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On August 13 2012 14:45 Equity213 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 14:34 Abraxas514 wrote:I finished up my cabinet, put on shelves and a couple LED spotlights (don't want to expose bottles to a halogen spotlight) + Show Spoiler +Before the end of the year I will try: laddie 10 (the new stuff apparently is amazing) The springbank trio (which can be expensive) Mclellands islay (bowmore, which I love, at about 5 years I think) I would warn against the McClellands Islay. I bought a bottle because it was so darn cheap, and its just terrible. You know that pine note you sometimes get in peaty scotch? Thats note completely dominates everything. Its one of the worst purchases I ever made. Im literally planning on giving it to the next homeless person I see by my dumpsters, lol. Very nice cabinet by the way, ballin.
Maybe the quality differs between bottlings, but the McClelland's I tasted today was very nice.... and unbeatable for the price. I think the best way to explain this to someone who is unfamiliar is like this: Have you ever tasted Bowmore? If you liked it, you'll like this. If not... if you don't know what strong peat tastes and smells like, this is the most 'raw' you'll ever find it. It's got a pungent leathery smell, like a new car or purse, and bits of campfire. Not much florals, white pepper or sweetness here. It's the whisky polar opposite of Glenlivet. Tasting notes give me strong leather, tobacco, and oily campfire smoke.
After a 4:1 dilution I found the sweet spot. No more tasting alcohol. The peatiness fades away a bit but that means you can really move it around your tongue and taste everything. A heavy body that you can't really make out, and almost no woody vanilla you find in speysiders.
I also bought an Isle of Arran 10 today, 46% natural color and unchilfitered which makes it a candidate for random purchase! I'll post my notes about it later on.
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Is that a Nikka 21yo on those pictures ? o.0
Did not even know there was an older one than the 17yo, would you mind decribing how the 21yo one tastes like ?
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I love whiskey, its great that other people in the community love whiskey too. Upvotes to the left
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Switzerland316 Posts
On August 26 2012 10:37 Talaris wrote:
Is that a Nikka 21yo on those pictures ? o.0
Did not even know there was an older one than the 17yo, would you mind decribing how the 21yo one tastes like ?
It's the Nikka Taketsuru 21 y Old. I would say it has more wood and sherry flavors than the 17y old which is more on the fruity/fresher(?) side (I actually prefer the 17y Old, but they're both great.). And yes, I suck at describing flavors 
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I'm quite curious about the Japanese whisky's but they'r incredibly expensive in the Netherlands and I had a taste of Yamazaki (dont remember how old) and while I quite liked it, I didnt think it was worth the price for a bottle, so I'm left without much knowledge of the various Japanese whiskys unfortunately =/ Hopeing to taste some at this years Whisky Festival.
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I just got a Glengoyne 17yo and I LOVE it!!
Got any tips on other whiskys that are similar in taste?
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On August 26 2012 18:04 Promises wrote:
I'm quite curious about the Japanese whisky's but they'r incredibly expensive in the Netherlands and I had a taste of Yamazaki (dont remember how old) and while I quite liked it, I didnt think it was worth the price for a bottle, so I'm left without much knowledge of the various Japanese whiskys unfortunately =/ Hopeing to taste some at this years Whisky Festival.
Good japanese singles and vatted malts are of the same intrinsic quality of top scotches. There are peated singles with both japanese and scottish peat, local and scottish barley and all sorts of new tech involved in distilling mixed in with super old fashioned by-hand fabrication. Go watch some Ralfy to find out more.
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I forget if I posted in this thread, but I'm a huge Jack Daniel's and Fireball fan :D. Some days, I drink so much Fireball I start breathing fire hahaha.
EDIT: Come at me, Dohvahkiin.
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On August 14 2012 07:10 Abraxas514 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 13 2012 14:45 Equity213 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:34 Abraxas514 wrote:I finished up my cabinet, put on shelves and a couple LED spotlights (don't want to expose bottles to a halogen spotlight) + Show Spoiler +Before the end of the year I will try: laddie 10 (the new stuff apparently is amazing) The springbank trio (which can be expensive) Mclellands islay (bowmore, which I love, at about 5 years I think) I would warn against the McClellands Islay. I bought a bottle because it was so darn cheap, and its just terrible. You know that pine note you sometimes get in peaty scotch? Thats note completely dominates everything. Its one of the worst purchases I ever made. Im literally planning on giving it to the next homeless person I see by my dumpsters, lol. Very nice cabinet by the way, ballin. Maybe the quality differs between bottlings, but the McClelland's I tasted today was very nice.... and unbeatable for the price. I think the best way to explain this to someone who is unfamiliar is like this: Have you ever tasted Bowmore? If you liked it, you'll like this. If not... if you don't know what strong peat tastes and smells like, this is the most 'raw' you'll ever find it. It's got a pungent leathery smell, like a new car or purse, and bits of campfire. Not much florals, white pepper or sweetness here. It's the whisky polar opposite of Glenlivet. Tasting notes give me strong leather, tobacco, and oily campfire smoke. After a 4:1 dilution I found the sweet spot. No more tasting alcohol. The peatiness fades away a bit but that means you can really move it around your tongue and taste everything. A heavy body that you can't really make out, and almost no woody vanilla you find in speysiders. I also bought an Isle of Arran 10 today, 46% natural color and unchilfitered which makes it a candidate for random purchase! I'll post my notes about it later on.
