CultExciter Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I bought a bottle of Elmer T Lee recently. For a $25 bottle of bourbon, it was pretty impressive. Pretty smooth on the top-end. Finishes like rye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 A buddy of mine gave a bottle of this as a late christmas present ... This is the kind of present I can get behind. Finished in bourbon casks first of all and then the sauternes casks for extra maturation. It'll be interesting. Port and sherry finish whisky I've tried from the likes of Balvenie have been very appealing if you're looking for something easy to drink after dinner... Gregor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abellve Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I haven't had that, but their LaSanta in the sherry cask is amazing. So much whisky, so little time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I love a nice bottle of J & B rare (despite my attempts at boycotting Diageo), can go on about all the fancy poncy single malt whiskeys there are , but sometimes a nice blend does the business. Someone gave me a bottle of Grants too , I'll crack that open when I need to clean my paintbrushes ! Cant believe the same company makes Glenfiddich ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I hear Ballantine's Finest is a pretty amazing blended whiskey... Jim Murray (Whiskey bible?) seems to consistently rate it highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I cant stop going on about William Lawsons thats the best blended Whiskey I have tasted. With single Malts I lean towards Macallan, Auchentoshan or Glengoyne, Lawsons is just as good IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCanada Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I've been eyeing a bottle of Talisker, how do you guys feel about about it... Good buy our money better spent else where. Sorry my phone auto-corrected Talisker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Talisker = Diageo so I wouldnt buy it. Its a nice dram tho . Its from Skye rather than Islay so it doesnt have that peaty medicinal quality you get with the likes of Laphraog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCanada Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Why the hate for diageo if I may ask? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 They closed down their Kilmarnock plant (the place that makes Johnny Walkers and also where it originates from ) after 192 years ! Basically tore the heart out of a small working class town on the west of Scotland BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West | Salmond slams Diageo management Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I didn't know that about Diageo, Gregor. Unfortunately they own a shitload of Irish distilleries as well. In fact, the very last Irish-owned distiller (Cooley Distillers) sold out to Jim Beam earlier this year / late last year. It's a shame. I've had a few Taliskers, from 10 year old to (I think) 15 year old. All very nice - peaty but not as heavy-duty as most Islay offerings, as the man said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Just about every popular spirit brand you can think of from Smirnoff to Jose Cuervo is owned by them ... Whisk(e)y Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanBurkhart Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 I was always fond of Kessler and Jim Beam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Touche on the Jim. It was recently my day of birth, and my cousin bought me a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail. Holy shit... I forgot how much that bottle tasted like Dagobah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 @dcostello I had a glass of uigedail last night, oddly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight-Lines Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Awesome. We were drinking twins 6,000+ miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRABFURS Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 I just purchased a Johnnie Walker Double Black....on special in Sainsburys £28 Roll on home time !!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Wow, that's a pretty good deal. Got a Brekkle's Brown (Anchor), 2 Liberty Ales and 2 Anchor Steam in the fridge. Unfortunately I'm also working Saturday and Sunday morning so it's unlikely I'll drink 'em (all). Tight-Lines and jade1955 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Drinking Islay whikys at my buddies house, 12 year Bowmore. On ice. So right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abellve Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Just did a 300 mile round trip from PA, up one side of Seneca Lake and down the other with the main mission being a stop at Finger Lakes Distilling. They have such good stuff there. I tried their new pot still Irish style whiskey and their White Pike, both good. Somehow I ended up getting two bottles of rye. Should've mixed it up in the whiskey department but their rye is particularly good. I had never been into rye til I had theirs. I came down from that lake with 8 bottles in that bag...2 wine, 2 gin, 2 rye and 2 brandy...and a couple of wine glasses that actually survived the trip without breaking. RoryQ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androosh Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 @Abellve - I am envious of your Triumph. SStu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abellve Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks, man. I've sworn at it and sweated over it a ton but it's my one good "thing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Androosh Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 Thanks, man. I've sworn at it and sweated over it a ton but it's my one good "thing". I feel the same way about my marriage. What color was it originally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abellve Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 When I bought it, it was already pretty far from original in little ways but it was black and silver. I don't know what it was originally. This Mist Green is the color from the next year's competition model. ...yeah, I know what you mean about the marriage thing. Fourteen years tomorrow. Androosh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoryQ Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Bought a bottle of Teeling Hybrid a few days ago as a Christmas present for a friend (yeah, I do my shopping super early). It's an interesting product for a few reasons. First of all, it's the first offering from Teeling whisky, which is a brand spanking new independent Irish-owned distillery. It was set up by the former owners of Cooley Distilling, which was an independent Irish-owned distillery until it sold to Beam International last year for megabucks. Teeling Hybrid is a bit of an unusual choice for their first release. The name comes from the fact that its a mixture of Irish blended whisky (Connemara from Cooley) and Bruichladdick Islay whiskey. It sounds weird but the reviews say that it actually works pretty well taste-wise. The idea of mixing Scottish and Irish whiskies is unorthodox and from what I've read the Scottish Whiskey Association more or less had a fit when they found out about it (guess they see it as some sort of bastardisation of a national treasure). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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