Malt Whisky thread

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 5:39 pm

Would really love to, but can't see me getting the time.

smee · Post by **smee** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:01 pm

Tony, I'd be up for doing the Glendronach tour, would need to try and tie it in with a half day, Wednesdays usually better as Rachelle is usually off then so we could have a driver!

Also if you are a "friend of Glengoyne" they are currently offering the new teapot dram 2 for £49.99 as opposed to £59.99
If it's anywhere near as good as batch 1 it will be well worth it.

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:59 pm

Was in Tesco today and saw Glendronach Revival - anybody tried it?

They also had Laphroaig Quarter cask at £30 ish? - no idea if that's a good price for it.

smee · Post by **smee** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:02 pm

It's a personl favourite of mine and I know Graeme Fraser is also a fan. We did a side by side comparitive tasting of the 15y.o. revival with an old Teachers bottling 15. The difference was increadible but then there was about a 3x price difference as well. I think all these interesting whiskies are entering Tesco via Gordon & MacPhail

duggiesmith · Post by **duggiesmith** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:47 pm

tonyg wrote:They also had Laphroaig Quarter cask at £30 ish? - no idea if that's a good price for it.

Yup. A pretty decent price and a fine dram. Worth a lot more IMO.
I used to see it regularly on offer for around £30, but it has been creeping up so I'd grab it at £30 if you can.

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:32 pm

smee wrote:Tony, I'd be up for doing the Glendronach tour, would need to try and tie it in with a half day, Wednesdays usually better as Rachelle is usually off then so we could have a driver!
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Lets do this soon. Next few weeks?

There's a distillery-only bottle I want, so will be going soon anyway. Would be good to do the full tour while there.

smee · Post by **smee** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:43 pm

graeme wrote:
smee wrote:Tony, I'd be up for doing the Glendronach tour, would need to try and tie it in with a half day, Wednesdays usually better as Rachelle is usually off then so we could have a driver!
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Lets do this soon. Next few weeks?

There's a distillery-only bottle I want, so will be going soon anyway. Would be good to do the full tour while there.

I have a half day on Monday

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:10 am

Monday should work. I provisionally said I'd pop down to Shug's on the bike on Monday, but I'm sure the good chap won't mind if I bump him to later in the week.

Post by **Shug** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:45 am

Good chap? Most people will tell you I'm c**t...

No problem shifting - Friday then, if you're doing a whisky tour on Monday <BG>

graeme · Post by **graeme** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:18 pm

Ok, Monday then. Ta Shuggles.

Minimum 4 for the tour... Who else is in?

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:37 pm

Shug wrote:Good chap? Most people will tell you I'm c**t...

No problem shifting - Friday then, if you're doing a whisky tour on Monday

Aw Shuggy, not most people, everybody people........

<BG>

tut

flyingscot68 · Post by **flyingscot68** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 3:21 pm

Rag_It wrote:
tonyg wrote:Andrew (or other experts) - I enjoyed the Glendronach - is this a good buy?

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-19512.aspx
Same boat, i really enjoyed the one we had on our tasting night, was it the cask strength batch 1?

I bought a bottle of this after reading about the whisky tasting night - it was delicious.

Can't seem to find another bottle anywhere. Anyone know where I could pick one up?

Cheers,

Kenny

smee · Post by **smee** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:21 pm

Hi Kenny, it was part of their annual releases. Every year they make a few cask selections to bottle as single cask releases. There will be a different, similar offering available I'm sure but you might struggle to get the same cask again. Glendronach only use PX or Olorosso casks so make sure you get the right one. Graeme and I both picked up 1990 PX bottles yesterday from the distillery for about £80, a real bargain for a single cask px whisky of that age. Happy hunting!

Rag_It · Post by **Rag_It** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:51 pm

smee wrote:Graeme and I both picked up 1990 PX bottles yesterday from the distillery for about £80, a real bargain for a single cask px whisky of that age. Happy hunting!

Aye, but picture evidence showed that your living room carpet benefited from most of it!

smee · Post by **smee** » Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:54 pm

Rag_It wrote:
smee wrote:Graeme and I both picked up 1990 PX bottles yesterday from the distillery for about £80, a real bargain for a single cask px whisky of that age. Happy hunting!
Aye, but picture evidence showed that your living room carpet benefited from most of it!

I said I wouldn't post that picture

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