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meangradin
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| No one else is a fan of Talisker from the Isle of Skye? |
I've toured the distillery, and it was cool, but their scotch has a very peaty taste which is far too strong for my delicate tastebuds. However, I do highly recommend touring Skye.
I also like Glenmorangie and Cardhu. A cheaper whisky I drank while in Scotland was Singleton, which I've seen here, but it did not look the same as the one in Scotland, so I can't attest to its quality in Korea. Just did a google search and the one I enjoyed was from Auchroisk, but the one in Korea is from Glen Ord. Also their is nothing wrong with Glenlivet, its the fiddich I can do without.
When I toured a few distilleries in Scotland, I heard the same surprising thing from all of the guides; that it is the first 10 years that make the whisky, and the years after offer very little real difference in taste and quality. I wouldn't know, as I'm just a working stiff and I've never had a 18 or 25 year old whisky. The way I looked at it, and maybe it is my Scottish nature speaking, but 1 bottle of 21 year old The Macallan is $250, but while a 12 year old is $80, so why not buy three of those as that equals 36 years of pure fastidiously assessed beauty in a bottle. |
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PeteMoses
Joined: 08 Sep 2009
Location: Scotland
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| the first 10 years that make the whisky, and the years after offer very little real difference in taste and quality |
Either you heard wrong, or those guides need to be fired, because that is just not true.
I think maybe what they were trying to say is that the whisky matures fairly rapidly in the first ten years. I think it is actually ilegal to sell anything branded as a single malt before it is ten years old. It is after this period that the whisky develops the delicate sublties and maturities that make it so much more valuable.
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| 1 bottle of 21 year old The Macallan is $250, but while a 12 year old is $80, so why not buy three of those as that equals 36 years of pure fastidiously assessed beauty in a bottle. |
Well, if you ust want to get hammered, then fairplay 
But two nine year olds going to the pub and saying they're eighteen didn't work for me, so.... |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I brought back my 3l of malts in the summer as gifts.
I never sampled any malts in a few years. I was pleasantly surprised on the incoming fligh by a run-of-the-mill Famous Grouse.
When I used to drink, I used to drink to get drunk and I never liked the taste of whiskey; but now that I don't drink to get drunk, I really appreciate a flavoursome tipple. |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| PeteMoses wrote: |
| I think it is actually ilegal to sell anything branded as a single malt before it is ten years old. |
It's three years. |
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dlangeneckert
Joined: 27 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject: Highland Park |
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| Has anyone seen Highland Park for sale in or around Seoul? According to a google search they've recently been promoting it in Korea, but I haven't seen it anywhere. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.
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| Bibbitybop wrote: |
Johnny Blue: Way over priced.
Try Bowmore for a smokey kick. |
Tobermory has a smoky flavour. Probably doesn't compare to Laphroaig though - wish I could say I'd tried some! |
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