Which Water of Life Did You Purchase Today - Spring/Summer/Fall 2013

[LostBottle]

After waiting in line for hours on black Friday, only to be trampled during the sprint for the store entrance and then beaten with fists while grabbing like a crazed animal for the last cheap TV, I decided to console myself with some booze. Unfortunately, the exact same thing happened at the liquor store where I was mauled by a pack of rabid Pappy hunters. I finally decided to just settle for a Lagavulin - I hope this stuff is quaffable. :bigeyes:

Edited December 1, 2013 by LostBottle

[ChainWhip]

That cork needs to be popped ASAP!!!

Nice bottle!

[Clavius]

Picked up a Glenlivet 12yr gift set that included a 50ml bottle each of the 15yr and the 18yr. I like the regular 12yr well enough, hoping the other two are good as well.

[Dolph Lundgren]

After waiting in line for hours on black Friday, only to be trampled during the sprint for the store entrance and then beaten with fists while grabbing like a crazed animal for the last cheap TV, I decided to console myself with some booze. Unfortunately, the exact same thing happened at the liquor store where I was mauled by a pack of rabid Pappy hunters. I finally decided to just settle for a Lagavulin - I hope this stuff is quaffable. :bigeyes:

Good luck choking that down. Might want a coke chaser readily available, you know, just in case...

[LostBottle]

Just in case the Lagavulin 21 sucks, I bought a Douglas Laing Old and Rare Platinum Mortlach 18 (first fill sherry, 58.1%, unchill filtered, 242 bottles) to mix it with.

[MtnDew]

Just in case the Lagavulin 21 sucks, I bought a Douglas Laing Old and Rare Platinum Mortlach 18 (first fill sherry, 58.1%, unchill filtered, 242 bottles) to mix it with.

Don't forgot the diet coke, I find the aspartame flavor helps hid the poor scotch essence.

[squire]

And make sure it's Coke, not one of the store brands. Best to stick with the classics.

[tanstaafl2]

Picked up a Sullivan's Cove double cask and a Greenore 18yo today (completes the "set" for Greenore of the 8, 15 and 18). May add the Sullivan's Cove to the Thanksgiving menu!

Managed to get my Thanksgiving presents to myself home intact and can post a few pictures! Weren't many whiskey drinkers at Thanksgiving dinner so didn't get to the Sullivan's Cove yet. No rush as I have had it before.

That trio of Greenore sure looks purdy! But I need to finish off that last little bit of the 15yo so need to do a vertical soon. Fortunately I have more 15yo available.

[RVTsteve]

Went back and got that Talisker 175th today. Saw a Bruichladdich Full Strength 16yr @$99 that I passed on for now. Anyone have experience with it?

[squire]

Would like to read some tasting notes on the 8 year old Greenore.

[tanstaafl2]

Would like to read some tasting notes on the 8 year old Greenore.

Greenore 8yo is a very light whiskey as would be expected with a greater than 90% corn mashbill (with the rest malted barley) at 80 proof. Some sweetness and a clear but light bourbon/vanilla character from the reused (supposedly first fill) bourbon barrels dominate the palate for me. Inoffensive with a nice mouthfeel makes it pleasant on a summer evening but not one I would have as a regular pour. The 15 is a big step up in every way with a slightly higher 86 proof as well and is a very nice whiskey which I do find myself turning to with some regularity.

A chance to try and compare both of them to the 18, now at 92 proof, should be fun!

[squire]

Thanks, I wouldn't expect much robustness from the 8 year old but it is an intriguing effort. There's no rule that says everything has to be steeped in fresh charcoal.

[unclebunk]

Curiosity got the better of me and I finally picked up a bottle of the standard Edradour 10 yesterday. My cousin shits on it and says I wasted my money but I like the notion of supporting Scotland's smallest traditional farmhouse distillery, so my expectations do not have to be terribly high to be pleased with my purchase. I'll be sampling tonight and report back after a taste or two. It is shameful and bewildering that I never visited the place while passing through Pitlochry on several occasions years ago. Doh!

