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Ah, yes I have had it...

I wash my medication down with the best beers...

My very detailed untappd review... "Fucking fantastic! Sweet, boozy, lovely"

Yankee Bourbon?

restarts civil war

Kentucky initially declared neutrality during the Civil War, but after a failed political coup by a Confederate general, the state petitioned and received protection from the Union Army for the rest of the war. There's plenty of resentment in Kentucky for the North and the 'Union occupation' but it's a misconception that Kentucky was a Confederate state.

But yeah, I don't like this non-Kentucky bourbon fad either.

Whisky Bible 2019, top results

https://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2018/10/jim-murrays-whisky-bible-2019-the-winners

came back from Japan a couple of weeks ago with a pretty decent haul. my previous experience with japanese whisky here was with the usual NAS stuff which i thought was pretty rubbish and didn't understand the hype. Tried the aged stuff out there and mind blown. hard to track down even out there and pretty pricey. highly recommend going to the actual distilleries as you can try all the age statements in their lines for cheaps. did yamazaki and nikka distilleries and assorted whisky bars to try everything i could and then pissed off the mrs by traipsing around as many liquor stores as shrines! had a really interesting convo with the owner of one of the whisky bars we drank at who was saying how sad he and others he knew were about the distilleries flooding the market with nas at inflated prices to feed the demand. he thinks its going to give japanese whisky a bad name once people wise up and realise they're not drinking great stuff for silly money. there seems to be a knock on trend of new distilleries getting into other spirits like gin and rum instead, which is really exciting. tasted some amazing japanese rums but couldn't find a single bottle in any of the shops.

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Bulleit Rye at £18 a bottle at local Morrisions. Helped myself to the last two bottles...

Free whisky!

https://www.craigellachie.com/

For me, the distillery is only 10 miles away, but the tasting would need a trek to London

The Whisky Exchange shop on Great Portland Street is pretty amazing

It's been said here before, but Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is verrrrrrry nice.

It's been said here before, but Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold is verrrrrrry nice.

yeah - had a bottle last year and it didn't seem as sweet as years previous - was a little bit woody I thought - still pretty good though, specially kept in the freezer

Sub £30 Eagle Rare at Amazon

http://www.breakingbourbon.com/eagle-rare-10-year.html

https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/latest-news/21587/red-spot-irish-whiskey-makes-return/

£16(!) Buffalo Trace and £29 Taslisker 10yr at Amazon.

Your bargain updates are awesome. Thank you!

£20.70 delivered for Maker's Mark on Amazon today!

(affiliate links make money for the forum, etc)

Buffalo Trace £16: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Buffalo-Trace-Kentucky-Straight-Bourbon/dp/B00CAIZZMI

Talisker 10 £29: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Talisker-Years-Single-Scotch-Whisky/dp/B002EPBL1Q

Wild Turkey 101 £22: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Turkey-101-Bourbon-Whiskey/dp/B0043A012U

Makers Mark £20.70: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makers-Mark-Bourbon-Whisky-70/dp/B003ZINBLE/

Glen Moray 12 £22.45: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glen-Moray-Year-Old-Whisky/dp/B001P4XCC8/

Auchentoshan 12 £29: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Auchentoshan-Year-Single-Scotch-Whisky/dp/B0036POGEW/

Intriguing. For the cost, I think I'd prefer to fly to Dublin to sample a dram and then fly back with some duty free Green Spot.

£25 Laphroaig QC

Any tips of what to look out for or pick up in Japan? Stuff that's not available in UK maybe?

£35 Dalmore 12

£38 Lagavulin

I managed to pick up the new Aberlour Casg Annamh #1 yesterday on a flash sale on Master of Malt. Really looking forward to trying their new 3 cask expression and, just to have a benchmark, I picked up some Auchentoshan Three Wood. Should keep me content over winter.

Anyone bag the WE Black Friday? https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/feature/blackfriday

Be interesting to see what this ends up going for later today...

https://whisky.auction/auctions/lot/46375/port-ellen-38-year-old-1-of-1

Makes me slightly regret drinking a bottle of Port Ellen in my garden on a sunny afternoon, many years ago.