Single malts

L4Everton · January 7, 2015

Groucho said:
Yes, you drink it.

Get them a pair of socks.

I'm about to have a Chivas Reagal.

Do you do wine snobbery too mate?

Groucho · January 7, 2015

L4Everton said:
Do you do wine snobbery too mate?

Not as much, no.

I like wine now and again but much prefer beer and malts these days - I drink wine too quick, see.

Groucho · January 13, 2015

OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

Woolly Blue · January 14, 2015

I'm currently drinking some Talisker to try and take the pain away.
The hand of peat is having a medicinal effect.

kithnou · January 14, 2015

Groucho said:
OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

Oh nice. I was asking about this earlier. Would you prefer the Oban Distillery Edition to this?

Groucho · January 14, 2015

kithnou said:
Oh nice. I was asking about this earlier. Would you prefer the Oban Distillery Edition to this?

Oban > Balvenie

kithnou · January 14, 2015

Groucho said:
Oban > Balvenie

Thanks.
Oban>Bunnahabhain>Balvenie?

Groucho · January 14, 2015

kithnou said:
Thanks.
Oban>Bunnahabhain>Balvenie?

BUNNAHABHAIN > Oban > Balvenie

kithnou · January 14, 2015

Groucho said:
BUNNAHABHAIN > Oban > Balvenie

Big call. Love it!!

ste d' indica · January 14, 2015

Groucho said:
OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

That's the one I tried the other night Big G. I was really looking forward to it but wasn't overly impressed unfortunately, think I'd stick with the 12YO.
I've often found this, that 17 or 18 YO Highland Park that won all the plaudits 4 or 5 years ago was the same story, I didn't think it had anything over the regular Highland Park. Maybe I'm just not refined enough! That said though, I tried an 18YO Dalmore that was stunning.

kithnou · January 18, 2015

@Groucho and all..what you drinking tonight on a British Winter's night?

Blue 1 · January 22, 2015

Just poured meself a Bunnahabhain 12yo.

kithnou · January 22, 2015

Blue 1 said:
Just poured meself a Bunnahabhain 12yo.

Damn...unavailable here at the moment...invite me over please!
Or at the very least, give me a detailed report of my,hopefully soon, next purchase

Blue 1 · January 22, 2015

kithnou said:
Damn...unavailable here at the moment...invite me over please!
Or at the very least, give me a detailed report of my,hopefully soon, next purchase

I always think it tastes kinda "Christmassy". There's some real nice fruit and nut flavours in there. Really well balanced, quite rich but not too much, and a nice long finish. Probably my favourite outside of the south Islay peaty triumvirate of Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg. This or Springbank, anyway.

kithnou · January 22, 2015

Blue 1 said:
I always think it tastes kinda "Christmassy". There's some real nice fruit and nut flavours in there. Really well balanced, quite rich but not too much, and a nice long finish. Probably my favourite outside of the south Islay peaty triumvirate of Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg. This or Springbank, anyway.

so many bottles to try in that post in the winter this year...