Malt Whisky thread

tonyg · Post by **tonyg** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:05 pm

smee wrote:I'd be massively grateful if people could take a minute to vote for me to become Iain McArthur's apprentice for 2 days at Lagavulin. If you do there could be a dram in it for you.

Thanks

https://secure.malts.com/index.php/en_g ... ntice#1318

Done - even though you can't spell "learned" properly

smee · Post by **smee** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:22 pm

Doh!
Cheers

vet111s · Post by **vet111s** » Sat Jan 26, 2013 4:43 pm

Done, fingers crossed for you

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Sat Feb 23, 2013 11:26 pm

Anyone tried Talisker Storm?

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:05 pm

Just watched a program on bbc 1 called scotched earth.

Can't find it on I player yet

Post by ed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:27 pm

Will be buying a bottle of Storm as it got quite a good write up. Love the standard 10.

Scotched Earth was reasonably entertaining. Not sure a Whisky Tax per bottle is the way forward. Glad to see that exports are on the up. Diageo share price has almost doubled in 3 years, wish I had bought some....

Closing the bottling hall in Killie must have been tough for the area but not really surprising. Wont stop me buying Lagavulin that's for sure!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:02 pm

It has been grim for Kilmarnock. They were all well paid jobs and in some ways that was the problem.

Kilmarnock is now an area of economic deprivation. On the plus side you will get the same type of grants as Irvine. Pity the only big employer is now east ayrshire council.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:33 pm

Cracked open an Ardbeg Alligator last week. Mmmm.

Post by ed » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:46 pm

Very nice, much difference compared to the 10?

smee · Post by **smee** » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:33 pm

Talisker turned up to 11, looking forward to a dram of this. Would need to go some to beat the Distiller's Edition.
Will keep an eye on the iplayer, thanks for the heads up.

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:34 am

ed wrote:Very nice, much difference compared to the 10?

very very smoky, and 51% abv so needs a little cutting. super smooth.

Scottish Scrutineer · Post by **Scottish Scrutineer** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:41 am

Sounds interesting. Where is it available?

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GregR · Post by **GregR** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:47 am

It was a very limited release, no longer available.

Scotty C · Post by **Scotty C** » Tue Feb 26, 2013 10:31 am

BiggestNizzy wrote:It has been grim for Kilmarnock. They were all well paid jobs and in some ways that was the problem.

Kilmarnock is now an area of economic deprivation. On the plus side you will get the same type of grants as Irvine. Pity the only big employer is now east ayrshire council.

yes i did comment when the Diago boss said we did the best we could with the people in Kilmarnock. "I bet there are a few people throwing stuff at the TV"

Post by ed » Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:24 am

GregR wrote:
ed wrote:Very nice, much difference compared to the 10?
very very smoky, and 51% abv so needs a little cutting. super smooth.

Nice, Tom did try to tell me about it but was a little worse for wear!

Scottish Elises