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Dangerous month to comeā¦ 50th Birthday in a few weeks so need a procure a treatā¦ to myselfā¦ It will contain no āeā mindā¦ and wanker contains an āeāā¦
Plenty on here contained e in the 90sā¦
I guess the 50th invite got lost in the post?
Nevermind, post your address here and weāll all turn up to help you celebrate.
69 Koontz Street
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Really, what is the point of having all those whiskies if you donāt drink them
Itās like have a car you donāt drive
I have slowly been building up a decent cellar, some of which will be quite pricy when they are ready, and I would make a decent profit if I sold it. But where is the fun in that.
I will be drinking the lot
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Thy buy as status symbols and to make a profit - is full of Macallan and Bowmore that have both made a killing on selfing over aged limited betting to stupid people with too much moneyā¦ Would not normally be an issue, but as a result, this hyperinflation of cost vs value, means its impacted on prices across the board, especially for more limited bottling that say 15 years ago would have set you back about 35-40, now 160-200ā¦ and they are not worth thatā¦
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Tonight, my middle class tendencies are delivering me to Campbeltown where I will imbibe on a Longrow (The peated versions of Springbank) 21 year old. I am very partial to the 18yo and also then 14yo Sherry cask matured , cask strength, so hoping for good things 
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Sod it, youāve embarrassed and belittled me so Iāve had to open thisā¦
Not too foul to be honest, however the smokey after taste does linger a while.
By the way I was given this for fixing someoneās computer, I did not purchaseā¦
Interesting that stuff. Did some digging and as you can see from the link, the distillery was only in production for a short timeā¦ the 15 year old tends to go between Ā£100-Ā£150 at auction
What is it like? Traditional āspeyside, or more highland in style? Does it give any cask info on the bottle?
Iām not sure what typical Speyside is so I canāt answer, I will say itās not very peaty and is quite smooth but leaves a pleasant taste at the back of the mouth.
No cask info on the bottleā¦
How much is the 25yo worth?
Probably about the sameā¦ sorry. Not that sought after so drink up and enjoy
Have to say though that their ābest whisky in the worldā Claim might be a bit of a Porky
That did make i laugh as well.
Speyside. I actually like those. Often got 12 year old in Biz Class & 18 year old in 1st class on Emirates back in the day.
Damascus Saint & I demolished a whole bottle en route to LA. Slept 8 hours, started on a second one for breakfast
Not a fan of the heavy peaty stuff
Iāve dropped hints, hoping Mrs P_F will stretch the Xmas gift budget to a bottle of Ben Bracken from Lidlā¦
Well I must say my Xmas present is superb
The Speyside - being my preferred tipple. Light first touch rolling smoothly across the mouth and even I can catch the woody .
Not for snobs or people working obviously, and certainly not Old Pulteny standard. But a great discovery
Apologies, not a Malt but.
Well this was a surprise Auchan had a Scotch promotion. Ā£8.50 a litre. For a basic blended Scotch.
The price made me look at the label I had assumed a dodgy Chinese or worse Indian brand, but no. Lochte Lomond Distillery no less, creators of one of my favourite Malts.
So why not I thought.
It is a lovely drinking plonk. Smooth, woody, a tiny sweetness to the finish
I may stock up at that price itās almost as cheap as Vodka! And I can check if they have any more Stilton obv
Malt snob alert dear boyā¦ I see you need to serve an apprenticeship young padowanā¦ Loch Lomond is what can best be described as a āmarketing maltā . Inoffensive releases but but the cask blend in their malt releases are designed to appeal to A neutral audience, like Glenfiddich or Glenmorangie.
A good start is to pay a visit to whiskybase.com and check scores as they have hundreds of reviews so any personal preference is ironed out and you get a good idea of where things are in the quality stakes anything in high 70s low 80s is OK butā¦
What is your palette preference? Do you have preferred region or cask type etc.? If you let me know, I can make some recommendations that you might find enjoyable.
Key is to look at the presentation, strength, non- chill filtered and natural colour etc and then cask type. 
Also, āsmoothā is a bit of a dodgy term. Folks sometimes mistake the lack of an initial alcohol nip as being āsmoothā when higher strength or cask strength will all have a nip, initially and then settle as you get used to itā¦ a wee drop of room temp water is also good for reducing the nip and releasing more subtle flavours
The term is typically used by marketing to appeal to those a bit worried about the nip etc.
Currently enjoying a superb Bladnoch 11year Old.
Bladnoch is a Lowland distillery that was closed for sometime, but reopened and they are now releasing older stockā¦
Classic lowland style, tons of vanilla from the ex-bourbon casks and floral and honey notesā¦
this has no nip despite being presented at 46.7%. Non-chill filtered and natural colour.
Yum yum
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My palette preference is governed by my budget.
Furlough on Ā£200 a monthā¦
Abu Dhabi Bob opened this for me on my weekend stopover when we were blagged in to the HSBC Players party & I was set up like a kipper & ended the evening drinking Moet while wearing Lefties actual Green Jacketā¦
Anyway it was perfection.
I won a bottle some years later at Duty Free in Heathrow. Ah memories.
https://www.oldpulteney.com/whiskies/181-15-years-old-single-malt-scotch-whisky
Similar malts I enjoyed.
Tamnavulin
Clyneliesh
Glenlivet 18 years
There was also the upgrade to First on BA, where, after a lunch including Pheasant, the Steward asked if Iād like an Armanac- I declined, asked if they had any Malt. He replied no, but brought out a bottle of Blue Label and opened it for me.
As we started prep to land I enquired in horror in case they had to pour the 33% left over down the loo.
āNot today Sirā
We have a special promotion on our Hip Flasks, half price and filled up.
Nom nom nom.
Ā£100 bottle of Scoth on an upgrade. Bless