For the attention of Rorshach and Dukester...
polycounter lvl 18
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4298619.stm
What I want to know is, why is this whisky going to Hong Kong?!
What if a Scottish person wants to buy it?
What I want to know is, why is this whisky going to Hong Kong?!
What if a Scottish person wants to buy it?
Replies
"The bottle is the last of six which have been flown over to the airport. They have been bought by Sky Connection, which operates the duty free shop in the airport.
Baker Salleh, chief executive of Sky Connection, said: "We are committed to having the world's best at our duty free shops and we are indeed honoured that William Grant & Sons agreed to part with their rarest and finest whisky so we can showcase it to international travellers at Hong Kong international airport. "
I'm guessing that since Sky Connection bought'em they want to sell them in their stores.
Mop, you can go in with me and Ror. We'll buy a bottle and split it three ways. Deferr the cost you see
It makes me sad.
Both Glenfiddich and Balvenie are very nice.
If you ever get the chance, you should sample some of the 21 yr Port Wood Balvenie; smooth as a baby's bum.
If you ever get the chance, you should sample some of the 21 yr Port Wood Balvenie; smooth as a baby's bum.
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Thanks for the tip. I've been thinking about this recently. Usually whenever I buy whisky or bourbon I'll drink it until its gone, so my plan is gonna be something like this:
When I go for my bi-weekly bottle I want to also start picking up a finer selection for drinking only on occasion. The cheap stuff would be consumed on schedule and every time I went for another, I'll get a bottle of the good stuff. I'd like to have a selection of decent single malts both islay and speyside to go along with some of the better bourbons I like that are to expensive to drink regularly.
I'll use the J&B and Old Crow for regular stress reducing and have the other stuff on hand for friends
Also as far as single malts go I have kinda gotten hooked on Islays. So much so that I continue to buy them and still have never bought a Speyside or Highland. I know I have probably asked you this before, but if you see this tonight can you give me a few other suggestions for those? It would be mucho appreciated since I'm gonna buy some tomorrow morning
Oh yeah, interesting tidbit that i know of. I took a vacation to Kentucky back in 1992 (To visit and tour the Bourbon distilleries, of course
Your plan is how I try to go about things also, periodically you just run out of the good stuff and don't have the money to replace it for a while but it's worth ordering from certain shops in NY or SF where its cheaper and there are larger selections. Periodically, this is what I do.
I'll take a look tomorrow night Duke and give you a list with descriptions, regions and recommendations.
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I look forward to it, thanks
I bought...
The Glenlivet 12 year old
and
Glenfiddich 15 year old Solera Reserve
I do know there are stores in Dallas with a much larger and better selection, but this is just me getting my feet wet
I'm still open for more suggestions, plus maybe some links to those dealers in NY and SF.
This browsing the single malts also got me curious about Irish Whiskey
http://www.parkaveliquor.com/parkave/html/home.asp
http://www.samswine.com/spirits/search_s...amp;gospir.y=10
http://www.whiskyshopusa.com/cgi-bin/whiskyshopusa.storefront
Check out the above links Duke. I've been using Park Ave, they are reasonably priced and have a fast high quality postage service though often you dont get the cask, just the bottle, so they can ensure no damage.
Frankie : We probably drank 15yrDalwhinnie and 17yrGlengoyne as those were my 2 most common choices whilst in Woking as the local supermarket carried them and there were no decent whisky stores nearby.
Glengoyne is still one of my favourite's, its the world's only unpeated whisky and is silky smooth, chocolate and treacle and nuts and hurm.... unavailable anywhere in NC though
Duke: As far as Islay malts go you ought to check out the Bowmore's, they are , as far as I'm concerned, a man's whisky in that they don't tickle your fancy before they kick it.
Whisky is all about after taste anyway right? Bowmore keeps on giving, its sort of like pure whisky in that regard and there are a wide selection of them , all of which are worth a try.
If you can ever get a hold of it, check out the 1984 cask strength bottling of Bowmore, its liquid dynamite.
As I mentioned the Glengoyne label is something special, its a highland malt, in fact it may be either one of, or THE, most northernly distillery. The 17yr is lush and rich and smooth, the 21yr, though pricey is another step beyond and the 30yr, well i have not had the pleasure yet.
On the lowland side of things, its worth keeping and eye out for the bubbly sweet SpringBank and Dalwhinnie. The SpringBank distillery had been closed down for years and relaunched about 3 years ago with their new malts and they were soooo sweet that newcomers to whisky could become quickly addicted.
