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Dalwhinnie 15yo

On September 08 2015 05:37 Chocolate wrote:
Is it taboo to say that I don't think the corn/grain type really has much of a noticeable taste on the final product? After distillation and slight dilution I have a hard time understanding how molecules responsible for flavour could still be in the liquid. And in real life, maybe because my palate is not well refined, different distilled spirits don't really taste much different depending on the type of grain (there are usually many confounding factors though so it's hard to say). It just seems like one of those things aficionados will pretend matters but really doesn't.

I feel like the water and barrel will have so much more influence on the final taste that even if any molecules responsible for flavor that would allow you to identify corn vs. barley vs. whatever make it into the barrel, any differences will be barely noticeable.

In other news, being a poor college student sucks. Kentucky Gentleman (do they even have this internationally?) is so disgusting

On September 09 2015 21:08 Djzapz wrote:
The difference between corn and rye is not a small one... if you're under the impression that the difference is minimal, you're not comparing the right products. Like 51% corn 49% rye vs 51% rye 49% corn. Try a full out rye and you'll see that it makes a huge difference.

You say surely there isn't much left after the distillation process. Well then, brandy, calvados and whisky taste the same. You purge the flavor! No... you don't. cereals are different from one another, like fruits.

On September 08 2015 12:40 CursOr wrote:

Typically I have 1 peated, and one non peated open at a time! this is going to be my next non-peated for sure. Been in my cupboard for a year or so, glad to hear (again) that it's so good! So reasonably priced ... so well reviewed!

On September 10 2015 00:45 aseq wrote:


Good point, Zapz! *goes off and finds a bottle of brandy and a bottle of rye (and a potato wodka if I can find one) to order and try. Although it's still far easier to tell some whiskies apart if they have a completely different finish than it is to tell a similar whisky and cognac apart, imho.

Edit: just browsing around I found this 3-pack. Really anxious to try them side-by-side!

Whisky that was fired into space three years ago as part of an experiment into flavour has returned to Earth.

A vial of unmatured malt from the Ardbeg Distillery on Islay was sent to the International Space Station in a cargo spacecraft in October 2011, along with particles of charred oak.

Another vial of the same whisky was was kept at the distillery for comparison.

Scientists will now compare how the chemicals interacted and flavours developed at close-to-zero gravity.

Mickey Heads of Ardbeg Distillery described the whisky maturation experiment as "a voyage of discovery".
'Flavour compounds'

"We've just received the samples back from Kazakhstan, they landed overnight, and we'll be whizzing those off to Houston in Texas to analyse the results," he said.

"We're looking at the flavour compounds that are in the spirit, these are called terpenes.

"These are present in many foods and drinks and we'll be analysing those to see the difference between the spirit in the controlled experiment down on Earth and that which happened in the space station.

"It's really a long-term investigation into flavour and hopefully we can reveal new ways and new compounds of creating extra special flavours."

Ardbeg was invited to take part in the space experiment in late 2011 by Texas-based space research company NanoRacks.

On September 11 2015 01:49 Tufas wrote:
Guys I really need your help. A few years ago I asked in this thread as to what the cheapest "drinkable" whiskeys are, but this time it seems like I have moved out of the 10 € category and into the <30€.
I do realize that there will/may be many different opinions, but if two of you can agree on a whiskey then I will buy it
My "most expensive" whiskey was the already mentioned Dalwhinnie 15 I bought for my brother, we just mostly drink good wine/beer


I always order from this website so it would be helpful if you looked it through and told me to buy whiskeys that are available there https://www.killis.at/whisky.html?mode=list&p=2 .
The 20€<WHISKEY>30€ category starts in the middle of page 2 until the end of 5.

As to WHAT whiskey I want, I kind of have no idea - that's why I am asking ...

Huge thanks to anyone who takes the time to read through the list and/or responds ! Thanks !


EDIT : About 3-4 bottles or 100€

On September 11 2015 03:32 Snotling wrote:
Bourbon:
Elijah Craig 12jg - 0,7 lt - One of my parsonal all time favourites, I still don't get how a 12yo bourbon is so cheap.

On September 11 2015 23:39 Tufas wrote:
Okay guys, so this is what I ordered:

Laphroaig 10jo
Glenlivet 12jo
Elijah Craig 12jo
Knockando 12jo

This low priced stuff may not excite most of you but for me it's like Christmas. Cannot wait for it to arrive !!

On September 11 2015 08:00 Goumindong wrote:
Glenfiddich deserves all of the hate it gets imo. They try to be highlands and fail, get a rye instead.

Edit: American distileries use corn/rye because it's cheap and because it's historically what was used. Scotland and Ireland use barley for the same reasons; it's what grew there when the traditions were being formed. (Barley is 75% of Scotland's grain crop, and that is a low number historically).

So don't expect a lot of movement on that (though we are seeing more barley and ugh wheat)