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"Øyvind Skjervold" skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@news.broadpark.no...

Hi The selection is mildly uninspiring, but if you are a complete newbie to whiskies there are some you'll want to try to get a feeling of the variations. Others may be a bit overwhelming to the uneducated palate, but I'll promise you that an initial schock will be replaced by a craving of more of the same stuff. :-) The Famous Grouse is a nice starting point, imho. The Glenlivet is a typical highland malt, once regarded as the best of them all and should sit well with a beginner. The Laphroaig, the Ardbeg and the Lagavulin are all Islay malts from the west coast with a high content of peat, salt, tar, iodine and smoke - very popular with many in the know. Those cheaper than the Famous Grouse should be avoided, imho. However, you may want to try a glass of each at a bar, first, without ice or water, to get a feeling with whether you like it or not and then buy a bottle. Happy drinking! Anders

Please note that whiskey with an e refers to most other whiskies other than Scotch which is spelled whisky.

You need to be more specific, Are you looking for single malt whiskies. If you're looking to drink them, then start with well known brands at the cheaper end until you see where your preference lies, then perhaps go up in price on your favourites

Roger

Hei Øyvind,

You should try this i-net shop instead :

They have a much better sellection of whiskeys, ep. single malts..

Any one here tried the "Mic Mac Whiskey" advertised on the first site shown in this tread?... Got one from a client, at nerw years, one sip and I just had to pour it down the drain. This is the sort of s*it that gives whisky a bad name...

As for a selection, You should not base it on price, but well on the tonal pallet of tastes. Get one of Mike Jacksons books or similar to get an overview of the pallet, then try a few to hone in on what is appealing to your teate budds!

Myself, I'm an Ardberg personality 8^)

/ptr

my first post here!

Hi ptr!

That shop looked interesting! Have you ordered anything from them, and did it work out safe and sound? As Øyvind, I live in Norway (not EU). You too?

Gunnar

"ptr" skrev i melding news:y%are.140093$ snipped-for-privacy@newsc.telia.net...

Hei,

Nope, I'm in Sweden. Yes I've ordered there two times without any problems. I orderd the 1991 Murray McDavid Ardberg (60 euro) and a bottle of Penderyn (51 euro) the last time, haven't tried the Penderyn yet, but the Ardbeg was exelent!

I belive that when the "deliver" to Norway, You actally have to pick up Your order on the other side of the border...

ha de/ptr

Thanks a lot for the info! Well, I can live with a little trip to Sweden once in a while :^)

Gunnar

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Glad to see you straying "off topic" with the Penderyn. That's distilled in Wales about 30 miles from where I live, and is the only whisky distillery in the UK, as opposed to Bushmills which produces whiskey. The distillery has only been open 8 years, so there's no independent bottlings yet, and nothing of any age. so Penderyn is actually rather expensive so far.

Roger

Interesting Roger. I have never heard of this before. It kind of wakes up an interest in me. I have sampled Ilse of Man whisky before. Manx Whisky I believe its called, but cannot remember too well. It was at a whisky fest here in The Netherlands a few years ago. The Manx whisky ( if thats its real name) was as clear as Gin. It had no colour to it at all. So I guess if thats still in production, then there are more whisk(e)y destilleries in the U.K. But Isle of Man has some kind of special status does it not? Anyway could you share some tasting notes on the Penderyn please? My curiosity is awakened.

Peace,

Jock

Big headline on the website says they ship to Norway.

"SleepyWeevil" skrev i melding news:6rmre.562$Zt.346@okepread05...

Yeah, but then you'll have to pay taxes at the customs office - steep ones...! Anders

I haven't bought the Pandering yet... I tried some 5 year old at a tasting about 4 years ago.. felt it to be immature.. not as rounded as the 5yo Lochranza which was available at roughly the same time.

the Celtic Malt website

The Isle of Man has never had a legal whiskey distillery and the closest anyone ever got to distilling whiskey on the island is when the Glen Kella distillery started re-distilling Scotch whisky and bottling it as 'Manx White Whiskey'. Following a court ruling, it is now marketed as 'Manx Spirit'.

There was a "Wisgi Cymraeg (Welsh Whisky) market some years back, but it was an average malt blended with herbs in Wales, and so misnamed.

Roger

Here's what Serge (whiskyfun) wrote, if that can be of interest:

Gunnar

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Gunnar Thormodsaeter

Reading what Serge writes it seems like buying a bottle of Penderyn might have been a mistake, he discribes the kind of pallet that would make one's tongue want to go into hiding... I think I'll leve the bottle on display for the time beeing, it is nicely designed anyway..

/ptr

Hmm part of it reminded of Bladnoch. That cant be bad:-)

Peace,

Jock

Bastards!

We tasted Penderyn in Wales a few months ago. As I mentioned here at the time, it tasted much more of anise than of any flavor usually associated with whisky. In a blind tasting, I'd never have identified it as a whisky -- I'd have thought it was a liqoeur.

-- Larry

Give it a few more years. Don't forget their water is probably filtering through sheep s*it at some stage. We have a few sheep in Wales

Roger

Still, if you check out Serge's link to "Celtic Malts" just above the Penderyn article, you'll find another opinion. Tasting and what you appriciate will have to be a highly subjective matter, though. And getting to taste the first welsh whisky distilled in more than 100 years must be a happening anyway?

Gunnar

"ptr" skrev i melding news:9jvre.27240$ snipped-for-privacy@newsb.telia.net...

Well Roger, they do have a few sheep up north as well so their droppings can't be all that bad!

I'll be having a testing with some friend on midsummer eve, I guess We'll crack it open then..

/ptr