Yeti Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Celebrated a wedding anniversary yesterday and had a bit of everything. Several beers before and at the beginning of dinner, some 1987 port with dessert, and capped the evening with Old Pulteney 21 and a Macallan CS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Being a cheap bastard tonight and drinking some Bank Note blended. $20 for a 1L. It's pretty much everything that the reviews I read say it is. Not too complex, but utterly drinkable. A fine dram at such a low price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) starting the night off with Longrow 10edit: ending with Ardbeg Ardbog Edited June 27, 2013 by ChainWhip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtgraves Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Currently sipping on a Reisetbauer 7yr Single Malt. It was a Christmas gift, and is unlike any other whisky I've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Springbank 14 CS (Amontillado) - much much better this time around compared to when I had it last... a few months after opening and this bottle has really opened up nicely. Classic Springer sweetness with a layer of sherry rancio that sneaks up on you on the palate as I don't get it much on the nose (may have to do with my allergies though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Springbank 14 CS (Amontillado) - much much better this time around compared to when I had it last... a few months after opening and this bottle has really opened up nicely. Classic Springer sweetness with a layer of sherry rancio that sneaks up on you on the palate as I don't get it much on the nose (may have to do with my allergies though). Edited June 28, 2013 by ChainWhip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Longrow 10 to kick off the scotch round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Longrow, now that one brings back some memories, some tasting notes please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wryguy Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Longrow 7, finished in Gaja Barolo casks. You'd think a malt this young would be brash and in your face, but it's a fresh, lively, balanced dram with a delicate tartness interplaying with gentle brine and blooming peat popping into a smooth smoky finish. A step up from the OB Longrow 10, IMO, but I've yet to encounter a Longrow I didn't love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey Manthey Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 Tried a couple Kilchomans: Machir Bay and Loch Gorm. Both of them tasted their age. Preferred the Machir Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) Longrow, now that one brings back some memories, some tasting notes please.I get the Springer sweetness & peat off the bat followed by sea brine, apple, and a little bit of caramel. (Occasionally I get a faint whiff of moth balls?) Edited June 30, 2013 by ChainWhip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtgraves Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 A bit of the Black Bottle. It's not highbrow, but it is tasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Black Bottle was the comparison I had in mind with BB being a bit more complex but I really haven't had either in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOldKyDram Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Powers Reserve and Yellow Spot tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Powers Reserve and Yellow Spot tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trey Manthey Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Balvenie Tun 1401 #6 and Port Charlotte PC7 with a high school friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOldKyDram Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 If you have or can find Powers John's Lane I think they make an interesting pairing as kind of opposite ends of the Middleton Pot Still spectrum. I would have thought John's Lane might have snuck a bit over the line to the "robust" side. http://irishwhiskeyblog.com/2012/05/24/20120501.aspx[ATTACH=CONFIG]15919[/ATTACH]This graph has Yellow Spot (and only Yellow Spot it seems) a little different from the one on the Midleton website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 1:1 vatting of Clyenelish 14 & Glendronach 15 Cask 2045 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squire Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Some notes please . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) Some notes please . . .Will give it a go again tonight - the vatting is worth repeating & was inspired by the John Glaser Flaming Heart video. Edited July 7, 2013 by ChainWhip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) Follow-up to the 1:1 vatting of Clyenlish 14:Glendronach 15 CS Cask 2045:I am smelling some brine, raisins, faint soy sauce, and generic fruit cotlets/turkish delight with some nuttiness, and a little freshly peeled ruby red grapefruit.In the mouth, Clynelish leads off with the waxy brininess & faint citrus then Glendronach follows up with the light smoke, cacao & dried fruits - the sweet/salty combo gives an "umaminess" and finishes off with more dusty cacao & wisp of smoky bitterness.Utterly delicious - I'm going to play with the proportions a little more and back off some on the Glendronach and maybe add a dash of something peaty. Edited July 7, 2013 by ChainWhip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timd Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 At a friends last night and he had the final pours of a Glenrothes Three Decades bottling he'd picked up at travel retail.It was incredibly tasty. Loads of honey, sweet malt, rich flavors with a hint of mint. Wasn't much left to really dive into, but have to say it was the least over-sherried Glenrothes I've had. No idea on the price point or availability, but it was definitely an excellent pour.(then we finished off a bottle of Baby Saz) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbus Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Compass Box Spice Tree on this rainy evening in Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 A little summertime sippin' w/ fellow SBr LB: Good drams & company - the best way to drink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 What did you think of the Mortlach? Have been considering trying to find a way to get a bottle despite its rather spendy cost. I thought the Glendronach 1995 was excellent based on the little bit I have been able to try thanks to you! A little summertime sippin' w/ fellow SBr LB: Good drams & company - the best way to drink! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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