seagulls99
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- Feb 10, 2012
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Thanks for all the suggestions, It was a gift for a friend.. I'll decide what to buy tomorrow!
If you like peaty, Kilchoman is really good and one of my favourites from Islay. They have even started selling it at M&S which is a bonus as it wasn't in supermarkets before.
Unpeated - Bruichladdich 'the Classic Laddie' is really nice. All their whiskies are great I think.
For a good value easy drinking, Highland Park always nice.
And I wouldn't dream of adding anything other than, literally, a few drops of water to it!
Balvenie 14 years old in carribean cask. Should be able to pick that up £40-£50 and is a great single malt
Glenn Murray is a good shout. I also like the Irish malts, if you can get one! Bush Mills do a nice single and I've had some lovely ones in Dublin that just don't seem to make it over the water.
Well I’ve created sacrilege whilst on holiday and gone and bought a bottle of English whisky from the Costwolds distillery. My mother has just disowned me....
Mrs D7 has now told me to finish off some of the bottles before opening others (I bought 3 others whilst in Speyside and she’s just noticed!). So I have a question - I know whisky doesn’t go off but is there a period from when opened you should finish off a bottle as I’ve 20+bottles with various levels in them
I bought some Penderyn the other day. I was a bit sniffy about it as Welsh whisky (or wisgi as it's spelled) didn't seem right to me but it's rather nice.
It's not something that will ever replace my beloved Islay but it's a good back-up.
I bought some Penderyn the other day. I was a bit sniffy about it as Welsh whisky (or wisgi as it's spelled) didn't seem right to me but it's rather nice.
It's not something that will ever replace my beloved Islay but it's a good back-up.
So I have a question - I know whisky doesn’t go off but is there a period from when opened you should finish off a bottle as I’ve 20+bottles with various levels in them
Whisky changes after 10mins or so in a glass. Not for the best I always find. It’s because the air gets to it and changes it’s character.
So with bottles, if there is a lot of air in it, it will change the taste. My rule of thumb here is that whisky is good until the bottle is 90% empty. Anything more than that and there will be enough air in the bottle to start changing the taste (in my opinion) so you’d want to get through the last bit quite swiftly.