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Yeah, oxidation can do weird things to whisky. Sometimes it's not necessarily *bad* but it definitely changes things.

Settling in for the Walking Dead finale with one of my new favourites: Jura Supersition

Tonight I'm mourning the passing of a weekend which was altogether too short. And helping me through the grieving process is some Balvenie Doublewood 12yo.

Have a good week everybody.

Kris

It's just under $180 here, so it could be worse. :)

Personally, I can't rate the HP 18yo highly enough. It is absolutely beautiful stuff. It is very balanced and smooth without being at all boring. There is plenty going on in there in terms of...

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I'm similarly confused by this...

I agree. I'm a peaceful man, rarely moved to thoughts of violence. But after watching that piece of... video, I was left thinking that slapping both of them would probably be fully justified.

Couldn't agree more, ma'am. :)

I thought about leaving a comment that at least started in on the things they got wrong, but decided my time would be much better spent enjoying some Jura.

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I'm a big fan of the Aberlour 12yo which is pretty reasonably priced (here at least). Of the others you mentioned I personally like Laphroaig. The big question with it (as with most Islay malts) is...

Highland park and a'Bunadh here tonight. I started with the 18yo HP, followed by my almost finished batch 44 a'Bunadh.

A fine, fine way to round out a Saturday.

44

I almost have enough of it gone that I can justify trying another batch. :)

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Ooooh, I'm enjoying this one...

For four months I have been acting in a higher position at work with the caveat that I still had to do my regular job at the same time. 250% of the work for 110% of...

Which Forty Creek did you have? I've been meaning to try one of theirs so any guidance towards a good one would be appreciated! :)

Whoa Nelly, that was a long, long day. No better time to unwind with a lovely dram of Highland Park 18yo.

And suddenly the world seems a better, more civilized place. :)

I'll have a Highland Park 18yo thanks! :)

Wow. That's about 2/3 what it will cost me here. Nicely done! :)

EDIT: Actually, now that I think about it, that's closer to 1/2 price. Yikes.

Dalwhinnie was the first whisky I really, really liked, and was the first distillery I ever visited. I know a guy who would call out "EYES RIGHT!" and salute the distillery every time he passed by on...

It was a good night tonight:

Jura Superstition (my contribution to the evening)

Glenfarclas 15yo

And some stonkingly expensive Glenmorangie Signet.

Liked 'em all, but the Jura was my...

One more vid tonight that's relevant to the earlier discussion re water/ice. This is part of a whole series of videos that Charlie MacLean has on youtube that should be very helpful to anyone...

With all this thinking of whisky tasting this afternoon I figured I was overdue in terms of expanding the collection. My new addition and tonight's dram comes from the isle of Jura: Jura...

After six years of grad school in Scotland, I became a little fanatical about whisky drinking. Annoyingly so. :) But now my advice to anyone starting out with whisky is this:

Try it straight-up....

If you can, go for the 18yo. It is beautiful!

Only one way to find out: get the 10yo and see for yourself! :)

I really do like the Uigedail, but I don't know if the difference is worth the markup, which is pretty steep here in Ontario. I have...

I hope you realise this isn't necessarily an either / or question! :)