Whiskey / Whisky appreciation thread (1 Viewer)

[Scientician 0.8]

Had my birthday party last night. Got some haul!

2 x

+ assorted others. My friends must know I'm the biggest lush on earth.

 

[nonemoreblack]

Some of my favourites right there. Well done!

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

You have good friends or are the world's best hinter. Or both.

I have a bottle of Green Spot in the kitchen. Next to the Highland Park 15.

But I have recently fallen for Redbreast pretty hard. Might grab a bottle tonight.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Redbreast is delicious. I suspect it may become my tipple of choice in the future.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

They had no Redbreast in the offie last night.
Plunked for a bottle of Ardbeg 10 yo instead.

Like swimming in an ocean of peat. Beautiful.

 

[magicbastarder]

jesus, was it your one hundredth birthday or something? that's some haul.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Dirty thirtieth.

 

[maims bond]

Redbreast is great because you can get it in most decent pubs, and usually only between 5 and 7 quid as well. I've only ever seen Green Spot in one pub.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Redbreast is great because you can get it in most decent pubs, and usually only between 5 and 7 quid as well. I've only ever seen Green Spot in one pub.

They have it in Bowe's and the Palace for sure.

My 'safety' whiskey in that sense is Johnnie Black. I think it's delicious.
And you can get it everywhere, usually for short money too.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Bowe's is amazing. I'm having the Thumped Chrimbo do there (on my own).

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Bowe's is amazing. I'm having the Thumped Chrimbo do there (on my own).

Work that top shelf hard, man.

 

[magicbastarder]

a friend recently bought me a bottle of this - it's fantastic stuff. drinkable at bottle strength (51%), and lovely and complex.

http://blog.simonbarber.com/nikka-from-the-barrel

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

a friend recently bought me a bottle of this - it's fantastic stuff. drinkable at bottle strength (51%), and lovely and complex.

http://blog.simonbarber.com/nikka-from-the-barrel

Oh, it's cheap too.

Nice one.


Edit: Jesus the copy on these tasting notes is getting out of hand.
Was it always like this?

A dash of water opens it up considerably, but weakens its impact - like a low budget horror movie remade in Hollywood with A-list stars. An aroma of charcoal follows: an Australian trucker roasting a hitchhiker's head over an open fire; a whiff of mint; a MySQL database; a '57 Fender Telecaster with an .88mm gauge plectrum tucked into the scratch plate; raspberries, apples, dark chocolate and the shootout sequence in the milk factory from that Dolph Lundgren movie where he is afraid of the colour white.

Edit # 2: Okay, the outrageous copy seems to be the point with this guy. Fair enough.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Might grab a bottle on the way home.

There was a nice sounding Japanese one in Dublin airport that I'm regretting not buying.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

I can't wait to see Scottish and Irish precision electronics.

 

[ratmonkey]

Edit # 2: Okay, the outrageous copy seems to be the point with this guy. Fair enough.

Standard tasting notes are ridiculous enough as it is (I'm pretty sure I'll never get the connection between my bottle of Lagavulin and a fresh back of chips on a cold day that the box tells me it's like). Also, Blackjack has some prime ridiculousness, Dolph shoots people from a trampoline.

 

[maims bond]

12.50 for a shot of redbreast 12 year old in a hotel over Xmas, insane? I often get it in a pub and can't remember paying over 6-7 euro. We worth it.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

I bought a bottle of Red Breast in Duty Free at the weekend.

It's just so good.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

 

[maims bond]

Chalk it down, Talisker 10 year old is like drinking a peat fire. It's so strong that it tastes almost artificial. Would be nice to see where Connemara rates on that.