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Single Malt Scotch!

#301
Vic said:
Scotch does mellow SLIGHTLY in the bottle over the years, but it doesn't "age" like it does in the cask. Technically, all aging is strictly in the cask.

In other words, after 20 years in the bottle, a 12yr scotch is still a 12yr scotch. So, just drink it and enjoy it now. :)
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Thanks for the info, I will definately enjoy mine now. I looked as some 18 year old Scotch at $145 a bottle and I started doing the math, lol.
 
#305
DEVILMAN said:
...any year Laphroaig is killer & the "fogg" of Lagavulin is KING!...

slainte,
~S~
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Reviving this thread with triumph!! My local store finally restocked the good stuff:

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Two things that go quite well together, IMO.
 
#309
I was a devout scotch drinker at one time. In the single malt category I like Glenfiddich or Glenlevet. My favorite however is a blended Jonnie Walker Blue Label. Most of the time however, I drank Johnnie Black. The Blue is $275.00 a fivth!
 
#310
Went down to my favourite whisky shop today and picked up a few bottles to start sipping away at:

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They be:

Clynelish 1992 57.9% Bourbon cask - this is great - its quite complex but delicate with a really strong "peach" flavour on the nose. Distilled in 1992, bottled 07-07-07 (today) straight from the cask.


Ardbeg 2000 62.2% AKA ‘Quite Young’ - if you like Talisker and anything smokey and peaty this is about as smokey and peaty as you can get. Its amazing - once you add a drop or two of water into it the whole room errupts in a wonderful heady smokey smell. It could be too smokey for some though - its pretty intence. Again, straight from the cask and bottled today.

The tall lady in the middle is a Brillet VSOP Congac. Although its a VSOP, its easily as good as the XO's from the name brands like Hennessy and sells for about the same price as a VSOP from a name brand, if not a little less. A great drinking congac!

:D
 
#311
I've had the Brillet before, and it's a really nice cognac.

Hard as heck to find in these parts, though. We used to carry it when I worked at Beltramos in the 1990s.

I've always liked Ardbeg. A real man's scotch. No skimping on the flavor there. I've never had one so young, though. Interesting.

I've only had two samples of Clynelish, and I don't even remember which bottlings they were. I just remember that one was really nice, and the other one did nothing for me. Sounds like you got a good one.

I'm a huge fan of the cask-strength and independent bottlings, but if you get into those, the number of available bottlings (and differences) multiplies dramatically. It's all but impossible to become an expert on all of the independent bottlings out there.

(I'd like to try, though)
 
#312
BartmanPDX said:
I've had the Brillet before, and it's a really nice cognac.

Hard as heck to find in these parts, though. We used to carry it when I worked at Beltramos in the 1990s.

I've always liked Ardbeg. A real man's scotch. No skimping on the flavor there. I've never had one so young, though. Interesting.

I've only had two samples of Clynelish, and I don't even remember which bottlings they were. I just remember that one was really nice, and the other one did nothing for me. Sounds like you got a good one.

I'm a huge fan of the cask-strength and independent bottlings, but if you get into those, the number of available bottlings (and differences) multiplies dramatically. It's all but impossible to become an expert on all of the independent bottlings out there.

(I'd like to try, though)
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Just tried a few proper glasses of the Ardburg last night and wow...that thing will put hairs on your chest. I used to think that the Caol Ila was the bees knees of smokey and peaty, but this thing is in another league. Definitely an after dinner Scotch because you cannot taste anything else after a glass of it! :D
 
#313
While I was in San Antonio last week, I visited the Swig Martini Bar, which also happens to have a great scotch selection. I tried several great scotches, and two of the standouts were the Glengoyne 17 and Macallan Fine Oak 15. I think I may have to hit Beltramos again. :D
 
#314
I was nosing around Aldwych (in London) this weekend, when I found a specialist whisky shop.

They had a 50 year old + bottle of whisky from the "Springbank" distillery for sale ... at 15,500 Pounds :eek: .

Is this normal and just how good can any food or drink be, that would make anyone (aside from poseurs and those who are trying to avoid taxation ;) ) want to drop that kind of money on it? :rollno:

Wouldn't you rather have a lifetime supply of fine 18 year olds (whisky, not girls ;) ), than that one bottle the really old stuff?

Pointless question, I suppose, but I just wanted to share that observation with you.

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#315
Fender32 said:
I was nosing around Aldwych (in London) this weekend, when I found a specialist whisky shop.

They had a 50 year old + bottle of whisky from the "Springbank" distillery for sale ... at 15,500 Pounds :eek: .

Is this normal and just how good can any food or drink be, that would make anyone (aside from poseurs and those who are trying to avoid taxation ;) ) want to drop that kind of money on it? :rollno:

Wouldn't you rather have a lifetime supply of fine 18 year olds (whisky, not girls ;) ), than that one bottle the really old stuff?

Pointless question, I suppose, but I just wanted to share that observation with you.

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I have spoken with a few people in the whisky business about this and its basically a factor of rarity. A cask of whisky will lose about 2% of volume per year due to evaporation. Once the whisky is out of the cask, it stops "aging". For a whisky to have been aged for 50+ years it will almost have lost due to evaporation around 3/4 of its original volume giving you far less bottles per cask. On top of that you are also talking about whisky's that need to be getting better and more complex every year - like wine - not all whisky's can age forever. Some start to decline in quality. When you get into the region of really old whiskys you are talking about only a handful of bottles of whisky that are available making them very rare - especially from the smaller distilaries.

Thats why some of the bigger "names" in the whisky world have cheaper 50year old bottles (Macallum comes to mind) at the "quite reasonable" £4,800 per bottle or you can get their 53year old for £6,000 per bottle. The difference between the two is just evaporation and rarity.

If you want to get into really expensive drinks look at some of the Congacs that were distilled in the 1800's! :D :D

I have also had in my hands a bottle of Calvados bottled in the 1790's at a place one time. :eek:
 
#317
I hope everyone agrees that this is appropriate for this thread. Bass/guitar manufacturer Manne has built a limited run of one bass and two guitars using wood from old casks from the Lagavulin distillery. Scroll down to "08-01 Malt Whisky"

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btw, Lagavulin is my favorite Scotch! :cool:

Cheers,
Kevin
 
#318
kobass said:
I hope everyone agrees that this is appropriate for this thread. Bass/guitar manufacturer Manne has built a limited run of one bass and two guitars using wood from old casks from the Lagavulin distillery. Scroll down to "08-01 Malt Whisky"

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btw, Lagavulin is my favorite Scotch! :cool:

Cheers,
Kevin
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Lagavulin is my favorite scotch, as well, and yes, I have been following this bass closely... :D
 
#319
kobass said:
I hope everyone agrees that this is appropriate for this thread. Bass/guitar manufacturer Manne has built a limited run of one bass and two guitars using wood from old casks from the Lagavulin distillery. Scroll down to "08-01 Malt Whisky"

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btw, Lagavulin is my favorite Scotch! :cool:

Cheers,
Kevin
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haha, thats a pretty good idea! I've never heard of luthier using wood from whisky casks before!
 

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