thebrookster Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 5 hours ago, TR5tar said: Hmmm, I'm in a difficult spot now. I've been thinking about replacing the Aberlour for a while now, but the Glen Scotia Victoriana sounds good, as does the Tomatin Distillery Exclusive (although I cannot find a bottle at the moment). Another one that would fit the bill I think is a Glendronach Allardice 18 year old. About 10 miles from where I live is a strange little whisky shop, on a housing estate. It seems so out of place, but has a fabulous stock ... https://whiskyandwines.com/ It was the owner who suggested the Glendronach to me the last time I was in. Shocked to hear that they were serving up Lagavulin and coke at a whisky festival. Only ever water, one, or occasionally two, drops to open up the flavours, for me. I have a bottle of the Glendronach Allardice 18YO in my collection, well worth getting! I met it last year at a whisky tasting, had a bottle on the shelf before the week was out! And anyway, what is this replace you talk off?? Surely you mean in addition to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) Lol yeap i always add, never finish a bottle, don't know why its become a habbit. oooo Glendronach Allardice 18 looks nice, i try and buy sub £100 bottles, but that could be a treat for the end of this! The Tomatin is only available from the distillery in person, i have a friend of a friend who works there. I dunno if you have tried the Project XX from Glenfiddich but its a really nice whisky for a really nice price! Edited March 29, 2020 by mattius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Jeez..... some serious whiskey buffs here. How many bottles??! Was given a bottle of Dalwhinnie (the 15 year old stuff) years ago - and I liked it. My tongue did anyway. My stomach, not so much. Was never much of a spirits drinker, though quite liked the occasional Bombay Sapphire. Long time beer/wine drinker, especial real beer, but alcohol free for about 5 years now having finally worked out what was causing the headaches. Not talking about your standard hangover here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod1883 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Must admit I am not a whisky drinker. I used to enjoy it, as long as it wasn't too peaty/smokey, but trying to work our way through too many of the 100 different whisky's on offer at the Golden Lion (I think) in Padstow in the mid/late 1980's is probably the reason I don't drink it now! I really should have learnt from previous experiences - I haven't touched dark rum since a Young Farmers Carol singing night in the late '70's, or Guinness since a free Guinness night at Uni in ~1980. Good real ale - preferably quite hoppy (and as I said above I hope this pandemic isn't the end of the many great small and medium sized breweries that there are now), Good Wine, and Armagnac are my main tipples now. That covers enough options I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Some years ago, in a French supermarket, I saw a bottle of gin, very cheap, with (something like) this on the label: No, I didn't buy it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod1883 Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Ha, we saw the same brand and bought some for a family friend some years ago. She, being nowhere near an old lady, thankfully saw the funny side and appreciated the Gin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 14 hours ago, rogerguzzi said: YUK! Roger Each to their own then. least I can always drive home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 The japanese have a fantastic sense of humour for naming their spirits, they are getting bloody good at making them too, Nikka - Whisky from the barrel - is my favourite name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesA Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Another Islay, Lagavulin fan here. Recently, persuaded to buy a bottle of Talisker Dark Storm - has proved to be all too drinkable! Anticipating a lock down, got off a decent sized order to the Wine Society - mainly whites. Managed to get most of it delivered before they ceased all deliveries last week. Fortunately, I have a few decent bottles of red left over from some over optimist ordering for Christmas. So should survive the supermarket drought. We are running low on gin though and tonic is also in short supply. One positive is that a couple of local breweries have emerged. Previously sold exclusively to the restaurant / pub trade. Now organising domestic deliveries so will be trying a few new brews. (all in the cause of supporting small, local businesses you understand!). Miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR5tar Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 18 hours ago, Hamish said: Perfectly happy with that offering Hamish. But, I'm on a health kick, so it's a smaller bar and diet coke for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Haven't had a choccy bar for years, and Coke? Awful stuff, only thing worse is "Dr.Pepper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 5 hours ago, TR5tar said: Perfectly happy with that offering Hamish. But, I'm on a health kick, so it's a smaller bar and diet coke for me Na not diet. don’t do the synthetic sugars. moderation is the key or so they tell me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR5tar Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 6 minutes ago, Hamish said: Na not diet. don’t do the synthetic sugars. moderation is the key or so they tell me I've been drinking diet for many years and it's never done me any harm Remember, something has to kill you in the end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 I saw Billy Connolly live a few years back, I follow his response to it, It's not the years flouncing on a beach you are knocking off your life drinking, it's those where your miserable in a care home ( paraphrasing, language was a lot more colourful) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod1883 Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 I like that Matt, and will live by it from now on. My Dad had that outlook I think. He drank far too much and a massive (second) heart attack finished him off at the age of 80, nearly 81 - but he didn't get anywhere near the care home scenario so there is something to be said for it one could argue. As for moderation Hamish - I heard a good quote over the weekend - 'Everything in moderation - including moderation!' Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAA Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 10 hours ago, TR5tar said: I've been drinking diet for many years and it's never done me any harm Remember, something has to kill you in the end! Beware, Darren I started drinking Diet Coke in the mid-80s and became used to the chemical taste. Nearly thirty years later, I had a protracted period of severe issues with my, ahem, alimentary canal, lost a lot of weight, lost work, hospitalised a couple of times, etc. I went through exclusion diets and finally established that I had become intolerant to aspartum, the artificial sweetener in 'diet' products. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerH Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Tonight for the first time in about two months it will be Rhubarb & Ginger Gin with Fever tree tonic for the missus and a bottle of London pride for me. Don't normally drink at home but needs must. Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John I Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 17 hours ago, JohnD said: Haven't had a choccy bar for years, and Coke? Awful stuff, only thing worse is "Dr.Pepper" I though "Iron Brew" the original fully leaded variation would be up there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Its the damn Irn Bru bars you need to watch out for, destroyed a whole generation of kids teeth! literally! Saying that, there is nothing better to cure a hangover than a nice full fat Irn bru! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebrookster Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, mattius said: Its the damn Irn Bru bars you need to watch out for, destroyed a whole generation of kids teeth! literally! Saying that, there is nothing better to cure a hangover than a nice full fat Irn bru! Aye, just not that new fangled low sugar nonsense that tastes of weedkiller! The stuff they re-made to the old recipe was ok though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattius Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Hendricks Gin tonight, attempting to keep her awake by feeding her Daffy's Gin Intravenously! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 29 minutes ago, mattius said: attempting to keep her awake by feeding her Daffy's Gin Intravenously I find it has the opposite effect..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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