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

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@ajjarrett I hope the snacks were good, cause the whisky sure as hell was. smile

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

Revisiting my bottle of the excellent Tamdhu 15 this evening. As I was saying to @paddockjudge earlier, this stuff makes me wonder why I would ever consider buying Macallan again. The 12 yo sherry cask is stupidly overpriced in this part of the world. But I guess when you are THE Macallan, you can get away with that kind of bullshit.

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@ajjarrett
ajjarrett replied

@BlueNote They were, yes, I am referring to the snacks. ^_^

And as I post this response, I just opened a bottle of the Glenlivet 12yo Illicit Still. First impressions are qutie positive. I won't go into great detail since it is the first pour, but this is what I am drinking now.

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@BlueNote, You are absolutely correct! Tamdhu 15 puts Macallan 12 to shame. Great whisky, great value!

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@OdysseusUnbound

@BlueNote Mac 12 Sherry Oak and Tamdhu 15 are about the same price here in Ontario. It isn’t even close to my palate. My last bottle of Tamdhu 15 disappeared quickly. I’m glad to have a second bottle in the bunker and I’m a little disappointed I didn’t buy a third. Or fourth.

2 years ago 6Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

I haven't yet had a taste of Tamdhu 15, but I have tried the Tamdhu "Batch Strength". Would someone give me a comparison of the two please?

2 years ago 3Who liked this?

@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@OdysseusUnbound I'll see what sort of discount KWM comes up with for the Tamdhu 15 when their sale gets underway tomorrow. I'll grab one even if it's only 10% off. They have a KWM 14 yo cask strength (57.1%) Tomatin matured in re-charred American oak that looks interesting and only $118 before any discounts.

2 years ago 3Who liked this?

@YakLord
YakLord replied

Tonight's D&D Cocktail: Lucille's Big Swing...made using The Walking Dead Bourbon and a recipe from the Spirits of the Apocalypse website...

I should have found a 'nailbat' card from our Zombicide game as an illustration, as that's what Lucille was: a barbed wire wrapped baseball bat...

2oz bourbon, 1/2oz amaro, 1/2oz orange liqueur, 2 dashes Absinthe or some other anise spirit (I used Raki), and a dash each Angostura bitters and orange bitters. Garnish with an orange twist.

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

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@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

Jays game and charting... Need something potent. I went with a small pour of the Hazmat edition of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof, 70.1%.

If I need something more, I will continue to work through my @Fiddich1980 sample of North of 7 Barrel 16

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

@BlueNote - I completely agree with you about the Caol Ila!

Tonight, after an absolutely disaster of a day at work, while playing on-line poker with my brother-in-law and friends.

First, I finished off my bottle of Westland Single Cask # 2631 (5 year 6 months-Distilled 2014) - 1st Fill Oloroso Hogshead - 57.9% ABV. Really enjoyed this one!

Followed by Ben Nevis 6 year (Dec. 2013). Full maturation in a 1st Fill Amontillado Gorda. 67.6% ABV. Single Cask Nation bottling.

Finished with a peated St George's Distillery English Whisky Company SMWS 137.7 (7 year - Feb 2012) "How to kill your dragon" - 2nd-fill ex-bourbon barrel - 65.5% ABV.

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

Tonight, after a long work week, the charting done, we had a BBQ. After dinner as I zoom chat with the rest of my family, I poured a mini glencairn of Bowmore Tempest V. The citrus is bursting from it tonight. Only 2-3 more pours left. This one seems to get better all the time.

2 years ago 8Who liked this?

@Timp
Timp replied

@Nozinan nice looking bbq and I am also a fan of tempest. One of the best Bowmore in my view and the only bottle I purchased from the distillery while everyone else queued for the expensive stuff. Need to obtain another really.

Last night had some Octomore 7.1. Just lovely. Cheers..

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

A little JW Red (80s) in a rare moment of calm as our two toddlers watch (randomly) Dolly Parton tell a bed time story on the BBC. I'm more excited than they are grin love me some Dolly. There, I said it, ha!

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@RianC I would think Bourbon would be more her style....

2 years ago 3Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@Timp do you have a source for Tempest? I know a few people, me included, who would love to see that available again...

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@RianC, Dolly is fucking awesome!... intelligent, beautiful... I’ll stop there.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@paddockjudge - Yeah a real woman (apart from all the fake bits, of course). She's always made me go a little fuzzy inside when she talks.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Timp
Timp replied

@RianC @paddockjudge haha fan of Dolly too!! Her greatest hits was one of only three audio tapes my dad had in his car when I was a child. Consequently spent many hours on long journeys learning all the words to her songs. Stays with you forever. Lol.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Timp
Timp replied

@Nozinan I found a stash at the distillery last time I was there and picked up a batch 6. Will go back again this year ( if we get there ) in September to see if I can get some more. Happy to help if they have any but not sure if I can? Other than that it’s the auction sites. Cheers.

