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By @Wodha @Wodha on 15th Jan 2010, show post

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@Nock
Nock replied

@MadSingleMalt I am going to need a report on how that all went down. What did you enjoy best? What did the majority like best? It looks like two different Islay Barley's? What years? Inquiring minds want a summary.

4 years ago 3Who liked this?

@MadSingleMalt

@Nock & @Hewie

The old Islay Barley was, coming into the night, my favorite "regular" Port Charlotte that I'd ever had. By that, I mean all of them except the old PC7. I was really excited when a fellow club member said he would bring that old glory to share, and it totally stood up against the rest of this month's lineup. At the end of the night, it got my vote.

As for the overall club opinion, the old Islay Barley tied with the CC:01 in the first round of voting. In the tie-breaker, the CC:01 claimed top honors. The CC:01 is really different and fun.

The new Islay Barley is also good, but not as good.

The 10 was fine but nothing special.

The Boutique-y 14 was heavier and woodier, kinda like how the Laphroaig QC is heavier and woodier relative to other Laphroaigs. It was good and all, but those extra years (or the cask selection) robbed the Port Charlotte spirit of the fresh blast that's so delicious in the younger versions.

4 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

Van Winkle 12 yo Special Reserve wheated bourbon, 'Lot B', 45.2% ABV. This is the first sip I've had from this bottle since I opened it up for @bwmccoy 355 days ago.

If a woman says, "I've never liked any whiskies." Van Winkle 12 yo is usually the very first whisk(e)y I will have her taste.

100 open bottles plus a 2:1 tendency to explore new things rather than to enjoy favourites means that I often do not get around to drinking some of my many favourites for years at a time.

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

@Victor - I can't believe it has almost been a year since our tasting! Thanks again for all your hospitality and the amazing line-up! I didn't feel worthy having you open so many bottles on my behalf, but I really appreciate that you would do that for me. Hopefully, one of these days, I can return the favor! I included the picture of the Van Winkle 12 that I took that day.

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

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@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Last night, I had only the second whisky in almost 3 weeks due to the illness that I've been trying to get over. One benefit of the time away is all of the flavors seem to "pop" on the palate. I wanted something lightly peated, so I went with a Glen Scotia; SMWS 93.112 (14 year - Feb. 2004) "Sweet and grubby" from a refill ex-bourbon hogshead at 53.7% ABV. It did not disappoint.

Nose: maple syrup, honey, oak shavings, liquorice, burnt hazelnuts and peat-smoke.

Palate: salted caramel fudge, clover honey, steamed mussels, smoked fish, chimney soot, liquorice, caramelized sugar and grilled prawns.

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

bsk8198 replied

Just picked up a bottle of Kilkerran 12 year old. Have heard good things so anxious to crack open.

4 years ago 3Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Going with the big guns tonight; a heavily peated Highlander. Glenturret SMWS 16.33 (8 year - Dec. 2009) "Melville’s other monster" - Re-charred hogshead - 62.0% ABV.

You know it’s going to be good when “sheep dung” is mentioned in the official tasting notes. :-) Amazing whisky!

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@bwmccoy Better than cat urine, that's for sure.... (reference to lambertus)

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

A rather large pour of Ben Nevis 10. It's down to the last fifth and I'll be sad when this is gone. Uncomplicated (relatively) and straightforward but simply classic 'Scotch'.

4 years ago 3Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Even bigger guns tonight;

Glenallachie SMWS 107.16 (7 year - Apr. 2011) "Truly a fairy tale" - 2nd-fill toasted oak butt - 67.0% ABV

Reminds me of the Donna Summer song, “Hot Stuff”

4 years ago 1Who liked this?

@Hewie
Hewie replied

Any other hunters / shooters here? I love to have a dram while getting ready for a deer hunt. The garage funk of Springbank just goes so well with the smell of gun oil smile

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@Hewie one dram rather than five, I am guessing (and hoping)! LOL.

Venison, lovely meat. Do you make sausage? I live in a populous area with so many deer that we try to give them away unsuccessfully. 1,600 auto accidents in a recent year in my county involving deer. Both my wife and my sister have hit deer while driving. I've come very close more than once.

Being in Mother Nature certainly makes the experience of the whisky vivid.

4 years ago 5Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@Hewie - Does a few rabbits with an air gun when I was at school qualify me as a hunter? laughing

Joking aside I'd love to do that! It seems as if it's quite a common thing in NZ as every Kiwi I've met (male) has hunted? Unfortunately it's only usually the toffs who get to do that here in the UK! I'd have to eat the kill though - I had to stop fishing as a kid, unless I could take them home to eat, as seeing them hurt for sport alone was a tad upsetting to me.

I can just imagine that smell . . .

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@Victor - Where I grew up, near the Irwell valley, there were warning signs on the roads for deer but I never saw one in all my years growing up there despite always looking for them. On my first weekend living in Bristol a deer ran right by me at full tilt whilst on a walk in the forest. They are everywhere down here and I've had two very near misses on my way to the golf club. I jokingly asked my partner just the other day if she would want me to bring the carcass home should I ever clip one - she was not amused! I wasn't completely joking . . . smile

4 years ago 5Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

Paul John Brilliance, Batch 4, 46% ABV, unpeated malt from Goa, India. This is my sister's bottle, just opened. This has very aggressive barley and leaves the mouth all prickly and tingling. Exceedingly rarely do I ever agree with any tasting notes printed on a whisky bottle or box, but in this case I agree with their tasting notes 100%: light demarara sugar, cocoa, and spices. The cocoa is very prominent.

