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I have not a great experience about, but I like very much the talisker
Posted 29 months ago.
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Jura 21 year old is mine
Caol ila is also a pretty fine malt :P
Posted 29 months ago.
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There's so many. But if I had to pick one, and without spending a fortune, I'd probably pick Springbank 10 year old. Local barley and everything from malting to bottling is done on one site, no fancy technology either, just great Whisky made the old way, and it shows when you taste it. A fabulous dram.
Posted 29 months ago.
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Ardbeg "uigeadail". The best of the best. So peaty and smoky.
Heavenly drink...
Posted 28 months ago.
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Oh, I love Ardbeg but I have not tried the "Uigedail" version of it yet. I thought about it the other day when I was going to buy a whisky but settled for the less expensive Caol Ila instead.
Posted 28 months ago.
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Caol Ila is very nice, but I'm trying not to buy any Diageo produced whisky.
Ardbeg Uigeadail is excellant. Ardbeg is owned by Moet and Chandon.
Posted 28 months ago.
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Technically it's LVMH*, but you're close.
(*Moët Hennessy • Louis Vuitton S.A., if you're not in the business)
Posted 28 months ago.
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www.lvmh.com/
I still happy to buy Ardbeg and Glenmorangie have done a great job of saving the distillery and reviving a great whisky.
I try to avoid any Diageo brands, they have little respect for the heritage of their products and no respect whatsoever for their hard working and loyal employees. Nor do they allow visitors to take photographs in their distilleries.
Posted 28 months ago.
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I like The Balvenie Portwood aged 21 Years as a favourite. I'm not much for the peaty single malts. They taste of ashtray to my mouth, but I can apreciate what others see in it.
Posted 24 months ago.
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I enjoy my Bells
Posted 24 months ago.
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Guess what, I'll have to say Port Ellen, preferrably around 15years old, Cask strenght and from a refilled hogshead. So darn difficult to find though.
@nick the klick: I think your whisky Bells have not started ringing yet, open up to the more expensive stuff once and a while, you will see it is worth it.
Posted 24 months ago.
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Bought a bottle of Port Ellen years ago. Rather nice it was. Would be worth a small fortune now. Won't be buying another though, it's all about elitism and rarity now, you'll do much better for much much less cash. I drink the stuff, I don't collect.
The only think wrong with Bells is that it is made by Diageo.
Try Grants or for an everyday blend that's a wee bit different Black Bottle.
There's plenty of good basic blended whisky out there. And when you do splash out a bit more on a single malt or vatted dram you'll appreciate so much more.
Posted 24 months ago.
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Sorry, to disagree with Port Ellen being all about elitism and rarity now. The last bottle I bought (26y) was the price of a Talisker 25y, which is very good too. I agree at those prices you need to stick to the known bottlers, find a review on the internet, be nuts about it or best of all taste upfront. It is not for your first whisky, you need to overflow of enthusiasm already.
Yes I agree that for 1/3 of the price you can also enjoy a dram very much like an Aberlour A'bunadh, 12y Sherry Macallen, Glenmorangie 'Nectar d'Or' , Ardbeg 10yo ...
Port Ellen is pretty a unique dram, as most drams are. I happen to prefer this one.
Sadly Port Ellen is less and less accessible to a larger public, but this is also true for other beautiful drams like St Magdalene or Rosebank.
For those missing Brora, try Clynelish if you haven't already.
Elitism for me is an other category, it is Black Bowmore, Macallan 1950 - 52 Years, etc...
Posted 24 months ago.
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Not at all.
Yeah I just looked up the price of Talisker 25 (Diageo again), and yup they are having a laugh. 136 quid from my favourite Whisky retailer.
For example you could get a bottle of Ben Riach 20 year old for 42 quid. Different drams but both are at the top of their game.
For those that don't know, the reason that Port Ellen is 'less and less accessible to a larger public' is that the distillery was mothballed in 1983 and has not produced anything since. It's now very rare and that is reflected in it's price.
And it is all a matter of price, if you are relaxed about spending a few hundred quid per bottle then go ahead. But if you can push 40 or 50 quid a bottle and you pick carefully you'll be sampling some finest Whisky out there.
Sadly Clynelish is in Diageo hands, but yes it's a fine and unique dram.
