The whisky thread

flook said:
Bought the Allardice last year at the distillery, £80 but I suspect is't a fair bit more now as it's not available on either whisky exchange or masters of malt. Sampled the 12 year old as part of the tour tasting, it was good but the 18 is gorgeous
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About 25 years ago I was on a golf holiday in Scotland with 3 friends. We stumbled on the Glen Turret distillery just outside of Crief. We had a very enjoyable afternoon in there!

Next year I'm thinking of visiting rural Scotland with my wife for a week. Would you recommend Glen Dronach? Where abouts is it? And are there any other good distilleries in the area worth a visit?
 
Mancini Manus Domini said:
Next year I'm thinking of visiting rural Scotland with my wife for a week. Would you recommend Glen Dronach? Where abouts is it? And are there any other good distilleries in the area worth a visit?
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Springbank is surely the best of all distilleries to visit. They do the whole process on the one site, from malting through to bottling. It is the only place you can see every step of the process in one place.

Also, its a family owned distillery, and they still make it the old fashioned way, no chill filtration and no caramel colourant added unlike too many others.

Springbank is also in my view on the consistently best single malts available. Certainly in my top 3.

My other advice would be to avoid any distillery tour where the ownership is a multinational, especially in holiday periods. You will likely be shown around by a local student on a holiday job who knows next to nothing about the craft.
 
Mancini Manus Domini said:
About 25 years ago I was on a golf holiday in Scotland with 3 friends. We stumbled on the Glen Turret distillery just outside of Crief. We had a very enjoyable afternoon in there!

Next year I'm thinking of visiting rural Scotland with my wife for a week. Would you recommend Glen Dronach? Where abouts is it? And are there any other good distilleries in the area worth a visit?
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We did Glendronach, Glenglassaugh, Cragganmore and the cooperage whose name escapes me, all in or around the cairngormes. All were good but pre-book the tours as they get busy
 
NeilYoungIsBack said:
My other advice would be to avoid any distillery tour where the ownership is a multinational, especially in holiday periods. You will likely be shown around by a local student on a holiday job who knows next to nothing about the craft.
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we had knowledgeable tour guides, but all were English which was a bit of a surprise, took a scottish phrase book and everything :)
 
Sid C said:
That’s interesting. A while back I had a bottle of Smokehead 18 which was superb, I’m assuming the one you’re talking about dos’nt have an age statement? Have you got any details mate.
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No unfortunately it’s not the 18 year old, just the standard one but still very nice indeed. It’s got a really dark colour to it and really smokey flavour but not too overpowering. Best I’ve had in a while and good price at £25 ish.
 
Djibrilshairdo said:
What do you think of Powers? Friend of mine got me on it last year over there, never see over this side of the sea.
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Its dead on...you see it a lot in pubs...especially older, traditional pubs.

Its pretty standard, not flash or fancy...just "normal" irish whiskey :-)
 
BLUEYESTU said:
No unfortunately it’s not the 18 year old, just the standard one but still very nice indeed. It’s got a really dark colour to it and really smokey flavour but not too overpowering. Best I’ve had in a while and good price at £25 ish.
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That is indeed a good price. I seem to remember I paid around 80 quid for the 18, I’ve just looked it up and it now ranges from 104 to 150 quid!!
 
Don’t normally go for scotch as I’m not overly fond of the smokiness but my godson got me a nice gift set last Christmas.
Speyside and Ledaig were the highlights. Both pretty good.

Had guests over from France and brought them locally on a whiskey tasty night. All Irish, hence the spelling.
Great night. My missus did the driving for us and we tasted 9 whiskeys between the three of us.
Yellow Spot
Green Spot
Jameson Caskmate Stout
Jameson 12 year old
Redbreast
Teelings Sherry Cask
I think there was an aged Powers
Midleton Very Rare ( I think)
And I think the last was an 18 year old Jameson. Can’t remember.

When our guests left they presented me with a Midleton Very Rare in the presentation box.
Great stuff.

Had a 10 year old Tipperary last weekend which really surprised me.
Very mellow and dark with a lovely flavor.

Not impressed by Tullamore Dew.
Ordinary Jameson or Powers are bog standard but pleasant. Prefer Jameson.
Black Bush or Bushmills are ok.

The Roe distillery has reopened on James Street after nearly a century and Pearce Lyons has opened there to.

That whole area of Dublin is becoming a brewery/distillery Mecca.

Planning on taking a day off at Christmas and maybe get s couple done.
 
Delved into the realm of Aldi bourbon (Samuel Joes)in the last week or so, just got myself another bottle. If you’re a Wild Turkey, JB/JD fan then you’ll love this stuff!
 
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