The Balvenies are nice, also very affordable, THE Glenlivet are great and also one of the oldest around, I think they may have been one of the first to sell it legally and then they were immitated by many and won the right, in court to name themselves 'THE Glenlivet' so people would always know who the originals are.
You will love the Solera Reserve Glenfiddich, its one of their best; Glenfiddich seem to be prety popular in the states as far as I've seen.
In general, its always worth buying any whisky label that has been matured fully, or partly in Port or Sherry Wood casks as it adds a sweet full bodied undercoating and aftertaste to the whisky.
I could just go on and on here because I like lots of whiskies, I don't really stick to one region though I think the Highland's are my favourite, something about the peat or the water up there I guess.
The no.1 for me is the 25 yr Hart brothers that is distilled at the Highland park Distillery. The Hard brothers are an indepedant company that places a few casks or distill in others casks at locations all round scotland and this particular bottle is no.1 as far as I am concerned.
Oddly enough I find highland park's bottles pretty bland. The label is highly respected and well commented upon by most whisky guides so I can only disgress to the position that my taste buds are very different from the guys that write these books!
I expect you will find the same so always feel free to experiment and ignore others advice, including mine.
The best thing I have tasted so far is a 35year Highland Park that my wife bought me for out 5th wedding anniversary.
It's so nice in fact that I'm scared to drink it more than once or twice a year but its amazing to me how good a whisky can become over time.
The problem is , for regular people like ourselves, once you get past the 30-35yr mark, it becomes a rich man's game of ownership for the collectibility of the bottle and the price jumps up by an extra 500-1000 dollars so I doubt I will ever own anything older than a 35yr
Anyway, have fune, let me know what you think of the Solera, I'm on THE Glenlivet atm myself though I was lucky to have a 21yr Glengoyne and 21 yr Port Wood Balvenie togeth as my 'good bottles' over the festive season
I am intimately aquainted with "Laphroaig" I've developed a real taste for it, but a lot of people I know don't like it. Too earthy or peaty I guess, oh well more for me
I'm gonna do a little taste testing tonight so I'll give you my impressions tomorrow.
Thanks for the links too! Now if I can only find me one of those globe bars
I've put about 10 people at Epic on to singlemalt's now too, I'm just doing my bit for Scotland. It's hopeless here in NC for whisky though, the sin tax, the backward attitude to 'hard liquor' and the general impossibility to find singlemalts at bars is depressing so I'm always happy to put someone on to good malts.
Well, okay, I might take a taste of these outlandish foreign labels from time to time. Chocolate and treacle sounds interesting
Still, one of my golfing buddies slowly got me hooked on Scotch over the last 5 years or so. After a Sunday morning round we have lunch in the club house and then have a couple of double Dewar's and soda. Add to that Ror and his going on about single-malts for about the last 5 years also I took the plunge two years ago into Islays. I do like my whisky and my whiskey
I am drinking the Solera Reserve as I type this and I'm really enjoying it. It is very smooth much like a blend. Very good! A first time Scotch drinker trying something like Laphroaig would probably have no more part of it, but this is very smooth and it really smells good in the glass.
I might just finish this bottle in the next week or so even though that was not part of the plan
Come on Verm, just one little taste (heh heh) it won't hurt you >:)
To guard against breakage of THE PLAN I also purchased a half gallon of one of their very fine 36 month old blends
I haven't really had my share of whisky. I think they are 12 or 15 year bottles.
Dad's a big fan of fine liquors and spirits. I haven't had much besides Jack and the Glenmorangie. I don't really enjoy alcohol unless I'm drinking with Dad or friends who are like family.
-R
the plan is still on track
Now, on the flip side of that, I had a REALLY good Glenlivet on New Year's Eve. Forget the exact specifications on it, but man was it smooth.
Glenmorangie... transport yourself to the glen of tranquility
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Hmm...Well the plan is still in effect, but I have killed the Glenlivet and the Glenfiddich is almost gone. The Port Wood Glenmorangie 12 yr is what I'm sippin' on tonight and I have got to say "YEAH" They are all smooth but this one has really made an impression on me! Thanks Pak and Ror!
I was at a little gathering a week or so ago to watch March Madness and an older fella I know {who is a bank president
I really like Glenfiddich, and the 12 y/o is a pretty smooth one