carpetmonster Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 won four of them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Lagavulin 16 year old currently between £53 & £59 with S&S down from £83 on Amazon regular price. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 3 hours ago, Sarcastic Bairn said: Lagavulin 16 year old currently between £53 & £59 with S&S down from £83 on Amazon regular price. Good stuff. The price it should be, it's almost as if people weren't daft enough to go from £49 to £80 overnight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Was in Campbeltown at the start of the week, so squeezed in a Cadenhead's warehouse tasting on Monday afternoon and then went to the Washback bar at Springbank on Tuesday morning before getting a 1 pm bus up to Tarbert. Both highly recommended. 7 drams on the Cadenhead's tasting was decent value and the whiskies were consistently good. An effective mix of their 12 year old small batch blend, various finishes (Madeira, Amontillado, Oloroso) influence. The 'peated' warehouse drams (a Highland Park 20 and heavily peated Bunnahabhain 9/sherry cask) were lightweight in terms of the actual peat influence, which was fine with me but might disappoint fans of that. My choice in the tasting room/bar was a Linkwood 10 Oloroso cask, which was excellent. I then went for an extra dram of Strathmill 24, which was absolutely glorious. The flights on the menu at the Washback bar weren't interesting or even good value compared to just pick and mixing your own from the Springbank et al.'s range. The highlight was this one. Spoiler They also produce an outstanding whisky coffee. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Aye.R Posted June 9 Share Posted June 9 Anyone got a special bottle on standby for the Euros? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted June 10 Share Posted June 10 (edited) There's a good flash sale on over at Master of Malt. Talisker Port Ruighe on for a tempting £38.94 among other decent looking deals. I can also recommend the Yellowstone bourbon at £36. Edited June 10 by GiGi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 (edited) On 09/06/2024 at 12:36, V.Aye.R said: Anyone got a special bottle on standby for the Euros? Got bids in on a Mortlach 15, and Glenfarclas 17 and 21 on an auction that closes on Sunday (local pickup so I'll have anything I win in time for the Swiss game). ETA - outbid on the Glenfarclas 21, sub in a Longmorn 16. Edited June 12 by carpetmonster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 On 08/06/2024 at 21:26, virginton said: Was in Campbeltown at the start of the week, so squeezed in a Cadenhead's warehouse tasting on Monday afternoon and then went to the Washback bar at Springbank on Tuesday morning before getting a 1 pm bus up to Tarbert. Both highly recommended. 7 drams on the Cadenhead's tasting was decent value and the whiskies were consistently good. An effective mix of their 12 year old small batch blend, various finishes (Madeira, Amontillado, Oloroso) influence. The 'peated' warehouse drams (a Highland Park 20 and heavily peated Bunnahabhain 9/sherry cask) were lightweight in terms of the actual peat influence, which was fine with me but might disappoint fans of that. My choice in the tasting room/bar was a Linkwood 10 Oloroso cask, which was excellent. I then went for an extra dram of Strathmill 24, which was absolutely glorious. The flights on the menu at the Washback bar weren't interesting or even good value compared to just pick and mixing your own from the Springbank et al.'s range. The highlight was this one. Reveal hidden contents They also produce an outstanding whisky coffee. Any Springbank 12 at the distilllery? I think I'd be willing to do an 8 hour round trip if I could ever find it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: Any Springbank 12 at the distilllery? I think I'd be willing to do an 8 hour round trip if I could ever find it There's a cask strength (54.1%) 12 available on the regular menu: https://www.springbank.scot/product/the-washback-bar/ One bugbear is that the measurement size was just 20ml, which may be fairly widespread practice but seemed ungenerous to an ignoramus like myself. That said, the prices are accessible and if you go for higher strength stuff you're still getting decent value. The bartender accidentally over pouring on the Springbank 8 PX of all choices was a terrible, wee shame. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 15 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: Any Springbank 12 at the distilllery? I think I'd be willing to do an 8 hour round trip if I could ever find it Aye, they still have the new batch in stock. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Many moons ago, Mrs. F_P was doing some work up North and came home with a wee present for me. I told her I'd keep it until the day we became grandparents. I'm still waiting. Might open the bottle if Scotland win the Euros. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 On 12/06/2024 at 16:38, carpetmonster said: Got bids in on a Mortlach 15, and Glenfarclas 17 and 21 on an auction that closes on Sunday (local pickup so I'll have anything I win in time for the Swiss game). ETA - outbid on the Glenfarclas 21, sub in a Longmorn 16. Longmorn 16 is a very, very underrated dram. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted June 18 Share Posted June 18 40 minutes ago, VictorOnopko said: Longmorn 16 is a very, very underrated dram. Had a bid in at 80, totally forgot about the auction ending Sunday and found it it went for $100. I might’ve paid that, because it’s apparently been discontinued. Bit of a silly auction that one tho; the Glenfarclas 17 went for $140 when you can get it $135 retail in Chicago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted Saturday at 21:46 Share Posted Saturday at 21:46 Flew out on holiday from Edinburgh Airport this morning and picked up this Deanston 10 with a Bordeaux cask finish. Had it before, beautiful whisky and an absolute bargain at £35. Wasn't even in the section for needing to fly abroad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGlovin' Posted Sunday at 22:13 Share Posted Sunday at 22:13 Had a Caperdonich 21 lined up tonight if we reached the 4 point mark. The back up a Springbank 10 so not all bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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