Author Topic: Water of Life... (Read 9020 times)

GCW · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2008, 08:19:25 pm »

I am currently "enjoying (ir)responsibly":

Very nice, not as smooth as the 18/25 but still worth the £25 in Asda.

Duma · « **Reply #26 on:** January 14, 2009, 10:37:51 pm »

blasphemy of the day:
drinking Laphroaig from a glass you had a sherry in earlier and couldn't be arsed to wash is really fucking good.

Joepicalli · « **Reply #27 on:** January 14, 2009, 11:18:01 pm »

Quote from: Duma on February 12, 2008, 10:15:20 pm

Been meaning to start this one off for ages. One rule: Bourbon can fuck right off. Otherwise have at it...

There's fighting talk. Some of the small batch distilleries (I particularly like Rowan Creek) produce excellent stuff. Why the rabid anti?

bigd942 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 14, 2009, 11:18:16 pm »

Tried a few of the above, allways come back to my local though, 5mins up the road so can't complain, Green Label 16yr old is my fav, if you ever get the chance to take a tour of these places then do, the smells alone are amazing.

Dom

Duma · « **Reply #29 on:** January 14, 2009, 11:33:46 pm »

Quote from: Joepicalli on January 14, 2009, 11:18:01 pm

why the rabid anti?

cos we ain't playing Hold 'Em on this thread...

Seriously, I've never found any that appealed enough to warrant a bottle's investment, burnt corn just doesn't seem to do it for me. Should investigate further I suppose, but there's so much to try from this side of the water...

I see Oz and James are off to Islay next week, should be worth tuning in.

Sloper · « **Reply #30 on:** January 14, 2009, 11:47:31 pm »

Quote from: GCW on February 22, 2008, 08:19:25 pm

I am currently "enjoying (ir)responsibly":

Very nice, not as smooth as the 18/25 but still worth the £25 in Asda.

Ditch that shit and stick to sherry casks rather than new oak.

The offy near to the turn off for Tod (i.e. most of the woman folk of that fine shite hole) in Milnrow will sort you out.

As for Irish try Redbrest or middleton.

Bourbon is, when its good, very good but far too hard to get hold of good stuff in my experience and very expensive when you do1

bigd942 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 15, 2009, 12:09:52 am »

Redbreast, Powers, Jameson, Walkers, Coleraine (and I think Middleton) all made in the Bushmills plant as far as I know, think this is the way things are going, the picture postcard places are for the tourists but the stuff you buy off the shelf is made by one of the big names. They've a shop at the plant and I was taken back by all the brands they actually make.

Dom

saintlade · « **Reply #32 on:** January 15, 2009, 12:47:06 am »

Definitely been digging the Jura Superstition, quite like the peaty tasting ones. Been sampling different whiskies on various trips up to Scotland and finding the island whiskies much more drinkable.

Yossarian · « **Reply #33 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:05:15 am »

Quote from: Duma on January 14, 2009, 11:33:46 pm

Quote from: Joepicalli on January 14, 2009, 11:18:01 pm
why the rabid anti?

cos we ain't playing Hold 'Em on this thread...

Seriously, I've never found any that appealed enough to warrant a bottle's investment, burnt corn just doesn't seem to do it for me. Should investigate further I suppose, but there's so much to try from this side of the water...

I see Oz and James are off to Islay next week, should be worth tuning in.

most scotch ends up in a bourbon barrel at some point, whether it says it on the label or not.

i think bourbon is awesome.

if you don't like it you could always try rye instead? van winkle reserve is pretty good. probably need to get it online though...

nik at work · « **Reply #34 on:** January 15, 2009, 08:20:34 am »

That Bourbon we had was luvvverly Yos. The one that was like toffee. Did we have it in Font ot at Toms house? I think it was in Font. What was it?

Yossarian · « **Reply #35 on:** January 15, 2009, 09:45:55 am »

It was Font. I brought Van Winkle Reserve Rye, Pikesville Rye, and (I think) Woodfood Reserve.

I vaguely recall consuming so much of one or all of them on my birthday that when I attempted to stand up my legs entirely failed to support my weight and I fell over, crushing my tent and breaking two Terra Nova tent poles in the process.

You'll all be pleased to know that since those dark days I have addressed such dipsomanic destructiveness, and indeed turned over a new leaf.

Now I just don't bother trying to stand up...

nik at work · « **Reply #36 on:** January 15, 2009, 09:56:49 am »

Any ideas which one was the toffee one?

Thai green curry, bourbon and tent destruction. What more could a man want?

