Yuletide dram

Laphroaig Quarter Cask for me.

Jim

Ardbeg Rollercoaster, Rosebank 1993 14yo and Benriach 1975.

Slainte! Andreas

Ah, fine drams, but there's something in the Quarter Cask that speaks to me. Mostly it says "Drink me!" and who am I to disobey?

Slainte!

Jim

I'm working (as I often do) on feisty young Islays this season, principally a no-age-statement Smokehead and a cask-strength The Ileach. Both have been rumoured to be young Lagavulins, though who knows? They're definitely south Islay malts, and young enough that they haven't learned refined manners. Drinking them is much like sitting in front of a roaring wood fire, whether you have a fireplace or not.

cheers.

bill

I think the current 10yo is the culmination of the 'Very Young', 'Still Young', 'Almost There' etc. line. The old 10 was the stock they bought, at a guess.

Jim

I will be now! Just picked up a 21-yo Glenfarclas from the Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre in Edinburgh.

Well done, that man. Damn fine dram.

Jim

Alongside 18yo Highland Park and 17yo Ardbeg, it's in my top 3 I reckon.

As an aside, by brother has an unopened 17yo Ardbeg and resists all hints that it's wasted on him and should come to me.

You obviously need to re-educate him, possibly by way of Rohypnol.

Jim

Here in sunny North Carolina, the state liquor boyos seem to be unloading Ardbeg 10 in a hurry. I have bought about 6 bottles lately at the usual NC price (about $50 US).

But each bottle came twinned with FREE (countem free)

Two fer one!!

Can't beat that!!

btw - never a fan of blended scotch, I am really enjoying the JW black, esp as it's free. But I cannot taste any "neutral grain spirits." Seems like a SM blend???

And yet it's not - it's a blend in the traditional sense of the word, it's just a bloody good one.

Jim

Am 23.12.2010 21:04, schrieb cciaffone:

More malts, less grain. And if you take older grain whisky it's getting better. So it is likely that you do not find the typical cheap spirit-taste in it. They use "better ingredients" than they use for the usual stuff.

Slainte! Andreas

And yet it's not - it's a blend in the traditional sense of the word, it's just a bloody good one.

Jim

Here in sunny North Carolina, the state liquor boyos seem to be unloading Ardbeg 10 in a hurry. I have bought about 6 bottles lately at the usual NC price (about $50 US).

But each bottle came twinned with FREE (countem free)

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Arbeg 10. One of the joys of my early single malt collection. I paid $99 cdn for this bottle last year....