Blimey, if my other half totted up that selection I'd be in the ****!
Serious expenditure there!
The Bowmore sounds lush. Any reason why so many indie bottlings? Just exploring or..?
Thankfully, my Mrs doesn't get to find out how much I'm spending. She does have a wee moan by the end of the month when I've ran out of cash though!
The Bowmore is exquisite. I've been keen to try a Bowmore for some time that wasn't ruined by the way it's presented by the owners. Absolutely confirms my suspicion that the distillery itself is absolutely capable of producing amazing spirit procided it's treated with the respect it deserves.
The Bunnahabhainn was driven by value actually. At 28 years, it was actually less than half the price of the OB 25 year old. The Cambus...there's not a lot of Cambus going around, and Indys are the only way to try it now. I've never had a single grain from Scotland before, so was keen to try it. The Mortlach, I used to be a huge fan of the F&F 16, but haven't been a huge fan of the OBs since it was discontinued. I've had a number of Indys since, and I just spotted this at auction and nabbed it. I've never tried Tormore (the SMWS bottle), and the OBs are a bit of a pain to get ahold of. Again, spotted at auction and got on a whim.
The Longmornis obviously an OB, but they stopped production in 2007. Loved the Longmorn 16 that replaced it (sadly now also discontinued), and always wanted to try the 15 that preceeded it. Cork broke on me, and had to remove with a corkscrew. Thankfully the whisky inside is ok, and I replaced with a spare cork.
Still find indie bottlings quite daunting, do most people move onto them once you've tried most of the OBs? I can't see myself going down that rabbit hole until I've tried at least 1 from core range of most of the main distillery names.
As I mentioned above, the Bowmore was driven by trying to experience something from the distillery that was well handled. That said, I'm still buying OBs all the time to try. I just spent the past couple of months focusing on something a bit different.
Talisker 18 seems to be very polarising. As a big fan of the 10, I've earmarked it as one I might like to splash out on as it's older than anything I've bought before and I'd like to have one bottle in the cabinet that's 'mature'. You hear some brilliant things about it, and yet a significant number of people say it's not any better than the 10.
Were you disappointed because you had really high hopes, or was it just flat out average?
I love the Talisker 18. It's 2nd tier in terms of quality for an 18yr age bracket (still superb), but definitely top tier for value.
Those are the sorts of things I can imagine oggling in an auction! Was this a triumphant return to whisky for you, or a restocking of old favourites?
The three on the right were from auction!
No, as I mentioned above, various reasons, but mainly taking a few months to add some different, interesting things to my collection. I'm back to restocking the budget favourites for a few months after that spending spree, believe me!
