Whisk(e)y Lovers thread

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Ol' Mean Bastid said:
Smokiness usually indicates an Islay malt very peaty and medicinal (tcp'ish)
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Ever tried a dram of Big Peat? Closest I got was a sniff and you could smell how strong that was in peat. Reckon that would kick your taste buds like a mule.
 
McT said:
Ever tried a dram of Big Peat? Closest I got was a sniff and you could smell how strong that was in peat. Reckon that would kick your taste buds like a mule.
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I'll have to keep a look out for that

Tonight is a wee Chivas
 
Dion Disco said:
This thread reminded myself and a friend about spending time with a bottle of "GLAYVA" 30 years ago. A Scotch whisky liqueur - we had it on the rocks and was exquisite, if I recall.

Is this still available in SA ? Where to find in CT ?
I am sure we will appreciate it more, now also mellowed in old age ;-)
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Found this one, LINK

Looks promising
 
Thanx - yeah, that's the one

Think I'm ordering late Christmas prez for myself ;-)
 
Got this as a pressie for my bday this year. First time I've ever seen this one!
 

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Karuizawa 48 Year Old 1964 Cask 3603

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This is an extremely rare, extremely old bottling from the exulted Karuizawa distillery in Japan. Aged for just over 48 years in a 400-litre Sherry Oak cask, at the time of bottling, it is the oldest expression from this now closed distillery. This single malt whisky lay undisturbed in a traditional dunnage warehouse at Karuizawa before being transported to Chichibu for bottling. Being a single cask whisky, only 143 bottles are available, each individually numbered and presented in a dark wooden box fashioned in part from Polish black fossil oak. Karuizawa 1964 Cask #3603 is bottled at natural cask strength (57.7% abv), is non-chill filtered, and retains its natural colour.

£9,999.95
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One can only dream.
 
Nice :)

Bascule Whiskey Bar at the V&A Waterfront CPT (which has 400 different whiskeys) has a 40 year (can't remember name) @ R2300 a shot ... eish
 
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A friend who is in the hospitality supply trade gave me a big box of 50ml bottle size whiskeys, as supplied to airlines & hotel room bar fridges.
It has been interesting to compare the various drinks.

I whittled down, of the single malts (normal, not premium) my favorite being between The Glenlivet & The Balvenie.
Balvenie is in the lead.
 
Can never go wrong with some Bushmill's Black Bush.

My favorite so far is Jameson Signature Reserve which sadly is only available from duty free shops.

Last night I discovered this little beauty and I am well impressed.
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Got a bottle of The Macallan 10 year fine oak to crack open tonight, and one more tucked away as they're apparently pulling the age statement range.
 
My husband prefers Irish whisk(e)y, less peaty apparently. Although he has hidden the bottle because I used some for a cake.
 
bokdrol said:
My husband prefers Irish whisk(e)y, less peaty apparently. Although he has hidden the bottle because I used some for a cake.
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A woman that calls herself bokdrol... Boere tannie?
 
bokdrol said:
My husband prefers Irish whisk(e)y, less peaty apparently. Although he has hidden the bottle because I used some for a cake.
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I don't see the problem, a splash of Jamies could make for an interesting bit o' cake... Just stay far away from the Greenore and the Connemara, mkay? :D
 
Hamster said:
A woman that calls herself bokdrol... Boere tannie?
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No, I just like the word. I am an English-speaking Saffa that likes scatalogical Afrikaans words and phrases like gaan k*k ... you get the drift.
 
bokdrol said:
No, I just like the word. I am an English-speaking Saffa that likes scatalogical Afrikaans words and phrases like gaan k*k ... you get the drift.
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So you don't take offense to stuff like "wys my jou muis"?
 
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