What Are You Drinking Now?

[Peat Sampras]

Laddie Valinch - Team Bruichladdich. It's an Yquëm ace. Nice one too with a cool picture of the Team Bruichladdich prototype which ran the 24 hours of Le Mans. How cool is that. Unfortunately it's the second to last dram )

[solera]

SMWS 10.74 Bunnahbhainn 1997 13 yr old 54.9% "Smoot, smirr, snuffed" according to the strapline on the bottle! Good nonetheless.

[John Barleycorn]

G&M CC Teaninich 1996 15yo 46%

[Willie JJ]

JW Green

[Peat Sampras]

Archives Glen Garioch

[karlejnar]

Port Dundas 37yo 56.1% 1973/2010 Duncan Taylor

earlier
Glen Garioch 1994/2011 53.9% Bourbon barrels Batch No. 32
Glen Garioch 19yo 51.1% jun1991/jan2011 Duncan Taylor Cask 3855 b122/243

a good night

[mongo]

I'm back on the 2010 unpeated Caol Ila 12yo

i think that's the one i found a fair bit of peat in.

[Willie JJ]

Yes it's quite peaty.

Nikka All Malt tonight.

[karlejnar]

Glen Garioch 1994/2011 53.9% Bourbon barrels Batch No. 32

(sample/bottle kill)

[Willie JJ]

Hart Bros Glenlossie 11yo

[karlejnar]

Glen Garioch 19yo 51.1% jun1991/jan2011 Duncan Taylor

[Willie JJ]

BBR Ledaig 4yo 62.7%

[Frodo]

3 Hombres Blanco Raicilla

[solera]

SMWS 50.41 Bladnoch 1990 20 yr old

[jsaliga]

I'm doing comparison tasting tonight:



Rittenhouse Rye is suprisingly good as a sipper. I mostly use it for Manhattans and Old Fashions but it holds its own as a sipping whisky. On the nose it is very archetypal of rye, with vanilla, anise, allspice, clove, and cinamon. It is smooth on the palate with vanilla and sweet spice telling most of the story. It fades quickly though for a quick finish. In contrast, Whistlepig has pine and spice in the nose, and is strongly aromatic. It delivers a blast of slightly sweet vanilla and spice on the palate, and hangs in there for a very long, tingly, spicy finish. I have had a couple of drams of Rendezvous Rye on prior occasions and honestly I have not done too well with it. I got very strong dill weed in the nose and it was very off putting. I think letting the glass breathe for a while before nosing and tasting is the answer. Tonight I let the Rendezvous Rye sit in the glass for almost two hours before nosing and tasting. It was much better tonight and I got dull (not boring -- opposite of sharp) dry spice and faint hints of oak on the nose. There is definitely some older whisky in this blend. On the palate it is very thick, rich, and syrupy. It develops sweet spice somewhat slowly on the palate but packs a powerful finish that lingers on for a good while.

Whistlepig is my favorite of the three. But I am feeling much better about the Rendezvous Rye than I did prior to tonight.

--Jerome

[bpbleus]

Ellenstown 10 yo. A pretty darn marvelous CS Ardbeg from the old regime for its price ($55ish). I'll pick up a few more.

[mongo]

it is indeed a wonderful value. i think i got it for a bit less though from an orange county store, but that was a while ago.

right now: old pulteney 17. nice, malty goodness, with some sweet waxiness and some bitter apple peelings. sample courtesy jsaliga.

[mongo]

compass box spice tree. very pleasant. another sample courtesy jsaliga.

[ktothec]

second time comparing the Ardbeg Oogie and Corry.
Again the Corry wins it for me.

[Jazz Lover]

Ditto.

[lincoln imp]

Just opened a 25 year Highland Park OB 51.5% . It`s been winking at me for the last couple of years from the shelf so i thought i would treat myself.
Sod the cost to replace it

[karlejnar]

Glen Garioch 19yo 51.1% jun1991/jan2011 Duncan Taylor

[jsaliga]

Yamazaki 18yr.

Excellent whisky.

[mongo]

finished the sample of l10 old pulteney 17 (which i liked a lot more tonight, and quite a bit more than the l5 old pulteney 21 i tried a couple of months ago). now onto a sample of the glenmo signet (also courtesy jsaliga).

[ktothec]

finished the sample of l10 old pulteney 17 (which i liked a lot more tonight, and quite a bit more than the l5 old pulteney 21 i tried a couple of months ago). now onto a sample of the glenmo signet (also courtesy jsaliga).

let me know your thoughts on the signet, very curious