Rating? I'd give it 86. It's good for sure and I am very happy to drink it, but I'd call it more interesting than delicious.

4 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Hewie
Hewie replied

@Victor @RianC as this is only loosely associated with whisky I'll keep it brief. Yes, it was definitely one small pour for me. We're very fortunate here in NZ that anybody with a firearms licence can hunt in public access forest areas all year round. These are very remote )very limited tracks) and very steep and thickly forested - it is no walk in the park! It would be a rare thing for a deer to be hit by a car - they are rarely seen anywhere in the vicinity of people. I definitely hunt for the table - it is the best free range, organic meat you can get smile I butcher the animals myself and the family and friends love it. However, today I only took photos

4 years ago 5Who liked this?

@casualtorture

@Hewie I’m a hunter as well. Can’t beat the taste of wild game. Wild boar is big down here as they are considered a non-native invasive species. They go great with a big peaty scotch!

4 years ago 7Who liked this?

@casualtorture

I’m having a small glass of Glenlivet Nadurra 16 with a few stollen bites I picked up at Aldi for German food week. Marzipan and whisky are the best pair.

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@casualtorture, as if wild boar wasn't a big enough boast!?!...now you are adding Glenlivet Nadurra 16 YO!! wink

Here's to hoping you have a great weekend, a toast with some delicious Tennessee Whisley, JD Barrell Strength.

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

After a busy week, for many reasons, I BBQed lamb and steak and we had our Friday night dinner.

After I was relaxed, and having finished all my charting, I poured a small measure of A’Bunadh batch 50, and after some iMessaging, both @paddockjudge and I are drinking from 2 different batches of JD SB BP

4 years ago 7Who liked this?

@casualtorture

@paddockjudge that’s great stuff. The only JD I buy every now and then. Cheers!

4 years ago 4Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

Making up for lost time tonight;

Miltonduff SMWS 72.31 (29 year - Dec. 1983) "Something Old, Something New" - Refill Hogshead ex-Bourbon - 48.3% ABV

Bladnoch SMWS 50.56 (23 year - July 1990) ‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!’ - Refill barrel - 60.3% ABV

Had the last dram from one of my favorite peated bottles; Caol Ila SMWS 53.241 (6 year - April 2011) - "Dense smoke over a tarry deck" - Refill ex-bourbon hogshead - 60.3.% ABV

Wrapping up with Laphroaig SMWS 29.226 (18 year - Mar. 1999) - "Seaside surprise" - Refill ex-Oloroso sherry butt - 56.8% ABV

4 years ago 5Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@Hewie - That looks stunning!

@casualtorture - Wild boar . . . mmm! I can imagine that and peaty whisky being a great pair.

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@RianC, @Hewie, @casualtorture I didn’t harvest this animal myself, but I did bone-roll-tie-roast this one.... on a very cold, grey Nothern Ontario spring morning, a bright spot in the dull days after winter.

Rye pairs very well with pork, especially the crackle! In three weeks we’ll be firing up the ovens and grills on Manitoulin Island, seventeen of us, the men from my clan along with our son’s and sons-in-law. I’m bringing a case of whisky and half of a pig.

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

Had some JD Master Distiller No.4 and then an Evan Williams White BiB whilst doing umpteen chores for tomorrows trip to the hospital. The latter has been open almost a year and had about 3 pours left - very bitter and woody on opening but decent enough now if a little on the 'flat' side.

I'm toying with the idea of opening a new bourbon. Eagle Rare 10 or a Four Roses SmB are top of my list but I also really want to try the FR SiB @50%; but that would require buying a bottle and my buying has already exceeded expectations this year. Hmm decisions decisions grin

4 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@RianC buy the Four Roses Single Barrel anyway. You will not regret it. No one does. But be aware that FR Small Batch is a much more delicate whisky You WILL like that one too.

4 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Hewie
Hewie replied

@paddockjudge that looks spectacular - peek is one of my favourites. Sounds like an epic event for you men folk - just a case of whisky? Ha ha

4 years ago 2Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

Mortlach 12 OB, Hakushu 12, Amrut Naarangi, Ezra B. 12 yo SB, Col E H Taylor Warehouse C Tornado Surviving BIB, Virgin Bourbon 7 yo, and Laphroaig 10 43% ABV. Sulphured Morlach, continuously delightful sour and bitter orange upon sherry Naarangi, the usual grassy and pleasant Hakushu, 3 nice bourbons, all not too frequently seen, and the ever enjoyable albeit thin texture Laphroaig 10. .

4 years ago 6Who liked this?

@fiddich1980
fiddich1980 replied

@Victor That's a righteous line up worts and all. CEHT Tornado Survivor the stuff of legends.thumbsup

4 years ago 5Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@fiddich1980 that Virgin Bourbon is a bottle @Nock gave me. It's 7 year age-stated Heaven Hill bottled at 50.5% ABV. He brought it up from Norfolk, Virginia, 4 hours drive from here (in light traffic-20% of the time). He bought it in either South Carolina or Virginia. We don't see it here. He told me it costs him something like $ 12 down there. One of those many Heaven Hill sourced brands. A good one. I think that it is a staple in the category for @Nock. For what I can get here the inexpensive but good staple bourbon is Evan Williams BIB, from the same producers. .

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