Whisky lovers

[tregs]

Calling out all whisky drinkers/collectors. Who here likes their whisky?

Is anyone going to whisky live in Melbourne next month ?
It's on the 14-15 June at $95pp
http://www.whiskylive.com.au/melbourne/


1) What whisky/whiskey's do you have in your collection?
2) What whisky would you like to buy next?
3) What whisky would you recommend?
4) What whisky are you drinking now?

[tregs]

This is my small collection im just starting out.



From left to right

1) Monkey shoulder: blend whisky 40%abv
2) Glenfiddich 15yr old distillery edition single malt: 51%abv
3) Sullivans cove French single cask bottle 405 of 419 barrel hh0514: 47.5abv
4) Jack Daniels single barrel bottled 09 barrel 9-3757: 45%abv
5) Bookers bourbon whiskey 7 yrs 1mo batch c04-j-19: 64.60%abv-129.2proof
6) Glenfiddich 12yr old single malt: 40%abv
7) Jim beam white: 37%abv

Next on my to get list is glenfiddich age of discovery or snow Phoenix

[swoosh0375]

Originally Posted by tregs

This is my small collection im just starting out.

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From left to right

1) Monkey shoulder: blend whisky 40%abv
2) Glenfiddich 15yr old distillery edition single malt: 51%abv
3) Sullivans cove French single cask bottle 405 of 419 barrel hh0514: 47.5abv
4) Jack Daniels single barrel bottled 09 barrel 9-3757: 45%abv
5) Bookers bourbon whiskey 7 yrs 1mo batch c04-j-19: 64.60%abv-129.2proof
6) Glenfiddich 12yr old single malt: 40%abv
7) Jim beam white: 37%abv

Next on my to get list is glenfiddich age of discovery or snow Phoenix

3) Sullivans cove French single cask bottle 405 of 419 barrel hh0514: 47.5abv
Yay....Sullivans Cove...a great drop...Expensive tho.

[b2tf]

latest additions to my collection are 2 single barrel tassie whiskeys that the wife brought back for me. Can't remember the name of them but I'll take some photos of my collection and post them up - I'm primarily a Canadian Whiskey man. Dan Murphys getting Crown Royal premix in has been the best (and worst) thing to happen to me in ages.

[b2tf]

I added to the collection this weekend with a bottle of Timboon Single Malt Small Batch Whiskey, it's made in Timboon which is a little place about 1.5hrs from Apollo Bay along the Great Ocean Road. The distillery is a great place to go for lunch, I was a bit disappointed as there's no actual vision of the process, rather it's more just a sales shed and a really good restaurant. Nonetheless worth the drive if you're in the area like I was.

So with that, my collection is:

Timboon Small Batch Single Malt
Rock and Rye 'Slow and Low' Straight Rye Whiskey
Eagle Rare Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Three Capes Single Malt Tasmanian Whiskey
Lark Distillery Single Malt Small Cask Tasmanian Whiskey
Woodford Reserve Distiller's Select Whiskey
Canadian Club Classic 12yr old Whiskey
Jack Daniel's White Label
Canadian Club Spiced
Gentleman Jack
Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey
Glenfiddich 12yr old Single Malt
Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort Lime
Southern Comfort Reserve
Crown Royal
Maker's Mark
Hogs 3 Bourbon
Jim Beam (just the standard stuff)

I also tried Hudson Baby Bourbon on the weekend away, very nice so some of that will enter the collection soon. I really like the American and Canadian Whiskey, my drop of choice is Canadian Club at the moment. After that I'd also like to add some Yamazaki and some of the other smaller batch microdistillery drops.

[xrystl]

I have been a whiskey drinker for over 40 years and even did the Distillery tour in Scotland back in the seventies , however I'm no connoisseur , I can't remember the names now (lots of Glen.......) but there were many small distillery's that had some fine tasting Whiskey , I tried a 25 year old Dimple and found that the best for my taste buds but the price was a killer - I found that single malt whiskey gave me a stinking headache and that drinking the blended Whiskey I was always fine .
Now when I drink it's 10yo Dimple and for a real kick I have some "Bushmills Black Bush 50%"

[poppa smurf]

you have FULL bottle's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[anolade]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

you have FULL bottle's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

drinks at tregs place next Saturday need to help drink those bottles


I drink top shelf just the usual bogan jimmy and jacks but been into the Canadian club lately

[tregs]

Originally Posted by anolade

drinks at tregs place next Saturday need to help drink those bottles


I drink top shelf just the usual bogan jimmy and jacks but been into the Canadian club lately

Ill share my drinks with you ill pm you my address all I expect is help concreting my shed floor ;)

[tregs]

Originally Posted by poppa smurf

you have FULL bottle's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha yes but not for long I finish work next Monday so I will be giving them a good workout then.

