Single malts

[Groucho]

Have the following to try later;

Bunnahabhain Eirigh-na-greine

Dalmore Luceo

Bowmore Black Rock

Will report back.

 

[Moomin]

Have the following to try later;

Bunnahabhain Eirigh-na-greine

Dalmore Luceo

Bowmore Black Rock

Will report back.

Bowmore Black Rock is a nice tipple.

 

[Blue 1]

Anyone tried Ailsa Bay? It's a new distillery, just put out it's first malt. Sounds really nice.

 

[Groucho]

Anyone tried Ailsa Bay? It's a new distillery, just put out it's first malt. Sounds really nice.

I haven't.

 

[kithnou]

Anyone tried Ailsa Bay? It's a new distillery, just put out it's first malt. Sounds really nice.

No. Has good reviews and the bottle is turning me on. 48.9% volume God help us!

 

[Moomin]

No. Has good reviews and the bottle is turning me on. 48.9% volume God help us!

Looks good.

 

[kithnou]

Looks good.

It's turned me on

 

[Groucho]

Bunnahabhan Eirigh-na-greine

Smooth to the point of perfection. Medium in colour. A massively brilliant dram.

Dead nice.

 

[Groucho]

Dalmore Luceo

Nice. Suffers from having had the above directly before, but if had alone it'd be a great drink.

Similar but more harsh. Darker in colour slightly. Not bad at all.

 

[Groucho]

Bowmore Black Rock

Ok. Nonplussed if I'm honest.

 

[tommytowne]

No. Has good reviews and the bottle is turning me on. 48.9% volume God help us!

Just seeing the colour of the drink is setting my taste buds alight.
I have got the beginnings of man flu, but it will be Teachers in my hot milk to help sweat it out, none of my Islay malts by jove!

 

[kithnou]

A fine single malt for our finest Evertonian.

#ForHoward

 

[kithnou]

Love to get my hands on these...

 

[Penno]

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A fine single malt for our finest Evertonian.

#ForHoward

Have you not got a nosing glass?

 

[ToffeeDoug]

Because whisky can be made from grains other than malted barley, e.g. maize, rye, wheat.

Most blended whisky is made up of a mixture of grain whisky and malt (barley) whisky. Grain whisky is cheaper to produce. The malt adds flavour and complexity.

Grain whisky is currently receiving some "hipster" interest.

JD, for instance, is made up of a blend of corn, rye and barley whiskey.

This is interesting........

"A unique Kentucky rye has been crowned the planet’s finest dram by the latest edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible.
Booker’s Rye 13 Years, 1 Month, 12 Days began life as an experiment by Booker Noe – grandson of Jim Beam – at the family distillery in Clermont, KY, shortly before his death in 2004.
Now it has become his remarkable legacy after landing the title of World Whisky of the Year.
Jim lavishes praise on its “brain-draining, mind-blowing” nose and finish of “amazing depth”.
And he hails it as a “staggering example of a magnificent rye, showing exactly what genius actually means. A very big, unforgettable whiskey from a very big, unforgettable man”.
Booker followed in his iconic grandfather’s footsteps by becoming master distiller at Jim Beam, but he was long-retired when he dabbled one final time.
After he passed away aged 74, son Fred kept an eye on his casks – and the result is pure liquid gold, scoring 97.5 out of 100 in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible".