Whiskey advice please

Anonymous

i drank some glenlivet 12 yo the other week and it was exceptional. would definately buy a bottle of that in the near future.

im going to get some bushmills and i really want to find a place that sells johnnie walker gold label out of the freezer for a tasting as it is the supposed correct way to drink it.

Northwind

Long thread but; If you like Jamesons try Talisker, it's not the same but there's similarities in character, if you like one you're likely to like the other. Plus it's not massively expensive yet still seems to be acceptable with whisky posers.

LoUiS1985

sheeps....have you tried Glenmorangie - Nectar D'or ??

i've a feeling you'd rather like that.....


...or for a reasonable cheap, fairly peaty dram....try black grouse....pretty good too

Anonymous

northwind, i keep seeing talisker all over the place but i was lead to believe it would be a bit of an aquired taste, i will definately give it a try

louis, i havent tried that version of glenmorangie, i have the 10 year old which i love very much. i'll have a look out for it.
i dont think i like peaty whisky, would highland park 12yo be considered "peaty"? i have tried that and didnt like it at all.

LoUiS1985

Highland park, IMO, is very much inbetween. It has a fairly smooth taste with a slightly peaty note mingled in, if that makes sense. My mate drinks highland Park 12 yo and i rather enjot it with a dash of water or an ice cube, it seems to intensify the flavour.

if you're looking for an 'all-rounder', you won't go far wrong with Highland Park 12 yo

Anonymous

so, i tried some more whisky this weekend

the balvenie double wood
talisker
laphroaig
highland park 12yo (i know ive tried it before but thought i would see if i felt differently these days)

the highland park was nicer than i remember but i wouldnt buy a bottle.

the talisker and laphroaig were awful, the laphroaog especially so, it was like drinking spicy sea water and TCP!

the balvenie double wood was so delicious, i couldnt believe how good it was, could have just smelled it for an hour! tasted very similar to my current fave which is abelour 10yo,

im going to buy a bottle and drink it to decide which i prefer, should be a fun experiment.

here i am enjoying it very much



edit: just read through the thread again and saw i was recommended the balvennie ages back, thanks to those folk, it is exactly as described and bloomin lovely also, the description further back in the thread of laphroaig tasting like TCP was very accurate!!

Happy Harry

I haven't gone back through the whole thread although from what I've seen there are some very knowledgeable drinkers here! I've always enjoyed drinking whisky but as I've got older it's become increasingly difficult to avoid debilitating hangovers from it

But what I wanted to say was don't overlook the Japanese whiskies. As with everything else the Japanese take a liking to, they take it apart and rebuild it better. Some of their whiskies beat top Scottish ones in blind tastings. I find them very smooth and full bodied. And people will be very impressed by the air of global sophistication you'd generate with a bottle of this on the table in front of you. http://www.thedrinkshop.com/products/nlpdetail.php?prodid=1795&afwinid=90909

After all, they use sherry casks for maturation and flavour, the same as in Scotland.

Anonymous

thats a good tip, someone else did recommend japanese whisky.

i have tried one type but i dont know if it was the pure malt or the single malt, the bottle looks similar to me but which ever it was, i really liked, a bit strong tasting but nice all the same.

i might try it again and see what i think now i have tried a few different scottish variants.

as it happens i was wondering why folk are so dismisive of whisky from countries other than scotland, is it snobbery in the same way as folk immediately dismiss blends?

i really want to try the welsh stuff (el cap send me some of yours please) and will search out some more japanese versions.

Anonymous

wife RE bought me some johnnie walker blue label on her return from india, it is bleeding well delicious, i dont know if i would stretch to a full bottle (this one is a 200ml version) but it is so nice im not sure i can resist. flippin pricey though.

El Capitano

You tried Penderyn Welsh Whiskey?

Anonymous

i havent yet, i like the idea of it but didnt get to the pub last time i was in wales so havent found it anywhere i have been yet.

i quite like the idea of it though, just out of interest

Richie63

Talisker while sitting on a Scottish beach this next week for me and if I can do it a driftwood fire to complement the drinks wonderful smokey peaty taste.

Jimbob_no5

found a new laphroaig thats in the booze shop in thurso, cask strength 67% if i remember rightly

Northwind

Jimbob_no5 wrote:

found a new laphroaig thats in the booze shop in thurso, cask strength 67% if i remember rightly

Ah well, at least it'll get you drunk faster so you'll stop noticing it tastes like 3-in-1 oil.

