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Single Malt
« on: August 26, 2020, 10:05:39 am »
Finding this thread has made me realise what a cultured lot you are!  My wife and I have for years loved Aberlour A'Bunadh, buying it in Waitrose at around £45 a bottle. Then the price doubled overnight due to the distillery realising people actually drink the stuff.   So we moved onto Glenfarclas 105 which is also lovely stuff! Nothing like a good cask strength to add a touch of water too and sit back and enjoy the smoke and smooth afternotes.  Oban and Jura also go down nicely and the occasional Laphroigh or Lagavulin.  I used to do whisky tasting at my local, so got to drink a very wide range of single malts, an experience I'll treasure.  The wife only drinks good stuff, so that is my excuse for only buying drinks that we actually enjoy.
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2020, 07:39:38 pm »
Sounds like you know what you like! I'm still on that journey, though since going into all grain home brewing every time I look at whisky I think, "I could buy 25kg of grain for that!" :D
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2020, 09:03:12 pm »
Which is a ma zing...


...if you keep chickens ::)
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2020, 09:37:46 pm »
Luckily chickens are just as happy with spent grain, so we can all win!
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« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2020, 11:13:27 am »
Grain - not good for best egg production:
"Cereal grains are not a replacement diet for Poultry Layers Pellets."

Here endeth the educational supplement. Anything to avoid whisky. :o
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #5 on: August 27, 2020, 11:40:41 am »
Reminds me of me rare trips to the doctors...’Do you drink or smoke’ no I ride a motorcycle that’ll kill me quick enough  ;D
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #6 on: August 27, 2020, 05:19:15 pm »
Bloody miserable weather.

Just lit the first stove full of logs of the season and poured myself a glass of Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold. Neat!

And it is still August... ::)
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #7 on: August 27, 2020, 05:49:18 pm »
Just getting into a Springbank 15, not spent that much before.
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2020, 06:22:01 pm »
Quote from: Phmode on August 27, 2020, 05:19:15 pm
Bloody miserable weather.

Just lit the first stove full of logs of the season and poured myself a glass of Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold. Neat!

And it is still August... ::)

I keep forgetting to get some firewood in! Maybe next weekend. Or the one after.
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2020, 08:08:47 pm »
Quote from: CC Mac on August 27, 2020, 05:49:18 pm
Just getting into a Springbank 15, not spent that much before.

I hope you can taste the:
- 'Creamy, raisins, dark chocolate, figs, marzipan, brazil nuts and vanilla'

Ben & Jerrys, anyone?

Oh, now I know why you like it:
- Oak and sherry notes sustain and mingle with hints of leather'
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #10 on: August 28, 2020, 11:54:27 am »
Quote from: Matt on August 27, 2020, 06:22:01 pm
Quote from: Phmode on August 27, 2020, 05:19:15 pm
Bloody miserable weather.

Just lit the first stove full of logs of the season and poured myself a glass of Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold. Neat!

And it is still August... ::)

I keep forgetting to get some firewood in! Maybe next weekend. Or the one after.

Just ordered my first 1.2m3 load of the season from Certainly Wood. Should be delivered during the Wrinklies trip  ::)
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2020, 03:05:23 pm »
We still have a couple of steres left over from last year and the pool is still in the mid 20's... got an 18year old Talisker coming over in the next day or two, til then it's a Bourbon n Ginger...
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #12 on: November 10, 2020, 06:18:50 pm »
Was given Glen Moray port bottled single malt. It is actually rather nice, smooht enough and with character.  Another one is an 8yr old rather pretentious sounding speyside with lots of words in the name that I simply cannot be bothere to look at right now. It is quite nice, smoky and has a good caramel note finish. Quite sharp, rather nice all the same.
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Re: Single Malt
« Reply #13 on: November 10, 2020, 11:30:06 pm »
Water in good whiskey is a crime.
It would have be bloody good water to only dilute and not contaminate.  :o
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« Reply #14 on: November 11, 2020, 10:09:30 am »
I've always thought that the distilleries are missing a trick in not bottling their spring water and selling it alongside their malts. Unless of course, their spring water is in itself a pollutant...
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