[Closed] Let us see your whisky stash

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Mixture of stuff including some Laddie Ten which might be of interest to you.

ps the Laphroag isn't stolen, they forgot to take the tag off and it didn't set the alarm off on leaving.

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That's an impressive collection there bruk.

FYI - the security tag comes off very easily with a pair of cable cutters as I've found out myself in the past, incidentally on a bottle of Laphroaig.

As of last night, my whisky stash consists of one empty bottle of Balvennie Doublewood.

Makes mental note, must drink slower. How can you manage to keep them that long

Our stash is no longer a stash, however a restocking will soon commence!!

All i've got left is an almost empty bottle of Talisker 18.

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Nice selection bruk, just finished my Jura.
I only tend to open one at a time, Bruichladdich Peat opening this eveing.

This one will have to wait for a VERY special occasion.

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I tend to have a few open and slowly work my way through them. Jura Prophecy was a bit disappointing thus I had to open the Laddie Ten which is current fave.

Enjoy the Peat, where do you source the more unusual ones from? Think it would have to be a very special day to open that one above.

Got a few good ones of ebay!

I buy a bottle, drink it over a month or so then buy another. This month I'm drinking Asda finest Scotch as an experiment Its actually rather nice.

I've got a 1975 Macallan in the drinks cabinet. My father bought it for me in 2004 just befor I deployed to Iraq and we agreed to open it together when I got back. When I did, I was in no mood to drink it. I've never had a good reason to open it since, so will probably give it to my son in a decade or two.

It simply dosent hang around long enough to build a stash. That reminds me, I need a new ice cube tray, ebay here I come.

BTW, how do people feel about salted peanuts with their whisky. I cant have one without the other 8)

Ice yes, never tried salty nuts with my whisky.

Currently empty. 🙁

However, am off on my travels shortly so will be picking up the odd thing duty free. Whisper it quietly, but my first pick to buy will be this;

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I am a huge fan of Japanese whisky.

Then, next purchase will be this;
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Problem is, you see, I've really, really got in to my rum instead...Sorry.

Just the one bottle of Glenmorangie here, always ready for sharing 😉

Just run out of Maker's Mark. Jack is the only whiskey in my collection at the moment. Could do with Sainsburys having another special.

I like yamazaki - was given it in Tokyo and was pleasantly surprised. It don't go with sushi though 🙂

Salsaboy: Bruichladdich's packaging is impressive. It's very contemporary, not your traditional whiskey brand. The distillery must have quite a open minded marketing department.

What a fabulous idea for a thread; interestingly enough I realised the other day that Monkey Shoulder isn't Single Malt, but blended.

Only got half bottle of Glenfiddich left. Been drinking more wine but did look at the whisky's today while shopping thinking I need to get a couple.

*has envy*

My Whisky really doesn't last very long at all. I normally get a few bottles at Christmas that are lucky to make it to March. I do really like sitting down to watch a film with a few glasses of straight Laphroaig.

Down to one bottle of Talisker here, plus a bit of cooking whisky I think. Although there is a bottle of Bruichladdich PC10 on it's way to us.

My brother-in-law is a bit of a Bruichladdich fan too salsaboy!

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one for guests, one for me, guess which is which

I'm guessing you spend a lot of time round your brother in laws tommytowtruck.

I don't take photos of my exciting whiskey collection, instead I stick to exciting dinners which just happen to capture an edge of a smokey islay.

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Favourit is the Edradour and the 18 year Laphroig

Time a Singletrack Single Malt was available.
Chipps?

"Time a Singletrack Single Malt was available."

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Not a current photo but you get the idea. The Ardbeg has been replaced by a Laphraoig 18YO

What's the bottle centre front rich?

I've a bottle of 16yo Scapa with 1/3 left which is very nice, bit honeyish. Just picked up a bottle of Bushmills Distillary reserve which I've yet to sample.

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Was saving the old hokonui for my graduation after i brought it back from new zealand ( thanks no fuss )

Unfortunantly i was soloing mountain mayhem the day of my graduation - and by all accounts i had a better time 🙂

So now i guess ill pop the top if trailrat jnr ever arrives.

Balvenie 12 is my favorite although my next purchase will be bruichladdich 12 after sampling it for cheap at weatherspoons last christmas eve.

I had about a dozen bottles on the go until recently. Unfortuately I never wanted to finish one off and replace it. Now have a dwindling supply of the dregs of about 6 bottles.
Starting to like peated malts more. Moving away from 12 year old Balvenie towards a nice 18 year old Caol Isla.

my little laddie collection, i wont disturb the others as they are sleeping

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Favourite there is the Mortlach 16yo, just lovely! The 2 bottles of Aberlour there won't be opened for a while, especially the one on the right as it was a special edition for the village bicentenery, altough villagers got it less than half price, result 😉
I'm going to treat myself to a bottle of 21yo Balvenie Port Wood for the festive period this year as it's just delicious 😀

No idea how you lot have a "collection" of whisky. If it's in the house, it tends to get drunk within the week. I've not got a good rep with making it last though; when at university my technique for writing essays was start the evening at about 11 with a full bottle(sadly own brand co-op blend in those days) and a load of books and wake up at 8 the next morning with an empty bottle and a finished essay I had simply no knowledge of.

