Talking about Whisky

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Lagavulin - the Beethoven of the single malts.

(Firey, full of flavour, invigorating, soothing, powerful - and brilliant use of the Timps.)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Chivas R would be... mmmm ... Zubin Mehta? Been around for ages, probably overpriced, nice and smooth but...

Slainte!

[Dave2002]

What would you allocate to some/all of the following:

Beecham
Malcolm Sargent
Ferenc Fricsay
Karl Böhm
Celibidache
Furtwängler

and more ....

and who for:

Famous Grouse
Black Grouse
Bells
Dewars
Grants
Mackies

.... others from this list - http://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/201...isky-brands/2/


and more ...


Once we've done whisky, should we/could we also do wine and beer similarly?!

[Beef Oven!]

Having a couple of glasses of Caol Ila 12 Year Old.

Very nice indeed. 43% ABV.

Needs a drop of water.

I picked it up for £25 last year in Makro wholesalers.

Dearer here...............https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-1619.aspx

[BBMmk2]

Lagavulin - the Beethoven of the single malts.

(Firey, full of flavour, invigorating, soothing, powerful - and brilliant use of the Timps.)

One of my favourites Ferney. Beefy, a drop of water?

[Beef Oven!]

One of my favourites Ferney. Beefy, a drop of water?

About two teaspoons per single shot.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

About two teaspoons per single shot.

Yes - some whiskies benefit from a little water to smoothen the edges and bring out the full flavours (as was suggested on this very Thread by LMP in #31 [top of page 4]). Some of the whiskies that I previously didn't particularly enjoy are really brought to life by this method. LMP has done me a great favour!

I don't know Caol Ila; £25 sounds a real bargain!

[Beef Oven!]

Yes - some whiskies benefit from a little water to smoothen the edges and bring out the full flavours (as was suggested on this very Thread by LMP in #31 [top of page 4]). Some of the whiskies that I previously didn't particularly enjoy are really brought to life by this method. LMP has done me a great favour!

Richard Paterson explains the reason why adding water is necessary, in the hilarious, but professional and informative video in post #18.

I don't know Caol Ila; £25 sounds a real bargain!

I was very pleased with the price. If I knew I was going to like it so much, I would have bought two

[teamsaint]

Richard Paterson explains the reason why adding water is necessary, in the hilarious, but professional and informative video in post #18



I was very pleased with the price. If I knew I was going to like it so much, I would have bought two

Dont forget to put the empties out before Wednesday..........



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[BBMmk2]

About two teaspoons per single shot.

Perhaps I will try that?

[Beef Oven!]

Dont forget to put the empties out before Wednesday..........



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Don't worry mate, I'm no novice

[Beef Oven!]

Perhaps I will try that?

You tell me.

Jokes aside, nearly all whiskies benefit from adding a little water. It takes the ABV down so your mouth is not anaesthetised and you can taste the complexity of flavours.

I don't know of any single malts that don't benefit therefrom. But don't add water to JW Black label blended. It ruins it. The stuff is fantastic straight out the bottle.

As Christopher Hitchens says JWBL is the favoured whisky of the Palestinian Authority, the Iraqi Ba'ath Party, much of the Saudi Royal Family and Gaddafi's Lybian dictatorship - they can't all be wrong!!!

This is the second time that I have posted the Hitchens vid. I also posted the AC/DC Thunderstruck vid twice and MrGG thinks he'd be rich if he had two0shillings a pop!

[hedgehog]

Yes Caol Ila is a nice drop - light by comparison to still my favourite Lagavullin, but it's very classy in the aftertaste.

Just now I'm sipping on a 12 year old cragganmore - bit generic but for a Speyside malt it has a bit of depth to to it, is also improved with a dash of water.

[Dave2002]

Seems that beefy won't be here tonight. Last night sampled Lagavulin again, and sniffed at Auchentoshan. Tonight will probably try Tomintoul and/or another shot of Laphroaig.

[Beef Oven!]

Seems that beefy won't be here tonight. Last night sampled Lagavulin again, and sniffed at Auchentoshan. Tonight will probably try Tomintoul and/or another shot of Laphroaig.

I can come here, it's just that I have little to say because I am limiting myself to drinking no more than 2/3 times per month and I've had February's quota!

Last slurp was Saturday 14th, a large glass of Ardmore. I think it's my favourite of all single malts.

Maybe because I've always loved Teachers - Teachers is Ardmore based, and as we know, Teachers prides itself on being a blend with at least 40% single malt.

I'm not keen on Lagavulin, but to be fair, it's been a long time since I've tasted it. And I have never tasted Auchentoshan, which deserves to be tasted, if only because of its wonderful name!!!!