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[url= http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_11855.htm ]Worth it??[/url]
Xmas presnt for a whisky loving brother inlaw???


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:29 pm
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NO NO NO NO NO

spend an extra (£5 maybe) go to tescos (well in scotlandshire anyway) and buy a decent speyside.

or

IF you can get a bottle of black famous grouse (islay grouse) again tescos as a blend its pretty decent and you coud save a fiver


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:33 pm
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Found this review on www.themorningadvertiser.co.uk, which seems to be a licensed trade publication:

Glen Marnoch 12 Year Old Single Malt Whisky (Aldi £11.99) tasted recently with a group of malt whisky buffs. Verdict: a super, mellow, smoky malt whisky with hints of peat and heather. The slightly dry aftertaste diminishes after a while, leaving an impression of dark chocolate on the back palate. As good as any, and just look at the price!

I'm as fond as any of a really good malt, preferring the Islay's, but I will certainly check out a bottle or two of this. I'd say go for it, it's an eighteen yr old single, fer chris'sake; there are blends cost a lot more than that.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:50 pm
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i'm watching this space with interest...sounds good, but...there have to be doubts.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:53 pm
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A friend of my dads, who really knows his stuff, does rate the occasional Aldi / Lidl tipple.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:55 pm
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It might be ok-ish, but the likes of laphroaig 10 yo is £21 from Tescos, so the Glen Marnoch is not really worth looking at.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 9:56 pm
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never tried it so I dunno. I wouldn't risk it though, just me, I don't gamble either.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 10:14 pm
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Is Aldi still doing the Glen Moray for less than a tenner? A proper Speyside, so a bargin.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 10:15 pm
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Tried a speyside last week, really wasnt keen. Just no real flavour to it.

No idea about this aldi tipple, but I've found I'm VERY selective lol.


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 10:56 pm
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No. You'd be better off spending a similar amount on a half bottle of something unusual/interesting.
[url= http://www.whiskyshop.com/Shop/Detail.aspx?whisky=Oban-14-year-old&pid=2244 ]Like this[/url]


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 11:14 pm
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this is the same price as the Asda 10yo islay single malt (which incidentally I think is rebranded Bunnahabin)

gotta be worth a go....

ok I'll take one for the team and buy a bottle, tell you if it's good or not. Plan ???

being serious for one second, I'd say not as a present but for a home drinker it could be a win


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 11:19 pm
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just thought, if he's a whisky lover, get him a voucher for www.royalmilewhiskies.com

you'll look like you really know your shit 🙂


 
Posted : 06/11/2009 11:21 pm
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tesco do an own branded islay for around £17 which s very nice, but my favourite is Benromach for £22.


 
Posted : 07/11/2009 8:55 am
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For that price its got be worth a punt?


 
Posted : 07/11/2009 9:25 am
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The Wee Dram whisky shop in Bakewell have a single cask bottling of Caol Ila under their own label. £30 a bottle for something really special...


 
Posted : 12/11/2009 3:27 pm
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Aberlour's a nice speyside for £18 at Tesco at the moment

I'm liking Tobermory right now which was on offer at Morrison's for about £17 I think. Not quite as "smoky" as the Islays.


 
Posted : 12/11/2009 3:32 pm
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Tesco do some pretty good deals - a quinta rubain is in the low £20's as is highland park 12 yo


 
Posted : 12/11/2009 3:33 pm