Off Topic The single malt thread

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Been drinking Aberlour lately. Although I do have a bottle of Sainsburys Speyside on the go bought as a birthday present and its surprisingly nice.

If you want to treat yourself try a bottle of Edradour. Very small distillery in the hills above Pitclochry Very very nice.
 
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The first malt I got introduced to is my favourite, a Balvenie 15 year old. Lovely and smooth. I love the Speysides and pick up whatever is on discount at Morrisons or sainsbury, usually the Singleton or Auchentoshan American Oak. I tried to get into Laphroaig but failed...

My current stash.

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Ignore the Christmas ale <cheers>
 
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Love a dram, I'm a bit of an anorak when it comes to whisky built up a collection over the years it's a bit of an addiction hunting down good bottles, probably got more than I could ever drink now, older Highland Park and older Balblair are amongst my favourites along with springbank and bunnahabhain not many I don't like as long as it's been well produced apart from the really heavily peated stuff.
 
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makemdan said:
Laphroaig, maybe Jura were my whisky tipples but I lost my sense of smell 10 years ago and can't stand whisky now. I can't get the subtle tones, just the harshness of the spirit. If you want to experience this, stick a clothes peg on your sneck and try a dram, it's bloody awful......
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I lost my sense of smell around the same time but gladly it hasn't stopped me enjoying my malts.
However it certainly has its disadvantages that you don't notice until it's gone. The ENT consultant couldn't give me a reason why it went or the likelihood it would ever come back sadly.
 
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Blond Bombshell said:
The first malt I got introduced to is my favourite, a Balvenie 15 year old. Lovely and smooth. I love the Speysides and pick up whatever is on discount at Morrisons or sainsbury, usually the Singleton or Auchentoshan American Oak. I tried to get into Laphroaig but failed...

My current stash.

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Ignore the Christmas ale <cheers>
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Nice collection you have there.

And I'm with you on Laphroaig too.
Not that I would reject it if it was a gift, but there are so many other options if I'm spending my own money.

Another of my favourites is Dalwhinnie, another of The Highland 'variety'.
 
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polyphemus said:
Nice collection you have there.

And I'm with you on Laphroaig too.
Not that I would reject it if it was a gift, but there are so many other options if I'm spending my own money.

Another of my favourites is Dalwhinnie, another of The Highland 'variety'.
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I'll give the Dalwhinnie a try :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
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butcher58 said:
Would love to try Japanese whiskey. A tad expensive though.
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I had one in one of those sample boxes with whiskeys from all over. I remember it being noticeably different in a good way, smooth and not peaty. Reminded me of sake although I bet if I didn't already know it was Japanese it wouldn't have occurred to me <laugh>

There was a French one in there too, very sweet. Not unpleasant to drink but not what I want in a whiskey. Dunno if that's how the French like it or if it was unusual.
 
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These are what I have some were presents
Like I say in not up on malts but there ok
I like the glen fiddich
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I found the Tamnavulin very easy to drink, perhaps too easy as the bottle was empty very quickly
As someone one said once, there's no bad whisky it's just that some are better than others
Some 33 years ago my single malt career started with a tour of the Speyside distilleries, planning a revival tour in September, hopefully. The first distillery I visited was the Glenfarclas, did the tour, tasting etc. At that time there were only a few distilleries that were set up for the visitor experience and being a bit cheeky I sometimes just called in on a smaller distillery on spec and found them to be very accommodating to a poor Englishman that knew very little about whisky. It will be interesting to see how much this has changed and if it is all now somewhat over commercialised.
 
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cumbrianmackem said:
I lost my sense of smell around the same time but gladly it hasn't stopped me enjoying my malts.
However it certainly has its disadvantages that you don't notice until it's gone. The ENT consultant couldn't give me a reason why it went or the likelihood it would ever come back sadly.
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What a waste, would you like me to come round and drink them for you so I can explain the subtle flavours to you.<laugh>
 
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I love whiskey, me in our lass used to go to the Thwaites Howe hotel at Thornthwaite where the owners of ten different hotels bought a barrel between them every year and we used to test them on a evening while the owner described each one. It used to be a superb weekend. One day I realised how much whiskey I was drinking and packed in totally for six months.
Now I just drink our lads<laugh> and Cumbrians when he sees the sense of my offer.
Ps it won’t last forever <laugh>
Wrote before I read your reply <laugh><laugh>
 
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OldNewtown said:
I found the Tamnavulin very easy to drink, perhaps too easy as the bottle was empty very quickly
As someone one said once, there's no bad whisky it's just that some are better than others
Some 33 years ago my single malt career started with a tour of the Speyside distilleries, planning a revival tour in September, hopefully. The first distillery I visited was the Glenfarclas, did the tour, tasting etc. At that time there were only a few distilleries that were set up for the visitor experience and being a bit cheeky I sometimes just called in on a smaller distillery on spec and found them to be very accommodating to a poor Englishman that knew very little about whisky. It will be interesting to see how much this has changed and if it is all now somewhat over commercialised.
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Yeah the Mrs bought me Tamnavulin I had never seen it before
It’s a nice easy drink
 
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Vincemac said:
Yeah the Mrs bought me Tamnavulin I had never seen it before
It’s a nice easy drink
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If memory serves it's a relatively recent distillery, by that I mean it's less than 50 years old, whilst I've seen the distillery I have not visited it, perhaps one for the future.

I must confess my young lady was getting concerned about my new found enthusiasm for visiting distilleries and after visiting and sampling at the Aberfeldy distillery at 09.30hrs I must confess I had to agree with her :emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
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