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  • johnb
    Full Member
    • Mar 2007
    • 2903
    #421
    Amongst today's Amazon Deals there is a Diageo "Classic Coastal Malts Collection" - a pack of three 20cl bottles of Clynelish 14, Caol Ila 12 and Talisker 10. It might be a good way of sampling three well regarded malts relatively cheaply (at least when compared to buying three 70cl bottles). Talisker is well known but Clynelish and Caol Ila (an Islay malt) much less so, despite them being highly regarded.

    The deal starts at 7:00pm for Amazon Prime members, 7:30pm for those not using Amazon Prime, and the deal price is likely to be around £28.

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    • Dave2002
      Full Member
      • Dec 2010
      • 18025
      #422
      I happened to walk through a fairly local Sainsbury's yesterday. They had some Old Pulteney for £23 and some Aberlour for £26 I think. http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/brand...ainsburys.html

      I didn't buy either, and I've had the Aberlour before, but I've never tried Old Pulteney so might go back. What's it like?

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      • Beef Oven!
        Ex-member
        • Sep 2013
        • 18147
        #423
        Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
        I happened to walk through a fairly local Sainsbury's yesterday. They had some Old Pulteney for £23 and some Aberlour for £26 I think. http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/brand...ainsburys.html

        I didn't buy either, and I've had the Aberlour before, but I've never tried Old Pulteney so might go back. What's it like?
        I had a bottle last year - very nice indeed. I would recommend it strongly. Has hints of raisins and honey and does really have the claimed hint of sea-air salt. It's not peaty, nor over-sweet. I am talking myself into buying a bottle!

        I also had a bottle of the Aberlour and did not rate it at all. I would definitely not buy it again.

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        • ferneyhoughgeliebte
          Gone fishin'
          • Sep 2011
          • 30163
          #424
          Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
          I had a bottle last year - very nice indeed. I would recommend it strongly. Has hints of raisins and honey and does really have the claimed hint of sea-air salt. It's not peaty, nor over-sweet. I am talking myself into buying a bottle!


          I also had a bottle of the Aberlour and did not rate it at all. I would definitely not buy it again.
          Yes - I wasn't quite as unenthuasiatic (if someone bought me one, I'd not be sad; a decent "everyday" tipple, without that sense of a special occasion you get with so many others) - but at the price there are malts I much prefer to it. Old Pulteney at £3 cheaper is a much better bet.
          [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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          • Dave2002
            Full Member
            • Dec 2010
            • 18025
            #425
            I wasn't so keen on the Aberlour I had much earlier on in the year, but others we had with us emptied the bottle enthusiasticaly.
            I think the Old Pulteney is calling - and not too much of a detour.

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            • johnb
              Full Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 2903
              #426
              Which Aberlour are you talking about? According to their website, Sainsbury's stock the 10, 12 and 16 yr old Aberlour whiskies.

              I've only had the Aberlour 16 and the Aberlour A'Bunadh. Both are "sherry bombs", so anyone with an aversion to that style of malt whisky you wouldn't like either. I found the Aberlour 16 to be a very pleasant whisky, very flavoursome. The A'Bunadh is cask strength so a very different kettle of fish.

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              • Nick Armstrong
                Host
                • Nov 2010
                • 26540
                #427
                If I may paraphrase Al Pacino in Scarface...

                ... Say hello to my little friends: Ho, Ho and Ho!

                Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 22-12-15, 16:28.
                "...the isle is full of noises,
                Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                • teamsaint
                  Full Member
                  • Nov 2010
                  • 25210
                  #428
                  Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                  If I may paraphrase Al Pacino in Scarface...

                  ... Say hello to my little friends: Ho, Ho and Ho!




                  Here's to Hatfield Aldi.

                  Enjoy !!
                  I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                  I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                  • Nick Armstrong
                    Host
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 26540
                    #429
                    Originally posted by teamsaint View Post


                    Here's to Hatfield Aldi.

                    Enjoy !!
                    Cheers!
                    "...the isle is full of noises,
                    Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                    Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                    Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                    • teamsaint
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2010
                      • 25210
                      #430
                      Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                      Cheers!
                      oh....and for reference, do let us know what you think of it after all this pavlova .......
                      I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                      I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                      • Nick Armstrong
                        Host
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 26540
                        #431
                        Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
                        oh....and for reference, do let us know what you think of it after all this pavlova .......
                        Got a small one on the go right now! It's ruddy delicious!!
                        "...the isle is full of noises,
                        Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                        Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                        Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                        • Beef Oven!
                          Ex-member
                          • Sep 2013
                          • 18147
                          #432
                          Originally posted by Caliban View Post
                          Got a small one on the go right now! It's ruddy delicious!!
                          Glad you like it, Caliban.

                          It gets better after the air's been at it a while. Once I open a whisky, it last a maximum of two sittings, so I use one of these....


                          wineenthusiast.com
                          http://www.wineenthusiast.com/vinturi-red-wine-aerator.asp

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                          • Beef Oven!
                            Ex-member
                            • Sep 2013
                            • 18147
                            #433
                            Originally posted by johnb View Post
                            Which Aberlour are you talking about? According to their website, Sainsbury's stock the 10, 12 and 16 yr old Aberlour whiskies.

                            I've only had the Aberlour 16 and the Aberlour A'Bunadh. Both are "sherry bombs", so anyone with an aversion to that style of malt whisky you wouldn't like either. I found the Aberlour 16 to be a very pleasant whisky, very flavoursome. The A'Bunadh is cask strength so a very different kettle of fish.
                            Can't remember. 10 or 12?

                            A'Bunadh is fine, see my post #418

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                            • gurnemanz
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 7391
                              #434
                              Apropos Aberlour. The 10 year old is in the top ten single malts listing in today's i Paper. Best Buy is Old Pulteney 21 Year Old at just £92.99 from masterofmalt.com

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                              • umslopogaas
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 1977
                                #435
                                Blimey, at ninety three quid it had better be a best buy! One for those with deep pockets, I'll stick to the 12 year old.

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