I think both of the above might indicate I'd have an alcohol problem if I had better access to shops!

Salsaboy: Bruichladdich's packaging is impressive. It's very contemporary, not your traditional whiskey brand. The distillery must have quite a open minded marketing department.

quite liked the yamazki, but it did tate a bit of flowers.

agree about the mortlach, lovely stuff

Can we see the rest when they wake up Matt?

Two of these are now empty.

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Can we see the rest when they wake up Matt?

the organic is a nice drop

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The two at either end are rather nice. The small one is an 18yo Macallan. There is a bottle of Bushmills 1608 waiting for Christmas somewhere in the house too.

What a smashing topic. 😀

I like a drop meself, here's my wee collection just now.
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The concoction in the swingtop at the front is the latest batch of homemade "Drambuie Liqueur" another week and it'll be filtered, bottled and sealed. I then leave it in the shed, insulated and tucked away in a drawer for 6 months at least. I currently have another 2 litres of the same brew settling in there. The Jamesons I use to make a Bailey's Irish Cream. The Kepak Buchan one in the coffin is quite nice, I've tried to find out what it actually is, it was a gift to me about 6 years ago, from a Supplier to the company I work for.
Also, this was a damn fine birthday! 😀
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I read in a whisky tasting book that once a bottle is open it loses a lot of the volatiles that create the flavour over time, and a whisky collection with many opened bottles is to be avoided?

Just one bottle of Ardbeg here, not for the above reason though, just having too many is a bad influence...!

Just returned from a Tour of Islay - visit all distilleries by bike. It rained. It was windy. Bruichladdich served up a generous taster of Dark Magic, which is now on the Christmas list 🙂

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Oh, and the Ballygrant Inn had a fair collection...

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My collection is a little sparse at the moment, half a bottle of Balvenie Doublewood (on offer in Sainsbury's at the weekend) and a bottle of Glenmorangie single cask which we bottled in the speakeasy the day it was announced that the company had been sold to LVMH.

I'd never manage to accumulate a collection half as good as most of the ones here, it's always drunk too quickly 🙂

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I read in a whisky tasting book that once a bottle is open it loses a lot of the volatiles that create the flavour over time, and a whisky collection with many opened bottles is to be avoided?

Suppose that makes sense, I usually finish a bottle before opening another.
This topic had me reaching for the half finished bottle of glenfiddich........ on a weeknight! 😯

they have just been bought out by remy martin so lets hope they dont spoil what has been a marvelous recovery since they re opened 11 years ago.

Really? Boo! 😥

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What's the bottle centre front rich?

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I'm glad this thread made me look at my stash... I discovered that there are unlagged central heating pipes in the back of the cupboard where these were shoved when we moved house and a few of them which were up against the pipes were a bit warm.

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I'll be at B&Q tonight buying some lagging.

Half a bottle of Madeira cask aged Penderyn. So hardly worth taking a picture.
Recently explained my penchant for welsh whiskey to a scotch whiskey seller. He scoffed as if I were an imbecile.
Harsh, but fair ? I mean about my whiskey choice, not about being an imbecile. (which is probably right 🙂

Penderyn is nice though.

I had quite a few bottles of various whiskies and vodka's ... but I've let it deplete itself over the past couple of years.

Not so keen on the really smoky whiskies such as Caol Ila .. much prefer a nice smooth single malt. Aberfeldy is rather nice.

I keep looking at English whisky but have never taken the plunge, seem's wrong somehow.

On a related topic I saw this fella in the Duty-free at Heathrow earlier in the year...
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A 59 year Dalmore... If you can't quite read the price it's £13,000! Christ!

Blimey.

Thats not a saturday night slugger then, or let the Mrs drown it with diet coke sort of drink 🙂

This has just arrived, like 20 mins ago 🙂

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Just picked up a wee drop today.
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amateurs 😉

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ok, ok, so we only purchased a couple of bottles worth 🙂
it's the bonded warehouse at Bladnoch Distillery. A LOT of casks from a very wide range of distilleries, apparently mostly heading for blending....

Now I'm looking for obscure single malts!
Thanks kiwijohn.

Ice yes

Anyone tried English Whisky Co. products yet, are they worth a punt?

my stash is of an unknown..

The orchard and pressing business that I'm helping out with has a small quantity that came from the oak barrels the previous owner bought.
Each barrel had some whiskey left in it, so he drained it off through a fine filter and bottled it.
He's left me the 13litres and as the new owners don't drink its down the muggin's here to get rid of it.

Its pretty oakie as you can guess, and its rather strong but tasty all the same.

🙂

Treated myself to a couple of bottles today. I have been wanting to try the Japanese whisky for a while and have never seen it about but saw it today in a lager Waitrose and thought it be rude not to buy it especially with £5 off.

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I've added two this week, both aged in Sherry casks.

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This just in from the neighbours in exchange for our port barrels.
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+ some gin & vodka.

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