I got the chance to try an Arran 10 at a restaurant and it was fantastic, enjoy!
My latest is an Aberlour A'bunadh, which is a blend actually. Carries no age statement, but from what I can find out, they're 5-25 year old barrels used for the blend. Anyway, it comes at case strength, and its fantastic. Tastes of fruits and light citrus, and has a very smooth taste and a really nice follow through (Goes down so much better than most, especially given its ~60% alcohol content.)
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On August 18 2012 22:48 abalam wrote:Whisky Summer Evening![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xLoyL.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/2LcYO.jpg)
I love that one!! Nice pick dude! :D
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On August 29 2012 10:46 Wetty wrote:Show nested quote +On August 14 2012 07:10 Abraxas514 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:45 Equity213 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:34 Abraxas514 wrote:I finished up my cabinet, put on shelves and a couple LED spotlights (don't want to expose bottles to a halogen spotlight) + Show Spoiler +Before the end of the year I will try: laddie 10 (the new stuff apparently is amazing) The springbank trio (which can be expensive) Mclellands islay (bowmore, which I love, at about 5 years I think) I would warn against the McClellands Islay. I bought a bottle because it was so darn cheap, and its just terrible. You know that pine note you sometimes get in peaty scotch? Thats note completely dominates everything. Its one of the worst purchases I ever made. Im literally planning on giving it to the next homeless person I see by my dumpsters, lol. Very nice cabinet by the way, ballin. Maybe the quality differs between bottlings, but the McClelland's I tasted today was very nice.... and unbeatable for the price. I think the best way to explain this to someone who is unfamiliar is like this: Have you ever tasted Bowmore? If you liked it, you'll like this. If not... if you don't know what strong peat tastes and smells like, this is the most 'raw' you'll ever find it. It's got a pungent leathery smell, like a new car or purse, and bits of campfire. Not much florals, white pepper or sweetness here. It's the whisky polar opposite of Glenlivet. Tasting notes give me strong leather, tobacco, and oily campfire smoke. After a 4:1 dilution I found the sweet spot. No more tasting alcohol. The peatiness fades away a bit but that means you can really move it around your tongue and taste everything. A heavy body that you can't really make out, and almost no woody vanilla you find in speysiders. I also bought an Isle of Arran 10 today, 46% natural color and unchilfitered which makes it a candidate for random purchase! I'll post my notes about it later on. I got the chance to try an Arran 10 at a restaurant and it was fantastic, enjoy! My latest is an Aberlour A'bunadh, which is a blend actually. Carries no age statement, but from what I can find out, they're 5-25 year old barrels used for the blend. Anyway, it comes at case strength, and its fantastic. Tastes of fruits and light citrus, and has a very smooth taste and a really nice follow through (Goes down so much better than most, especially given its ~60% alcohol content.)
Just for clarification a blend can involve grain whiskies. A'bunadh is a vatted malt (or malt blend as it's called these days) of aberlours of the ages you just stated, although some maturation in sherry casks after vatting may have taken place.
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On August 29 2012 11:40 Abraxas514 wrote:Show nested quote +On August 29 2012 10:46 Wetty wrote:On August 14 2012 07:10 Abraxas514 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:45 Equity213 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:34 Abraxas514 wrote:I finished up my cabinet, put on shelves and a couple LED spotlights (don't want to expose bottles to a halogen spotlight) + Show Spoiler +Before the end of the year I will try: laddie 10 (the new stuff apparently is amazing) The springbank trio (which can be expensive) Mclellands islay (bowmore, which I love, at about 5 years I think) I would warn against the McClellands Islay. I bought a bottle because it was so darn cheap, and its just terrible. You know that pine note you sometimes get in peaty scotch? Thats note completely dominates everything. Its one of the worst purchases I ever made. Im literally planning on giving it to the next homeless person I see by my dumpsters, lol. Very nice cabinet by the way, ballin. Maybe the quality differs between bottlings, but the McClelland's I tasted today was very nice.... and unbeatable for the price. I think the best way to explain this to someone who is unfamiliar is like this: Have you ever tasted Bowmore? If you liked it, you'll like this. If not... if you don't know what strong peat tastes and smells like, this is the most 'raw' you'll ever find it. It's got a pungent leathery smell, like a new car or purse, and bits of campfire. Not much florals, white pepper or sweetness here. It's the whisky polar opposite of Glenlivet. Tasting notes give me strong leather, tobacco, and oily campfire smoke. After a 4:1 dilution I found the sweet spot. No more tasting alcohol. The peatiness fades away a bit but that means you can really move it around your tongue and taste everything. A heavy body that you can't really make out, and almost no woody vanilla you find in speysiders. I also bought an Isle of Arran 10 today, 46% natural color and unchilfitered which makes it a candidate for random purchase! I'll post my notes about it later on. I got the chance to try an Arran 10 at a restaurant and it was fantastic, enjoy! My latest is an Aberlour A'bunadh, which is a blend actually. Carries no age statement, but from what I can find out, they're 5-25 year old barrels used for the blend. Anyway, it comes at case strength, and its fantastic. Tastes of fruits and light citrus, and has a very smooth taste and a really nice follow through (Goes down so much better than most, especially given its ~60% alcohol content.) Just for clarification a blend can involve grain whiskies. A'bunadh is a vatted malt (or malt blend as it's called these days) of aberlours of the ages you just stated, although some maturation in sherry casks after vatting may have taken place.
