Single malts

[Penno]

Hoping to visit the Oban distillery next week.

 

[chicoazul]

Hoping to visit the Oban distillery next week.

Enjoy mate, beautiful part of the world too.

 

[tommye]

Enjoy mate, beautiful part of the world too.

have you sharpened your whiskey skillzzzzz Chico?

 

[chicoazul]

have you sharpened your whiskey skillzzzzz Chico?

No mate, just can't get it. Trying like but my tastebuds just aren't classy enough. Pisses me off.

 

[tommye]

No mate, just can't get it. Trying like but my tastebuds just aren't classy enough. Pisses me off.

*shakes head, turns and walks away









**stops, turns, shakes head again, then leaves

 

[chicoazul]

You pull on my heartstrings t-bone, you really do.

 

[Groucho]

Hoping to visit the Oban distillery next week.

Jealous here, been twice and it's top in every way.

 

[Penno]

Went to the distillery this week. What can I say, what a bargain day out. I had to train my daughter to say she was 8 so they would let her on the tour. The tour is really informative, you get a free glass and a tiny try straight out of a cask at 9 years then onto a tasting room where they give you a dram of the 14. And to top it off they give you £3 of a 70cl bottle of Oban. All of that for £7.50 an adult and £3.50 for the bin lid.

Even if you are not a whisky drinker and are in the area, you should do this tour.

 

[teppic]

Nothing can ever beat a quality single malt.

 

[Groucho]

Went to the distillery this week. What can I say, what a bargain day out. I had to train my daughter to say she was 8 so they would let her on the tour. The tour is really informative, you get a free glass and a tiny try straight out of a cask at 9 years then onto a tasting room where they give you a dram of the 14. And to top it off they give you £3 of a 70cl bottle of Oban. All of that for £7.50 an adult and £3.50 for the bin lid.

Even if you are not a whisky drinker and are in the area, you should do this tour.

Been twice, it's top.

 

[Penno]

I can see why you go back, I thought of loads of questions once I'd got out of there.

It's truly amazing that all distilleries work with the same 3 ingredients yet produce so many different flavours.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

This has probably been mentioned elsewhere in the thread but has anyone read Iain Banks excellent book about whiskey?

I'm not even a whiskey enthusiast but I found it fascinating

 

[Groucho]

This has probably been mentioned elsewhere in the thread but has anyone read Iain Banks excellent book about whiskey?

I'm not even a whiskey enthusiast but I found it fascinating

No mate, tell me more.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raw-Spirit-...=1370682717&sr=8-1&keywords=iain+banks+whisky

As a native of Scotland, bestselling author Iain Banks has decided to undertake a tour of the distilleries of his homeland in a bid to uncover the unique spirit of the single malt. Visiting some of the world's most famous distilleries and also some of its smallest and most obscure ones, Banks embarks on a journey of discovery which educates him about the places, people and products surrounding the centuries-old tradition of whisky production. Using various modes of transport - ferries to the islands, cars across the highlands, even bicycles between bus stops - Banks' tour of Scotland combines history, literature and landscape in an entertaining and informative account of an exploration in which the arrival is by no means the most important part of the journey.

I read it holiday last year. I don't know much about single malts, but I found it really interesting

One bit that stuck out to me was it mentioned how the Japanese are really getting into whisky and are buying up lots of Scottish distileries (And actually treating the process with more love and appreciation that some of the Scottish companies do)

 

[Penno]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raw-Spirit-...=1370682717&sr=8-1&keywords=iain+banks+whisky



I read it holiday last year. I don't know much about single malts, but I found it really interesting

One bit that stuck out to me was it mentioned how the Japanese are really getting into whisky and are buying up lots of Scottish distileries (And actually treating the process with more love and appreciation that some of the Scottish companies do)

Nice one