Whisky / Whiskey
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Glenfiddich IPA experiment.
You get to be a whisky geek and beer geek at the same time!
Light in colour but quite a bit of depth in flavour. Basically a brewer matured some IPA in oak casks then the whisky was matured in them and took on some of the hop flavours.
Don't expect anything like a new world IPA flavour though. They found an English traditional IPA worked the best.
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Little public service announcement if you're flying through Incheon and have KAL lounge access.
The drinks are shit, except for the Ballantine's 17 year old, which is just sitting there on the bench looking for love.
Getting plenty from me too. I never drink Ballantine's, but this is brilliant. Very smooth with a long sweetish finish. Very good follow-up to the Bowmore 12 yr single malt from the JAL Sakura lounge in Haneda
For those talking Japan stuff, the Nikka Yoichi Whisky Distillery in Hokkaido is a great place to visit if you're ever there:
They have a fancy bar where you can get limited stuff, and another bar where you can get 3 free shots (I had more, they aren't really checking) of the cheap stuff. With soda water available, these made for great highballs to follow up the 17 yr old stuff we started with at the other bar. Suffice to say I didn't drive back to Otaru.
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@gt12 I haven't tried the 17yr, but have the 30yr, and it was an interesting experience given I hadn't tried any other Whiskies of that age before (they were doing free tasters in Singapore at Duty Free one time) the lightness and clean-ness of the taste was what I noticed the most.
Ballantines is one of the few blended ones I drink (my ancestry goes back to this distillery - before Diego or whatever they are called)
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Halfway through a bottle of Octomore 07.1
This is a ridiculously heavily peated whisky (208ppm)
Despite the crazy amount of peat it's still very drinkable. Worth trying once but I doubt I'd buy again.. Ardbeg Corryvreckan has a massive taste too but is more balanced and cheaper
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The Chivas pop up blending bar is on again and this time I got a ticket.
A nice time tasting different elements of malts and grains with some explanation and guidance then some time to make your own blend up, bottle it and take it home.
I think mine has turned out ok but need to let the tastebuds settle for a couple of days now before sampling again. -
I got given a few single malts for my 40th from people i thought knew me.
But, one of them is fucking beautiful and i am smoking it back.
It's called Auchentoshan and it's fucking tasty and may not last the day
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Trying out some Macallan Select Oak. Aged in, would you believe it, oak casks. The result is a very smooth drop with a hint of almost vanilla to it. Really good but probably not a session scotch as it has a bit too much going on to be your go to snifter.
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@catogrande this one I am drinking has a bit of vanilla and some citrus. And is as smooth as the skin of a 20 year old girl. Very drinkable even for a whisky novice like me
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@mariner4life Are you drinking it neat? I ask as I used to drink my scotch that way but was converted to adding just a tiny drop of water. It's fascinating to compare the stuff neat and then with a splash. Makes a significant difference.
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@mariner4life said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@catogrande this one I am drinking has a bit of vanilla and some citrus. And is as smooth as the skin of a 20 year old girl. Very drinkable even for a whisky novice like me
Are we talking underboob smooth or foot sole?
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@mariner4life said in Whisky / Whiskey:
I got given a few single malts for my 40th from people i thought knew me.
But, one of them is fucking beautiful and i am smoking it back.
It's called Auchentoshan and it's fucking tasty and may not last the day
By chance I bought that on Xmas Eve to take to my aunt and uncle's place on Waiheke later today. They're providing the cigars.
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Of for a quick trip to the snow over the next few days and have filled the hip flasks with Jura 'Diurach's Own' and Macallan Gold.
May spot an extra in duty free on the way out. Haven't had Auchentoshen for a long time. Will have a look. Although for sheer drinkability I can't go past that Jamesons matured in craft stout barrels and duty free is the best place to find it as well. -
@catogrande said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@mariner4life Are you drinking it neat? I ask as I used to drink my scotch that way but was converted to adding just a tiny drop of water. It's fascinating to compare the stuff neat and then with a splash. Makes a significant difference.
ice. which, in 32 degree temps, quickly becomes that splash of water we are talking about.
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@majorrage said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Just completed a few days in Scotland with my family and old man whose a whisky nut.
Two full days in Islay. Outstanding time and here’s my purse from the trip:
That looks like a load of shite. I'll take it off your hands for a 20.
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@crucial said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@majorrage said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Just completed a few days in Scotland with my family and old man whose a whisky nut.
Two full days in Islay. Outstanding time and here’s my purse from the trip:
That looks like a load of shite. I'll take it off your hands for a 20.
Philistine.
All chosen after visits from each distillery.