The Black Tot Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Finishing off a much-regretted Glen Garioch 1797 Founder's Reserve I bought in a duty free situation. The exact opposite of what I like in a whisky - hay-like, barnyard cereal notes. I likes me the candy. Pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edo Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish Whiskey, Natural Cask Strength 57.9% alc/vol. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-Savage Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Just a basic AS 10. Decent whiskey. Pretty cheap to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klittle250 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Having some Balvenie Caribbean Cask at the moment, probably moving on to bourbon after dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Damn, I thought I killed this bottle some time ago. Well if I whiffed before, I'm not whiffing again. This Auchentoshan Classic is going down, and will not rest on my bar again. In the end, this has been painfully boring whiskey. I like saying the name, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdrinker Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Glenfiddich 15 solera tonite. Down to the last 3 fingers of this bottle. I enjoyed this whisky, good everyday dram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Keeping warm with some Flaming Heart 4th (2012). This whiskey is hitting all the right notes today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Last night it was a wee bit of the Cadenhead 27yo Highland Park finished for 8 or so years in sherry. That will keep the "blizzard" at bay! Tonight it is a Robbie Burns dinner. Nothing super special on the menu to accompany the haggis but should be a fun evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 I cracked open a bottle of Glenfarclas 17 last night and I will visit it again tonight during the second game. I really like the sherry and smoke this one has going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portwood Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 6 hours ago, Darwin said: I cracked open a bottle of Glenfarclas 17 last night and I will visit it again tonight during the second game. I really like the sherry and smoke this one has going on. Smoke in Glenfarclas? really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beasled Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Burns Night... Started off with Old Pulteney 17, now onto Kilkerran Calvados Single Cask. Cheers all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwin Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 23 hours ago, portwood said: Smoke in Glenfarclas? really? Yup. I think all of their expressions have a bit of peat and smoke. I know the 12, 17, 25 and 105 all do, I have not had the others. http://www.glenfarclas.co.uk/en/pages/72,17-Years-Old.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chasking Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Last night I finished off the last of the Ardbeg 17yo. I'd been careful with my bottle since there is no more of it out there, conserving it for years, but I realized it was down to about one decent pour remaining, so rather than wait for some unknown special occasion, I figured, "what the hell." Thus ends possibly the best bottle of whiskey in my whole collection. I hope Ardbeg will eventually put out another older expression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadeweber Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Last night I opened my bottle of Laphroaig Cairdeas 200th Anniversary. An interesting whisky. The nose was strong with peat and smoke. It made me think of smoked salmon. There was also a medicinal quality but not as much as Lag16. After adding a few drops of water, the peat and smoke nose lessened and the sweetness came through. The palate was earthy (like a green plant), smoke, and some sweetness. The water brought out a lot of fresh lemon flavor. The finish was a pleasant smokiness and freshness with a very faint medicinal quality. It was an enjoyable and, like I said, interesting whisky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadeweber Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Been on a Scotch kick recently. Last night it was Compass Box Hedonism Quindecimus followed by Glenfarclas 105. Both were very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdrinker Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Bunnahabhain 12 yo, 46% and un-chill filtered. Pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Currently opened are: Balvenie 17DW + TUN 1509 #1 Ardbeg Correy Macallan 18 1989 Macallan Edition 1 Macallan Cask Strength Longmorn 15 (dusty/old label) Glenmo Tusail Springbank 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryT Posted February 4, 2016 Share Posted February 4, 2016 Opted for some Macallan CS, and have zero regrets with the pour. Why in the hell did they stop bottling this??? (sigh) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flahute Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 A client just gifted me a bottle of Glenlivit 21. I don't know much about scotch but I did open it right away. It's not in my wheelhouse but I find some things to like about it. This could be a gateway bottle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRich Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 On February 3, 2016 at 12:29:12 AM, jvd99 said: Currently opened are: Balvenie 17DW + TUN 1509 #1 Ardbeg Correy Macallan 18 1989 Macallan Edition 1 Macallan Cask Strength Longmorn 15 (dusty/old label) Glenmo Tusail Springbank 18 How is that Edition 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey r Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Last evening, a pour of Bushmills 16. This is a nice whiskey--complex, nicely aged, unique flavor. It would of course benefit from the anti-Diageo treatment, namely higher proof than 80 proof and NCF. But for it's going rate of $60 or so when you can find it, I'd call it a good dram for a fair price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, jeffrey r said: Last evening, a pour of Bushmills 16. This is a nice whiskey--complex, nicely aged, unique flavor. It would of course benefit from the anti-Diageo treatment, namely higher proof than 80 proof and NCF. But for it's going rate of $60 or so when you can find it, I'd call it a good dram for a fair price. The 16 might well be my favorite of the Bushmill line although as you say it desperately needs at a minimum increased proof to 90 plus to compete with some of the other newer high end bottlings! Bushmills was sold recently by Diageo to Casa Cuervo (or more accurately swapped for the rest of Don Julio tequila that Diageo already partly owned). Not sure Casa Cuervo is going to be any better as an owner but if they want to keep it relevant in the rapidly expanding Irish Whiskey world then it seems they better do something. Jameson/Midleton has been kicking its butt of late it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey r Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 8 minutes ago, tanstaafl2 said: The 16 might well be my favorite of the Bushmill line although as you say it desperately needs at a minimum increased proof to 90 plus to compete with some of the other newer high end bottlings! Bushmills was sold recently by Diageo to Casa Cuervo (or more accurately swapped for the rest of Don Julio tequila that Diageo already partly owned). Not sure Casa Cuervo is going to be any better as an owner but if they want to keep it relevant in the rapidly expanding Irish Whiskey world then it seems they better do something. Jameson/Midleton has been kicking its butt of late it seems. Interesting--well, I guess we'll see what happens. But if it is any indication, the 16 seems to have pretty much disappeared at retail in my area. I recently came across some of the Bushmills 16 and 21 in a local for "reasonable" prices and picked up a couple of each. The bottles were definitely from a couple/few years ago though. I haven't opened the 21 yet, but hear good things about that one as well. 80 proof and chill filtering are such a disservice to 16 and 21 year old whiskey, but I guess Glenfiddich does it with their 15 year amongst others, and some whisk[e]ys like these are good enough to be good in spite of those aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanstaafl2 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, jeffrey r said: Interesting--well, I guess we'll see what happens. But if it is any indication, the 16 seems to have pretty much disappeared at retail in my area. I recently came across some of the Bushmills 16 and 21 in a local for "reasonable" prices and picked up a couple of each. The bottles were definitely from a couple/few years ago though. I haven't opened the 21 yet, but hear good things about that one as well. 80 proof and chill filtering are such a disservice to 16 and 21 year old whiskey, but I guess Glenfiddich does it with their 15 year amongst others, and some whisk[e]ys like these are good enough to be good in spite of those aspects. I found the 16 to be more to my liking which is not to say the 21 isn't good but when you add in the cost difference I am happy with the 16. Not sure I would replace either though when they run out unless something changes. Too many other interesting options these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvd99 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 2 hours ago, BigRich said: How is that Edition 1? I'll compare it SBS with the 18 and CS tonight & let you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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