Trey Manthey Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 I adopted these Highland Park siblings yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portwood Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 :bowdown:......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted February 22, 2014 Author Share Posted February 22, 2014 Wow Trey - you ain't f*ckin' around! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 I adopted these Highland Park siblings yesterday! #BALLER!!! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiserhog Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Glenfarclas 10, very nice and affordable too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDew Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Picked these guys up at the launch event for the First Peated bottling. For 26 month old whiskey, they are quite good! I talked with Chris for a bit and he tells me their first single barrel, cask strength release will be soon. They are one of, if not the only, importer of sherry butts in the US and they use those, along with hogsheads, to mature their single malts. I can't wait for a cask strength single cask sherry, especially with another few years on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Springbank 10 from my honey hole for $53. It's $70 everywhere else, which is ridiculous, even if they do have their own malting floor, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWF Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Springbank 10 from my honey hole for $53. It's $70 everywhere else, which is ridiculous, even if they do have their own malting floor, etc.It's not as ridiculous as, say, Talisker 10, which will be hard pressed to find for < $75 any day now. But $53 is a great price.I nabbed a pair of Compass Box Great King Street NY Blend after the Binny's get together. I know I'll miss this when it's gone, so a bit of bunker padding was in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) It's not as ridiculous as, say, Talisker 10, which will be hard pressed to find for < $75 any day now. But $53 is a great price.I nabbed a pair of Compass Box Great King Street NY Blend after the Binny's get together. I know I'll miss this when it's gone, so a bit of bunker padding was in order.Talisker 10 @ $75 is a pass. Especially considering my honey hole just discounted the 18 another 5 dollars to $84.99. I've got a bottle of it bunkered, but might have to consider putting another aside in case I want to drink it . . . ever again.I'm really curious about the NY blend, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Can you think of anything that has a ballpark similar taste profile? Edited February 25, 2014 by garbanzobean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWF Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Talisker 10 @ $75 is a pass. Especially considering my honey hole just discounted the 18 another 5 dollars to $84.99. I've got a bottle of it bunkered, but might have to consider putting another aside in case I want to drink it . . . ever again.I'm really curious about the NY blend, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Can you think of anything that has a ballpark similar taste profile?Yup on the Talisker 18. It's pretty much gone from Chicago, no doubt to return at around $130 up from $100.As for a comparison to the NY Blend, I really have nothing to compare it to. Take the Artist's Blend and ramp up the peat in a couple of the single malt components, i.e. multiple shades of peat: some smoke, a little machine oil, some prickly earth. It's dirty but maintains the creamy aspect of the grain whisky. Singular stuff.Also, been awhile since I've had it, so these notes are from memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolph Lundgren Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The mouthfeel on the NY blend is great, too. Shame it was a one off release, otherwise it'd be my go to everyday peated whiskey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDew Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Got in a couple of bunker stocking orders.6 x Glendronach 122 x Bruichladdich Rocks2 x JW Green Label 1LI have 2 laddie 10's on the way, then I should be good for expressions that are disappearing or becoming "younger" in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn1602 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Grabbed an Ardbeg Corryvreckan and a Powers Johns Lane. Read some old stuff on here abour the Corryvreckan and was persuaded when I saw it for $80 (at least $95 everywhere else I saw, and cheaper than Oogy). Is Corryvreckan an ongoing release? Just don't see it very much. Edited February 26, 2014 by horn1602 Spelling.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Corryvreckan should be a regular NAS release (along w/ the Uigeadail). The 10 is the only other one available and according to Dr. Bill Lumsden, there are no plans to revive a 17yr expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dusty Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Don't post in this thread because I don't drink much Scotch/Irish, but after tasting a pour in a bar a few weeks ago, I brought home an Aberlour A'bunadh Batch 39 today. I enjoyed the bar pour quite a lot, and it seems to maybe fit nicely as an after dinner dram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Just got some amazing news: after a round of chemo, my mother's pancreatic cancer has become operable (was not the case in October). As a result, I picked up a bottle of Scott's Selection Highland Park 1986 that I've been eyeing for awhile. Will be cracking it open momentarily. If I didn't have an important presentation to give at work tomorrow, tonight would be one of those rare nights where I tie one on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutton Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That is great news Eric - cheers to you and best to your mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyOldKyDram Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That is amazing news. Cheers thoughts and prayers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChainWhip Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 Wow - congrats man! Woohoo!!!Best wishes for your mom! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAINWRIGHT Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Great news and I wish you both well,it is a terrible disease but also very beatable and I am proud to say that my wife is 7 years and counting cancer free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbanzobean Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Great news and I wish you both well,it is a terrible disease but also very beatable and I am proud to say that my wife is 7 years and counting cancer free.Thanks for the encouragement everyone! Also, hats off to your wife for beating this awful disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Awesome news about being cancer free. Keep fighting, praying and doing everything you can. Let's all celebrate awesome news like this together with good drams and positive thoughts. News like that makes my night even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronWF Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Let's all celebrate awesome news like this together with good drams and positive thoughts. News like that makes my night even better.Hear here! Great news like this is always worthy of acknowledgment. Cheers Garbanzo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolph Lundgren Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 I hope the Highland Park is as good as the news you got!Grabbed a BenRiach 19yr peated/PX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 I hope the Highland Park is as good as the news you got!Grabbed a BenRiach 19yr peated/PX.Sounds like an interesting dram. I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts. Or anyone else's thoughts on BenRiach. I always consider it, but never pull the trigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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