (as per the 18yo they did last year). Move fast 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 07/11/2022 at 22:12, V.Aye.R said: Thought I'd give you the heads up for Thursday 10th Nov at Lidl. Another giveaway late teen single malt for £40 goes on sale. Informed its Caol Ila again (as per the 18yo they did last year). Move fast Went in tonight before closing on the off chance. Plenty bottles in Falkirk for the fellow FK postcode good guys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peedzy Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 20 hours ago, V.Aye.R said: Went in tonight before closing on the off chance. Plenty bottles in Falkirk for the fellow FK postcode good guys. Picked up two this morning in Greenock, cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badgerthewitness Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Lidl Falkirk sold out, bottles still available in Bo'ness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) Picked up one just there. Still bottles left in Dalry, Edinburgh. Cheers for the heads up. Edited November 10, 2022 by Enigma 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Somewhat jealous of this talk of liquor at supermarkets and such. Over here, at least in this section of the land of the free, you can only get the hard stuff at separate liquor stores…as is common in much of ‘Murica. It does remind me of turning the corner into the liquor aisle in a supermarket in Louisiana with my wife and watching her freeze in astonishment that the good stuff, and a whole damn aisle of it, was available in a regular supermarket! So, on that note, f**k you (and those “Jesus doesn’t like liquor*” Right Wingers running this state) for good bargains on whisky not available here at Lidl and Aldi! *Given recent news on drink driving and accidents, Jesus certainly likes the liquor around Texas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, TxRover said: Somewhat jealous of this talk of liquor at supermarkets and such. Over here, at least in this section of the land of the free, you can only get the hard stuff at separate liquor stores…as is common in much of ‘Murica. It does remind me of turning the corner into the liquor aisle in a supermarket in Louisiana with my wife and watching her freeze in astonishment that the good stuff, and a whole damn aisle of it, was available in a regular supermarket! So, on that note, f**k you (and those “Jesus doesn’t like liquor*” Right Wingers running this state) for good bargains on whisky not available here at Lidl and Aldi! *Given recent news on drink driving and accidents, Jesus certainly likes the liquor around Texas. One thing I do appreciate about Illinois slapping sin taxes on...well, everything...is that they're very keen to offer you the opportunity to pay said taxes. If I need a bottle of whisky at 2am on a Wednesday it's a case of going two blocks to 7/11. It won't be anything good, but it's doable. The only one I can't work out is that you can't buy single miniatures in the City of Chicago. As soon as you hit the burbs, it's fine and you can buy multipacks of them here, just not individuals. My mate reckoned it was something to do with the airport being within city limits and some sort of FAA dictat, but Miami's in the same boat and there's no such issues there. I do love Total Wine in TX tho. My wife's got folks down there, and it makes buying presents a piece of piss. I can go online to each specific TW store, pay for whatever, and then give them the name and number of the person picking up. They text them when the order's packed, someone goes down to get it from the customer service desk, and it sends me an email to say it's done. Awesome system. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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