Surprised you didn't like the Talikser Sheeps, to be fair most folks don't, it's a bit, eh... unsubtle? but I'd've thought a Jamesons drinker'd take to it. Ah well, I know bugger all about whisky apparently

Anonymous

i couldnt bear it.

thats probably a bit unfair, i could drink it if offerred to be polite but i would never choose it.

suppose thats one of the most interesting things about whisky is that it is so varied and loads of people like different things about it.

CraigXXL

Have you tried the Bushmills yet in it's many variations?

Anonymous

i havent yet, next time i see it i will give it a go.

Bobhellen

the other thing you need to try sheeps is Blair Athol that my regular drink but i have like 50 defrant bottels depending on the flavor i want

Cleat Eastwood

if you're ever in da pool pay a vist to the monroe, just round the corner from the jac, used to be an arl mans pub but theyve doen it up and it has a mighty fine selection of whiskys.

nicklouse

I tried some Yamazaki on Friday.

Dont bother.

Anonymous

the monroe, ive never been there but i did stand outside it watching a stage at the mathew street festival whilst eating chipsand thinking it looked a bit nice for the street we were standing on., i pretty much always visit the jac (and always drink bud in there) so will definately have a go in there.

thenarrowwizard

My shelfs a bit bare at the minute
down to a laphroaig a bowmore and a glenffidich

I wouldn't reccommend the two Islays to you as they wouldn't be to your taste but you may like the glenfiddich you could also give Isle of Jura a try I think you'd enjoy it

Also I cant praise the Suntory Yamazaki 12yo highly enough

For an interesting read check out iain banks' raw spirit, a book about whisky written by a master storyteller

Bred2shred

This christmas i will be mostly drinking this

We seem to have a similar palate for whisky sheeps, my top 3 at the moment being the Balvenie double wood 12y, Glenfiddich 18y and Glenlivet 18y.

I think the Glenfarclas will be right up my street.

Anonymous

current shelf is


blue label
black label
jameson
jameson 12yo
12 yo glenlivet
12 yo glenfiddich
10yo glenmorangie.
10yo abelour

so 4 blends, 4 single malts. i reckon my fave out of the lot is the abelour at the moment.

on the wish list is

balvennie double wood
bushmills 10yo

Bred2shred

Aberlour is a lovley dram and i think you'll enjoy the balvenie, tesco seem to have it on special fairly often.

Pay day on friday so i think i'll treat myself.

Anonymous

Bred2shred wrote:

Aberlour is a lovley dram and i think you'll enjoy the balvenie, tesco seem to have it on special fairly often.

Pay day on friday so i think i'll treat myself.

yeah i tried some a short while back and it was amazing. i had a look in the booze aisle last night and it was 28 quid for a bottle so i might well treat myself.

welshkev

i'll buy you a bottle of penderyn welsh whiskey. it's really nice

saying that, i'm sure they sell it in rhyl

Anonymous

twas last tim ein rhyl when i didnt go to the boozer so never got the chance to try it. they sell it in tesco round here and i was sorely tempted to buy som elast night but i will wait till ive tried a whisky until i buy it.

welshkev

i got given a bottle of the penderyn single malt (about £45 i think!) and the gf's dad and uncle came around and drunk it all while i was out...feckers :evil:

Boy Lard

I try not to drink whiskey too much these days, when I was going through 2-3 bottles a week I decided it was time to stop.

Only got a few left in at the moment, plus a couple of blends.

Glenturret 10 year old - very sweet, nice after dinner
Glenlivet 15 year old - very nice
Glenfiddich 12 yo
Glenfiddich 15 yo - all bought as presents. OK but not 'individual' enough for my liking
Glenfiddich 18 yo I like my whiskey like my music, I like it to try something a bit different.
Bushmills 18 yo - One of my favourites atm
Chivas Regal - My Dad's favoutie, very smooth blend
Monkey Shoulder - another blend, not as smooth as Chivas, nice to drink when I'm not concentrating on the whiskey.
Glen Moray - probably my favourite 'everyday' whiskey, very gentle, slightly perfumed.
Talisker 12 yo (cask strength) - at 67%abv needs watering down to really appreciate it (but there again, I do that with most malts I drink). Think this was a limited edition or something, Dad got it for me, tastes more peaty than normal, little bit course, very enjoyable.

That's my lot atm. Always best to enjoy with someone else who appreciates them. Shame I've stopped smoking, always enjoyed a cigar with a nice whiskey.