Who's drinking what right now?

A little Old Forester before dinner and then some Famous Grouse or Talisker after dinner with a nice cigar.

Doug Bear Lake Valley, Idaho

snipped-for-privacy@s> I myself have been reaching for these ones lately:

Capturing in this missive on, Thu, 10 Feb 2005, at 17:14:36, with the sparing prose of Rambaud and displaying the suave and sophisticated disposition of Archibald Leach, sgrìobh Doug Stephens

Right now a drop of very young Ardbeg.

Picked this up for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Liked it a lot.

Wasn't the vatted controversy about pretending, at least by appearance, to be a single?

The Lagavulin 12 CS showed up here in B.C. recently and I'm very happy with it.

And an OB Caol Ila 12YO is now available here. Had my first taste a few days ago and it will join the parade of Islays through my cupboard.

cheers.

bill

As Captain Kirk once said, I'm not sure how to take that? And the Klingon replied, It was a compliment Kirk!

Either way I stand by my drink. Tonight it was the Famous Grouse.

Doug

Lachie wrote:

snipped-for-privacy@singleminded.ca wrote in news:1108055595.265045.161660 @o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com:

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What's in my single malt selection: Three different expressions of Caol Ila Dun Bhegan 10 YO Rum finish Signatory Vintage 11 YO Signatory UnChill Filtered 1991 Macallan Cask Strength Trader Joe's Macallan 10 YO (local chain private bottling) Highland Park distillery bottling 12 YO Bruichladdich 15 YO Glen Livet 18 YO

What I'm drinking _right now_ Bruichladdich 15 YO

The Trader Joe's 10 YO Macallans is a bargain at ~USD 20 per 750 ml bottle, so that's my "daily dram." Some of the others have only one or two drams in the bottom of the bottle.

I'm a huge fan of Caol Ila and Highland Park and am never without some of each.

I consider myself a novice at single malt whisky, I've only been into them for about a year,

Hi

I have been enjoying som Sprinbank 100 proof these days and bruichladdich

Beside that I have been looking at bottles nearly empty, trying to finish them. To free up some space. It's a tough job, but someone's gotta do it :-)

Steffen, Denmark

Johnnie Walker Green Label -- A vatted so go ahead, abuse me, but you're the ones missing out ;o)

Compass Box Asyla - A great Anytime blend, uncomplicated sipping pleasure

Glenmorangie Artisan Cask - Not a marketing gimmick, a truly lush and flavourful whisky and clever wood management on the part of Glenmorangie Plc.

Elmer T. Lee -- One of my fave Everday bourbons

Ardbeg Kildalton -- An unpeated twentysomething year old Ardbeg experiment that is jaw dropping, incredible. If you are into Ardbeg for the peat then it is probably not your thing but those who appreciate the underlying genius of Ardbeg will buckle at the knees to taste this one.

Ballantine's 17 Year Old -- I'm freaking out here; I bought this for $29 a couple of years ago and it is now one of my top 5 b blends and now I can't find anywhere for less than US$100. Help!

Talisker 18yo -- An instant classic, highly recommended and no, not a dumbed down version à la Ardbeg 17yo.

Macallan Fine Oak 15yo -- No, I've not been co-opted by the pretty pastel colours, it does drink very well and isn't meant to compare to the sherry line, I think the 10yo is maybe a bit more flavourful and better value for money.

Glen Ord 12 -- Revisited this one in the new square decanter bottle and I like it much better than the older "greener" Ord. Price is way too high now though (CDN$85) for what is just a good, reliable single malt whisky.

That's about it for now, how about you guys?

Johanna

Ardbeg Kildalton -- An unpeated twentysomething year old Ardbeg experiment that is jaw dropping, incredible. If you are into Ardbeg for the peat then it is probably not your thing but those who appreciate the underlying genius of Ardbeg will buckle at the knees to taste this one.

Talisker 18yo -- An instant classic, highly recommended and no, not a dumbed down version à la Ardbeg 17yo.

