What Are You Drinking Now?

[Maccy]

Scapa 14 - I did not think much of it when I first tasted this whisky at an event but I am sitting here now really enjoying it.

A lovely light coloured, but quite viscous whisky; mouth-coating with a powerful nose of minty apple drops which translates to the palate with a secondary blast of peppery peatiness and a hint of salt. A reasonably long, dry finish.

[solera]

Aberfeldy 21 yr old

[karlejnar]

Benromach Organic 43% Special Edition Virgin Oak casks

[jsaliga]

Glengoyne 12yr Cask Strength 57.2%. Sample courtesy of Mongo.

This is really a nice dram. Nicely sherried and very peppery on the palate. I will probably buy a bottle of this.

--Jerome

[jsaliga]

Lagavulin Distiller's Edition

--Jerome

[karlejnar]

Benromach Peat Smoke 8y 46% 2002/2010 1st fill bourbon barrels, batch 3, 35ppm

[Willie JJ]

Scapa 14 - I did not think much of it when I first tasted this whisky at an event but I am sitting here now really enjoying it

That's why I think festivals and other small sample tastings are of limited value when deciding on the worth of a whisky. Only prolonged and detailed analysis can really lead to a sensible decision.

There's nothing like a good session of prolonged and detailed analysis

[ktothec]

Octomore 4.2 Comus
Octomore 3.1

[Mr Tattie Heid]

There's nothing like a good session of prolonged and detailed analysis

Oh ay, a guid onion of processed and long-tailed dialysis....

[dramtastic]

Nikka Pure Malt Black followed by Nikka Rye Base

[dramtastic]

Hakushu 18

[dramtastic]

Yoichi 15

[RegularChumpington]

Finished off the last of my bit of Thor. Interesting but not up to the hype (or the price).

[Willie JJ]

Are you thorry you bought it?

[RegularChumpington]

Nah, because it was a trade with a friend who just got back from the UK. No additional out of pocket costs.

[solera]

DT NC2 Arran 1999 11 yr old - a very tasty clean sweet example of a still underrated distillery.

[jsaliga]

Aberlour A'bundah, Batch 38

--Jerome

[jsaliga]

George T. Stagg, 2007 release 72.4% ABV

IMO the best bourbon ever made.

--Jerome

[mongo]

whisky galore, bowmore 14, 1989. almost at the end of the bottle.

[mongo]

the second half of my bladnoch forum, benrinnes 25, 1984 sample (courtesy chrisg). i'm afraid i did not upgrade my opinion of this past "it's okay".

[Maccy]

There's nothing like a good session of prolonged and detailed analysis

Here, here!

[Maccy]

Finished off a bottle of Glenrothes "Select Reserve." (There was only a little left.)

Thought I detected a little sulphur - Could this be oxidisation?- It has been close to empty for a while.

A Glenfiddich 15 "Solera" - growing on me with every dram this whisky is.

Then had a Laphroaig "Original Cask" with just a touch of water to finish off a pleasant evening.

OOPS! Wrong thread - This should have been in what I drank last night!

[ktothec]

just about to pour myself one of these - The Balvenie Signature batch 4
a steady and always tasteful dram

[Willie JJ]

Tea in the office

[dramtastic]

Tea in the office

Steady on Willie!