This is roughly where I am at, though anything I buy doesn't last 4 days lol.
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Currently looking at 3cl bottles of these as a starter:
Glenfarclas 15 Year Old
Kilchoman Machir Bay
Talisker 10 Year Old
Dalwhinnie 15 Year Old
Auchentoshan 12 Year Old
Decent start?
I will maybe take a trip to a whisky shop etc over the holidays too.
Start? Definitely ;)
Just as an afterthought - don't be afraid to pick up cheap-ish offers in supermarkets - I'm currently sipping a lovely single grain which is the end of a Christmas present - from Aldi's Christmas special buys ;) I reckon it'll just see me through to easter, when I'll have to think about the next bottle I'll be getting in!
Which is the other thing - while it's good to know what your favourites are, it's always worth having a selection around (after all, just because you like a whisky doesn't mean your friends will) - and supermarket special offers are a great way to have a couple of bottles of "good" whisky in without spending a fortune... ;)
I'll second Aberlour too - it's my personal favourite. If you can afford it, any Macallan is wonderful stuff too, but the prices of even the most basic one have become really inflated in the past few years. Aberlour offers a similar taste experience, at a much more reasonable price.
Aye the Teelings Small Batch is a lovely drop of Irish
Bah I dunno now!
Im on here: https://www.masterofmalt.com/samples...isky/rating-d/
Lets you build your own small 5 dram set. No idea what to get lol
Currently looking at samples of the following 5:
Balvenie Caribbean Cask 3cl
Cardhu Gold Reserve 3cl
Lagavulin 16 Year Old 3cl
Glenfiddich 18 3cl
Talisker 18 Year Old 3cl
That looks pretty solid. Are you in a position to order another 5 maybe (no idea the price) or is this it? I don't claim to be an expert.
I could order another 5 yes. These five were £36 delivered
Is that £36 for 150ml? Ouchies!
Yea :( not many places have a wide range of sample sizes unfortunately.
Your paying £6 a shot delivered I would head to a decent whisky bar and pay the same and drink in the ambience.
be aware... Laphraoig is similar to following a tarmac lorry, stopping the driver.. climbing in the back, finding the machine that melts the soft black stuff they they pour into the joints on the road.. climbing into it... and licking the sides of the barrel
it is utterly revolting, the point of being so smoky, you might as well light a fire badly, get it semi hot... add a load of unseasoned wood to it.. let it utterly fail to burn.. then pee on it to put it out, then rub some TCP into it...... and lick the partially charred logs.
thats what I wanted to say