Caol Ila

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Yes, they're open and on the four winds. If they've renovated, it wasn't to expand, I can tell you that.

Larry, maybe it is cheaper elsewhere. This was only a casual encounter.
 
originally posted by Putnam Weekley:

... Springbank. Because the 10 year old is as fine as I need Scotch to be. Grassy. Peaty. Honeyed.
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If you haven't tried Longrow, Springbank's top bottle, Putnam, come on over for a wee dram. I'm around tomorrow.
 
originally posted by Yule Kim:
Anyone have an opinion on Ardbeg? It is almost always the priciest bottle on the shelf. Worth the premium?
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The Very Young was a very special bottle of malt for sure.
Probably difficult to find now.
Maybe the Still young or the almost there are still available? No or little trace of elevage so very interesting.

Uigeadail is also a lovely drink.

Eric
 
Recently I have come across Benromach (Gordon & Macphail) and their "Traditional" bottling from Speyside. I am not aware of a better value in single malt scotch than this bottling. Rather stunning when you consider what you get for what you pay.

I actually was less impressed with the other, more expensive offerings from Benromach.
 
G&McP poured some Benromach at a tasting a few years ago, touting their organic-ness (apparently otherwise unheard of, or nearly so, among whiskys), but they poured them at the end of a long lineup of mostly better whisky, so I don't know that they showed as they otherwise might. I wasn't enamored of the one labeled just "Organic" and preferred the 21. Is this yet another bottling?
 
originally posted by Thor:
G&McP poured some Benromach at a tasting a few years ago, touting their organic-ness (apparently otherwise unheard of, or nearly so, among whiskys), but they poured them at the end of a long lineup of mostly better whisky, so I don't know that they showed as they otherwise might. I wasn't enamored of the one labeled just "Organic" and preferred the 21. Is this yet another bottling?
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There are quite a few Benromach bottlings.
 
My take on the Caol Ila 12 is that it's sort of fun the first time but pretty one-dimensional after you get used to their very nice take on peat.

The 18 year on the other hand is much better. That's a scotch worth drinking, if huge peat doesn't turn you off.

I'll look out for the cask strength, thanks for the tip.
 
Einstein lost that bet, fair and square. Cleo...never met her, and I'm sticking to that river in Egypt.
 
Interesting points about UCF. I've never heard that term before and I sure don't want spoofy whiskey.

A few pours from a couple of weeks back at The Albannach

We started with Islay with a lineup of Bunnahabhain 1968, Bowmore 1964 Bourbon Cask, and Bowmore 1964 PX Cask. Hands down the Bunnahabhain was the winner (and MOTN) with strong smoked peat aromas, silky smooth mouth, and exotic spice and dried fruit finish leaving a trail of ash in its wake. Both of the Bowmore really paled in comparison and Im thinking that many of these special cask treated malts are nothing more than a gimmick (although Im a huge fan of the Glenmorangie Port cask). Off to Highland for the Clynefish 1972 Mission Range that was everything you would want in a Highland malt. Intoxicating aromas of sherried cherries, a hint of vanilla, and malt, then just silky smooth like a good cognac with a fruity persistent finish. Very nice
 
Bill, long time, no hear! How are you?

FWIW, here's what Wikipedia says about unchillfiltering (note the last sentence):

Whisky can also be "chill filtered". Chill filtration is a process whereby naturally-occurring fatty amino acids in the whisky are grouped together by chilling the whisky, and then filtered out. Most whiskies are bottled this way, unless specified as "unchillfiltered". Unchillfiltered whisky will turn cloudy when stored at cool temperatures or when cool water is added to them, and this is perfectly normal. Unchillfiltered, cask-strength whisky is generally regarded as whisky in its purest form.
 
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