And at 25 quid, you just can't ignore Springbank 10 year old, seriously I don't think I've tasted better. There's a lot of bull shite involved in selling Whisky.
Posted 24 months ago.
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I find that it very much depends on the mood I'm in.
However as the funds are limited and whisky is expensive here (New Zealand) I find myself limited to the less expensive varieties of Ardbeg at around $100.
Posted 24 months ago.
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I tried Port Ellen last fall. I got a 2 cl glass and enjoyed it for about an hour.
The smell was heavenly. I could just sniff the glass and be happy about it.
The taste while nice was not as special as the smell I thought.
I would never buy a bottle of Port Ellen it is too expensive but it was interesting to try it at least once.
Posted 24 months ago.
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Springbank 10 year old goes very expensive here, I have some bottles from a private bottling, cask strength and indeed a very nice dram.
And yes the Whisky sellers are having a laugh. I bought some premium Cognac, very old and come to a price that is easily only a quarter of that of equivalent Whisky.
Wait till the Chinese start loving and buying it, prices will not go down I fear.
Guess I'm lucky to have collected Port Ellen in the last years and yes the budget per bottle is getting ridiculous for the quality in it.
Posted 24 months ago.
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I'd go for Lagavullin 18 years! Simply love it! It's a bit expensive though.
Posted 20 months ago.
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Vince,
Lucky indeed! I have saved up for bottles of PE for my last two birthdays and bought from the year of my birth (79) bottled at 29yrs.
Amazing stuff...wish I could continue this tradition but it just keeps getting harded to justify the cost with so many other great bottles out there. Definitely my favorite dram!
Posted 20 months ago.
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Ardbeg all the way!!!
Posted 18 months ago.
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In no particular order:
Chivas Regal
McAllans
Glenfiddich
Talisker
Snow Grouse
Black Grouse
JW Black Label
Had a bottle of Laphriog a couple of Christmases ago and to start with I tasted like creosote but by the time the bottle was finished I had acquired quite a taste for it.
I then went back to Glenfiddich and it was like drinking water.
Posted 17 months ago.
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Had a bottle of Aberlour A'bunadh a year or so ago. It was great although at 59.6% alcohol we were leery about smoking around it. The link is to a review and the reviews are bang on. The smell of alcohol would be overpowering when putting lips to glass but once in your mouth it was wonderful. Sadly can't seem to find it in Ontario lately. Seems to me it was a good price but then the LCBO may have been clearing it out.
Posted 16 months ago.
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Aberlour A'bunadh comes in different versions, but the ones I tasted were certainly excellent price / quality bottles.
Laphroaig 10y can be brutal and limited to some occasions, however in older versions like 15y it gets a lot more subtle and refined.
Posted 15 months ago.
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Hello everbody,
here is Aydin from Germany.
I love Bowmore 12 and Glenfiddich 15.
Posted 14 months ago.
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Hi there, asking a Scotsman what his favourite whisky is, its like asking how long is a piece of string.
My favourite depends on my mood and the company, it varies on a day to day basis.
Posted 12 months ago.
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"My favourite depends on my mood and the company"
Yeah I hate it when a sales man tries to put you in a box, I drink from Littlemill over Linkwood and Glengoyne, Oban, Hibiki, ... to Laphroaig 10y. It just depends what I feel like.
Posted 12 months ago.
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+1 for Lagavulin, which in this part of the world (the US) only comes in the 16 year variety. But if I may lower the tone of this discussion by mentioning a (GASP!) blended whisky, I have to say that Johnny Walker Blue is to die for.
Posted 12 months ago.
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Cragganmore, Jura (prophecy/superstition) and Macallan are favorite at the moment.
Also DannyBoy (Irish) and Monkey shoulder are lovely to drink. And also my Glenfiddich Snow Phoenix, but that became quite expensive, as there is limited supply.
Posted 11 months ago.
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I just started tasting whisky, but my favorite so far is the Macallan 12 or 18 year... love the chocolate orange flavor!
Posted 3 months ago.
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SPRINGBANK, LONGROW & HAZELBURN, oh and not forgetting KILKERRAN !!!
www.flickr.com/photos/stickywilly/6917509249/in/set-72157...
Posted 3 months ago.
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Hi, all, this is Emma, a new hand here.
Posted 2 weeks ago.
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