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Anything from islay as party and full of taste unlike rubbish in pubs. Lagavulin my favourite comes in green box about 45 per bottle. Caol Isla also favourite tho slightly more cost. |
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"Anything from islay as party and full of taste unlike rubbish in pubs. Lagavulin my favourite comes in green box about 45 per bottle. Caol Isla also favourite tho slightly more cost. "
Lol peaty not party!! |
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Got to be Hibiki, a very smooth Japanese whisky, recent winner of gold medals etc. Now available in tesco, around £35 for a 50ml bottle. Of course with our Japanese connections we get it a lot cheaper, after all a bottle of Teachers is only about £5 in Japan. Get all our alcohol these days from south of the border. |
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I own a bit of land at Laphroaig on Islay. So my choice would have to be - a fine bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask... lovely smokey toffee... but without the smoke getting in your eyes or toffee pulling your fillings and crowns off.
Preferably sipped after a tray of smoked salmon, smoked trout, oatcakes and a salad at the Lochside Hotel in Bowmore. Teasing a large glass down as the sun sinks in the West out over Loch Indaal,,, |
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By *good-being-badMan
over a year ago
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Single malts
I don't like peaty whiskies
Dalwhinnie , glenkinchie, from Ireland bushmills single malt..
Don't discount blended whiskies..some folk get a bit snobbish over single malts over blends.
Blends my favourite is bushmills original.  |
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"Single malts
I don't like peaty whiskies
Dalwhinnie , glenkinchie, from Ireland bushmills single malt..
Don't discount blended whiskies..some folk get a bit snobbish over single malts over blends.
Blends my favourite is bushmills original. "
Im one of those Malt snobs, I've never tried a blend I really liked
I got a bottle of Blackened sent over from the states and Im to scared to open it just incase its crap. Its a Bourbon blend. |
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If it’s on Special you can just about get Johnnie Walker Blue Label for less than £100 - possibly one of the nicest bottles of scotch I’ve had the pleasure of tasting.
At £120 which is a little bit more than the £100 top price you can get a 1998 Lagavulin distillers edition which is also gorgeous. Vanilla on the nose with a smokey orange taste to it, even the aftertaste is lovely with a hint of marmalade. |
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"So you have£50-100 squid to spend what do you buy?
Obviously it's not going to be in the same league as a 2.5k bottle.
Recommendations please.
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Middleton Irish Whiskey, if you are not in the duty free shop you might need £150 |
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By *good-being-badMan
over a year ago
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"Single malts
I don't like peaty whiskies
Dalwhinnie , glenkinchie, from Ireland bushmills single malt..
Don't discount blended whiskies..some folk get a bit snobbish over single malts over blends.
Blends my favourite is bushmills original.
Im one of those Malt snobs, I've never tried a blend I really liked
I got a bottle of Blackened sent over from the states and Im to scared to open it just incase its crap. Its a Bourbon blend."
Depends on your taste profile,.. Johnny Walker blue is a gorgeous blended whiskey.
Don't know about American only ones I've tried and liked woodforde reserve and bulleit bourbon. |
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"Talisker 10 years, should only be around £30 but beats the more expensive ones in my opinion.
As its an island malt it has a pepper taste to it."
I love Talisker. Talisker storm isn't bad either.  |
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Asian whiskies are doing quite well now and can out-do most ‘popular’ scotch malts!
Try Kavalan single malt (it’s my favourite), but expect to pay around 60 to 200 a bottle... |
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"Talisker 10 years, should only be around £30 but beats the more expensive ones in my opinion.
As its an island malt it has a pepper taste to it.
I love Talisker. Talisker storm isn't bad either. "
I like storm and Skye but the original just beats them for me.
Only talisker I dont like is special reserve. I find its to strong tasting. |
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"Talisker 10 years, should only be around £30 but beats the more expensive ones in my opinion.
As its an island malt it has a pepper taste to it.
