The Whisky / Whiskey thread

[Joss]

The Whisky / Whiskey thread

A heads up for Islay drinkers.
Im not usually a buyer of 'supermarkets own brand' whiskeys but occasionally when a good Islay edition comes out its worth drinking, primarily as you can be assured that its come from one of only 8 or 9 distilleries on the island (and in my opinion they're all worth drinking.) Aldi are selling an Islay edition under the name 'Glen Marnoch-Islay'. Retails for ?17.99 and not only is that phenomenal value but it is very good.

Its flavour profile has the classic peaty, smoky, 'leather tobacco pouch' notes that are common with Islays but to me this whiskey is extremely similar to Laphroaig but without the astringent flavours. Maybe more akin to Laphroaig quarter cask as it has a touch of sweetness. If you like your Islays you cant miss this one. Its a limited release, so probably only around up to Christmas.

[Paulie2876]

That's good to know, might pop down there later and pick some up

[TheMonk]

It's times like these I wish I lived in the UK... [emoji16]

[cj121]

A heads up for Islay drinkers.
Im not usually a buyer of 'supermarkets own brand' whiskeys but occasionally when a good Islay edition comes out its worth drinking, primarily as you can be assured that its come from one of only 8 or 9 distilleries on the island (and in my opinion they're all worth drinking.) Aldi are selling an Islay edition under the name 'Glen Marnoch-Islay'. Retails for ?17.99 and not only is that phenomenal value but it is very good.

Its flavour profile has the classic peaty, smoky, 'leather tobacco pouch' notes that are common with Islays but to me this whiskey is extremely similar to Laphroaig but without the astringent flavours. Maybe more akin to Laphroaig quarter cask as it has a touch of sweetness. If you like your Islays you cant miss this one. Its a limited release, so probably only around up to Christmas.

I was just going to pop the same bottle up A snifter is being imbibed as I type. Not a bad drop. A little less peat than anticipated, but at the price, very quaffable.

[Paulie2876]

Got some of this brand but the highland one, have to say it's really nice.

[groundhog]

I was just going to pop the same bottle up A snifter is being imbibed as I type. Not a bad drop. A little less peat than anticipated, but at the price, very quaffable.

Bottles of this are like rocking horse poo up here. Have tried 3 different aldis quite regularly and no joy.
The speyside is excellent, as is the bourbon cask.

[james.uk]

Good drop this... Drunk half of it already and opened it last night.
Very light and quite sweet.. Chardonnay finished. Very pale colour. Recommended if you like the sweeter end of the spectrum.
And watermelon which is there on the palate.

[Paulie2876]

A couple of new additions to my rotation, as you can see already sampled [emoji2]

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[groundhog]

Mortlach old and rare.
Utterly underwhelming.
Very disappointing tbh.

[cj121]

That's a shame GH

Still, it may go down ok with a smoke...

[james.uk]

Mortlach old and rare.
Utterly underwhelming.
Very disappointing tbh.

It's said to be chill filtered and coloured.

[Seegarnub]

Time for a nightcap to celebrate my bet for the Darts Championship, RVB beating the current world No.1 MVG tonight, what a match!!






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[oskihen]

Time for a nightcap to celebrate my bet for the Darts Championship, RVB beating the current world No.1 MVG tonight, what a match!!






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What do you reckon on the haig
club ?

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[PeeJay]

Looks like a bottle of aftershave!

[Seegarnub]

What do you reckon on the haig
club ?

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Really nice and smooth with more-ish toffee/oak flavours.


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