Whisky / Whiskey
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@antipodean said in Whisky / Whiskey:
I'll keep drinking it
Really that's the important part of any review.
'Floral notes of heather wafting across the burn on a mid-summers evening, mixing with the peat smoke from the cottage where old Nan boils the kettle for her evening cup of tea' is all very evocative but it doesn't tell you if it tastes like ambrosia or the old socks Nan has also had boiling away over the fire.
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@dogmeat said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@antipodean said in Whisky / Whiskey:
I'll keep drinking it
Really that's the important part of any review.
'Floral notes of heather wafting across the burn on a mid-summers evening, mixing with the peat smoke from the cottage where old Nan boils the kettle for her evening cup of tea' is all very evocative but it doesn't tell you if it tastes like ambrosia or the old socks Nan has also had boiling away over the fire.
Not poetic enough...
"Deep golden colour. Aromas of rich dark currants, nectarine skins, burnt toffee, but lots of fragrant tobacco, rich soil, white flowers, smashed minerals and metal. Medium-bodied and saucy but racy acidity stabilises the whisky nicely with the sharpness of the peat. Deep caramel and a hint of ripe cherries, laden with mocha, loamy soil, charred herbs, pencil shavings, roasted hazelnut. Dense like characters that opens up with a a 5ml drop of water, however it is drinkable straight once you expose it to the earth’s atmosphere."
Though I much prefer:
"Tastes of bruised fruit, with a horrible finish that gums up the palate like creosote in a chimney".
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but...but - where's Nan?!
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@dogmeat said in Whisky / Whiskey:
but...but - where's Nan?!
Out the back straining the whiskey through her bloomers.
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@Victor-Meldrew too verbose. Lost you a nectarine skins.
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Mentioned in the beer thread, last weekend, it was the Fèis Ìle - The Islay Whisky Show in Melbourne. My mate and I attended and wow, what an amazing event. All Whiskies from Islay or Coal Isla with the odd one from further away.
15 or 16 stands with a minimum of 3 whiskies for tasting but often 4 or more. The best thing was, some whiskies being offered for tasting were not even available commercially any longer and were expensive on the whisky market.
All tasting pours were a minimum of 15ml but some were heavier handed so we figured we tasted nearly 40 on the day at 15ml but most were cask strength so we were pretty toasted by the end of it.
On the Friday at my mates place, to warm up but not to spoil our palate we had a rye and bourbon night.
Then on Monday arvo before I drove back to Sydney on Tuesday, we went quality over quantity.
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To add to the above, at the Islay Whisky Show, they had a rare whisky bar at the end so we had to have a couple of pours and this whisky was simply amazing. Again, not for sale commercially but can be brought on the very active whisky market and auctions.
There was also a shop and well, given it's my birthday next weekend, I had to spoil myself so dropped a bit on this so cannot wait to taste.
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Looks amazing. So many Isla whiskies that I’ve never even heard of. Were they all very peaty?
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so, whilst looking for a present for the brother in laws 50th found this
"A robust fruity & caramel Australian Single Malt Whisky at 58% alc/vol, matured in ex-Port/Tawny casks"
sounds delicious and i know he'd save some for the next time we were in town, ended up going with something else....i was of course disappointed...until a bottle arrived in the post, apparently i wasn;t subtle about wanting to try it so Mrs Womble got one for me....it does not disappoint !
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@Crucial said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@RoninWC looks awesome. I would have been on the floor after way less than you tried.
Just to be pedantic Caol Isla is on Islay.
Yes, I do understand that, Caol Ila is a distillery on Islay and one of my favourites as I now have a few. My poor choice of wording.
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@Catogrande said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Looks amazing. So many Isla whiskies that I’ve never even heard of. Were they all very peaty?
Yes, most of them were but there were enough that were low peat that you could still enjoy the tastings without feeling like you've eaten your way out of a peat bog.
Generally speaking, Caol Ila make the lightest in terms of peat in their whiskies and tend to use ex-sherry casks really well.
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@RoninWC damn, you play in a different league haha
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@taniwharugby said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@RoninWC damn, you play in a different league haha
You’re right. If I’d undertaken that mammoth tasting I couldn’t look at another scotch for a good five years or more 🤮
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@Catogrande I am talking his purchases as well...$150 bottle is top dollar for me haha
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Hmmm. Yes. A little over £70. I think £50 duty free is about the most I've paid.
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Currently in the throes of planning my Europe trip in mid-September including 9-10 days in Scotland. Trying to build my trip around a couple of whisky tours. Looks like I might end up renting a car and staying in Dufftown so I can do the Balvenie tour (and just get on the piss in that town that night).
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@Smudge
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@Catogrande Of England?
