From that list...

All the btac pours (handy, stagg William larue Weller) and the Jefferson 18.

@pr:

I can prolly make some decent recommendations, but not sure what you have access to over there. If you shoot me a website for local store/someplace you can order from I'm happy to give you some options.

thanks

Here's a website that I've used before - http://www.masterofmalt.com/ and another one that seems to have a bit of a different selection - https://www.whiskyshop.com/world-whi...merican-whisky. They seem to have a decent selection. I'm not really looking at anything over say £70. Thanks in advance!

Has anyone ever tried Laph PX? I think a year ago I mentioned how a bartender hooked me up with a free sample of her boss' favorite whisky at the Mirage, but I forgot the name of it. I remember it having a really smooth sherry taste and I didn't think it needed any water whatsoever. I have a feeling it might be Laph PX...I still remember the notes a year later b/c it was the best whisky I've ever tasted. Ardbog is probably second

PR:

From masters of malt, in your price range, you might consider:

Eagle rare 10
4 roses single barrel 100 proof
Elmer T Lee
High west rendevous rye
Smooth ambler old scout (any of the 7/10 yr bourbons/ryes)

Of those, if you liked Elijah Craig 12 and copper fox, I'd prolly start with:

Bourbon - Blanton's
Rye - old scout 7 or 10 year

Hope this helps.

So I tried the ardbeg corryvreckan last night along side one of my favorites, the ardbeg uigeadail. First whiskey I've ever had that has made my mouth slightly numb and tingly. Also an insanely long finish and overall mega complex. Not sure what to think about it but what an experience lol. Peppery sea water was mostly what I tasted.

Anyone else get the numbing tingly feeling? My buddy said he did too so I don't think I'm crazy.

Tyvm, I'll add those to my list.

Yeah, higher abvs burn or anaesthatise. The really weird ones are harsh and burning, then when a couple of drops of water, it's numbing and fuzzy. Odd stuff.

I didn't get anything similar from the ardbeg uigeadail (55%) or aberlour a'bunadh (62%). Is there an ingredient in the corryvreckan that could have caused this? Anaesthatise definitely sounds accurate.

Nice read!

Tested some miniatures a couple of years ago, feeling like it's the right time to do some more. Maybe one bottle five times a week or something. Maybe ordering about a dozen each time, there are hundreds to choose from.

Went to Deanston Distillery last week in Scotland, it is very close to Stirling Castle if you're around there.

I've now been to three Whiskey distilleries, and in chronological order:

1) Jamieson in Dublin - It's now just an exhibition than a working distillery. That said, someone has invested a big chunk of capital in making it look nice, and there's a very good script and interesting exploration of some of the facilities and processes in making whiskey. The "tour" was delivered was delivered by a university student who spoke well, but didn't seem to be much of an expert. Each tour had a large group of 20 or 30 participants.

2) Bushmills up in Northern Ireland - A huge facility, with an outstanding tour guide - a 60-something year old master distiller, who enjoyed telling stories from the 70s and 80s.

3) Deanston - A middling facility, with a middling tour guide. Was pleasant and fun with a smallish group, but not deeply memorable.

They did have some a nice little bonded warehouse though:

I liked the Uigeadail much better than Corryvrekan. Corryvrekan reminded me of rubber cement.

My springbank fanboyism keeps growing. Saw a bottle of the 14 cask strength at a local store and could not resist buying it. It doesn't say in the bottle but apparently this is matured in a fino sherry cask. Springbank and sherry bomb? DO WANT.

And because I didn't want it to feel alone I got another little sherry bomb to go with it



Not going to open them yet, just like Mann I have a few too many bottles open so I should Wade through those first.

Ice at least sure is a destructor of whisky.

Meh - I enjoy my whiskey with a cube of ice or two...especially high proof drams.

@El_timon looks yummy!
the glengoyne is a very fair priced 21 year old in europe and u can´t go wrong with Springbank out of a sherry cask!enjoy!!

Waiting with anticipation for my miniatures (50ml) to arrive. Will give my opinions, and maybe present the best one of them a bit more. Planning, at a bit later point of time, to test a great part of your recommended whiskies, there really are many samples (30ml) out there to get hold of!

They were both $105, which I thought was a very fair price for each. I went in there looking for the Glengoyne 17 though ($75), so I left the store spending a little more than I intended!

Accepted.

Most whisky drinkers have a general interest in high y.o. statements so...

30 yo rum for $80

http://flaviar.com/product/quorhum-3...68df2-52003513

30y old?
up to 30 years old rum in the bottle.....

Yeah, that only means that the oldest barrel in the solera is 30yo, but the other barrels are much younger. I have the dictator 25yo and it tastes nothing like a 25yo Scotch.