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The Art of Vatting
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Alexsweden replied
I did one of ralfy's vattings with success, uigeadail and a'bunadh. Usually I don't do vattings though.
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Nozinan replied
I added Laphroaig QC to an underperforming Bladnoch 12 YO and it was quite drinkable. Even my mother liked it....and I don't think she had EVER tasted whisky before outside of a cocktail back in the 1960s.
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Nozinan replied
I took my excellent vatting of Booker's 2015-01 and Amrut single cask (bourbon cask 3444) and mixed it with about a 1:1 ratio of A'Bunadh 36 in my glass. Total ~30 cc.
It was a little harsh. I guess sometimes great individual whiskies aren't good team players.
So I added a lot more than my usual 1-2 drops of water. This softened it a bit after a while, and the modified Ashok manoeuvre seemed to bring out more of the complexities...but I won't do that one again.
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sorren replied
I am not a massive fan of vatting but I have tried it in the past, as I am not a big peat fan I tried a small amount of laphroaig,some aberlour abunadh and glenfiddich 12 just because I have plenty.. the mix was 3cl laphroaig, 10cl of aberlour and 10cl Fiddich 12. the mix was ok, the smoke from the laphroaig was more gentle, the sherry was obviously prominent but you could just about make out the softer side of the Fiddich. As long as you don't over do it with the islay drams they will mix into a vatting and add something without over doing it.it also helps if you let them settle together for a while before drinking....
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What are the secrets to a good vatting ? Do you follow some rules? Please tell us your secrets!
When I do a vatting, my goal is to get a good dram at a very good price. To achieve that, I work with good Bang for your Buck stuff and I think of high and low notes, wood notes, malt notes and body. I start with a whisk(e)y which will be my base so it is usually a cheap scotch with good malty notes and good body and then I try to improves the other aspects. I like to give wood notes and spices with high ABV Bourbon and to open a close scotch and give it some higher notes with a Rye. I will also use other scotches for there finish.
I don't tend to do vatting with Islay whiskies but I would probably only try to mix them with other Islays, Island whiskies or Cambeltown ones. If you ask me to go wild, I would try to mix them with grain whiskies or some Irish whiskeys, I would even try some Rye if they don't have too much maple wood. Out of the whisky world, I would try to mix any Islay with Tequila for the smokiness.
So, that's it for me, now it is your turn.