Johanna

Hello, Johanna,

For me it is always the Islays that count the most, Ardbeg (10 Yr) and Talisker (okay, I know it isn't really an Islay) along with the Laphroaig 10 yr CS and the Laphroaig 30 are all uncorked in my cabinet. Plenty more bottles are there but still sealed waiting for their appointed time. However, I haven't been able to get my hands on the Ardbeg Uigeadail as yet!!

The Ardbeg Kildalton you mention sounds intriguing. I'm willing to bet however that it isn't in the hands of the US distributors, however. Ditto for the Talisker 18 yo.

Dave

sgrìobh Bill Van

Diageo had a hell off a PR problem with Cardhu, they couldn't produce enough for the Spanish market. The decided to vat it and call it Cardow, Grants wanted them thrown out of the malt whisky producers club. For some reason Diageo relented and returned it to a single rather than a vatted malt.

I haven't tried that yet or their 25.

The CI is a nice drop, I am gargling with it regularly at the moment.

Been switching between a'bunadh, Highland Park 12 and Ardbeg 10. It has been cold here in the evenings and all of these warm me up nicely:)

Lew/+Silat PS Hi Nick

skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... I myself have been reaching for these ones lately:

That's about it for now, how about you guys?

Johanna

Bowmore 17 yo -- I bought the bottle almost a year ago, after having tried and become fascinated by the 12 yo. I had a few drams in a couple of days, and decided I was not that impressed. So I filled the remaining 50 cl in two

Gunnar

a la Fast show this week i have mostly been drinking Auchentoshan

sorry, one for the english

Hi Dave,

Sounds like you're managing just fine Dave but the Uigeadail is a real treat and would make a nice addition to your cabinet.

You're right about the Kildalton -- it's a limited, distillery only bottling for the Ardbeg Committee and they don't ship to North America.

Talisker 18 will eventually make its way over here but it does seem to be taking it's time since being launched in the UK last fall. Very much worth the wait, however, if you're a Talisker fan, the 10yo and 18yo make a great pair on the sideboard.

Johanna

skrev i melding news: snipped-for-privacy@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... Hi Just tonight I've compared the Aberlour and the Macallan Elegancia. Pretty much the same, my wife said, but there are small, but fleeting differences hard to pinpoint. So, I can't even say which one is the best. I bought the Macallan only yesterday on the boat from Denmark to Norway, having become somewhat disenchanted with the onesided sherried Aberlour. But comparing the two, I was hard put to name a winner. Anders

"Burnt Sienna" looks awfully much like peat to me.

Uzytkownik "Johanna, Single Minded" napisal: [snip!]

While in Scotland last summer, I tasted some of the first-batch Uigedail, and some of the stuff they bottled later, after the first batch had run out. Head-to-head tasting. The difference was startling. The first batch was complex, with a punch of the aggressive young stuff, followed by seemingly nothing, only to be replaced by the development of the old, mature whisky on the palate. The later stuff was still interesting, but it seemed to lack the final stage of the old whisky doing its job on the palate. Seems like they'd run out of the old component. Or is it only my impression?

Cheers, Rajmund

The one I got about a year ago in Amsterdam was not that interesting. It had some sherry mellowness and a few twinges of peat, but my Ardbeg 10 is not must more assertive, but also more interesting, and far, far better value.

U¿ytkownik "Douglas W. Hoyt" napisa³:

Far better value absolutely. Looks like you had one of the later batches. The original one was quite surprising - thsat is, if you were patient enough to wait for it to develop on the palate properly.

Cheers, Rajmund

I imagine you're quite right Rajmund, I drank from the first batch as well and have heard reports since that the subsequent bottling was not a patch on the first, likely getting stingier with the old stuff. ;o)

And yeah, the 10 Year Old is better value by a country mile...

Still, I really enjoyed that first run of Uigeadail.

Johanna

Rajmund M wrote: