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Much cheapness
« on: May 19, 2019, 09:09:56 pm »
In the interest of experimentation I thought I'd try Aldi's Islay single malt ..... thumbs up it's as good as Lagavulin and a quarter of the price!

https://www.aldi.co.uk/islay-single-malt-scotch-whisky/p/068322237384905


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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2019, 09:16:51 pm »
Good old Aldi, who'd have thought the Germans knew anything about Scotch  :D

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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2019, 04:31:48 pm »
They probably don't, but they do know about bargains... 8)

And at that price it's cheaper than branded blends  ;D

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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2019, 04:48:36 pm »
At that price it's not that far off BMW oil per litre.

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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2019, 09:46:25 am »
At that price it's not that far off BMW oil per litre.

but BMW oil doesn't taste peaty :)
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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2019, 10:43:33 am »
But it does have a long-lingering after-taste  8)

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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2019, 10:56:43 am »
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Re: Much cheapness
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2019, 11:05:27 am »
 ;D ;D ;D