Cee Jay
Striker
nothing to say you shouldn’t add water to 40 or 43% malt...I generally don’t.
46% I do sometimes and certainly play about with water on cask strength malts
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nothing to say you shouldn’t add water to 40 or 43% malt...I generally don’t.
46% I do sometimes and certainly play about with water on cask strength malts
Are there any distillery/cask combinations that tick the boxes for you folks? At the moment for me it’s Kilchoman Madeira cask and Springbank fresh port.
Cee Jay
Striker
never mind that...how did the malt weekend go with the rather fab selection you had planned ?
no dregs going spare ?
never mind that...how did the malt weekend go with the rather fab selection you had planned ?
no dregs going spare ?
Great night though I don’t remember going to bed. Unsurprisingly the Brora and Springer went down very well, but to be honest I don’t remember much after the 14th or 15th dram. There were 31 whiskies and 4 armagnacs on the kitchen island when I got up this morning and while I personally definitely didn’t have all of them, most of them have taken a beating.
I’ve promised samples to various mates but if there’s anything left I don’t mind sending some your way.
Lester1979
Striker
I popped into the Whisky Shop in York yesterday and they had a tasting session for Gulliver’s 47. One of the company owners was there and he explained how they use old Jim Beam casks to get a sweet after taste on a fairly peaty first taste. £59 a bottle and thoroughly recommended from me
Cee Jay
Striker
Sounds a belter.
Any samples would be gratefully received.
I'd willingly send some sample bottles and/or cover postage
Cracking thread. Love single malts. Clearly not as educated as some on here like
I believe you can run a heroin habit cheaper.
I believe you can run a heroin habit cheaper.
Sounds a belter.
Any samples would be gratefully received.
I'd willingly send some sample bottles and/or cover postage
Got 3 slabs of
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to work through so I'm all set for sample bottles. No bother with postage, it's only a few quid. I'm away from home all week but I'll try and sort something next weekend.There's some decent stuff being produced by English Whisky Company. I attended a whisky event at Harvey Nichols in Leeds just before Christmas and had a try of red wine cask they hadn't yet bottled and it was outstanding. Quite like the recent North Star Spirits EWC release too.
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Cee Jay
Striker
great.
Those dram sample bottles look canny.
When gifting samples I use Ampulla glass bottles.
They're decent and fairly cheap but those from MoM look even better
T S Garp
Striker
Had a bottle of Haig Clubman when on offer at Tesco last year. Some link with David Beckham iirc.
Not to my taste I’m afraid. A bit sickly sweet. I much prefer the Lidl malts.
Just found this link describing it
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Crook
Central Defender
Sounds interesting. I'm not a big fan of The Whisky Shop though, I always feel like they're overpriced on just about everything.
I see Loch Fyne Whisky have got a bottle for £49 with free postage, might give it a go.
If anyone's looking for a really good value single grain whisky, forget Haig and the rest of that end of the market. Spend an extra £5-10 and go for this one from Loch Lomond
If you're happy to spend a bit more than that, I'd recommend Cameronbridge but the price does go up pretty steeply so I've only had their 'cheaper' version.
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T S Garp
Striker
Hmm, if I order it in the next 3 hours it will arrive tomorrow 
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Crook
Central Defender
[/QUOTE]If anyone's looking for a really good value single grain whisky, forget Haig and the rest of that end of the market. Spend an extra £5-10 and go for this one from Loch Lomond
Hmm, if I order it in the next 3 hours it will arrive tomorrow
Aye, but I posted the wrong link and made an erse of it. Here's the one you want to try if it's single grain instead of malt
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Just been editing while you were correcting 
Haig Club is brand over substance - it barely qualifies as whisky in my eyes. Pity it's associated with Cameronbridge.
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isn't bad for a cheap grain, albeit fairly basic as with most young grains.
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GazzaGazza1
Full Back
had a cracking one the other week called " redbreast" an irish 12 year old job a fantastic creamy aftertaste most unusual highly recommend it to whisky fans
Cee Jay
Striker
Bang on...the mother in law has bought me the odd bottle from there for Birthdays etc when her and the wife are at the Metrocentre.
I've found how much over the odds stuff is and have said to her never buy anything from there without checking Amazon or with me.
A real rip off
T S Garp
Striker
If any bargains pop up on Amazon stick a post on here please
bernardbresslaw
Striker
It's a belter.
Cee Jay
Striker
tried camel camel camel ?
you basically set a price you want to notified when it drops on Amazon or there is an offer/sale.
Also handy for telling you what the lowest price it’s been and when.
Got about 60 alerts set and quite exciting when the e mail pops in saying a price alert has been triggered
