So, what are your recent acquisitions?

[Ethernut]

On 8/15/2011 at 8:07 AM, rusty said:

Got a bottle of Ardbeg Corryvreckan for a recent birthday, WOW,a great BIG whisky

Love Correyvrecken! Worth every penny 

[Ethernut]

This is special stuff. Bottled for Costco, single barrel, 110 proof. I vetted it against my benchmark of Four Roses OBSV Barrel Strength. So similar, high rye, spicy, vanilla, caramel, maple syrup, light barrel smoke, cinnamon - nice stuff! It's made about 30 minutes from my house..

[westg]

20 hours ago, sengjc said:

Ardbeg Uigeadail and ***** Miyagikyo NAS (Japanese bottling).

I have the Uigeadail magnificent picked up the dark cove last week ...I have turned into big   Ardbeg fan, wish I had sooner ....picked up the 10 year old yesterday ...what I have noticed is Vintage cellars are  better priced  than Dan Murphy's  with sort of stuff for Aussies .

[sengjc]

...what I have noticed is Vintage cellars are a better priced  than Dan Murphy's  with sort of stuff for Aussies...

That's quite true - VC occasionally have their "20% off" sales making them very competitive on most whisky.

[LLC]

Some rum's I picked up on my trip. One for our neighbors, one my wife wanted and one for me. Guess which one is for me .

[sengjc]

A couple of magnums of the limited edition 1996 Elderton Year of the Snake Shiraz for a steal.



Quite impressive packaging. Hopefully the wine is equally impressive.

[srbbones]

store pick up

 

 

[westg]

[Ken Gargett]

On 11/09/2016 at 0:43 PM, LLC said:

Some rum's I picked up on my trip. One for our neighbors, one my wife wanted and one for me. Guess which one is for me .

that 20-year-old santiago is a cracker. one of the truly great rums.

it, as far as i am aware, is based on a rum they released early in this century. same wavy bottle but the label was simply 'Extra Anejo' - similar but different. i believe it was a limited release of 1,000 bottles and so successful, they then turned it into the regular rum - a la the one in the pic. only reason i know any of this is that it was released just before our first trip, early this century. it was $100 and that seemed extreme but i grabbed one and wow! at that stage, the greatest rum i'd ever tried. and still one of the top two or three. next trip back, i grabbed another but the fine print (and the label of those released shortly after that first supposedly one-off release) was slightly different (ever-so-slightly). now, it has changed a bit more to your pic. they had such success with the first one, they made it a regular production. for me, it has remained as one of the great rums though i've not seen it quite match the first release - no great surprise as i suspect it had access to some amazing old material that the regular production does not. for obvious reasons.

enjoy the rum - sadly, i'm now out. largely thanks to a bastard who shall not be named (but thanks rob), who got into my spirits cupboards one day.

 

[phlee]

A few recent pick ups

[dangolf18]

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[Ken Gargett]

9 minutes ago, dangolf18 said:

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by chance, picked up some Hibuki duty free yesterday. and a litre of Laphroaig PX.

[shlomo]

A litre of cola

[TM-US]

Some rum's I picked up on my trip. One for our neighbors, one my wife wanted and one for me. Guess which one is for me .

That Santiago.. nice

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[LLC]

that 20-year-old santiago is a cracker. one of the truly great rums.

it, as far as i am aware, is based on a rum they released early in this century. same wavy bottle but the label was simply 'Extra Anejo' - similar but different. i believe it was a limited release of 1,000 bottles and so successful, they then turned it into the regular rum - a la the one in the pic. only reason i know any of this is that it was released just before our first trip, early this century. it was $100 and that seemed extreme but i grabbed one and wow! at that stage, the greatest rum i'd ever tried. and still one of the top two or three. next trip back, i grabbed another but the fine print (and the label of those released shortly after that first supposedly one-off release) was slightly different (ever-so-slightly). now, it has changed a bit more to your pic. they had such success with the first one, they made it a regular production. for me, it has remained as one of the great rums though i've not seen it quite match the first release - no great surprise as i suspect it had access to some amazing old material that the regular production does not. for obvious reasons.

enjoy the rum - sadly, i'm now out. largely thanks to a bastard who shall not be named (but thanks rob), who got into my spirits cupboards one day.

 

Thanks for the background information. I am looking forward to trying this one.

[phlee]

Some wines to celebrate mid autumn festival. All for consumption over the weekend

[Ken Gargett]

6 hours ago, phlee said:

Some wines to celebrate mid autumn festival. All for consumption over the weekend










 

what vintage is the cos? a good mate gave me a 61 a few weeks ago.

[phlee]

what vintage is the cos? a good mate gave me a 61 a few weeks ago.

2 bottles of 1995 and a bottle of 1970

[Ken Gargett]

11 minutes ago, phlee said:

 

 

2 bottles of 1995 and a bottle of 1970

 

 

nice. the 70 should be exciting.

[sengjc]

3 bottles of the 2012 d'Arenberg the Dead Arm Shiraz

[StingMeadery]

It's been a while, upgraded the iPhone...
Last few weeks mail.






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[sengjc]

Kegs and a stein to replace the one that broke.



Getting ready for Oktoberfest and summer.

[Likuid]

Stumbled upon a box of Birthday Bombs today, guess it's time to start re-stocking the cellar for winter

[Porch Smoker]

Mostly seasonal type stuff.




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[Lant63]

Mostly seasonal type stuff.

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Pumpking is my absolute favorite beer. Great stuff.

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