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Thread: Single Malt Scotch.
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02-24-2021, 08:17 AM #426guy who skis
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I'm a big fan of Lagavulin 16. Getting pretty pricy and hard to find though. I've been happy with Talisker Storm as a cheap, more everyday alternative. Has the smoke and salt but not the oil or medicine.
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02-24-2021, 02:04 PM #427
Try the Distillers Edition of the Lagavulin. It's a 16 year single malt aged in sherry casks. I actually like it more than the regular 16 yr.
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02-24-2021, 02:15 PM #428
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02-24-2021, 03:41 PM #429
I’ve tried a couple bottles, about ~15 years apart and never loved it. That’s the way I feel about all the DEs, so take that for what it’s worth.
I never regret a pour of the classic 16. It’s so good. We don’t see the 12 here but I expect to pick up a bottle this summer as I’m (hopefully) able to travel a little more.
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02-24-2021, 03:51 PM #430
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02-24-2021, 03:58 PM #431
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02-24-2021, 04:06 PM #432
I haven’t made it to Islay yet. Hopefully in the next few years after COVID. I’ve visited Oban and Tobermory but whisky wasn’t the main focus of my time in Scotland (back then).
No argument with a good NAS. Corryvrecken, for example.
Re: the Abelour discussion above, I’ve since picked up the 16 and an A’bundah. While I’m an Islay fan at heart, these are good.
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02-24-2021, 04:11 PM #433
Agreed 100% on Corryvreckan. One of my favorite bottles of all time. Also agreed on wanting to go to Scotland/Islay.
Aberlour A'Bunadh CAN be out of this world, but I've had at least one release that tasted like nail polish. Also if you can find their non chill filtered 12year that's a real treat.
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02-24-2021, 04:51 PM #434Registered User
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We have a group that has put together a Whiskey Advent Calendar the last 4 years. A friend organizes it, it's 24 guys that all put in $150 (was $100 the first year I think) and he pools that money and buys 25 bottles. We've all got small glass bottles he organized for the pouring, split up the bottles and get to try 25 different bottles for the price of one. He's put together some amazing lists. Not all single malts.
2020 List
Nikka Miyagikyo Single Malt
Nikka Yoichi Single Malt
Gooderham and Worts 11 Souls
Central City Lohin and McKinnon Peated
Pike Creek 21 yo Oloroso
Kaiyo Peated
Alberta Premium Cask Strength
EH Taylor Straight Rye Bottled in Bond
Jefferson's Ocean KWM Single Barrel
Redbreast 15
Kornog Olorosso
Clonakilty Double Oak
Ardbeg Wee Beastie
Puni Sole
Jack Wiebers Classic of Islay #3
Bruichladdich Links XI
Compass Box GKS Glasgow KWM Cask
Kavalan Solist Port Cask
Highland Park Twisted Tattoo
Amrut Portonova
Kilchoman PX Single Cask
Kilkerran Heavily Peated Batch 2
Compass Box No Name #2
SMWS 73.114 Total eclipse of oloroso
Bruichladdich Octomore 10.2
2019 List
Super Nikka
The Koshi-No Shinobu
Junenmyo Red Label Japanese Blend
IW Harper Bourbon
Iwai Tradition
Shelter Point Rye KWM Cask
Two Brewers Release 12 Peated
Basil Haydens Dark Rye
Caldera Hurricane 5
Kilkerran Heavily Peated
Powers Signature Reserve
Kornog Roc'h Hir
Compass Box The Spaniard
Jack Daniels Single Barrel
Arbeg Drum
Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique
Port Charlotte MRC:01
Dingle Single Malt
SMWS 10.161
North Star Vega 1990 28Year Blended Malt
SMWS 4.242
Compass Box The Circle
Glen Scotia 1999 KWM Cask No. 359
Amrut KWM Jaggery Rum Cask 317 60%
Bruichladdich Octomore 9.1
2018 List
Russels reserve 10 year old
Bernheim Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey
CENTRAL CITY - LOHIN MCKINNON CHOCOLATE MALT WHISKY
Bearface 7 year old triple oak
Makers Mark 46
Ridgemont 1792 Single Barrel
Nikka From the Barrel
Amrut Fusion
Kavalan Sherry Soloist
Nikka Coffey Malt
Kornog Sauternes Cask Single Malt Whisky
Jameson Black Barrel
Bowmore No. 1
Bushmills 10 year Black Bush
Ledaig 10
Red Breast 12 Year old
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10 Year Second
Old Pulteney 12
Ardbeg Grooves
Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or
SMWS 53.244
The Arran Amarone
Lagavulin 12 year old Natural Cask
Aberlour Abundah
Bruichladdich Octomore 10 Second Edition
2017 List
Nikka Coffey Malt
Suntory Hibiki
Fallen Gravity Kentucky Bourbon
Central City Lohin McKinnon Canada 150
Shelter Point French Oak Double Barrel
Century Distillers 20 year Ninety
Knob Creek - Rye Small Batch
Makers Mark 46
Ridgemont Reserve 1792 8 year old
Sazerac 6 year old
Nomad - Outland
Warenghem Armorik Classic Single Malt
Midleton Green Spot
Writers Tears Pot Still
Penderyn - Single Malt Madeira Finish
Glendronach Batch 5
Dalmore 15
BENRIACH - 10 YEAR OLD CURIOSITAS
Glenfarclas 105
Talisker 10
Bruichladdich Cuvee 382 (21 year old)
Bunnahabhain 12
Laphroaig Quarter Cask
Ardbeg An Oa
Octomore 7.4
Some interesting standouts for me personally are the Amrut from India and Kornog from France, neither spots that come to mind for whiskey.
