scotch question

[six2stack]

Anyone here try Naked Grouse? I picked up a bottle from Total Wine for around $36. For the price, it's hard to beat.

 

[Selassie I]

Going to visit Deanston distillery tomorrow, tour and tasting. Will put up some pics. I will definitely get pissed and buy expensive whisky I do not need.

So when you say you're going to "get pissed"... that doesn't mean you're going to get very angry... I'm guessing it means that you're going to get a nice buzz going (aka drunk)???

 

[ScotsRam]

So when you say you're going to "get pissed"... that doesn't mean you're going to get very angry... I'm guessing it means that you're going to get a nice buzz going (aka drunk)???

Ah yeah pissed (we actually say pished) is scottish for drunk.

See also: smashed, battered, ko'd, hammered, fucked, melted...

We like to drink.

 

[Selassie I]

Ah yeah pissed (we actually say pished) is scottish for drunk.

See also: smashed, battered, ko'd, hammered, fucked, melted...

We like to drink.

Well I 100 % have that in common with you Scotty's!

 

[rdw]

Going to visit Deanston distillery tomorrow, tour and tasting. Will put up some pics. I will definitely get pissed and buy expensive whisky I do not need.

Have a blast. Personally have not tried their whisky but it looks like they have some good stuff.

 

[TK42-RAM]

Anyone here try Naked Grouse? I picked up a bottle from Total Wine for around $36. For the price, it's hard to beat.

I’ll be interested to see what you think. I had it about 5-6 years ago and I didn’t like it much, has Highland Park as a major ingredient I believe. Liked the bottle design though.

 

[ScotsRam]

My cousin and I outside the distillery. The bags are our purchases... yeah. Expensive day.

 

[FaulkSF]

My cousin and I outside the distillery. The bags are our purchases... yeah. Expensive day.

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What is Deanston renowned for? Peaty, fruit notes, or smoother like American Whisky?

 

[den-the-coach]

• Single Malt – To qualify as single malt, the Scotch must be made from a mash of 100% malted barley and distilled at a single distillery by way of a pot still distillation process.
• Single Grain – Despite the name, single grain Scotch can incorporate other whole cereal grains (malted or unmalted) into the mash. The whisky must be distilled at a single distillery and it can be distilled continuously in continuous stills or column stills.
• Blended Malt – A blend of single malt Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Grain – A blend of single grain Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Scotch – A blend of single malt and single grain Scotch whiskies.

 

[ScotsRam]

What is Deanston renowned for? Peaty, fruit notes, or smoother like American Whisky?

Its smooth. Non-peated. But still plenty strong. I bought a 57% alcohol cask strength biatch. It's great stuff.

 

[CGI_Ram]

My cousin and I outside the distillery. The bags are our purchases... yeah. Expensive day.

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Anything interesting about the tour?

 

[rdw]

• Single Malt – To qualify as single malt, the Scotch must be made from a mash of 100% malted barley and distilled at a single distillery by way of a pot still distillation process.
• Single Grain – Despite the name, single grain Scotch can incorporate other whole cereal grains (malted or unmalted) into the mash. The whisky must be distilled at a single distillery and it can be distilled continuously in continuous stills or column stills.
• Blended Malt – A blend of single malt Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Grain – A blend of single grain Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Scotch – A blend of single malt and single grain Scotch whiskies.

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I have yet to try Lagavulin 16... It will definitely be one of my next 3 or 4 bottles.

 

[six2stack]

I’ll be interested to see what you think. I had it about 5-6 years ago and I didn’t like it much, has Highland Park as a major ingredient I believe. Liked the bottle design though.

I really like it. According to their website, it's made from blending single malts from macallan, highland park, glenrothes and glenturret
It's aged in Sherry casks for the final 6 months. I probably like it because of the aging in Sherry casks. I prefer just a tad sweetness in my Whiskeys.

 

[TK42-RAM]

• Single Malt – To qualify as single malt, the Scotch must be made from a mash of 100% malted barley and distilled at a single distillery by way of a pot still distillation process.
• Single Grain – Despite the name, single grain Scotch can incorporate other whole cereal grains (malted or unmalted) into the mash. The whisky must be distilled at a single distillery and it can be distilled continuously in continuous stills or column stills.
• Blended Malt – A blend of single malt Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Grain – A blend of single grain Scotch whiskies from at least two different distilleries.
• Blended Scotch – A blend of single malt and single grain Scotch whiskies.

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Lagavulin is one of my faves !

 

[IE Rams]

I’m late to this conversation, but my go to scotches are Islay. My special occasion scotches are Lag 16, and Ardbeg 10. But my everyday dram is a wacky Islay outlier called Finlaggan with a splash of water. From what I hear, Finlaggan can only be had at Trader Joe’s for $20 a pop (in California at least).

It’s a sourced single malt, a little young and wild, but still sweetish and smoky. People in the know speculate that Finlaggan is a young Lagavulin, but I don’t know. Either way, if you like the smoke, pick up a bottle of this stuff if you get a chance.

Here's a pic

 

[IE Rams]

My cousin and I outside the distillery. The bags are our purchases... yeah. Expensive day.

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Dude, I envy you.

 

[ScotsRam]

Dude, I envy you.

I'm up to 75 bottles in my collection. Recent additions are:

-another bottle of Talisker 18 (seriously - greatest whisky on the planet),

-Arran Machrie Moor (peated Arran, its normally unpeated. Very tasty).

- independent bottling of Longmorn distilled in 2003 and bottled in 2019

- independent bottling of Tobermory which is 21 years old and was bottled exclusively for a whisky shop in Berlin

I have a problem.

 

[VegasRam]

Ah yeah pissed (we actually say pished) is scottish for drunk.

See also: smashed, battered, ko'd, hammered, fucked, melted...

We like to drink.

...and my favorite..."legless"!

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

I’m late to this conversation, but my go to scotches are Islay. My special occasion scotches are Lag 16, and Ardbeg 10. But my everyday dram is a wacky Islay outlier called Finlaggan with a splash of water. From what I hear, Finlaggan can only be had at Trader Joe’s for $20 a pop (in California at least).

It’s a sourced single malt, a little young and wild, but still sweetish and smoky. People in the know speculate that Finlaggan is a young Lagavulin, but I don’t know. Either way, if you like the smoke, pick up a bottle of this stuff if you get a chance.

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Only $20? WTF. Scotch is so expensive in PA

 

[Ramlock]

Mitchers is a very good one. I'm a big fan of a couple others in the same price range like Redemption especially their wheated reserve or Calumet. Want to go a little pricier you can get some Blanton's. Last night I was enjoying some of that Redemption wheated actually.

Can never find Blantons in my market…have many friends that recommended it

As an everyday bottle, JW Black has been very enjoyable.