Talking about Whisky

[Beef Oven!]

I would still like to hear boarders' opinions of Canadian Club, please.

Me too. Never knowingly supped it. Saw it in the supermarket a few years back, but passed it over. £19.99 in Morrisons IIRC.

[Tapiola]

Today I have done a bottle of White Horse (I'm on holiday, after all!). It was dearer than VAT 69, but cheaper than JW Black.

I found it a bit 'perfumey" and lacking in body.

Many people have extolled the virtues of White Horse. This was my first bottle, and my last.

A white horse walks into a bar and orders a pint. The barman sniggers to himself and asks the horse "are you sure you wouldn't like a wee whisky? We have one here named after you".

"Ok", replies the white horse. "I'll have a double Eric with ice please".

[HighlandDougie]

I would still like to hear boarders' opinions of Canadian Club, please.

Ah, the André Rieu of rye whiskies. Smooth, a touch sweet and really pretty bland. In Scotland, it might be described as, "a lady's whisky" (unlike White Horse of which you might have a bottle in the cupboard to give to people whom you wanted out of the house PDQ - really quite unpleasant, unless it has been improved).

[Dave2002]

Just finished off a bottle of Chivas Regal. Quite pleasant. The labelling said it was 12 years old, but at our consumption rate the last drops were probably getting on for 30!

[Beef Oven!]

Having a very large Teacher's and some walnut cake.

[BBMmk2]

I am thinking of treating myself to a bottle of Laphroaig, this Christmas. My instincts tell me to get a bottle! Any opinions, out there. Also, Highland Park?

[umslopogaas]

Laphroaig has a very distinctive peaty flavour, makes an enjoyable change to my usual tipple of things like Glenmorangie. Havent tried Highland Park.

[gurnemanz]

I like Laphroaig, quite peaty, as pointed out above and as such not to all tastes. I have offered it to people who did not enjoy it all.

My last birthday present from my wife was for one of the regular tasting evenings organised by a local seller, Arkwrights of Highworth, Wilts. It was a fascinating introduction to Japanese whisky. I picked Nikka Coffey Malt as my favourite of those we tasted and indulged myself in a (discounted) bottle.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I like Laphroaig, quite peaty, as pointed out above and as such not to all tastes. I have offered it to people who did not enjoy it all.

No - I find it too intense, and I love many peaty whiskies - Lagavulin is my favourite - but Laphroaig is a bit "creosote-y" for me. (Inspector Rebus' favourite tipple, though )

No hesitation recommending Highland Park, though - smooth, warm, and "clean". And from the most Northern distillery, I believe; now there's a New Year project, sampling the distilleries from Highland Park to Bladnoch - with a bonus trip to Penderyn.


Japanese Whisky? For goodness' Sake?

[johnb]

Laphroaig has always been the most widely available and one of the most pungent (perhaps the most pungent) of the Islay malts but there are other wonderful malts from the island, with varying levels of "peatiness", e.g. Lagavulin (one of my favorites), Ardbeg, Caol Ila and then the somewhat less peaty Bowmore and Bunnahabhain, etc.

(I used to be fond of the old (pre 1994 closure) Bruichladdich. The distillery has re-opened but the style has changed and the marketing seems to suggest a more "boutique" approach, with fancy bottles and labels.)

[french frank]

"Ok", replies the white horse. "I'll have a double Eric with ice please".

Only just seen that one

[HighlandDougie]

No hesitation recommending Highland Park, though - smooth, warm, and "clean". And from the most Northern distillery, I believe;

Japanese Whisky? For goodness' Sake?

Highland Park beats Scapa by about a mile in terms of northernliness, although its lesser-known neighbour also produces excellent whisky. My local Co-op was recently selling HP cheaply, but not as cheaply as the big Carrefour in Nice this morning, where the range - and low price - of Scotland's finest were enough to keep lums lang reekin'. Anyway, BBM, having confessed to a liking for Canadian Club (not in my experience much like malt from Islay), might find Laphroaig a bit too much like TCP (with, as FHG points out, an added double shot of creosote). Bowmore might be a less challenging introduction to that particular malt genre.

[BBMmk2]

Wow! Thanks guys! I like Laguvalin too! thanks for the recommendation Ferney! Might buy both! :)

[BBMmk2]

Highland Park beats Scapa by about a mile in terms of northernliness, although its lesser-known neighbour also produces excellent whisky. My local Co-op was recently selling HP cheaply, but not as cheaply as the big Carrefour in Nice this morning, where the range - and low price - of Scotland's finest were enough to keep lums lang reekin'. Anyway, BBM, having confessed to a liking for Canadian Club (not in my experience much like malt from Islay), might find Laphroaig a bit too much like TCP (with, as FHG points out, an added double shot of creosote). Bowmore might be a less challenging introduction to that particular malt genre.

How does Laphroaig compare to say Jura, Glenmorangie or Glendfiddich. I like to try the less well known malts as well.

[Beef Oven!]

Japanese Whisky? For goodness' Sake?

Agree with you about Laphroaig and Highland Park.

I'm back on the Teacher's. It's my go-to whisky - I have no class.