[steve289]

got hooked on good single malt a few years ago. I was give an 18 yo Highland Park. Absolutely superb taste.
Current stock is as follows, most picked up duty free.
Fortunately, a few times i have been able to taste test some better bottles at duty free (Departures). If you have a good chat with the staff and know your whisky's, they are more likely to offer some good tasting.


Aberlour - 10 year old.
Ardmore traditional cask - age not noted.
The Balvenie doublewood - 12 yo
Bowmore Islay (slightly smoky) - 12 yo
Caol Ila - 12 yo VERY smoky
Isle of Jura Superstition - age not noted.
Laphroaig quarter cask - very strong, First sip was like rocket fuel!

& an 18 year old Irish Jameson.

I generally avoid the likes of Johnny red, chivas, etc. Just not my taste.

[SM1DY]

Only a handful of bottles

[b2tf]

Young and stupid days were Jim Beam, now almost exclusively Jack Daniels. Have a bottle of Gentleman Jack waiting for my 30th Birthday.

There is apparently a whisky distillery at Corowa which I am keen to go and have a look at/try. Might take the wife so she can drive

[nuthin' fancy]

Originally Posted by b2tf

Young and stupid days were Jim Beam, now almost exclusively Jack Daniels. Have a bottle of Gentleman Jack waiting for my 30th Birthday.

There is apparently a whisky distillery at Corowa which I am keen to go and have a look at/try. Might take the wife so she can drive

There are plenty of stupid days AFTER 30 too.

[my_gxl]

I got some Jack Daniels Sinatra Edition and a master distillers bottle duty free on my return from the USA.

That now ads to the 2 gold medal commerative editions I have.

[tregs]

Originally Posted by SM1DY

Only a handful of bottles

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Can't believe you have both of the Glen's that i want. What the glen behind the jimmy ?

[SM1DY]

Originally Posted by tregs

What the glen behind the jimmy ?

Just an old bottle of 12yo I think

[97elxr6]

This is half my single malt collection. The Dimple shouldn't be there though! xrystle, all my 'Glen's' are at the back. My favourite drop? Easily has to be Lagavulin.

[gcg2503]

Originally Posted by 97elxr6

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This is half my single malt collection. The Dimple shouldn't be there though! xrystle, all my 'Glen's' are at the back. My favourite drop? Easily has to be Lagavulin.

Excellent collection!

10 points deducted for that Dimple crap.



Mental note to replenish anoter two/three bottles.

[baboon]

Got wild turkey american honey in the freezer.

Was told to put it in there and have shots of it. I like!

[tregs]

4 boxes of glenfiddich age of discovery arrived today

[tregs]

Short of going to America how can I get ahold of some of their whiskey? I'm after a few bottles or mason jars of popcorn Sutton's white whiskey. how do I go about getting this ? I know some states won't post grog.

[Lotte]

I've been a whiskey drinker since I had an accountant tell me that it was ok to claim alcohol as a tax deduction as long as I only claimed each brand/flavour once. Product testing apparently. I didn't complain. Since then, every guy I've dated has been converted to drinking whiskey, or scotch.

At the moment we've only got the standard four bottles of JD in the house, and my bottle of Isle of Jura "Superstition".

I am planning on getting a hold of the rest of the Isle of Jura range in the near future.

[tregs]

Originally Posted by lotski

I've been a whiskey drinker since I had an accountant tell me that it was ok to claim alcohol as a tax deduction as long as I only claimed each brand/flavour once. Product testing apparently. I didn't complain. Since then, every guy I've dated has been converted to drinking whiskey, or scotch.

At the moment we've only got the standard four bottles of JD in the house, and my bottle of Isle of Jura "Superstition".

I am planning on getting a hold of the rest of the Isle of Jura range in the near future.

Wow I can claim it on tax i might have to try it this year

[poppa smurf]

Originally Posted by tregs

Wow I can claim it on tax i might have to try it this year

I'll drink to that!!

[Lotte]

Originally Posted by tregs

Wow I can claim it on tax i might have to try it this year

Don't quote me on it, my old accountant could get a tad creative
but you know, product testing. Need to know what to recommend to customers somehow ;)

[SM1DY]

I looked into this a while ago now, I can't remember the exact process but the end result was that a bottle may cost $100, but you'd spend $200 getting it here. So it wasn't exactly feasible, because the process was set-up for businesses that had the intention of buying in bulk.

I've started to troll the German, Italian and UK sites for the same bottles that have been exported from the States. This has yielded some success, but it is a very time consuming, intensive task.

Best advice I could give would be to comb through Canadian alcohol sites because they're not hampered by the same laws.

[tregs]

Thanks mate I will start checking out a few more country's for it or try and find done one who's going to America lol

[tregs]

I couldn't help my self lol

[tregs]

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