Yossarian · « **Reply #37 on:** January 15, 2009, 10:09:39 am »

Quote from: nik at work on January 15, 2009, 09:56:49 am

Any ideas which one was the toffee one?

Thai green curry, bourbon and tent destruction. What more could a man want?

sorry, the woodford. that's a bourbon. the other two are rye. although it might have been elmer lee. i had a thing about elmer lee at the time.

that curry was quite hot.

all things considered, it was probably a good thing that i was alone in (the remains of) my tent.

DubDom · « **Reply #38 on:** January 16, 2009, 10:04:18 am »

Quote from: bigd942 on January 15, 2009, 12:09:52 am

Redbreast, Powers, Jameson, Walkers, Coleraine (and I think Middleton) all made in the Bushmills plant as far as I know, think this is the way things are going, the picture postcard places are for the tourists but the stuff you buy off the shelf is made by one of the big names. They've a shop at the plant and I was taken back by all the brands they actually make.

Dom

Bushmills is owned by diageo and jameson by pernod. They make jameson in cork. Midleton is pretty nice but expensive for what it is. If you want good Irish single malt though, then check out tyrconnell and connemara both from the Cooley distillery in co louth. Redbreast's lovely too - made down in cork.

GCW · « **Reply #39 on:** January 16, 2009, 12:05:41 pm »

Quote from: Sloper on January 14, 2009, 11:47:31 pm

Ditch that shit and stick to sherry casks rather than new oak.

I only bought it 'cos it was cheap. See my previous posts regarding my usual tipples.

Will Hunt · « **Reply #40 on:** June 13, 2009, 12:14:31 am »

Went round the Talisker Distillery while on Skye and picked up a bottle of the 10yr. Having a dram of it now. Mmmmmmmmmmmm

I'm inclined to say dilution is a good thing but definitely get your nose in first and only add a couple of drops.

magpie · « **Reply #41 on:** June 15, 2009, 11:16:07 am »

I am currently drinking this stuff, as an attempt to try something other than Laphroaig for a change.

Also had a bottle of Monkey Shoulder recently, bought on a whim cause the bottle was cute and I like the name.

Not sure I'd bother with the MS again but the new Glenmorangie is awesome.

SA Chris · « **Reply #42 on:** June 15, 2009, 01:15:52 pm »

From link

Quote

Aroma: One sniff and you’re immediately transported to a traditional Christmas dinner party, in a candle-lit dining room with the aroma of just-peeled mandarin oranges and Belgian chocolate mint crisps. Walnut shells have been thrown on the roaring fire where their scent mixes with the lingering aroma of nutmeg from the Christmas pudding and the warm, musky scent of sandalwood that emanates from the wood-panelled room

Now add a splash of water for the party to move to the sitting room where icing sugar-dusted pink cubes of rose-scented Turkish Delight sit on a silver tray next to old-fashioned, mint fondants, crystallised orange segments and candied peel. On a side table, a vase of honeysuckle and geranium lends a clear, aromatic pungency to the air

Taste: A caress of silk velvet on the tongue gives way to a swathe of rich, dark chocolate-enrobed walnuts leaving in their wake the lemony-rose jelly texture of Turkish delight. Then sugar-coated crystallised orange segments emerge, countered by crisp mint chocolate, adding a chiffon like texture

Finish: Lingering memories of dark minty chocolate with the effervescence of orange

Pretentious, moi?

magpie · « **Reply #43 on:** June 15, 2009, 01:39:17 pm »

I can never work out how people come up with these mental descriptions, it just tastes like whisky to me, nice whisky yes, but not like some wanker's Christmas party is being hosted in my mouth.

Jaspersharpe · « **Reply #44 on:** June 16, 2009, 04:10:37 pm »

That's the biggest load of shit I've read in a while. If it's a piss take then it's very funny but I fear not.

cofe · « **Reply #45 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:31:11 pm »

Quote from: magpie on June 15, 2009, 01:39:17 pm

but not like some wanker's Christmas party is being hosted in my mouth.

did you have any idea what you were writing?

magpie · « **Reply #46 on:** June 17, 2009, 09:49:42 pm »

Will Hunt · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2009, 01:23:04 pm »

The Riedel drinking glasses have arrived. Now I just need to get back to my bottle in Leeds to complete the partnership

Sloper · « **Reply #48 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:06:10 pm »

What are you going to test them out with?

I'm currently enjoying the autumn 1997 distillation of glengoyne by McGibbon. A really good summer whisky.

Will Hunt · « **Reply #49 on:** July 14, 2009, 02:14:05 pm »

At the moment I have a Talisker on the go but am also hankering after a Lagavulin. Apart from that I'm open to suggestions.