Any One for a Scotch?

[random-adam]



If you do not like Laga or Hp right up front, keep them for a while as you may find you like them once you want to deviate from the sweeter scotches into more intense flavors.

What he said. I wrote a few weeks ago about receiving some Laga 16 from a friend. In that time it's grown on me a lot, and I think it will even more in months to come.

 

[Saltricks]

I've only discovered lowlands lately, really in to them. Auchentoshan is very drinkable.

 

[gopherblue]

I never usually do this, but what the hell. Here's most of my currently opened stock. Not a great iphone pic, but extra points if you can name all the bottles!

 

[JubeiSpiegel]

That's a lot of Lagavulin, well done...

 

[gopherblue]



That's a lot of Lagavulin, well done...

I think it's one bottle of the regular 16 and three different years of the cask strength 12 y.o.
There's also a 1993 distillers edition floating around here somewhere.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Nice! Lotta good stuff going on there. What's the 30 y/o hanging out in the back?

 

[agoldf]

Blue hanger 30 (3rd release?)
dailuaine 16
Oban 18
Ardbeg committee
And I think a talisker, but it might be a craggy.

 

[gopherblue]



Blue hanger 30 (3rd release?)
dailuaine 16
Oban 18
Ardbeg committee
And I think a talisker, but it might be a craggy.

Yes, Talisker 18. Well done!

 

[AnGeLiCbOrIs]

I just picked up bottle 1010 of The General from Compass Box. Anyone else try it?
I am also enjoying Ardbog and Auriverdes.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

GB, which Ardbeg is that, hanging out in the back of the shot there?

 

[gopherblue]



GB, which Ardbeg is that, hanging out in the back of the shot there?

That would be the 2012 Ardbeg Day special limited release. Also hidden near the back is an Aberlour A'bunadh.

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Nice! Aberlour A'Bunadh is great stuff as well, a real sherry bomb.

 

[gopherblue]



Nice! Lotta good stuff going on there. What's the 30 y/o hanging out in the back?

Apologies, meant to respond to this earlier...
Agoldf has the right answer...the 30 y.o. is Blue Hanger's 3rd release, which was a blend of 30+ year old single malts. Got that one for free from Berry Bros when I was on a spending bender in St. James's Place.

 

[gopherblue]



Nice! Aberlour A'Bunadh is great stuff as well, a real sherry bomb.

I have to say, I'm admittedly in the minority on this, but I'm not too keen on the A'Bunadh...maybe it has too much sherry for me. But I love the other Aberlours, especially the 18. A good friend of mine thinks I'm nuts, and LOVES the A'Bunadh. He drinks mine whenever he's over.
I'm really a peat/smoke guy...but only to a point. Laga is perfect. Ardbeg/Laphroiag are good in moderation, but I can't drink them as much as Laga or Talisker.

 

[joelscott7]

I just picked up bottle 1010 of The General from Compass Box. Anyone else try it?
I am also enjoying Ardbog and Auriverdes.

I haven't been able to get The General, but I have opened a few Compass Box bottles recently and have been very impressed with them. I am sure the General will be great as well.