Whiskey Or Heroin?

[drongo]

Do yourselves a favour, Balvenie, Triple Cask, 25yr.......smooooooth as....

[Laphroaig]

Do yourselves a favour, Balvenie, Triple Cask, 25yr.......smooooooth as....

For the price of that Balvenie, I would hope it's smooth!

My whole stock cupboard probably cost less than the price of one bottle...

Talking about my cupboard, I'm down a couple of bottles but have added a Penderyn Madeira Finish (Welsh single malt).

[Stavros]

Although I tend to shy away from gimmick malts I confess I bought a bottle of Smokehead. At least I thought I would try it and if I didn't like it give it to a friend who for most of his life was indeed, a 'smokehead' (and we are not talking tobacco). The main consequence is that I am now sworn off gimmick malts, they may give pleasure to some people, but I can't see the point other than as a marketing tool, not least when there are classics which retain their status for that reason.

I am not a great Vodka drinker but I saw Tesco offering a half-bottle of Grey Goose for £10 and bought it, and must admit I was surprised at how poor it is compared to Russian and Polish vodkas I have tried on occasion.

Avoid this, it has 'character', but more street-corner than library.

[Laphroaig]

I recently attended a whisky event where Smokehead was amongst those on offer to sample, but I can’t remember whether I tried it or not. (In truth, I probably had a few too many that day…).

Amongst the traditional favourites, there were two revelations (for me anyway).

The first was the Japanese Suntory Hibiki 17. A stunning, smooth, blend that more than held its own amongst the single malts and gives me great hopes for its 12 year old younger sibling, which I have a bottle of. Unfortunately, that wasn’t available to try.

http://whisky.suntory.com/age-gate/

The second were several whisky’s from the Mackmyra distillery in Sweden, which if I’m honest I didn’t know existed until then.

http://mackmyra.com/

Not an old distillery. It only started distilling in 1999, so the current bottling expressions are fairly young and as such carry no age statement, but if they continue to produce whisky of the quality that I sampled, then they deserve much wider recognition.

[Laphroaig]

Currently in my stock cupboard are:

AnCnoc 12
Bowmore 15 (Darkest)
Bowmore Small Batch Reserve
Bunnahabhain 12
Clynelish 14
Glenfiddich 15
Glenlivet Founder’s Reserve
Knockando 12 (2000)
Jura Prophecy
Old Pulteney 12
Suntory Hibiki 12 (Japanese Blended Whisky)
Talisker 10

Current stock:

Aberlour 12
Bunnahabhain Ceòbanach
Cardhu Gold Reserve
Clynelish 14
Deanston Virgin Oak
Jura Prophecy
Kilchoman Machair Bay
Laphroaig 10
Mackmyra Bruks (Swedish)
Oban 14
Talisker 10

I've got my tickets for the whisky fringe 2016...

http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/vie...rticle_id=WF13

[peejaye]

I have a bottle of Aberfeldy 12 years in my cabinet, one of the best I've tried in a long time!
Also in their is a drop of The Ardmore, run-of-the-mill.

[Stavros]

I have a bottle of Aberfeldy 12 years in my cabinet, one of the best I've tried in a long time!
Also in their is a drop of The Ardmore, run-of-the-mill.

If you remove your distiller's surplice and cassock -or just pretend to be American- Ardmore goes down nicely with a shot of Stone's Ginger Wine and some ice. At the very least you could claim it is a cocktail.

[peejaye]

If you remove your distiller's surplice and cassock -or just pretend to be American- Ardmore goes down nicely with a shot of Stone's Ginger Wine and some ice. At the very least you could claim it is a cocktail.

Thanks Stavros, I'll give that a go later.

[bluesoul]

i've some whiskey, beer and smokes. i'm about to get turnt up!!!

[trish]

Bought another bottle of 16 yo Lagavulin for my birthday this year; but I haven't broken the seal yet. I'm saving it. In the meantime I've been going through bottles of Knob Creek Rye.