Yeah, its a blend of various single malts, rather than a blend of malts that is then brewed into a whiskey (like some cheaper ones I believe?) Regardless, its very good.
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On August 29 2012 12:51 Wetty wrote:Show nested quote +On August 29 2012 11:40 Abraxas514 wrote:On August 29 2012 10:46 Wetty wrote:On August 14 2012 07:10 Abraxas514 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:45 Equity213 wrote:On August 13 2012 14:34 Abraxas514 wrote:I finished up my cabinet, put on shelves and a couple LED spotlights (don't want to expose bottles to a halogen spotlight) + Show Spoiler +Before the end of the year I will try: laddie 10 (the new stuff apparently is amazing) The springbank trio (which can be expensive) Mclellands islay (bowmore, which I love, at about 5 years I think) I would warn against the McClellands Islay. I bought a bottle because it was so darn cheap, and its just terrible. You know that pine note you sometimes get in peaty scotch? Thats note completely dominates everything. Its one of the worst purchases I ever made. Im literally planning on giving it to the next homeless person I see by my dumpsters, lol. Very nice cabinet by the way, ballin. Maybe the quality differs between bottlings, but the McClelland's I tasted today was very nice.... and unbeatable for the price. I think the best way to explain this to someone who is unfamiliar is like this: Have you ever tasted Bowmore? If you liked it, you'll like this. If not... if you don't know what strong peat tastes and smells like, this is the most 'raw' you'll ever find it. It's got a pungent leathery smell, like a new car or purse, and bits of campfire. Not much florals, white pepper or sweetness here. It's the whisky polar opposite of Glenlivet. Tasting notes give me strong leather, tobacco, and oily campfire smoke. After a 4:1 dilution I found the sweet spot. No more tasting alcohol. The peatiness fades away a bit but that means you can really move it around your tongue and taste everything. A heavy body that you can't really make out, and almost no woody vanilla you find in speysiders. I also bought an Isle of Arran 10 today, 46% natural color and unchilfitered which makes it a candidate for random purchase! I'll post my notes about it later on. I got the chance to try an Arran 10 at a restaurant and it was fantastic, enjoy! My latest is an Aberlour A'bunadh, which is a blend actually. Carries no age statement, but from what I can find out, they're 5-25 year old barrels used for the blend. Anyway, it comes at case strength, and its fantastic. Tastes of fruits and light citrus, and has a very smooth taste and a really nice follow through (Goes down so much better than most, especially given its ~60% alcohol content.) Just for clarification a blend can involve grain whiskies. A'bunadh is a vatted malt (or malt blend as it's called these days) of aberlours of the ages you just stated, although some maturation in sherry casks after vatting may have taken place. Yeah, its a blend of various single malts, rather than a blend of malts that is then brewed into a whiskey (like some cheaper ones I believe?) Regardless, its very good.
Again, it is a blend of aberlour single malts. Meaning it is still a single malt. If it was a blend of 'various' single malts it would be like Johnnie walker green for example. All single malts, except for 'single cask' malts, are blends of single malts from the same distillery, and are still named 'single malt'.
All 'single' refers to is that it is malt from one distillery.
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Zurich15325 Posts
Yeah, unless it is specifically a "Single Cask" (often carrying a cask number), a Single Malt will always be vatted with older casks from the same distillery. The age number states the age of the youngest cask in the vatting.
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finally got a laphroaig quarter cask and really happy with it. :>
next purchase is gonna be either the ardbeg uigeadail or corryvreckan. comments on those two?
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Zurich15325 Posts
I have a corryvreckan at home. REALLY smokey and has quite some bite. Not the easiest whiskey to drink, but if you are into that kind of stuff go for it. Can't really say if it's better than the regular Ardbeg.
I want to try the uigeadail in the near future to have some comparison.
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Uigeadail is perfect for those who want the more peaty kind of whisky. Very rich on oak taste, chocolate, liqorice (spelling) and a hint of lemon.
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bourbon is my favourite of the whiskeys varieties.
As a treat - Booker's. a ~128 proof smooth product. perfection in a bottle.
My regular - Maker's Mark. just deliciously smooth. and delicious.
For mixing - whichever is on sale, jack/jim/turkey
i do love picking up whatever random bottle from the states that i've never had before. sadly the selection in ontario is limited by our government run liquor stores.
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Just ordered:
1 Caol Ila 12 years
1 Bowmore Enigma (12 years)
1 Glenfarclas 105 Single Malt Cask Strength
1 Glenfarclas Single Highland Malt 12 years
So excited for the Caol Ila and the Glenfarclas 105
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