The annual single malt whiskey thread

[Hoss]

I'm mithering now cos it's a blend and on his table he had a single malt.

Don't write it off just because it's not a single malt, there are some very good blends around. (although this is herbsman's single malt thread). I've got my bottle of laphroig 12 yr at home. It's definitely a marmite whisky, as in you either love it or hate it, not as in 'it tastes like yeast extract'.

 

[Herbsman.]

Don't write it off just because it's not a single malt, there are some very good blends around. (although this is herbsman's single malt thread). I've got my bottle of laphroig 12 yr at home. It's definitely a marmite whisky, as in you either love it or hate it, not as in 'it tastes like yeast extract'.

I was just beginning to think 'Huh? It tastes like Marmite?'

 

[Diamond]

Has anyone seen any good credit crunch deals for single malts yet?

When I was uni up in Scotland they used to have these pretty cool bargain bins at the airport branch of Royal Mile Whiskeys. They were full of rare whiskys that might have had something wrong with the label or had been bottled outside of the distilleries normal production line. I remember I picked up a very rare 1990 Ardbeg for under a tenner. I assume it was from when the Ardbeg distillery was running as a bare bones operation, before Glenomorangie took it over in 1997. So, yeah, if anyone knows of that kind of setup, that'd be great.

 

[Diamond]

Balvennie Doublewood

That, sir, is a glorious whisky.

 

[Herbsman.]

I just picked up a bottle of Glen Moray from Aldi, £13.99. It's weird because I was looking at a tasting notes website earlier on and noticed it in group E ("Light, Medium-Sweet, Low Peat, with Floral, Malty Notes and Fruity, Spicy, Honey Hints"), which I wanted to try a whisky from (I've tried some from other groups on that site but not from group E) I made a mental note to write down the names of all the whiskies in that group and get one whisky out of it. Then later on, while we were talking about whisky my controller said to me today "I bought some Glen Moray for 17 quid from T*sco last year, it was really fucking nice, tasted like butterscotch" etc. Then I spot it in Aldi. It's like fate has led me to trying this whisky. Perhaps I'm going to die tomorrow so someone up in the heavens is trying to make me get what I want. Or perhaps the CIA have conspired with tasting note websites, my controller and the boss of Aldi to assassinate me with poisoned whisky

I've got some awesome wine too, that I can't pronounce, but tastes fucking ace, better than that high tannin oaky as fuck stuff that I bought for my gf's mate's xmas dinner on the weekend

 

[Fedayn]

That, sir, is a glorious whisky.

You, sir, are absolutely correct.

 

[Dillinger4]

I have an excellent Islay left over from last year, it is almost finished now, though.

 

[Herbsman.]

.My whisky doesn't have an age printed on it. Does this mean it's reasonable to think that it's no older than three years old?

 

[Hoss]

I'm unsure about the age thing, not an expert. I am wondering whether or you survived the poisoned whiskey assassination attempt?

 

[Herbsman.]

well legally single malt has to be a minimum of 3 years old - if its older than that then surely they would let it be known...

im still alive but hung over

 

[Hoss]

Is it recommended as a purchase then? I need to get my in-laws some whisky for winterval. They are french so can prob get a fairly decent, inexpensive bottle over there but i can't guarantee a trip to the supermarche before i see them.

 

[Herbsman.]

It's nice but it's a bit too light for me, I don't really like it. I prefer medium bodied whiskys that have more of a heavy fruity taste and floral aroma. Maybe my nose isn't working well because of the cold but all I was getting last night was honey and butter, maybe a bit of vanilla but not sure.

 

[Hoss]

Word. I might check this one out.

 

[fen_boy]

I've been getting into Single Malts recently.

Started with 15 year old Glenlivet, which was lovely and smooth and clean.
Jura which was a bit more floral, really liked it and my current tipple is Laphroiag Quarter Cask which I can't get on with at all - tastes like tcp or mouthwash or something and gives me terrible hangovers.

Anyone got any nice smooth floral non-medicinal recommendations?

