What Are You Drinking Now?

[Peat Sampras]

Archives Highland Park 11 yo. Best HP for me, no sherry here. only youngish heathery stuff from the beautiful Isle of Mainland (Orkney). I'd like to try an older HP pure bourbon cask sometime though.

[mongo]

Archives Highland Park 11 yo. Best HP for me, no sherry here. only youngish heathery stuff from the beautiful Isle of Mainland (Orkney). I'd like to try an older HP pure bourbon cask sometime though.

did you get notes of bananas on the nose? everyone on whiskybase mentions bananas. all i can say is yes, we have no bananas.

[marriedmalt]

Cragganmore 12y/o

[ColSanders]

HP94 for Travel Retail... if only it were 46%+!

[Peat Sampras]

Archives Highland Park 11 yo. Best HP for me, no sherry here. only youngish heathery stuff from the beautiful Isle of Mainland (Orkney). I'd like to try an older HP pure bourbon cask sometime though.

did you get notes of bananas on the nose? everyone on whiskybase mentions bananas. all i can say is yes, we have no bananas.

bananas? No, didn't get any notes of these. Perhaps now that you mentioned it, I will

[DavidUK]

Bladnoch 8yo at 55%

[ktothec]

Balvenie Signature 12yo
Glenmorangie Astar
Ballantine's 17yo

[mongo]

Archives Highland Park 11 yo. Best HP for me, no sherry here. only youngish heathery stuff from the beautiful Isle of Mainland (Orkney). I'd like to try an older HP pure bourbon cask sometime though.

did you get notes of bananas on the nose? everyone on whiskybase mentions bananas. all i can say is yes, we have no bananas.

bananas? No, didn't get any notes of these. Perhaps now that you mentioned it, I will

there are 6 notes. of the 4 substantive ones, 3 mention bananas, 2 as the dominant note on the nose.

http://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies.php? ... kyid=30893

i had a 20ml courtesy sample so couldn't verify if it was my nose that was off that night or if bananas in the eurozone are very different.

[Pete Smoke]

That supports my theory that 25% of the human population are not sensitive to banana compounds in whisky.

[Peat Sampras]

I will pay attention the next time I sip it and report back on whether there are any bananas. I think bananas in Europe taste the same as in the US as they most likely come from the same sources, there are no bananas growing in Europe at least not substantial amounts...

[Peat Sampras]

Well, as it is a local holiday today, I think I might as well pour a dram, all that banana talk made me curious. So I poured a dram of the HP and guess what, first thing I smell are bananas No kidding. Well, it is not extremely obvious and I'd probably not been able to point it out on my own but after having been made aware I can confirm that I get a banana smell. Or is it me that has gone bananas

[Pete Smoke]

there are no bananas growing in Europe at least not substantial amounts...

I am also bored today and can report that Spain is #24 on the global banana producing list, producing approx. 375,200 metric tonnes p.a., almost 3 times more than Jamaica.


http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/agr_b ... production

[mongo]

some people have also reported finding notes of eucalyptus oil and yet others have reported obvious notes of dijon mustard. please confirm.

[scotchio]

OMC Fetercairn 13 perfect for elevenses

[Peat Sampras]

you are taking the pish right However, eucalyptus is not so wrong, I get some herbal notes one could qualify as eucalyptus. As regards Dijon mustard, negative- most def.

edit: I was referring to mongo's post, not Scotchio's. Should've used the quote button.

[scotchio]

you are taking the pish right However, eucalyptus is not so wrong, I get some herbal notes one could qualify as eucalyptus. As regards Dijon mustard, negative- most def.

edit: I was referring to mongo's post, not Scotchio's. Should've used the quote button.

Indeed,lazy git! no dijon in my whisky

[karlejnar]

Glenfarclas 39yo 44.4% 1966/2005 DTC Speyside #1

[karlejnar]

Clynelish 20y 50% 1989/2009 DL OMC Refill Butt
HTH
Clynelish 10yo 59.1% 1995/2006 GMP Refill Sherry

I get raisins in both - but maybe that's just me having raisins on my brain

[scotchio]

Just enjoyed an excellent DT Glenburgie 1966/ 35yo. Cant remember who it was I got this sample from but thanks for a very good dram. Inspite of the age it's really nicely balanced. Some ovely lime/apple sweet barley notes and good oaky spices/vanilla. never gets bitter just a little minty at the death. Good stuff.

[jsaliga]

Highland Park 21yr Signatory Cask Strength bottling, 55.6% ABV.

--Jerome

[jsaliga]

Bunnahabhain 12yr Duncan Taylor NC2 46% ABV

--Jerome

[karlejnar]

Earlier: Arran 57.8% 1998/2010 Single Bourbon cask
Now: Arran 13y 55.2% 1996/2009 CAD Fino Sherry Hogshead

[ColSanders]

Earlier Clynelish 14, then Chieftain's Rosebank 1990 20 year.

[scotchio]

Pulteney 17, nice quality bourbon cask stuff.

[jsaliga]

Talisker 10yr

--Jerome