2 years ago 2Who liked this?

@Timp
Timp replied

Kilchoman 4 yr from the distillery shop. To me Sherry cask loveliness although my father in law described it as a touch anaemic and thin. Each to their own as with all whisky. Cheers.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@Timp I thank you for the sentiment, but I think I have more than my fair share stashed away. I have a couple of batch 5 and a batch 6. And I'm waiting for @BlueNote to be able to travel east for a Bowmore CS extravaganza including Tempest, Laimrig, and Devil's cask III.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@bwmccoy
bwmccoy replied

For world whisky day, Teaninich SMWS 59.51 (30 year - November 1983) "A refined cocktail" - Refill hogshead - 51.5% ABV.

2 years ago 3Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

Old Forester 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition Bourbon, 50% ABV This was a one-off product released in 2008. The 375 ml bottle was $ 25 then and $ 250 now. Today I am toasting a horse and a man...and a racetrack and my sister. First I toast Rombauer, the 11-1 shot horse which won the 146th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore yesterday. My whiski-buddy sister lives in Baltimore about 2 miles from Pimlico, and her late husband loved the horses. When he passed into spirit in 2009 my sister decided that Carl's ashes belonged in a place that gave him much joy. So a few months later we made a party of it at Pimlico with about 15 family members. A nice brunch at the clubhouse was followed by the Carl H. Durham memorial race, the 4th of 9 races on the card that day. The Carl H. Durham Memorial Race featured the very entertaining event of the favourite horse refusing to get into the starting gate and being disqualified after delaying the race about 5 minutes running around and avoiding cooperation. The main event was the scattering of Carl's ashes at the finish line at Pimlico, with a benediction by the late @Dramlette. Good times! So, a toast to Carl, @Maddie, @Dramlette, Pimlico Racetrack, and Rombauer.

2 years ago 7Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

Sunday breakfast calls for more than one course, so I'm having some Eagle Rare 17 yo Spring 2017 release, 45% ABV. Whooda thunk that the neglected stepchild of the BTAC would, by virtue of its rarity, become a very expensive bottle? In 2010-2015 "nobody" wanted 45% ABV ER17 when you could have Stagg or Weller at or near 70% ABV, or Handy around 65% ABV. In years when my much beloved dealer benefactors denied me Stagg or Weller, they gave me ER17. Then a funny thing happened. The supply of ER17 dried up to around 3,000 bottles per year. Yikes! Eagle Rare 17 is now RARE! $ 2,374 today on wine-searchr.com. I remember leaiving 2 or 3 bottles of this on the shelves in 2011, priced at $ 50 per. It is very tricky to predict the future!!!

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@RianC
RianC replied

@Victor - dang! Yes, it must sting to think of all the unknown 'valuables' that were left filling the shelves, and not all that long ago ...

I'd love to try some 'older' bourbon but even your basic Jim Beam's from yesteryear go for crazy prices on UK auctions.

Since 2014-15 I can think of several bottles that I have left and gone on to regret. I saw recently that the Macallan 2nd Edition was selling for over £1000 at auction! That was about £70 brand new in c2017 - crazy! Was supposed to be a very good Macallan too, but that was too rich for my blood back then. If only ...

Hey ho, just how it goes I suppose.

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@paddockjudge
paddockjudge replied

@Victor, A great story! I always like hearing it. I too was once a railbird. Sadly, I didn't have a chance to meet Carl, but I think we would have got along just fine.

I join you in a toast to Carl, @Maddie, @Dramlette, Pimlico Racetrack, and Rombauer.

tumbler_glass Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2012

2 years ago 5Who liked this?

@Victor
Victor replied

@paddockjudge you will meet Carl one day. You and he will get along great. I am looking forward to seeing it. Not that I am in a hurry, mind you.

2 years ago 4Who liked this?

@fiddich1980
fiddich1980 replied

After a warm day of yard work. A beer.

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@BlueNote
BlueNote replied

@Nozinan Westjet is in my favorites.

2 years ago 2Who liked this?

@Nozinan
Nozinan replied

@RianC Few years back @paddockjudge and I stumbled upon 2 Macallan CS for $93 a bottle. Well, my BIL @nosebleed did. When he found 9 at $73 out the door he picked up 8.

To this day I regret that we asked him to return those two “more expensive” bottles, and that we didn’t pick up the ninth.

For context, at the time of purchase, Mac CS was for sale on the whisky exchange website for £125.

Now, on Wine-Searcher, a bottle will set you back $1500 to $7000. Not that I have any plans to sell the last bottles I have. It’s far too good to sell.

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