I love talisker"
Another vote for talisker. Get the most aged one you can afford and give someone’s mouth a party  |
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Like wine or champagne just because it's ridiculously expensive doesn't make it better.
Anyway, Highland Park or Laphroaig are excellent choices but Lidl Speyside single malt is less than £20, very peaty and hardly distinguishable from more expensive named brands.  |
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"Not a big whiskey drinker but when I do prefer Irish..
A red breast or the other Jameson name escapes me..
Like a glenlossie.
Being patriotic Penderyn anyone...? "
Going senile.. Memory loss
Other Irish enjoy is Crested ten |
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"Suntory Hakushu is worth a look for you dont like peat and smoke.
Some bourbons are a great alternative too (try Blantons Gold)"
For the bourbon drinkers Lidl's Western old is surprisingly good for £13....don't be tempted by the 6 year old reserve though, its disgusting.
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When I was a dumb 15 year old teenager at Christmas. I took a gulp of my fathers bell's whisky, immediately after I thought. Yuck what this shit. So I spat it out on the coal fire. Whoosh  later my mum say's ''how did you singe your eye lashes eyebrows and hair'' um um um um I don't know.  |
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Ardbeg 10 is my standard, really like Talisker and Lagavulin
Everyday whisky is a Highland Park 12 or 18
I have been a member of the Malt Whisky Society in Leith for a while and love tasting notes they produce.
Have a few cask strength specials and limited editions. I drink them neat with no ice as that just kills the flavour. Cask strength I open up with a drop of water.
I agree wholeheartedly about the Japanese Whisky there are some excellent examples, I like the Yamazaki (suntory) particularly
The great thing is there are so many you can try a new one every day.
Anyone else buy the Whisky Bible by Jim Murray? |
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"Ardbeg 10 is my standard, really like Talisker and Lagavulin
Everyday whisky is a Highland Park 12 or 18
I have been a member of the Malt Whisky Society in Leith for a while and love tasting notes they produce.
Have a few cask strength specials and limited editions. I drink them neat with no ice as that just kills the flavour. Cask strength I open up with a drop of water.
I agree wholeheartedly about the Japanese Whisky there are some excellent examples, I like the Yamazaki (suntory) particularly
The great thing is there are so many you can try a new one every day.
Anyone else buy the Whisky Bible by Jim Murray? "
This is an honest question, does Rye whiskey count? |
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"I only drink Black Bush, unless I'm in The Maverick, then it's Red Bush because they never have Black."
never been in the Maverick . ask for the malt if no black they might have it.
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"I only drink Black Bush, unless I'm in The Maverick, then it's Red Bush because they never have Black. never been in the Maverick . ask for the malt if no black they might have it."
I quite like the Red Bush but I'll try the malt next time, if they have it |
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"I own a bit of land at Laphroaig on Islay. So my choice would have to be - a fine bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask... lovely smokey toffee... but without the smoke getting in your eyes or toffee pulling your fillings and crowns off.
Preferably sipped after a tray of smoked salmon, smoked trout, oatcakes and a salad at the Lochside Hotel in Bowmore. Teasing a large glass down as the sun sinks in the West out over Loch Indaal,,,"
Sounds like a perfect evening... |
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"Ardbeg 10 is my standard, really like Talisker and Lagavulin
Everyday whisky is a Highland Park 12 or 18
I have been a member of the Malt Whisky Society in Leith for a while and love tasting notes they produce.
Have a few cask strength specials and limited editions. I drink them neat with no ice as that just kills the flavour. Cask strength I open up with a drop of water.
I agree wholeheartedly about the Japanese Whisky there are some excellent examples, I like the Yamazaki (suntory) particularly
The great thing is there are so many you can try a new one every day.
Anyone else buy the Whisky Bible by Jim Murray?
This is an honest question, does Rye whiskey count?"
I would personally say yes it does, we all have our own taste , just like here, and certainly many of the industry magazines and books say very good things about it.
That said, it wouldn’t be my first choice. |
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