Thread: Scotch/whiskey of the day

Originally Posted by Peterlh

Thanks for the tip. I am still new to cask strength whiskies. The only cask strength whisky I own is The Ileach which has a very potent taste. I will try the Ardbeg Uigaedail sometime.

I highly recommend the Aberlour a'Bunadh if you want to try a nice cask strength whisky. Just over 120 proof if I recall, so a few drops of water are a must.

Tonight's dram is Aberlour 12.
I'm looking to get a whisky from Islay for my next purchase, but I promised I would finish a bottle off before I purchase another (same with shaving soaps).

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Tonight's dram is Aberlour 12.
I'm looking to get a whisky from Islay for my next purchase, but I promised I would finish a bottle off before I purchase another (same with shaving soaps).

I always tell myself the same, but it's so easy to find a really good reason to buy more. ("It's thursday, I should celebrate by buying myself a present" for example.) I have at least six shaving soaps on the go, and the one pipe that I was going to keep til it burnt out became seven in less than a year. Blogging reviews keeps my whisky consumption in check, but not the buying. The bottles are starting to queue up in the cupboard.

I paid £10 for 25 ml of a Caol Isla 2001 something or other. Served in a wide glass, I couldn't smell anything. Nice whisky and I'd pay for a bottle but a standard shot for £10 was totally not worth it

Last night it was time for a little Lagavulin 16 YO.

Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt a 12 year old Japanese blend. It's the only whisky I've ever tried that gets better when you let it sit in the glass for 10-15 minutes just like cognac.

Jura Superstition! The other Whisky's they have in that bar suck bigtime.

Originally Posted by PigHog

I paid £10 for 25 ml of a Caol Isla 2001 something or other. Served in a wide glass, I couldn't smell anything. Nice whisky and I'd pay for a bottle but a standard shot for £10 was totally not worth it

I paid 12 quid for a single of whatever the whisky of the year was. It was very nice, but served in a tumbler, so not much on the nose. Not worth 12 quid for that much whisky in England, but the hotel I work at in Norway charges the same for Bushmills. Not really worth it for that much whisky, well it was great when paired with an evening in the pub with an old friend.

Opened the Oban 14. Quite interesting, I was able to discern a whole lot of different aromas in the bottle, but once it was in the glass it all merged together into a fairly generic whisky smell. The taste was nice but I couldn't find a great many different flavours. I'll be trying it again tonight, maybe it'll change a bit not the air's had a chance to get to it. I posted a Dalwhinnie review too if anyone's interested.

It's Tin Cup American Whiskey tonight, gents.