18 year old single malt .

[Stubby]

11 minutes ago, Conor Wright said:

 

No wonder we need things that actually improve with age!

Phew ! I feel I have some worth again ! 😁

[Mike Hill]

What Whisky I like depends on my mood.

 

I agree with Andy that JW Green lable is great for the money,Aberlour 18 is nice.I think I have tasted a 25 from them too.

 

At the end of the Day Whisky is 40% Alcohol  and 60% bullshit.

 

I went to loads of Whisky tastings before covid,mainly to try different stuff but the real entertainment is tossers trying to outdo each other with descriptions. 

 

" I detect notes of smokey wet granite and burnt tweed" etc

 

 

[Stubby]

5 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

What Whisky I like depends on my mood.

 

I agree with Andy that JW Green lable is great for the money,Aberlour 18 is nice.I think I have tasted a 25 from them too.

 

At the end of the Day Whisky is 40% Alcohol  and 60% bullshit.

 

I went to loads of Whisky tastings before covid,mainly to try different stuff but the real entertainment is tossers trying to outdo each other with descriptions. 

 

" I detect notes of smokey wet granite and burnt tweed" etc

 

 

Understood mike . I gave a work mate a small ( decanted ) bottle of Aberlour 18 year old and he said it was like " liquid Christmas pudding " 🙂 He was completely wrong of course as there was no sixpence 

Edited April 10, 2021 by Stubby

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

@trigger_andy has just commented on this kind of thing on a different thread.

I believe Big J knows his stuff as well, can’t tag him for some reason.

 

Like @Johnsond, I nearly killed myself with whisky when I was a young pup, and can just about tolerate it 3 decades later.

I’d quite like to rediscover some nice single malts to enjoy as a sipping drink.

 

Rather than drinking nearly 2 bottles of Grouse at a house party and falling asleep in a bath.

Which was quite handy because I spewed and pissed myself.

Well I did the same but in a cell in the guardroom at pirbright, woke up in the morning to the screaming voice of the provost Colour Sergeant, spent the next 4 hrs being beasted around the barracks with a floor polishing bumper above my head.  

[Stubby]

9 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

Well I did the same but in a cell in the guardroom at pirbright, woke up in the morning to the screaming voice of the provost Colour Sergeant, spent the next 4 hrs being beasted around the barracks with a floor polishing bumper above my head.  

Try telling that to the youth of today ! 🙂

[gary112]

There,s probably not many 18yr old single malts that i would turn my nose up at(drunk far too much over the years), but i did enjoy Talisker. I might get slated for this but there is also an Irish whiskey that i really enjoyed and that is Tullamore Dew,it used to be my go to bottle of an evening,in saying that i,ve now gone 4yrs without alcohol. 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

What are peoples preferences and if possible explain what it is you like about them .  I am no  "cnosser 😁" but am quite partial to Aberlour  18 year old . Its from Speyside  so the water is peaty amongst lots of other flavors  . I can get it for £104 for a 50cl bottle ( Amazon and much cheaper than other places ) . I have heard Highland Park has good revues and is a similar price . It looks a paler whisky than the Aberlour .    

Went for the Aberlour in the end, guy was more than happy with that. 

[Dbikeguy]

Nikka from the barrel and Coffey malt are my fav two at the minute, Japanese, slightly sweeter than Scottish whiskies.
Highland park i have 2 of too. Sheepdip is a good cheap easy drinker

[Con]

Does anyone else own a 2ft square plot of land on the isle of islay? I got one free with a bottle of laphraig many years ago! Just thought if anyone else got one we could join plots and maybe pitch a very small tent or something 😁

[trigger_andy]

Does anyone else own a 2ft square plot of land on the isle of islay? I got one free with a bottle of laphraig many years ago! Just thought if anyone else got one we could join plots and maybe pitch a very small tent or something [emoji16]

Got a couple somewhere. I added them to my collection of land on the Moon, about as likely I own either. 🤣