I would drink it neat, but I don't have issue with wind and bile. I would say just try small volumes and with some water certainly. If you enjoy it with a mixer then by all means give it a go but do consider you're masking a good amount of the flavour that makes buying a single malt worthwhile.Looking to try and get back into drinking malts again ordered a bottle of Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair as I used to drink lagavulin, but
gave up whisky many years back (always made me sick with wind and bile) so anyway how would you drink it neat,mixer or what ?
Thanks
I'm after some Speyside recommendations. I like Islay's, PC and Octomore firm favourites, Cambleton's, Tobermory's Leadaig, Talisker, Raasay..... You get the idea.
I've had some CS Benromach, which I love, but not much else from the region.
So which whiskies would you recommend? Up to £100.
Cheers
Al
Not Speyside but try an ardnamurchan, just across the water from Tobermory...
Why do you want a Speyside if you like the peated Islay ones? There's a couple of smoky Ben riach's a 10 and 16 maybe... Nice but not sure what a bottle goes for...
It's worth noting though that some Islay distilleries also use European peat. There's also the barley shipping for lots of distilleries, where that's imported from overseas and indeed then sent to maltings which also aren't often part of the distillery. Then the spirit is often shipped off to be casked elsewhere in Scotland. Then once matured it needs to go to a bottling facility.Yeah, a lot of the distilleries in Speyside aren't keen on making peated variants as it goes against the regions trademark characteristics as well as it being environmentally unfriendly (having to ship the peat, make their own etc.), though as you mentioned there are some who make variants.
It's worth noting though that some Islay distilleries also use European peat. There's also the barley shipping for lots of distilleries, where that's imported from overseas and indeed then sent to maltings which also aren't often part of the distillery. Then the spirit is often shipped off to be casked elsewhere in Scotland. Then once matured it needs to go to a bottling facility.
As such I'm not sure the Speyside distilleries use of peated barley is therefore that problematic in the overall whisky context!
Absolutely. It was refreshingly open of Lagavulin when I went for a tasting. I really thought that casks were kept locally by distilleries, but of course, that's just not practical or cost effective for most (including them). It now amuses me when you see the careful wording by distilleries who say things like 'You can taste the influence of the Islay sea air in our whisky' when in reality whilst the spirit is distilled there, it's sent off in tankers to central Scotland for casking and dunnage!Aha yeah that's true. Sounds good when you're selling the moral high gound to a room full of newbies though, I'm sure...
Very true and entirely logical. It would be fascinating to know the underlying calculations for the allocation of barrels to different sites, especially given the rotation within the warehouse that some distilleries undertake (though that may be more of a US than Scotch thing).I'd imagine they spread them across sites for fire safety purposes as well. Wasn't it Jim Beam who had a warehouse completely gutted costing them millions?
If you're set on peat what I would reccomend is the bottle linked below which I mentioned buying in my previous post. It's a Highland Park 12 single cask peated variant. Very, very good indeed I thought and is the only peated Whiskey I've tried outside of Islay that I though was as good as what they have to offer.
Cheers All,Not Speyside but try an ardnamurchan, just across the water from Tobermory...
Why do you want a Speyside if you like the peated Islay ones? There's a couple of smoky Ben riach's a 10 and 16 maybe... Nice but not sure what a bottle goes for...
That looks interesting, we've planned a stop at the whisky castle on the way up.If you're set on peat what I would reccomend is the bottle linked below which I mentioned buying in my previous post. It's a Highland Park 12 single cask peated variant. Very, very good indeed I thought and is the only peated Whiskey I've tried outside of Islay that I though was as good as what they have to offer.
A Secret Taste Of Orkney 13 Year Old
I'm after some Speyside recommendations. I like Islay's, PC and Octomore firm favourites, Cambleton's, Tobermory's Leadaig, Talisker, Raasay..... You get the idea.
I've had some CS Benromach, which I love, but not much else from the region.
So which whiskies would you recommend? Up to £100.
Cheers
Al
Sounds lovely might get a couple.Burnt rubber tones worthy of a cheap bike light moving to a fishy after taste like someone had dipped a decaying mackerel down your gullet and you'd responded with a bit of reflux.
That looks interesting, we've planned a stop at the whisky castle on the way up.
Sounds lovely might get a couple.
I've gone for the GlenAllachie 15, should be here in time for little Friday dram.