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Zyk1

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I was at the Wade Bales event last night,i had such a blast. Going back tonight, the 'under the counter' stuff is not to be missed, hopefully I can get some Yamazaki 21 tonight.
Had a bit of this last night, definitely the highlight of my night
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On the Label........Sample purpose: EDUCATION.
Would love to get educated that way...........:D
 

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That pic was taken at 20:00 and they stop pouring at 21:00. Hopefully there's some left for a remedial lesson.
 
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I would like to try the Loch Lomond, Glen Scotria and the Private Barrel. Which should I start with keeping in mind I dont enjoy something like (flame suit on) Laphroaig at all?


I enjoy whiskey like Highland Park, Singleton, Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich etc
 

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Then all you really need to do is avoid anything that says peated.
 

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For those in the Bryanston area, I see Riverside liquors is offering the Tamdhu and Kavalan for tasting at the store between 12 and 3. I'm quite a fan of the Tamdhu and you get a chance to taste a Taiwanese whisky. Slainte
 

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I got a bottle of Lagavulin 16 recently. I didn't no whisky could taste so good. It's got a that heavy smokey peat flavour, but goes down extremely smooth. I always thought I liked whisky (I do not drink any other spirits), and was fine with just drinking Jameson. But now my friend had to bring me this stuff...

How do you guys afford to keep drinking nice single malt whiskys? I finished half the bottle last week and it got me researching some other whiskys. I now have two bottles of ardbeg coming my way. But it's like R3500 including shipping and probably will not last all that long. Do you have a monthly whisky budget?
 

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It's a cold, wet and miserable day in CT. Think I will stop at makro on the way home and see what they have that looks tasty.
 

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How do you guys afford to keep drinking nice single malt whiskys? I finished half the bottle last week and it got me researching some other whiskys. I now have two bottles of ardbeg coming my way. But it's like R3500 including shipping and probably will not last all that long. Do you have a monthly whisky budget?


The key is not to drink it like you would drink a bottle of wine ;)

What you do is buy the 'cheap' stuff for everyday drinking and keep the expensive stuff for weekends/special occasions. For example, PnP has the Monkey Shoulder & Jameson Caskmates on special at R299, and they are really nice to drink as an everyday drink.

Also, buy a couple of bottles every time there's a Makro/Pnp/Checkers special and soon you will have a nice collection.
 

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speaking of which, whiskey rack going up right now.

there are 3 units, each can accommodate 7-8 bottles., will post more pics once the other units are up


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I got a bottle of Lagavulin 16 recently. I didn't no whisky could taste so good. It's got a that heavy smokey peat flavour, but goes down extremely smooth. I always thought I liked whisky (I do not drink any other spirits), and was fine with just drinking Jameson. But now my friend had to bring me this stuff...

How do you guys afford to keep drinking nice single malt whiskys? I finished half the bottle last week and it got me researching some other whiskys. I now have two bottles of ardbeg coming my way. But it's like R3500 including shipping and probably will not last all that long. Do you have a monthly whisky budget?

After the second or third pour your taste buds are fairly overwhelmed so switch over to a cheaper drink. I'd rather drink a little of the good stuff than a lot of the cheap stuff.
 

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So I'm on my last bottle of the old Black Bottle blend.. :( Are there any similar priced peated blends out there?
 
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