 

[Herbsman.]

uhm... i will later

balvenie is nice

probably not what youre looking for

 

[Boycey]

i saw this thread and thought- balvenie! i likes

 

[hiccup]

I only buy one bottle of malt whisky a year, as a Christmas present to myself. Seems an awfully long time away.

 

[Boycey]

you ought to walk down the liquor aisle in sainsbury's and see what's on offer the rest of the year innit

couldn't drink it all the time but there are definitely occasions when it comes in handy... like being lost somewhere in sussex/surrey/south london on a bicycle with a long way to go

 

[pootle]

i saw this thread and thought- balvenie! i likes

Me three or four, judging from this thread!

Me and an old housemate used to get through at least one bottle of the 16yr old Balvennie a week, whilst staying up all night consuming several portions of other stuff.

Usually on a thursday night on better/worse weeks.

It's a good job me and him don't live together anymore!

 

[Bakunin]

I usually opt for the 10 Year Old Bushmills for special occasions, while Jameson's is my regular blended Irish whiskey.

And if I find anyone suggesting the addition of the dreaded mixer to single malt I will have them hauled through the virtual streets of Urban on a hurdle and publicly burnt in the town square. It's the only punishment sufficiently awful to deter such vile and foul behaviour, methinks.

 

[pootle]

IAnd if I find anyone suggesting the addition of the dreaded mixer to single malt I will have them hauled through the virtual streets of Urban on a hurdle and publicly burnt in the town square. It's the only punishment sufficiently awful to deter such vile and foul behaviour, methinks.

I concur! How you doing getting rid of that harem then?

 

[fen_boy]

What's Balvenie taste like then, not medicinal?

e2a - just checked tasting notes, sounds lovely http://www.waitrosewine.com/230220772/Product.aspx

 

[Bakunin]

I concur! How you doing getting rid of that harem then?

I've managed to rehome my former harem, trading them in for a spotless and barely-driven E Type Jaguar, life membership of the Automobile Club De "lOuest (who run Le Mans) and my very own Mk 9B Spitfire fighter aircraft.

All I need now is to learn to drive and get a pilot's licence and I'll have got myself a good deal, methinks.

'Squire! My horse! We ride for that there London to claim the fair maiden known as 'Pootle' tonight!'

 

[fen_boy]

Stopped at waitrose on the way home and got a bottle of Balvenie . It's really nice. Vanilla and spice, a bit bourbony.

 

[fen_boy]

Just had another glass of Laphroaig Quarter Cask, don't like it at all.
Tastes like Witch-Hazel or detergent, it's vile.

 

[pootle]

I've managed to rehome my former harem, trading them in for a spotless and barely-driven E Type Jaguar, life membership of the Automobile Club De "lOuest (who run Le Mans) and my very own Mk 9B Spitfire fighter aircraft.

good work fella!

All I need now is to learn to drive and get a pilot's licence and I'll have got myself a good deal, methinks.

'Squire! My horse! We ride for that there London to claim the fair maiden known as 'Pootle' tonight!'

*drums fingers*

How are your horse handling skillz btw?

 

[Ms T]

we just opened a bottle of 10-year-old Jura we got as a gift a while ago and it's lush (and I'm not even a whisky fan).

Our other "special" occasion whiskey is Bushmills 12-year-old Distillery Reserve which you can only get from the distillery - someone at work got it for me as a surprise for hendo.

 

[Bakunin]

good work fella!







*drums fingers*

How are your horse handling skillz btw?

As a Knight of this fair realm, my horsey skills are naturally second to none, see how I ride careless peasants down like grass if they should obstruct my progress.

 

[pootle]

Peasants? Them people what put mixers in with a fine single malt? J'approve!

 

[Bakunin]

Peasants? Them people what put mixers in with a fine single malt? J'approve!

Indeed, my fair maid.

Why, I spend many hours, riding around and visiting the hostelries and taverns of this fair parish (purely for research purposes, naturally) in search of those who would defile the mighty single malt with the evil known as 'mixer' and when I find one, why, I BURN HIM!