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02-24-2021, 05:16 PM #435
I’m no scotch expert. But I don’t recognize 80+% of what’s on your lists. I tip my glass at whoever is doing your research and purchasing!
My wife bought me one of those prepackaged scotch advent calendars when they first started hitting the market. It was a great gift but nothing at all comparable to what your group is putting together!
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02-24-2021, 06:52 PM #436
A lot of it isn’t Scotch. All whiskey/whisky though and certainly worth drinking.
So I am really becoming a fan of Famous Grouse Smokey Black. I just like it. It’s blended but oh well. It’s good.
Wife bought me a Bruechlacdichochodjjdich Islay Malt for Christmas. It’s good but not my jam.
I need to try Dalmore and duh Laga 16 is royalty."Let's be careful out there."
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02-24-2021, 07:41 PM #437
Coffey Grain has been a benchmark in our household for a few years. Same with their gin.
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02-24-2021, 07:43 PM #438
I'm really enjoying The Dalmore 15 and recently finished a bottle the The Dalmore 12. I do wish they weren't proofed down to 40%, but they still have plenty of flavor.
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02-25-2021, 08:48 AM #439guy who skis
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Shirk if you need any more buyers you're welcome to take my money.
How's the Lagavulin 8? Considered it the other day but picked up Ardberg 10 instead.
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02-25-2021, 09:04 AM #440
if you have a trader joe's next to you you should check out their $19 or $21 or whatever house islay called "finlaggan reserve". there is tons of speculation that it is either a 6 year Laguvulin or a young ardbeg:
https://scotchnoob.com/2011/09/26/fi...n-old-reserve/
whatever it is, it's good and cheap and nicely fills the role of "bar scotch".
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02-25-2021, 10:33 AM #441Registered User
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You would be about 400th in line. I think we've had two people change in the 4 years so it's going to take awhile.
How we do the pour.
It's a brilliant idea, thankful for an engineering geek friend that's a whiskey lover and set's it all up and goes to crazy lengths to find and track down unique bottles.
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02-25-2021, 02:30 PM #442
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02-26-2021, 12:28 PM #443
Our scotch prices here are insane and cost of shipping doesn't really make ordering online any better. I have given up and just started drink JW Black or even the red.
"We had nice 3 days in your autonomous mountain realm last weekend." - Tom from Austria (the Rax ski guy)
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02-28-2021, 11:55 AM #444
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03-15-2021, 10:02 PM #445
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03-16-2021, 05:20 AM #446Banned
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Last time I had a scotch I found myself 20 miles from home with no idea as to how I got there. Haven't touched a drop of hard liquor since, and that was 10 years ago.
Now I'm good with beer and the occasional glass of wine. I will say I loved the smell and taste of it though.
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04-26-2021, 08:53 PM #447
got the gang together for a little photo op, thought I'd line 'em up youngest to oldest
pretty basic taste across a very narrow subsection of scotch, but I'm a big believer in playing homage to the classics before venturing out into more modern flavors
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04-26-2021, 09:25 PM #448
Over the last month or so I've been drinking a lot of Lagavulin 16 and of course Talisker 10 yr. and Storm since Talisker is my favorite distillery so this weekend when I poured myself some Oban 14 and got no peat flavor notes I knew I needed to change regions. When I stick to Islay and other peated whiskies for too long I often dull my pallet and need to expand my tasting range. So I drank Highland scotch this weekend and went with Glenmorangie and a nice 18 year Glenfiddich.
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04-26-2021, 09:32 PM #449
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04-26-2021, 09:37 PM #450
I think that's 100% true. I drink bourbon, rye, Irish, and japanese whiskies to balance that, and then quite a bit of estate produced rum in addition (big fan of aged Bajans and Jamaicans). I just find that when it comes to spending top dollar ($80+) I'm way more interested in anything Islay than Highland or Speyside scotches - the latter share enough overlap with other families of whisk(e)y such that I can scratch that same itch with cheaper alternatives.
Glenfiddich 18 is amazing though.
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