whisky lovers

[Munter]

First couple of drams from the 2013 festival edition (no. 64 of 312) Deanston this evening. A much more rounded single malt than the standard Deanston. Recommended.

[CityDave]

World Whisky of the Year 2014 by Jim Murray's Whisky Bible is....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/04/ealanta-whisky-of-the-year-glenmorangie_n_4214517.html

2013 was...

and 2012 was..

[CityDave]

Anyone ever tried a Japanese whisky, they seem to be highly rated.

[Ziggy]

I do like Black Bottle It has to be said.

Black bottle has changed recently. The new blend is less smokey and a little bit sweeter. It's very drinkable.

I think it's the only blend I regularly drink (with coke, ice and a drop of angostura bitters).

[Mr Rational]

Anyone ever tried a Japanese whisky, they seem to be highly rated.

I tried one at the whisky stramash during the summer, was quite drinkable IIRC. There was an Indian whisky which was as rough as a badgers arse, if you are looking to go foreign stay away.

[Mr Rational]

Talking of speysides can anyone recommend one for me. I have tried mcallan gold,tomintoul ,tomatin and glenfiddich basic offerings and thought they were all shite.

I have a variety of islands,islays and highlands but can't get onboard with speysides at all. To me they range from bland to actually having a bitter tcp aftertaste.

Go for the Glen Dronach 12 yo sherry cask. I think I paid about £40 last Christmas as a wee treat to myself.

[Derek Patterson]

Laphroaig 10 yr old

Original Cask Strength

55.7% vol

Had this for years but only had a dram on a rare occasion. Got given a Glencairn Whisky Glass for Christmas after recently discovering the excellence of them at a recent tasting. No an awfy lot of this left now!

[invergowrie arab]

Got a couple of glencairn for my birthday. Make all the difference altho it's a bit easy to pour triples.

[yoda]

I'm making more of an effort to get into whisky. I've said this before but never got round to buying anything for the flat, instead just having a dram when I'm out.

I picked up Glenmorangie 10 y.o. the other day (Morrison's had it on offer) and I got a selection of Glenfarclas miniatures for Christmas (10, 12, and 105 Cask Strength). Looking forward to getting fired into some of them over the coming weeks.

[Ziggy]

Anyone ever tried a Japanese whisky, they seem to be highly rated.

I quite like Yamazaki 12yo & 18yo. Other than them the only other Japanese whiskey I've tried was a blended whisky called Hibiki 21yo which was alright.

Over the last few days I've tried Glenrothes Select Reserve, which I thought was ok but probably a bit young to be good, & a Aldi Bottle of some speyside whisky that they have called Glen Marnoch 24yo, it was good but not amazing. It was one of those whiskies that taste better a couple of minutes after you have swallowed it.

I think the next whisky I'm going to try is Glenfarclas. Has anybody on here tried that?

[stumigoo]

I quite like Yamazaki 12yo & 18yo. Other than them the only other Japanese whiskey I've tried was a blended whisky called Hibiki 21yo which was alright.

Over the last few days I've tried Glenrothes Select Reserve, which I thought was ok but probably a bit young to be good, & a Aldi Bottle of some speyside whisky that they have called Glen Marnoch 24yo, it was good but not amazing. It was one of those whiskies that taste better a couple of minutes after you have swallowed it.

I think the next whisky I'm going to try is Glenfarclas. Has anybody on here tried that?

I bought this for my mum's Christmas. I normally spend ages choosing a whisky for her but was short on time and a late trip to Asda resulted in me getting this. She hasn't tried it yet but from the online reviews I think the price is a bit much for something like this, although it still gets decent reviews.

[Hedgecutter]

Go for the Glen Dronach 12 yo sherry cask. I think I paid about £40 last Christmas as a wee treat to myself.

Standard GlenDronach 15yo is far superior to the 12 & 18 year olds imo. To be pernickity, I think that's more of a Highland than a Speyside though seeing as it's outside Huntly.

Glenrothes would be my suggestion for a Speyside starter though.

[Mr Rational]

The Glenrothes is good for a starter as well. Something easy drinking, not too complex and I prefer sherry casked whisky as a preference.

[Le Tout P'ti FC]

Visiting a friend tonight with a nice collection:

Kilchoman 5yo

** SMWS Mortlach 12yo miniature

** Bunnahabhain 18yo

** SMWS Macallan 12yo

** Caol Ila 17yo

Glenfiddich 12yo

Bruichladdich 16yo Bourbon Cask

** Lagavulin distillery only edition

** Laphroaig 10yo

** Balvenie Tun 1401 mixed blend

** Glenfiddich 15yo

** Laphroaig 18yo

** Lagavulin 16yo

** Talisker 10yo

** - These ones are unopened, yet!

He's collected these mostly on distillery tours. Pretty special stuff!!

And there's empty bottles sadly:

Caol Ila distillery only edition

SMWS Bruichladdich 8yo

SMWS Mortlach 20yo

[Desert Nomad]

Had a few drams of Ardbeg Uigeadail last night, very smoky and intense. Heading for Luvians in Cupar later. Will post purchase later.

[bob the tank]

Anyone ever tried a Japanese whisky, they seem to be highly rated.

Two christmases ago I got a bottle of the Yamazaki which was suppossed to be the best whisky in the world at the time,it really was nectar,and actually tasted chocolatey.

[CityDave]

Tasted the 16 year old Jura Diurach's Own last night and I thought it was alright.

Tasted of tangerines and tobacco for some reason.

[Desert Nomad]

Was like a kid in a sweet shop at Luvians today. My purchase:

[invergowrie arab]

Here is the selection for 2014. Few more nights in this year I think.

[Desert Nomad]

Here is the selection for 2014. Few more nights in this year I think.

I've had all of those apart from Talisker Storm(which I toyed with buying today before plumping for the Port Ruighe) and Glencaddam. Is it a Speyside?