A nice whisky

[Northern jock]

Had some cash saved up in a coins jar and bought a bottle of this:

https://www.whiskyshop.com/talisker-5-year-old-douglas-of-drumlanrig-2554

Damn fine dram

Different to the normal Talisker (which I like), bit more character. Perhaps more ozone (just to annoy the vodka drinkers)

 

[gerarddwatts]

Cunning marketing....2 years younger and you couldn't even call it whisky...no matter how much ozone was in it...55 quid a pop!!

 

[Blackal]

Yeah - thinking the same........5yrs isn't very 'mature'.

Not so keen on Talisker these days, to be honest.

As an aside - just poured a load of bottles of malt down the drain.............................

(there was only around an inch in the bottom of each one - been at that level for a few years)

Al

 

[Northern jock]

Cunning marketing....2 years younger and you couldn't even call it whisky...no matter how much ozone was in it...55 quid a pop!!

Wait till you taste it, you'll be surprised. Or turn it down. I know what I'll bet on

 

[brut33]

Was given this for dad's day. Just sat with a glass as I read this.
I'm no expert but this is nectar to me..

 

[Alte Wolf]

...

As an aside - just poured a load of bottles of malt down the drain.............................

(there was only around an inch in the bottom of each one - been at that level for a few years)

Al

Really?

 

[bhud]

Was in Sheildaig Lodge with Rob and Meredith 2 weeks ago its been done up really nicely.

Was drinkin

14 yr old Balvenie finished in Caribbean cask - lush

 

[Shep]

Just been bought a bottle of Talisker Storm, it OK i suppose but its tastes a mere shadow of the bog standard Talisker i sometimes drink. Looking at the packaging of the Storm I think they should perhaps spend a little less on that and add a little more quality to the content.

 

[Northern jock]

Just been bought a bottle of Talisker Storm, it OK i suppose but its tastes a mere shadow of the bog standard Talisker i sometimes drink. Looking at the packaging of the Storm I think they should perhaps spend a little less on that and add a little more quality to the content.

I've tasted Storm, the best thing about it is the marketing. Somehow they have managed to "de-Talisker" it

 

[RJT_Berlin]

Just purchased (via ballot) a 2015 laphroaig cairdeas.... Is there 200th anniversary this year. Was lucky to win, cost me £70, have never paid that BUT sawmon ebay already €200 on german ebay.... Want to enjoy and drink it, just wish i had bought a 2014 when my son was born...... Am sure i can get one though.... No idea how it tastes!!!

 

[Blackal]

"Storm" sounds very like the Bowmore "Legend"......

A budget whisky, which both I and my father purchased, and both came to the independent conclusion that it was "cooking whisky"

My Father who in all honesty - had a bit of a drink problem, poured it down the drain. I had no compunction in doing the same.

Al

 

[Northern jock]

Was in Sheildaig Lodge with Rob and Meredith 2 weeks ago its been done up really nicely.

Was drinkin

14 yr old Balvenie finished in Caribbean cask - lush

I hear the shop is busy, hope so. I see they've put 2 wee bronze stags at the door of the hotel, haven't been in yet though to see the inside

 

[bhud]

The line manager at Talisker was saying there was a shortage of older whiskies thus branding the likes of storm with older and newer whiskies. I am sure Packer will have more information on why we are seeing the stranger named stalwarts

 

[G.C.]

more information on why we are seeing the stranger named stalwarts

Demand outstripping supply.
The whisky market has been booming for the last decade, they just can’t keep up and couldn’t have predicted this level of growth.

But 5 year old malt ffs, if there was a whisky offenders register you’d be on it Al.

 

[Blackal]

But 5 year old malt ffs, if there was a whisky offenders register you’d be on it Al.

WTF have I done? Is that what Bowmore Legend is?

Pouring the dregs of the bottles down the drain was better than drinking it - they had been lying oxidising for years. Got tons of whisky left - enough to see me out, for sure.

Is a tenth share in a cask a lot? Think I have two tenths of something?

[edit] a tenth share in a cask of Dalmore and a cask of Bruichladich. Think they are both good productions, especially the Bruichladich

Al

 

[Northern jock]

Demand outstripping supply.
The whisky market has been booming for the last decade, they just can’t keep up and couldn’t have predicted this level of growth.

But 5 year old malt ffs, if there was a whisky offenders register you’d be on it Al.

Hands up I realise, problem is its actually a good whisky, though I admit a bit young. A gamble on my behalf, I've had worse

Al

 

[gerarddwatts]

Hands up I realise, problem is its actually a good whisky, though I admit a bit young. A gamble on my behalf, I've had worse

Al

Don't fucking wriggle...just away to the naughty corner....

 

[G.C.]

WTF have I done?

Al

More than one Al on this thread

 

[von K]

Did somebody mention whisky?

 

[gerarddwatts]

Did somebody mention whisky?

Ha!! It lives! Hows life in Greenland or wherever it is you are?