Add some new bottles to the collection...

[Mr Peat]

Well..I decided to add 2 bottles to my Scotch collection yesterday. Nothing to fancy but the price was right.

A little disappointed the Glenfiddich has a twist off cap but oh well.

 

[smokelaw1]

That Dalmore 12 has a special spot in my heart, actually. The first big hike I went on with my hiking partner (and one of my best friends), we brought a bottle of it. I'm pretty sure we knocked it off over the weekend. Since then, we have moved towards more lightweight hiking, but we still manage to always bring a fair amount of scotch...and it is almost always the Dalmore 12...just cuz.

For the money, it is up there near the top, IMHO.

 

[Mr Peat]

The Dalmore has already been tapped yesterday. It has a sweet taste to it. I cant identify what it is but either way, its a nice cheap bottle($$$) but very good. I agree....for the price of it. not a bad way to go. I usually have a $100+ bottle of Scotch every 2 years but the cigars is killing my budge so I got the 2 additional bottles to help the Balvenie 1991 Portwood bottle out.

 

[AVB]

Screw caps actually seal better then cork because it is a pressure seal. You'll see more of them as time goes on.

A little disappointed the Glenfiddich has a twist off cap but oh well.

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[fetterjohn]

I just added The Dalmore Cigar Malt...The Glenlivet 12 year...Glenlivet 16 year French Oak Cask Aged and another bottle of Woodford Reserve (my favorite bourbon).

-Fetter

 

[mitchshrader]

I'm working on it! Honest!.. :blush:

Several on my must have list, right now.. the Aberlour 15 had a Very High evaporation factor. This is unfortunatly a Good Sign, so it'll need replacing. (make a note, stay out of the Aberlour, it's very tasty)

First, that minor essential. Then the Aberlour (batch 16) Abunadh, cause it's a fluke and the only one of Batch 16 I've seen here.. We get about every 2nd or 3rd batch..

And Then, a Mac 18 cause *it* isn't terribly expensive at all, but.. RARE.. almost always unavailable, so i'm grabbing it.

And that sort of dims my purchasing lust considerably, as there's a few Other minor things i'm hunting.. Daniel Bouju Royal Brut De Fut Cognac.. ahh. Dang. I MUST get a bottle.

Thems the essentials. Luxury items will just have to wait.

 

[Gonz]

Well, thanks to duty free shopping I just added a Cardhu 12yr and two bottles of HC7.

Could have had the Blue Label for $130 but I decided to hold off on that.

 

[mitchshrader]

A wise choice, on the blue label.

I think if i had a taste of it, and a bottle to leave lying around, i'd have the whole experience.

I don't think very MANY people buy a second bottle of it. :whistling:

 

[NorCalCigarLover]

I'm going to have to give Scotch another try.

 

[AVB]

Just remember it's not good form to drink a bottle of scotch with dinner :laugh: :laugh:

I'm going to have to give Scotch another try.

 

[NorCalCigarLover]

LOL!! but I'm seriously glad you told me this :laugh: :laugh:

Just remember it's not good form to drink a bottle of scotch with dinner :laugh: :laugh:

I'm going to have to give Scotch another try.

 

[Apathy78]

Well..I decided to add 2 bottles to my Scotch collection yesterday. Nothing to fancy but the price was right.

A little disappointed the Glenfiddich has a twist off cap but oh well.

I recently got a bottle of the Glenfiddich as well. It was good, kind of reminded me of The Glenlivet 12 year.

 

[mitchshrader]

Glenfiddich 12 was the first 'Real Whisky' I ever drank, sometime before I was legally supposed to ..

and by 'real' I mean store whiskey that you could drink neat..

I thought good moon was better'n store whisky cause compared to standard back pocket booze, it WAS.

Lots.

So, I was somewhat shocked to find out you could BUY good booze.. legal and all..

I had a big swig out of the bottle, and it'd been sitting in the sun, on the window ledge.. and it tasted FINE..

I was Very Impressed.

And ruined for bourbon drinking..

 

[AVB]

Added a Deanston 17 to the collection today.

 

[mitchshrader]

I'll mention that there's 3 bottles of Macallan 18 available here.. @ 98$ otd. (that includes local tax) ..

I know it's findable most places, but more expensive, and NOT findable in a few..

These 3 are available, but i can't get em till Tuesday, May 30. I'll ship em at cost, with mailing confirmation, if anyone is grabbing Mac 18 ..

 

[Smokyballs]

Damn it! I added a Glenlivet 21 and a Bowmore 21 yesterday. I was gifted an Oban and a Highland Park 12 yesterday as well! Our office at the shop is starting to look like a walk in liquor cabinet! I bought myself a Riedel Sommeier Whisky Glass! It's like crack, liquid crack! I think crack would be cheaper! Anyone know where to get a good locking liquor cabinet? Ray, Mitch, anyone?

 

[mitchshrader]

Drink it, man, drink it!

I recommend a fireproof and childproof container for all unsecured collectables..

and a gun safe is a good start. Might need shelves in it, and it's not office furniture MOST places..

but less is a bluff, and pointless. A cleaning lady with a bobby pin can get in just about any ordinary lock.. and if she can't, her kid sisters boyfriend and a Makita can disassemble a cabinet in 5 minutes..

so, if you want security, buy security. If you want showoff for your collection, put it in a glass front cabinet and insure the heck out of it.

But it ain't Really safe.

 

[Smokyballs]

As I continue my downward spin the collection keeps on growing! I got a bottle of Macallan 18 and A Signatory Vintage Caol Ila that was distilled in 1976 and bottled in 1995! Where will it all end?

 

[AVB]

Bourbon or sherry cask for the Caol Ila? I've always liked their scotch and the OB's are fairly reasonable in price too. I have the 18 yo in the house at the moment.

 

[Smokyballs]

I will check when I get to work but I'm pretty sure it's the Bourbon Cask!