Edited December 4, 2013 by unclebunk

[zillah]

Green label is on closeout and on sale in PA. I couldn't resist picking up some extra. I quite enjoy it as a go-to! It is really well-rounded. If I don't know what I am in the mood for, it has a little bit of everything in it and easy to drink.

[MtnDew]

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Green label is on closeout and on sale in PA. I couldn't resist picking up some extra. I quite enjoy it as a go-to! It is really well-rounded. If I don't know what I am in the mood for, it has a little bit of everything in it and easy to drink.

Nooo!!! I need to grab more but the stores around me have not started to clear it out yet, still in the $65+ range. I really want to get a case of it before it's all gone (or only in Tawain, which might as well be all gone).

[ChainWhip]

(photo credit: Auld Alliance Singapore)

Edit: I didn't buy this but somebody did - I'm very curious what it tastes like...

Edited December 5, 2013 by ChainWhip

[LostBottle]

(photo credit: Auld Alliance Singapore)

Edit: I didn't buy this but somebody did - I'm very curious what it tastes like...

[ChainWhip]

Answer: Like 2013 Famous Grouse

[squire]

Interesting that Macallan added Glenlivet to their name though there was no connection. A lot of other distillerys did that as well for marketing purposes because Glenlivet was recognized as the leading Spey malt of the day.

[ChainWhip]

Interesting that Macallan added Glenlivet to their name though there was no connection. A lot of other distillerys did that as well for marketing purposes because Glenlivet was recognized as the leading Spey malt of the day.

I don't have a lot of history with whisky, but apparently they used to regularly bottle scotch @ 750ml vs today's 700ml?

[squire]

Yes, and higher proof as well.

[tanstaafl2]

I don't have a lot of history with whisky, but apparently they used to regularly bottle scotch @ 750ml vs today's 700ml?

I am a bit surprised it is in centiliters at all. I would have thought it would still be in ounces in the UK at that time. When did they switch to metric?

[MtnDew]

Interesting that Macallan added Glenlivet to their name though there was no connection. A lot of other distillerys did that as well for marketing purposes because Glenlivet was recognized as the leading Spey malt of the day.

Isn't Glenlivet actually a generic term? It appears on the front of the Tomintoul bottles where it says calls the whiskey a "Speyside Glenlivet" even though the owners are completely different. My understanding was that the term Glenlivet actually refers to the valley itself, which is why the brand is technically "The Glenlivet" with the "The" making it specific to the distillery. But I could very much be wrong, we all know what assumption really stands for...

Edited December 5, 2013 by MtnDew

[oke&coke]

Isn't Glenlivet actually a generic term? It appears on the front of the Tomintoul bottles where it says calls the whiskey a "Speyside Glenlivet" even though the owners are completely different. My understanding was that the term Glenlivet actually refers to the valley itself, which is why the brand is technically "The Glenlivet" with the "The" making it specific to the distillery. But I could very much be wrong, we all know what assumption really stands for...

I think you may be right. I have read that either here or in a book on scotch.

[squire]

Glenlivet was the first legally licensed distillery in the Spey Valley under the new law passed in 1824. Already well regarded, it became famous in the early 1850s when served to the Royal Household at Balmoral, Queen Victoria's castle in Scotland. Their preference became in effect a Royal endorsement so in the intensely class conscious society of the time every peer, noble, wealthy merchant and society wannabe had to have Glenlivet. It became the Pappy of it's day.

Smelling profits other distillers up and down the Spey Valley and even the small valleys whose streams flowed into the River Spey attached Glenlivet to their name and some even renamed their distillery to include the Glenlivet name.

The practice became so widespread Glenlivet filed suit and in 1880 the Court ruled only they could label their whisky 'The Glenlevit' but also ruled other distillers in the greater Spey area could hyphen attach Glenlivet to their name. This practice of Macallan-Glenlivet, Mortlach-Glenlivet, Tomintoul-Glenlivet, Tamnavulin-Glenlivet, Strathisla-Glenlivet etc, etc, continued until the 1970s when buyouts, mergers, distillery closings and brand realighment brought waves of changes to the industry.