Your original post is an excellent choice. This is from the area my family originally hail from generations ago. I hope to get some over the weekend for the holidays.
On the pricier end the only ones Iâve tried (and absolutely loved) are the Suntory Hibiki 17 and Suntory Yamazaki 12; in my price range I generally get Nikka from the Barrel or the 12 year old as theyâre often on offer in the Canary Wharf Waitrose, Suntory Toki or Suntory Hibiki Harmony.
If you like peat the Hakushu 12 is surprisingly Islay-ish from what I remember of a friendâs bottle
As if wisky can only be produced by The scotch (sic) and the Japanezers, Irish whiskey is harsh but fair and Welsh wisklly (spelt with two llâs isnât it) is not to be scoffed at!
Well the only one Iâve tried isnât to be scoffed at anywayâŠ
Penderyn Red, I wonât lie to you but itâs lush.
I mean if youâre dissing it, youâve surely tried it.
Right?
Thought not.
It really is lush. Very mellow.
Isnât it?
And while weâre trying to end whisk(e)(ll)y apartheid, this from my personal stash shouts âyou can stick your single malt up yer bâkilted arse!â
Not sure it was that pototo shit that made @saintbletch go blind mindâŠ
But as master of this thread, I will note Bletchâs crimes against reading comprehension and store them away for time when he needs to be bettered⊠The clue is in the thread title SirBletchington de Manmount Smythe, 'âSingle Maltâ - not your grain, blend, bourbon, welshsheeppiss, Oirish potato shirt collar starch malarky⊠I am sure that as any aristocrat fallen on hard times you have been forced to swallow many a foul liquid, but please for the sake of forum integrity, stay on topic sir- I appeal to your moral code!
⊠@saintbletch didhe really use the word âlushâ in a describe a welsh abomination that does not evenqualify under the term âsingle maltâ? âLushâ ? Surely a word reserved for 14 year old âgirlsâ in rara skirts circa 1984 when describing the such classroom 'dudesâsuch as my 14 year old selfâŠOk more usualy teh guy who had a full beard by the time he was 13 and could beat up on teachers⊠Is this utterance the result of too much foreign liquid consumption?
Why isnât Penderyn a single malt whisklly(sic)? Genuine question as I assumed that because it has single malt on the bottle it must be a single malt. Iâm guessing thereâs some technicanallity(sic) that it fails?
Observation
Lush is an ancient Welch(sic) word for a particularly handsome dragon. I became familiar with it by watching Gavin and Stacey and chose it because I thought it might be humorous to use a Welch word to describe the taste of a Welch whisklly. I could have used Tidy, which is how welsh people describe neat neckwear, but I decided against it.
(didnât we have a word-bore thread for mixed definitions - EDIT found it here.)
My eyes cant read what its says on that there photo, being too old and blind myself trhough excessive drinking of Welsh meths masquerading as single malt - if it is indeed a single malt, I apologise as it would thus qualify for this thread⊠the technicality is fails under is that its Welsh
Gently letting it warm a little - nee dto be patient. This was distilled when I was I as in 3rd year at University - before marriage, career, juvenile unit, mortages. A time when the desire for Brexit was just an old school Tory with a sovereignty fixation distant wet dream⊠a simpler time, when I was slimâŠ