The whisky thread

[BLUEYESTU]

Wandering around Sainsbury’s the other day I saw The Pogues Irish Malt whiskey on special offer with apx £7 off. Thought I’d give it a try and it’s really tasty stuff! Definitely a bargain at £18.
Also noticed in Booths last night that they have Smokehead on offer with £10 off.

 

[laserblue]

Edradour. It's made at the smallest distillery in Scotland and can be a bit hard to find. Smooth as silk.

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Not long since discovered an unopened Bunnahabhain 12 at the back of my stash. It's maybe 5 years since I last tasted Bunnahabhain and it was a very pleasant experience.

It's all gone now though, and I've moved onto a Tomintoul 14 which I am not enjoying as much as the Bunnahabhain.

 

[Blue Hefner]

Mrs Hef got me 10yr old single malt called Laphroaig for Fathers’ Day - I’m yet to try it though

 

[Big Swifty]

My Mrs bought me Laphroaig (not Laphroaig Select) for my birthday, as she has done for years. I love it - very smoky, and different from most others, but i love it - it's addictive. To be savoured.

 

[Sid C]

Wandering around Sainsbury’s the other day I saw The Pogues Irish Malt whiskey on special offer with apx £7 off. Thought I’d give it a try and it’s really tasty stuff! Definitely a bargain at £18.
Also noticed in Booths last night that they have Smokehead on offer with £10 off.

Hmmm I might make a trip to Booths then. Smokehead’s a great whisky and I quite like the fact that it’s a closely guarded secret which distillery it comes from, people guess at Ardbeg etc but no punters really know.

I was lucky enough to have a Smokehead 18 a while back and it was fantastic but after reading your post I’ve just looked it up and it’s now in the region of 200 quid!!!!

 

[quiet_riot]

Got a lovely 10 year old Talisker to start this evening.

 

[BLUEYESTU]

My Mrs bought me Laphroaig (not Laphroaig Select) for my birthday, as she has done for years. I love it - very smoky, and different from most others, but i love it - it's addictive. To be savoured.

I got a bottle of that a few years ago and it came with free cuff links, one saying Love It and the other Hate It. Sums it up for me really - a lot of people can take the taste of it but I love it!

 

[lefty goldblatt]

For the Islay fans, I'm just about to finish a Bunnahabhain (was £27, down from £35 @Sainsbury's, a few weeks back)

Lovely stuff

Back on offer at Morrison's. £26 from £35

After this morning's news, I might break it open, tonight

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Is that a Bubba 12 or the Stiru

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Back on offer at Morrison's. £26 from £35

After this morning's news, I might break it open, tonight

Bunna12 or Stiuireadair?

 

[lefty goldblatt]

Bunna12 or Stiuireadair?

The latter

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

The latter

Cheers. It will be good to compare to the 12

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

Got a 10 year Old Ballantruan for £59, in a celebrating mood.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Copied from BBC website.

Johnnie Walker, the whisky which traces its roots back 200 years, will soon be available in paper bottles.

Diageo, the drinks giant that owns the brand, said it plans to run a trial of the new environmentally-friendly packaging from next year.

While most Johnnie Walker is sold in glass bottles, the firm is looking for ways of using less plastic across its brands.

Making bottles from glass also consumes energy and creates carbon emissions.

To make the bottles, Diageo will co-launch a firm called Pulpex, which will also produce packaging for the likes of Unilever and PepsiCo.

Diageo's paper whisky bottle, which will be trialled in spring 2021, will be made from wood pulp and will be fully recyclable

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

Strangely for a whiskey fan, had my first Glenlivet tonight. Incredibly smooth and mellow, lots of fruity sweetness with a Ben-and-Jerries level of creaminess. Need to get a good gulp in your mouth for it to show off it's depth, but very agreeable stuff that you could easily down in double time.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Strangely for a whiskey fan, had my first Glenlivet tonight. Incredibly smooth and mellow, lots of fruity sweetness with a Ben-and-Jerries level of creaminess. Need to get a good gulp in your mouth for it to show off it's depth, but very agreeable stuff that you could easily down in double time.

Whisky, surely!

 

[The Pandorica Opened]

Whisky, surely!

Never looked right, to me. I know scotches don't use the "e", but I just can't lose it.

 

[kinkyblue]

Currently working my way through talisker sky. Lovely smokey tipple

 

[Kippax77]

Spent a week up in the cairngorms in february this year and bought a bottle of Dalwhinnes winter gold for nights sat in front of an open fire.
That stuff is the buisness