What Whisky/Whiskey are we drinking this month?

Have been humming and hawwing for a long time about buying a bottle of Bruichladdich Octomore. Finally got a chance to try a dram in London Monday and........while it's nice an'all, it just didn't seem as peaty as my fave 'big peat' Laphroaig 10, so it'll be 3 or 4 bottles of that instead for about the same price!

beardybrewer

I haven't found anything much bigger than Laphroaig 10. I would rate Laphroaig > Ardbeg > Lagavulin > Talisker > Bowmore or something like that. I love to add a drop to a neutral Irish whiskey like Bushmills.

Speaking of, Connemara are on a decent sale for €34 at O'Briens.

mik_da_man

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Have been humming and hawwing for a long time about buying a bottle of Bruichladdich Octomore. Finally got a chance to try a dram in London Monday and........while it's nice an'all, it just didn't seem as peaty as my fave 'big peat' Laphroaig 10, so it'll be 3 or 4 bottles of that instead for about the same price!

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

the beer revolu

I see Black's of Kinsale are releasing a 12 YO single malt.

mik_da_man

the beer revolu wrote: »

I see Black's of Kinsale are releasing a 12 YO single malt.

Yeah, seen that on social media yesterday.

Looks like there'll be less and less of that type of release coming...

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/industry-veteran-warns-of-possible-irish-whiskey-drought-1.3519154

RebelButtMunch

mik_da_man wrote: »

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

I've gone through 3 bottles of Laphroig in the past 5 or 6 years and I'll say that each one tastes less peatier than the last. I dont know if that's my palate or laphroig 'rushing' to meet the really big whisky demand right now.

The 10 can't really be rushed; the QA/QC and other similar releases are very young though

The peat element of the flavour should really be from the distillation not the aging though

mik_da_man wrote: »

I thought the Octomore was a huge hitter on the peat scale? Not had it myself, but must get to try a dram.
Have the Laphroaig at home and do like it.

Yeah, 'technically' the Octomore is like 4 times peatier or something, but it doesn't come across in the glass. Definitely peaty, but missing that medicinal bite of the L10.

RebelButtMunch

A good tip I saw to help with the flavour; a year in the cask a minute in the glass.

So for a 10y I'd pour it out. Stick a saucer over the glass and leave it for 10 minutes. It really has a punch when you finally get your nose into that glass.

It is hard waiting though!

L1011 wrote: »

The 10 can't really be rushed; the QA/QC and other similar releases are very young though

The peat element of the flavour should really be from the distillation not the aging though

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

Mellor

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

I think he means that the level of smoke is determined by the time the spirit is barrelled and aged. But technically yeah, it's prior to distillation rather than during.

Mellor wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Huh? The peatiness is determined by whether/how long the malt is smoked for, not the distillation process.

I think he means that the level of smoke is determined by the time the spirit is barrelled and aged. But technically yeah, it's prior to distillation rather than during.

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

Choc Chip

L1011 wrote: »

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

Ah now. I don't agree with that. You're saying that you include barley growing, malting, mashing, fermentation AND distillation under the heading "distillation"?

I just don't agree that is the way "distillation" is usually used. Particularly in this case where peat levels are increased during the malting stage and then reduce in later stages, particularly during distillation.

I might have seen your point if you'd included mashing, fermentation and distillation together (although it's still not correct) but malting isn't even generally carried out onsite.

L1011 wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Possibly. No "technically" about it though. Distillation is a very clear, defined process like, not "everything before it goes in the cask".

Distillation is usually accepted to mean the entire process until cask. Pointless pedantry

That's just demonstrably untrue. You don't get to label someone a pedant just because you were wrong. Which you were.

sceach16

Hi to both of ye. I follow your postings regularly and regard both of ye as reliable and useful posters.

How about closing this saga?

irish_goat

sceach16 wrote: »

Hi to both of ye. I follow your postings regularly and regard both of ye as reliable and useful posters.

How about closing this saga?

Agreed!

Late to the party here but I had a Roe & Co for the first time the other night and couldn't believe how sweet it was. Is there a sweeter Irish whiskey out there?

osarusan

Just last night, I took the final sips of a bottle of Taketsuru 17. I'd been saving that last drop for a while, but in the end just had the urge and finished it.

I wonder will I ever drink it again.

osarusan wrote: »

Just last night, I took the final sips of a bottle of Taketsuru 17. I'd been saving that last drop for a while, but in the end just had the urge and finished it.

I wonder will I ever drink it again.

Been working my way through a bottle of Hibiki 17 for the last while - still have about a third or so left. Lovely stuff!

mik_da_man

Padraig Mor wrote: »

Been working my way through a bottle of Hibiki 17 for the last while - still have about a third or so left. Lovely stuff!

Only recently started drinking Japanese whiskey, got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

The Hibiki 17 is discontinued now and impossible to purchase for a reasonable price!

Airport purchases today were limited to two 700s as I'm short on space

Naked Grouse and The Chita were the ones I went for. The old reliable Iberian airport option of Cardhu wasn't in stock!

mik_da_man wrote: »

The Hibiki 17 is discontinued now and impossible to purchase for a reasonable price!

I got mine for free from a chap from Suntory I did some work with! (Now there was a guy who liked his whiskey - drank it like water).

limnam

mik_da_man wrote: »

got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

Beautiful.

It would almost get me to try another blended whiskey. Almost.

limnam wrote: »

mik_da_man wrote: »

got some Nikka from the Barrell and quite enjoyed it.

Beautiful.

It would almost get me to try another blended whiskey. Almost.

What? Plenty of absolutely stunning blended whiskeys around. Why wouldn't you try one?