Single malts

[L4Everton]

Yes, you drink it.

Get them a pair of socks.

I'm about to have a Chivas Reagal.

Do you do wine snobbery too mate?

 

[Groucho]

Do you do wine snobbery too mate?

Not as much, no.

I like wine now and again but much prefer beer and malts these days - I drink wine too quick, see.

 

[Groucho]

OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

 

[Woolly Blue]

I'm currently drinking some Talisker to try and take the pain away.
The hand of peat is having a medicinal effect.

 

[kithnou]

OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

Oh nice. I was asking about this earlier. Would you prefer the Oban Distillery Edition to this?

 

[Groucho]

Oh nice. I was asking about this earlier. Would you prefer the Oban Distillery Edition to this?

Oban > Balvenie

 

[kithnou]

Oban > Balvenie

Thanks.
Oban>Bunnahabhain>Balvenie?

 

[Groucho]

Thanks.
Oban>Bunnahabhain>Balvenie?

BUNNAHABHAIN > Oban > Balvenie

 

[kithnou]

BUNNAHABHAIN > Oban > Balvenie

Big call. Love it!!

 

[ste d' indica]

OK fellow liquid gold lovers - enjoying a Balvenie 17 YO Double wood. Not as smooth as you'd expect from a 17 yo malt, quite harsh but on the nice side of harsh. Flavour sticks around too. Better than the 12 yo DW.

That's the one I tried the other night Big G. I was really looking forward to it but wasn't overly impressed unfortunately, think I'd stick with the 12YO.
I've often found this, that 17 or 18 YO Highland Park that won all the plaudits 4 or 5 years ago was the same story, I didn't think it had anything over the regular Highland Park. Maybe I'm just not refined enough! That said though, I tried an 18YO Dalmore that was stunning.

 

[kithnou]

@Groucho and all..what you drinking tonight on a British Winter's night?

 

[Blue 1]

Just poured meself a Bunnahabhain 12yo.

 

[kithnou]

Just poured meself a Bunnahabhain 12yo.

Damn...unavailable here at the moment...invite me over please!
Or at the very least, give me a detailed report of my,hopefully soon, next purchase

 

[Blue 1]

Damn...unavailable here at the moment...invite me over please!
Or at the very least, give me a detailed report of my,hopefully soon, next purchase

I always think it tastes kinda "Christmassy". There's some real nice fruit and nut flavours in there. Really well balanced, quite rich but not too much, and a nice long finish. Probably my favourite outside of the south Islay peaty triumvirate of Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg. This or Springbank, anyway.

 

[kithnou]

I always think it tastes kinda "Christmassy". There's some real nice fruit and nut flavours in there. Really well balanced, quite rich but not too much, and a nice long finish. Probably my favourite outside of the south Islay peaty triumvirate of Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg. This or Springbank, anyway.

so many bottles to try in that post in the winter this year...