vikingTON Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 17 hours ago, SweeperDee said: OVD is bogging, substandard rum that even most scheme-goblins in Dundee would turn their nose up to. Rum in general is the inferior spirit when compared to any Whisky anyway. ^^^ idiot found 17 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: You wouldn't drink it neat though. Would you? No but then again I wouldn't drink any rum neat - I haven't tried any Ron Zacapa varieties to confirm that one. The flavour of most rum benefits from mixing: with soft drinks or in cocktails for rums like OVD and Havana Club; with the contents of your kitchen drain for Bacardi and Lamb's Navy. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 People talking about mixing drinks on this fine thread will most likely end up me reading my own posts in the heads gone thread later. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopburn boy Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 18 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Chuffed you liked the beer. Also glad you left the sediment in the bottle so as not to make my product look shite in front of all my wee internet pals! I felt that it lacked ever so slightly in hop flavor, but glad you picked out the citrus as that was very prevalent when I bottled it, just felt it faded back somewhat. Also felt the carb levels were a touch low but that's a personal preference thing. No point adding anything more about Glendronach 21. Its quite simply peak whisky. I don't have the superlatives for it really. ETA, the beer being easily drunk is a dangerous attribute to it at 5.8% I think the low hoppy taste is what made it so drinkable , nothing to hold it back ! , cheeky wee Edradour planned for this evening 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopburn boy Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, philpy said: Happy birthday to me I suspect the recipe today , bears no resemblance to the silver award winning 2013 vintage regardless , happy birthday Edited May 3, 2020 by bishopburn boy Forgot felicitations 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 4 hours ago, virginton said: ^^^ idiot found No but then again I wouldn't drink any rum neat - I haven't tried any Ron Zacapa varieties to confirm that one. The flavour of most rum benefits from mixing: with soft drinks or in cocktails for rums like OVD and Havana Club; with the contents of your kitchen drain for Bacardi and Lamb's Navy. This stuff was easily drinkable neat very smooth and sweet. Would probably make a really nice dark and stormy but I can't abide any alcohol with coke 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Is Philpy going to drink that 3yr old Coop blend or dip his skirting boards in it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Is Philpy going to drink that 3yr old Coop blend or dip his skirting boards in it? Is that to give it some flavor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 4 hours ago, bishopburn boy said: I think the low hoppy taste is what made it so drinkable , nothing to hold it back ! , cheeky wee Edradour planned for this evening Edradour tanned yet? Interested to hear your thoguhts as I find it different from other bourbon cask efforts I have tried. Now that I type this though I realise its been a good few weeks since I have had one so tomorrow night I will take on in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Opened this 70cl bottle yesterday and it's 40%. I have a litre bottle of it at 43%. Why? What am I missing? Did they change it at some point or is it to do with the size of the bottle? If anyone knows. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 Just now, HeartsOfficialMoaner said: Opened this 70cl bottle yesterday and it's 40%. I have a litre bottle of it at 43%. Why? What am I missing? Did they change it at some point or is it to do with the size of the bottle? If anyone knows. Its to do with selling you more tap water and less whisky for your money. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopburn boy Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Edradour tanned yet? Interested to hear your thoguhts as I find it different from other bourbon cask efforts I have tried. Now that I type this though I realise its been a good few weeks since I have had one so tomorrow night I will take on in. On it now , lemon and vanilla on the nose , vanilla , apple and some. Sweetness honey maybe on the palate , finish decent length , something else coming through a touch astringent , but not unpleasant , gooseberry maybe nice dram Edited May 3, 2020 by bishopburn boy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 It's duty related. The litre bottle is likely one intended for travel retail ie duty free so they can bottle it higher abv and not be subject to the same tax. Bottled at 40% means they pay less and get to stretch their stocks further. Win win win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsOfficialMoaner Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, GiGi said: It's duty related. The litre bottle is likely one intended for travel retail ie duty free so they can bottle it higher abv and not be subject to the same tax. Bottled at 40% means they pay less and get to stretch their stocks further. Win win win. So obvious now that you say that. When Stella 1st came out here it was 5.2 then went down to 4.8 so they could cut down on the tax they paid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopburn boy Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 1 hour ago, GiGi said: It's duty related. The litre bottle is likely one intended for travel retail ie duty free so they can bottle it higher abv and not be subject to the same tax. Bottled at 40% means they pay less and get to stretch their stocks further. Win win win. Fraid not , bairnardo was right , it’s to sell more water - the duty is paid when it comes out of the cask , and is related to the actual volume of alcohol , so when they blend the batch for bottling the alcohol content is duty paid , then they water it down to 43 or more bottles of 40 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 10 hours ago, Bairnardo said: Is that to give it some flavor? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Decent flash sale going on at the whisky shop at the moment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 2 hours ago, gannonball said: Decent flash sale going on at the whisky shop at the moment. Reasonable price for Glendronach 21. Very exciting, not had one yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 About to sound a touch ungrateful here but Mrs B was informed of a "good deal" on a bottle of Singleton in Asda. Think it's some distillers edition or something. Anyway she decided she was going to buy me it, which is a nice gesture and all, and it tastes ok, but the deal was 26 notes which had expired when she got there. She paid 37 quid for it [emoji15] Hadnt the heart to tell her I'd have got something much better for that money 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Tonight’s sipping enjoyment. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Tonight’s sipping enjoyment. Gelnfarclas one of those who just dont do bad whisky 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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