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A few recent acquisitions 1980s bottlings of Glenfiddich 15 and 18. 1980s bottling of Macallan 12 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

My summer planned trip to Cuba was scuppered so I did the next best thing... a whisky buying trip/tour of Scotland! Had a great week with a mix of rain and glorious sunshine. Some great pick ups too -

Blanton's gold US release

On 12/11/2016 at 6:09 PM, umbzp44 said:


It's not bad but not that much better than the regular 10 year.


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I find that to be true with most of Glenmo's line..

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14 hours ago, umbzp44 said:

Traded a Pappy Van Winkle 23 for a Lagavulin 25 and some cash. 8ab2131527f1eb514cb8d918ca8d7634.jpg69500c1bad7ea387f4b93a5f79cce91e.jpg


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Lagavulin 25 and cash for the win!! Thats one of my dream bottles right there!

Is Pappy 23 really valued at 1200+?? Thats just stupid.

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Lagavulin 25 and cash for the win!! Thats one of my dream bottles right there!

Is Pappy 23 really valued at 1200+?? Thats just stupid.


1800-1850 typically, but I know in DC and NYC people are known to get over 3k

I am not a big fan of Pappy 23 although this year's was quite nice. I know the Lagavulin is something I'd never normally buy, so this is a way to get it without spending a ton. And the Lagavulin 37 is ridiculously priced.


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Rum Ratings puts it in top 10 aged, few decent reviews on the stuff. I was looking earlier today online and looks like it may not be available in the U.S. ?

https://www.rumratings.com/brands?action=index&controller=brands&order_by=average_rating&rum_type=Aged

https://www.rumratings.com/brands/806-ron-millonario-xo


I had my first bottle at the cigar place and bought another one through rum ratings.



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21 hours ago, umbzp44 said:

Traded a Pappy Van Winkle 23 for a Lagavulin 25 and some cash.


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Without a doubt, an upgrade! Nice!

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Sneaking another bottle in before the end of 2016 - a 1996 Clynelish 19 Year Old, bottled from casks no. 6401 & 6402 by independent bottlers: Signatory.

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Seng, nice pickup! BTW, is there any way to tell whether a Clynelish cask is peated or not? I've found both from Signatory and no indication either way.




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BTW, is there any way to tell whether a Clynelish cask is peated or not? I've found both from Signatory and no indication either way.


I wouldn't be too concerned as typically Clynelish is unpeated.

Brora has a slightly stronger flavour...

Here is a good historical account of the Clynelish/Brora/Clynelish progression

https://www.maltmadness.com/whisky/clynelish.html


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Seng, nice pickup! BTW, is there any way to tell whether a Clynelish cask is peated or not? I've found both from Signatory and no indication either way.

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I have no idea other than reading reviews of that specific bottling, or having a taste yourself. I don't believe Signatory will indicate if it is peated or otherwise.

I am quite sure this particular bottling of Clynelish is not peated based on the flavour descriptors used by the shopkeeper.
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Edradour 18 Oloroso Sherry finish 24 months. If you guys are in Texas, swing by a Specs to grab a bottle of this stuff. I'm in love with it!

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Boxing Day presents to myself, 3 bottles of the Bladnoch Adela 15 Year Old for the collection.

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Much anticipated and long awaited bottling of this revived distillery.

A bottle of the NAS bottling of the Bladnoch Samsara, a bottle of the Longmorn 16 Year Old (rumoured to be discontinued) and another bottle of the Laphroaig Select Cask.

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For anyone that's interested I just opened an instagram account so will move on from Tapatalk and the forums as I don't have time to do both

Welcome to follow me on Instagram @ bonviveur_savant

One for the road "cheers BOTL"
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