Any of you folks drink Dalwhinnie?

I have a bottle. Good whisky.

Yes, their 15 year-old whisky is one of my favorites.

George

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Originally posted by pennfly:
Any of you folks drink Dalwhinnie?

I have ...but I've drunk better.

The bulk of the Dalwhinnie distillery's production goes into blended whisky. Which should tell you something.

Jools, do you know that the bulk of the product from Glenturret of Crieff, in Perthshire, goes into the making of the best selling blended Scotch Whisky in Scotland? "The Famous Grouse Brand". While the Single Malt offerings of Glenturret are unremarkable, "The Famous Grouse Brand" is damn good whisky even if it is blended!

Yes I did. I have had the pleasure of the Glen Turret Distillery hospitality on several occassions

Dalwhinne goes into the Black and White Whisky.

Crieff and Pitlochry are two of my favorite places! My Son-in-Law is from Glasgow. Perhaps we can share a wee dram one day?

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Originally posted by Rusty:My Son-in-Law is from Glasgow.

Some one has to be. Your S-in-L will I'm sure know to what I refer.

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Originally posted by Rusty:Perhaps we can share a wee dram one day?

It would be a pleasure. If you ever get a chance try some Highland Park.

Dalwhinnie 15 was my contribution to the most recent gathering of bubbas at Glick Ranch near Encino, TX. Good, but I prefer Caol Ila, a major ingredient of JW blends. Blended JW Black is perhaps my fav of all scotches I have tried.

Have not tried Dalwhinnie, but I will look for it. The MacAllan or Glengoyne 21 are my favs if cost is being thrown out the window. Everyday fare would be Millars Irish.

Or a Bud Light.

The prices being asked for many of the 21 year+ malt whiskies has reached astronomical proportions. To a point where they are simply beyond consideration for this impoverished drinker,

I have some Highland Park in the Liquor Cabinet.
It is good whisky.
My personal favorites are 28 year old Inchmurrin, and 17 year old Glengoyne.

The Inchmurrin is just a fabulous Whisky. With a little branch water it just gets better with every sip.
when I need Oaky-Smokey-Peaty I reach for the Glengoyne. If I'm in the mood Laphroaig will do. I prefer the Glengoyne 17 for it's smoothness and character.

Jools I agree! It getting out of hand. My last trip across the pond we found it was cheaper to buy Single Malt here in the States.

In Houston we have a large local Liquor Store called Spec's. One of my favorite past times is to go browse the "Whisky" aisle at the downtown Houston store!

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Originally posted by Rusty:
Jools I agree! It getting out of hand. My last trip across the pond we found it was cheaper to buy Single Malt here in the States.

Its been that way for a good while. The same goes for just about any other commodity.

We don't call the place Rip off Britain for nothing.

Not scotch, vintage Old Overholt rye advertising:

One of the things I enjoy the most is trying a new Scotch. I now have a couple of new ones to sample.

I always make a point of packing two or three bottles of the good stuff whenever I cross the Pond, though my consumption thereof is limited these days on medical grounds.
Needless to say, my American friends ensure nothing is wasted, with Caol Ila being a current favourite.

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Originally posted by Jools:

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Originally posted by pennfly:
Any of you folks drink Dalwhinnie?

I have ...but I've drunk better.

The bulk of the Dalwhinnie distillery's production goes into blended whisky. Which should tell you something.

Sacrilege! Dalwhinnie is my second favorite, right behind Lagavulin.

Currently (as in right now!), I'm draining the last drops of a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail. Won't buy another one, though. Didn't like it all that much.

15 is good. Distiller's addition.........very good!

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Originally posted by Jools:
Yes I did. I have had the pleasure of the Glen Turret Distillery hospitality on several occassions

Dalwhinne goes into the Black and White Whisky.

Well then:

American entertainer Dean Martin was a Black & White drinker in the '50s & '60s.

Black & White is the whisky Cary Grant was so fond of in the 1964 movie Father Goose.

Marcello Mastroianni drank Black & White with his father and his friend Papparazzo in the Fellini film, La Dolce Vita.

Physicist Richard Feynman drank Black & White, as described in his book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!.

Herbert Kilpin, co-founder and first captain of football club AC Milan, claimed that "the only way to forget a conceded goal was to drink a sip of the hard stuff", according to John Foot in his book, Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer. He reportedly kept a bottle of Black and White whisky in a hole behind the goal for such an occasion.

Black & White whisky was featured in the film Dolores Claiborne.

The drink is featured in the novel Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, in which the narrator orders a Black & White and water.

The fact that Feynmann (a personal hero of mine) liked Black & White is enough for me to search out a bottle.

Back & White?

Vile stuff & fit only for heathens.

I know that I can count on you fellows to steer me right, as I have a problem. My girl stops in the liquor store once a week and if she sees some Scotch that she thinks I haven't tried she buys a bottle. This week she brought me a bottle of Aberlour, cask strength, Auchentoshan and Glenmorangie. What should I do?

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Originally posted by pennfly:
I know that I can count on you fellows to steer me right, as I have a problem. My girl stops in the liquor store once a week and if she sees some Scotch that she thinks I haven't tried she buys a bottle. This week she brought me a bottle of Aberlour, cask strength, Auchentoshan and Glenmorangie. What should I do?

Keep her.

Balvenie is excellent.

Tried a couple new to me. Talisker and Lagavulin. Both are Islay scotches, one from Skye, but anyway... wasn't all that impressed with either of these in spite of all the hype on the net and reviews.

I wanted to try something new as I've been drinking Highlands but wasn't impressed.

Laphroaig 10 year is my favorite.
I like their Cask strength as well.
They are very Peaty.

Langavulin is another one I like as well as Caol Ila, if I wand something different.

When drinking Scotch out in a resturant, I just hope they at least have Glenfiddich, as it has a tint of Peat.

I do agree with what a fella told me once...
"There is no BAD Scotch, just some are better than others."

My personal thoughts on Scotch are, You should drink the one[s] YOU like, that is why there are so many choices.

True, but there are so many to try!

Has anyone tried to order direct or import? What is the cost for duty / tax? How does that work?

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N E 450 No2: There is no BAD Scotch, just some are better than others

Pretty much true, although some of the low-end blends & single malts aren't very remarkable. One you should try though is Trader Joe's Blended Scotch Whisky, $11 per liter, tastes like Dewar's to me.
We are lucky in Texas to have some big retailers like Spec's, Twin Liquors, etc. that have a wide variety or can at least get you what you want.
I was fortunate recently in the Mexico City airport, where the Duty Free shop had liters of Laphroaig, Talisker & Cragganmore for $30, got one of each.

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Originally posted by Ted68:
Have not tried Dalwhinnie, but I will look for it. The MacAllan or Glengoyne 21 are my favs if cost is being thrown out the window. Everyday fare would be Millars Irish.

Or a Bud Light.

I've not tried Dalwhinnie. Glengoyne is very nice but I prefer is 21 year old Highland Park

I had some 18 yearold Laphroaig last night.
It was very good, very smooth, it is less Peaty than the 10 year old.