Found a really nice malt....

[Crackle]

So the CC forum has driven you to drink?

Often!

 

[MossCommuter]

I had a similar experience the other week in Oban. I saw a bottle of An Cnoc 18 on the shelf and ordered a small one. £7.50 (gasp). The other bar fly sat next to me made it quite plain that he would have liked a taste but at that price I ignored his subtle hints until eventually he ordered a Talisker Directors' Reserve (at £9.50 a shot!).

Small sips were exchanged.

I preferred mine.

 

[ufkacbln]

I was on a Hurtigruten cruise earlier this year

Their drinks are VERY expensive
So paid for the unlimited hot drink package and then bought a bottle of single malt from the Duty Free

Probably Sacrilege, but sat on the deck at night watching the Fjords go by with a fine single malt was excellent and as it was in their "tea mug" they never knew

And at -8 you don't need ice!

 

[swee'pea99]

Not sure if this is on or off topic, but for the hell of it, here's the Place of Magic:

Here's the view if you swivel round 180:

And here, strange to tell, is a wee cafe cum shop a couple of hundred yards down the road that I was directed to by a fellow cyclist, who called it - and with good reason - the cyclists' cafe:

 

[Cubist]

Not sure if this is on or off topic, but for the hell of it, here's the Place of Magic:

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Here's the view if you swivel round 180:

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And here, strange to tell, is a wee cafe cum shop a couple of hundred yards down the road that I was directed to by a fellow cyclist, who called it - and with good reason - the cyclists' cafe:

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Oh you've done it now!!

I went there on holiday with my parents when I was about six. I'll have to go back now!!

 

[Polite]

Mrs Cube and I spent the first half of the week in a hotel in the Dales. Lovely place, great dog-walking countryside and a dog-friendly hotel to boot.

After a lovely meal we settled in front of the log fire with the dog curled at my feet, and saw they had a nice array of single malts. I ordered and thoroughly enjoyed a large Bruichladdich 15 year old Islay number, and asked them to put it on the bill.

The next night I repeated the magic, and enjoyed that one so much I had another. Mrs Cube noted how much I enjoyed the whisky, so suggested I should ask Santa for a bottle for Christmas.

On leaving and settling up I raised a slight eyebrow at the bar tab, but concluded this was the Dales, and Mrs Cube must have been a tad extravagant with the lime and lemonades.

Once home I decided I would look up the "laddie" in order to help Santa in his ordering choices. I managed to find a "web exclusive" price of £99.99 a bottle. Looks like I'm getting socks again.

https://www.uvinum.co.uk/whisky/bru...places&gaw=1&gclid=CL-PnOOPg9ACFUY8Gwod0YMD4A

 

[Cubist]

https://www.uvinum.co.uk/whisky/bru...places&gaw=1&gclid=CL-PnOOPg9ACFUY8Gwod0YMD4A

Thanks for the link.

(The suggestions at the bottom told me I might also be interested in a litre of teachers for £11.46!)

 

[User33236]

I enjoy my malts, I am Scottish afterall, but refuse to recommend one to others as, like many other things, it cones down to personal taste. The closest I'd ever get is recommending a region a person explores dependent on how they describe their taste to me.

Ironically I was introduced to my favourite malt at the home of a friend in Oxford!

 

[Polite]

I'm looking to try a new single malt so may give this a go!

 

[Cubist]

Often the way with their small batch stuff.

https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/33730/bruichladdich-1968-bot1988-the-costumes

"Please note that this is an old bottle and the closure may have deteriorated; care should be taken when opening the bottle. As such, the item is sold as described."

I'd want a bit more reassurance if I were paying £1500! I mean, that's nearly as much as a bicycle...

 

[Crackle]

True to my word

 

[raleighnut]

I was on a Hurtigruten cruise earlier this year

Their drinks are VERY expensive
So paid for the unlimited hot drink package and then bought a bottle of single malt from the Duty Free

Probably Sacrilege, but sat on the deck at night watching the Fjords go by with a fine single malt was excellent and as it was in their "tea mug" they never knew

And at -8 you don't need ice!

You never need ice in a Malt, double heathen

 

[ufkacbln]

You never need ice in a Malt, double heathen

Agnostic?

 

[ufkacbln]

There is only one Malt worthy of mention.

Never tried a 15 year old one though.......

 

[Salty seadog]

Thanks for the link.

(The suggestions at the bottom told me I might also be interested in a litre of teachers for £11.46!)

As a degreaser?