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Post by ratbag on Aug 10, 2017 11:13:36 GMT
btw: also got some new ones in the mean time. Nikka black,pure malt no age statement. my first japanese whisky.its wonderful,43% but seems stronger.slightly peated,dark colour.reminds me a bit of some islay classics. the japanese became amazing in distilling whisky. tomatin 12 years old,bourbon & sherry casks.that one was like 40 pounds or so. brilliant whisky,lots of fruits in it,refreshing,the sherry finish is great.lots of toffee in its taste.was surprised when i tried it in the shop,wasnt expecting it to be so damn good. and bought a great one for my dad when he comes visiting me at the end of the month. a 12 year old,unchillfiltered bowmore from independant bottlers here in switzerland,only very few bottles around. tried it yesterday in the shop and it blew my mind.typical bowmore,peaty.a monster of a drink,he'll love it Japanese malt is surprisingly good... Envy you the Bowmore... |
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Post by RAZ on Aug 10, 2017 16:38:44 GMT
btw: also got some new ones in the mean time. Nikka black,pure malt no age statement. my first japanese whisky.its wonderful,43% but seems stronger.slightly peated,dark colour.reminds me a bit of some islay classics. the japanese became amazing in distilling whisky. tomatin 12 years old,bourbon & sherry casks.that one was like 40 pounds or so. brilliant whisky,lots of fruits in it,refreshing,the sherry finish is great.lots of toffee in its taste.was surprised when i tried it in the shop,wasnt expecting it to be so damn good. and bought a great one for my dad when he comes visiting me at the end of the month. a 12 year old,unchillfiltered bowmore from independant bottlers here in switzerland,only very few bottles around. tried it yesterday in the shop and it blew my mind.typical bowmore,peaty.a monster of a drink,he'll love it Japanese malt is surprisingly good... Envy you the Bowmore... the bowmore is amazing. the old man will love it. was lucky to get a bottle, they only had 3 left here in zürich. was lucky enough to taste it at the shop before i bought it. got a really nice whisky shop here in town. and have to agree on the japanese malt. tried a few before but this is my first bottle at home. no wonder they are that good, they learned from the scots. |
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Post by redcase on Aug 10, 2017 16:43:34 GMT
I got the Crown Royal the other day. Blended rye whisky from Canada.
Sublime.
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Post by RAZ on Aug 10, 2017 16:47:11 GMT
I got the Crown Royal the other day. Blended rye whisky from Canada. Sublime. still need to start trying more rye whisky. |
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Post by redcase on Aug 10, 2017 16:54:25 GMT
I got the Crown Royal the other day. Blended rye whisky from Canada. Sublime. still need to start trying more rye whisky. The crown royal has won multiple awards mate. It is such a fantastic blend. |
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Post by RAZ on Aug 10, 2017 16:56:25 GMT
still need to start trying more rye whisky. The crown royal has won multiple awards mate. It is such a fantastic blend. already wrote it down in my "whyskies to try before i die" notebook. although i'm not a fan of the blended ones |
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Post by Chris on Aug 10, 2017 17:42:47 GMT
Bought Glenlivet for the first time the other day. Won't be the last.
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Post by Reduntildeath on Aug 10, 2017 17:58:53 GMT
Bought Glenlivet for the first time the other day. Won't be the last. Yep,good drink. Still finishing off my Cardhu Gold ,half price & a steal at £25 from Mozzers |
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Post by RAZ on Aug 10, 2017 18:08:47 GMT
Bought Glenlivet for the first time the other day. Won't be the last. Yep,good drink. Still finishing off my Cardhu Gold ,half price & a steal at £25 from Mozzers was about to buy my first cardhu (12y) yesterday but decided for the tomatin.maybe next time. had the glenlivet 18y once.fine drink.you got the 12y old chris? |
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Post by Chris on Aug 10, 2017 18:23:23 GMT
Yep,good drink. Still finishing off my Cardhu Gold ,half price & a steal at £25 from Mozzers was about to buy my first cardhu (12y) yesterday but decided for the tomatin.maybe next time. had the glenlivet 18y once.fine drink.you got the 12y old chris? Its the new one. Founders reserve. Replacing the 12 year old. |
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Post by RAZ on Aug 11, 2017 17:12:35 GMT
forgot to add, i`ve also got a new swiss whisky a couple of weeks ago. säntis malt, edition himmelberg, non aged. matured in beer casks first and ends up in wine casks.
säntis malt is producing some really decent swiss whiskies, for those who are interested.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2017 20:06:15 GMT
So... bought Auchentoshan Springwood and Dewar's 15 at the airport. The first is flat and the other actually had a much richer taste. Tried Laphroaig 10 at a family gathering and liked it a lot. I think it was mentioned here that Quarter Cask is superior and wondered how important the age statement was. Does QC has any? The Springwood doesn't, and I suppose the flat feeling might have something to do with its aging process. you got 3 bottles?thought you're only allowed to bring 1 per person? auchentoshan has got some really good ones,but others not so.i really like the 21years old,class whisky but quite expensive. laphroig 10 quarter cask is a great one. age matters a lot.but many fantastic whisky out there non aged.or even some stuff at 6-8 years can be great. unfortunately the whisky becomes ridiculously expensive with age.not that its not a good drink,but the prices usually are way higher than what you actually get. there's a difference of course if you drink a 40year old whisky,but rarely its worth paying hundreds or even thousands for it. got a 41 year old acla at home that i didnt had to pay by myself.wouldnt have bought it otherwise. there are really lot of great drinks that are really cheap.thats one thing with whisky,expensive doesnt mean its good or better. also if one for example produces an 18 and 12 year old,it doesnt automatically mean the 18year old is better.it's always worth reading a bit through the internet or asking some guys in the shop about it Only allowed 1, but got two when my student travelled to a conference. He didn't care. Anyway both were not big hits, so I just purchased a Glenmorangie 10. I think I'll open it right now as Vardy has scored again. |
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Post by eibbor on Aug 13, 2017 11:37:28 GMT
Been trying to get into whisky past while. Found out I hate peaty or smokey tastes. Prefer sweeter so will try the tomatin mentioned.
Any other sweet ones I can note down to try?
Have a bottle of Glenriach 15y sherry cask which we got for our wedding. Like this but it doesn't come out very often.
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Post by RAZ on Aug 13, 2017 13:51:01 GMT
Been trying to get into whisky past while. Found out I hate peaty or smokey tastes. Prefer sweeter so will try the tomatin mentioned. Any other sweet ones I can note down to try? Have a bottle of Glenriach 15y sherry cask which we got for our wedding. Like this but it doesn't come out very often. dalwhinnie 15y tomatin 12&18y aberfeldy 12&18 cragganmore balvenie just to name a few |
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Post by RA138 on Aug 13, 2017 17:37:54 GMT
Picked up a bottle of Springbank 12 yo recently, wonderful stuff
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