What water of life did you purchase - Fall/Winter 2019-20

[Jazz June]

Two recent acquisitions. I enjoy the peat levels of Springbank 10, HP 12, and Lagavulin 16 but strongly dislike Laphroaig 10. Where does the intro level Longrow peated fall on that spectrum?

 

[Widebody]

Was excited to pick this up in Paris duty free yesterday.  

[Auracom]

two wildly-varied signatory bottlings...

 

[Marekv8]

1 hour ago, Auracom said:

two wildly-varied signatory bottlings...

 

Nice pair— I’ve got to get up to Binny’s soon. The baby Bunna looks crazy interesting. 

[Auracom]

On 2/29/2020 at 7:38 PM, Marekv8 said:

The baby Bunna looks crazy interesting. 

i expect a very intense pour. huge oak + huge peat + active distillate. 

[Marekv8]

7 hours ago, Auracom said:

i expect a very intense pour. huge oak + huge peat + active distillate. 

Certainly the second and third— but I doubt you’ll be encountering any huge oak. 

[Kane]

On 2/29/2020 at 8:38 PM, Marekv8 said:

Nice pair— I’ve got to get up to Binny’s soon. The baby Bunna looks crazy interesting. 

Wow, agreed, since I've tasted a 2004 G&M Bunnahabhain 7yo I've been keeping my eyes open for young Bunna. Very unique flavors. Btw. my 7yr bottle was way lighter in color than this 4yr.

[Marekv8]

Thanks to fishnbowljoe and The Boss for freeing up some coveted attachment space for posting-- I'll try to knock 'em down as much as possible in regard to image size. Here's a crazy 15th Anniversary bottling-- 10 years in Fresh Oloroso plus another 5 in refill bourbon-- a good 9.5 on the opacity scale.

 

[flahute]

1 hour ago, Marekv8 said:

Thanks to fishnbowljoe and The Boss for freeing up some coveted attachment space for posting-- I'll try to knock 'em down as much as possible in regard to image size. Here's a crazy 15th Anniversary bottling-- 10 years in Fresh Oloroso plus another 5 in refill bourbon-- a good 9.5 on the opacity scale.

 

He's back! Good to see your photos again.

[fishnbowljoe]

4 hours ago, Marekv8 said:

Thanks to fishnbowljoe and The Boss for freeing up some coveted attachment space for posting-- I'll try to knock 'em down as much as possible in regard to image size. Here's a crazy 15th Anniversary bottling-- 10 years in Fresh Oloroso plus another 5 in refill bourbon-- a good 9.5 on the opacity

Welcome back. FWIW, The Boss deserves all the credit. I just passed the info up the ladder. 

 

Biba! Joe

[Guss West]

If he keeps posting pictures like these, he can have my attachment space as well.  

That looks like another Campbeltown Stunner, Mate!!   

[Marekv8]

11 hours ago, flahute said:

He's back! Good to see your photos again.

 

Thanks Steve, I've got a wee bit of catching up to do (although the recent bottle move has certainly altered my buying habits).

[Marekv8]

8 hours ago, Guss West said:

If he keeps posting pictures like these, he can have my attachment space as well.  

That looks like another Campbeltown Stunner, Mate!!   

 

Agreed-- I'm hoping it's as interesting as the specs read, although it's going to be a tough follow-up to the recent Longrow 11 Sauternes.

 

 

[beasled]

A couple from the recent Cadenheads batch

[Marekv8]

42 minutes ago, beasled said:

A couple from the recent Cadenheads batch

Very nice, what a beautiful pair. 

[smokinjoe]

5 hours ago, Marekv8 said:

Very nice, what a beautiful pair. 

Overheard many times at The Cheetah...  

[tsangster]

1 minute ago, smokinjoe said:

Overheard many times at The Cheetah...  

There's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[Marekv8]

50 minutes ago, smokinjoe said:

Overheard many times at The Cheetah...  

That brings me right back to Atlanta circa 1993.

[Marekv8]

From a well-run liquor store near the hotel-- it was in their system, discounted as a Glenlivet.

I may return prior to my meeting tomorrow for a rather tempting Laphroaig-- but hopefully not.

 

[tanstaafl2]

On 3/4/2020 at 1:20 PM, Marekv8 said:

Thanks to fishnbowljoe and The Boss for freeing up some coveted attachment space for posting-- I'll try to knock 'em down as much as possible in regard to image size. Here's a crazy 15th Anniversary bottling-- 10 years in Fresh Oloroso plus another 5 in refill bourbon-- a good 9.5 on the opacity scale.

 

I just bought this one as well. That color was indeed hard to pass on!

[Marekv8]

9 minutes ago, tanstaafl2 said:

I just bought this one as well. That color was indeed hard to pass on!

Agreed, I picked up this Brackla just the night before-- dark days indeed. This one states refill vs. fresh-- must have been a crazy 11 years.

 

 

 

 

[Vosgar]

53 minutes ago, Marekv8 said:

Agreed, I picked up this Brackla just the night before-- dark days indeed. This one states refill vs. fresh-- must have been a crazy 11 years.

Wow! The label states it's a refill cask and natural colour and it's that dark??? That must've been some intense sherry.

[Marekv8]

13 minutes ago, Vosgar said:

Wow! The label states it's a refill cask and natural colour and it's that dark??? That must've been some intense sherry.

Yes and yes— it doesn’t really add up, but I wasn’t going to pass— especially given the rarity of off-standard Royal Brackla. 

[Marekv8]

This started with a conversation about bottles that are held for people that never get picked up. This was all I could carry today, so I'll have to come back for the balance.

 

[Marekv8]

Round two for the night... I'm already at luggage capacity, so this might be it for the trip. The young Samaroli Caol Ila looked too "Samaroli" to pass up.