A new one opened up recently, but like you, I resisted the Highland Black. I've still got other bottles to get through.
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Amazon current have Aberlour 10 yr for £22 and Talisker 10 yr for £25.Comment
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Has anyone ever tried the Bailie Nicol Jarvie blended whisky?
I've only just read about it and the blend used to have many enthusiastic devotees who regarded it as *the* best blended whisky (at a reasonable price). It appears that Glenmorangie gave it very little publicity and then decided to stop production.
(The label is rather good too.)Comment
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Yes.Originally posted by johnb View Post
Had a bottle last year. Picked it up in Morrisons of all places. I will definitely buy another bottle when I see it next.
60% single malt, minimum cask time of 8 years. All for about £17!!!Comment
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I am ashamed to admit that I've not had a drop of whisky for a couple of years or so; how I have survived that remains one of life's mysteries...Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
Reading all of this makes me want a Glendronach 18yo, which has been renamed Allardice since last I had one; they're not so easy to find, though - and the last time I actually saw one on sale was in France!...Comment
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Originally posted by ahinton View Post
Don't even have to leave home AH.......
And there seem to be plenty of stockists if you are out and about in the Hintonlands
After 2 years abstinence the £90 should be easy enough to find.
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Many thanks for this! Ninety quid? Yikes! I seem to recall paying less than a third of that on the last occasion when I bought a bottle but that must have been more than 20 years ago! I daresay that it's worth every penny of its current price, however!Originally posted by teamsaint View PostDon't even have to leave home AH.......
And there seem to be plenty of stockists if you are out and about in the Hintonlands
After 2 years abstinence the £90 should be easy enough to find.Comment
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The disappearance of the excellent and much-liked BNJ from shops (and pubs) is a depressing step on the increasing "designer brandification" of whisky. I realise that I sound like a reactionary and boring old fart - and if jobs are created and preserved through increasing the sales of the stuff through such gimmickry that can only be a good thing - but the fact that Glenmorangie is now owned by the ubiquitous LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy for those still blissfully unaware of this behemoth of "brands") plays, I fear, a large part in why it is no longer sold. Every time I am forced to go through the shopping malls a.k.a. departure lounges of various airports (unavoidable now, for instance, in Edinburgh and - the horror! the horror! - Bristol), I am forcibly reminded of the nonsense now purveyed by the marketeers of the conglomerates which have swallowed up the likes of Glenmorangie. The whisky itself has, happily, not changed but I still feel like supporting a, "Campaign for Real Whisky". In the meantime, I'll stick to buying Springbank, Glenfarclas and those other distilleries which are still hanging on without feeling the need to come up with utter nonsense about Vikings, Rob Roy, Braveheart or the rest of it.Comment
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I do agree.
I've recently "returned" to malt whisky and am struck by how the majority of distilleries are now heavily into designer bottles, designer labels, designer bottlings, etc - as though malt whisky is now an outpost of the fashion industry. One of the most extreme examples seems to be the "new" Bruichladdich (I do miss the old pre-closure Bruichladdich).Comment
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My wife bought me a bottle of Highland Park!! :) Through the recomendations of the Forumitersn here. Looking forward to this!Don’t cry for me
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Anyone thinking about buying a bottle of Laphroaig might think of getting the Laphroaig Quarter Cask rather than the Laphroaig 10 year old. I haven't yet* tasted the Quarter Cask but some whisky experts rate it much higher than the standard 10 year old ("rounder, more vibrant, fuller and sweeter") and it is currently on offer at Waitrose and ASDA for £33 and £32 respectively.
* I picked up a bottle today and will be savouring it over the coming weekend.
For Xmas I'm also going to treat myself to a bottle of Old Pulteney 17 Yr (which has some very enthusiastic devotees), or possibly Glenfarclas 21 Yr, as a special treat. (Some aspects of Xmas might have to be brought forward once the whisky arrives.)Last edited by johnb; 17-11-15, 17:24.Comment
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BBM, if your wife buys you whisky, you clearly aren't drinking enough!Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View PostComment
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johnb, I just bought a bottle of Laphroaig in Morrisons for around thirty quid. The label doesnt say its 10 years old, but describes it as "Hand selected oak casks for perfect balance and flavour." Is that the Quarter Cask you are referring to? I'm greatly looking forward to sampling it!Comment
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Laphroaig Select and Laphroaig Quarter Cask are different "expressions" <cough>. The Select is a milder version of Laphroaig whereas the Quarter Cask is a richer and rounder.
Incidentally, when I went to Waitrose the Laphroaig was on a bottom shelf and only the Select was visible. I had to kneel down and rearrange the bottles to find a few of the Quarter Cask at the back of the shelf.Comment
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The secret's out now - I hope you pushed the other bottles back to the back of the shelf - so they're still there next time you go!Originally posted by johnb View Post
I had to look in my cupboard to remind myself that the Islay malt I currently have is Laphroig Quarter Cask - very nice it is too. I would also recommend Old Pulteney - mine is only 12 years old though.
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