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Deepelm said:
The Deanston is the one I am really excited for. The others as well but that is my FD gift from the wife.
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Is that Deanston a wine or port cask finish? I can’t tell. It takes wine/port nicely.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Is that Deanston a wine or port cask finish? I can’t tell. It takes wine/port nicely.
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I cant upload a damn picture ( 3.4 mb at that ) so I have to clip it and post it. So it can be hard to tell, its 1st fill bourbon only according to the label.
 
I picked up another bottle of the $29.99 Lagavulin 9 House Lannister at Crazy Bruce's. It's not the 16 by a longshot, but it's probably the best $30 Scotch out there.
 
Today is national Scotch Day. I ordered the 2022 Laphroaig Cairdeas in honor of it. Later, the drams will flow.

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Stopped by Total Wine in Milford yesterday while we were in the area, because I needed to stock up on Rose wine; took a look at their Scotch and Japanese whisky selection to see if anything jumped out at me and I ended up grabbing the Nikka Yoichi Single Malt. It seemed like a decent price (around $80 iirc) and I have been curious about it because it's supposed to be their most Scotch-like whisky.

Looking forward to checking it out tonight.

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8893 said:
Stopped by Total Wine in Milford yesterday while we were in the area, because I needed to stock up on Rose wine; took a look at their Scotch and Japanese whisky selection to see if anything jumped out at me and I ended up grabbing the Nikka Yoichi Single Malt. It seemed like a decent price (around $80 iirc) and I have been curious about it because it's supposed to be their most Scotch-like whisky.

Looking forward to checking it out tonight.

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This was very nice. Like honeyed smoke.
 
8893 said:
This was very nice. Like honeyed smoke.
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Good price. Rare to get it at retail. They have two distilleries - Yoichi and Miyagikyo. The single malts from each tend to be their best attempt at creating something that tastes like it came from Scotland. ( I think for most of their whiskeys, they blend between the two distilleries…”pure” in Nikka terms means “blend”.)

I kinda prefer the Miyagiko Single Malt just because it is more to my tastes…a little less smoke, a little more fruit.

I bought two bottles of this a few years ago. First one is gone, so I must have liked it or maybe it was the pandemic and I didn’t care.

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Fishy said:
Good price. Rare to get it at retail. They have two distilleries - Yoichi and Miyagikyo. The single malts from each tend to be their best attempt at creating something that tastes like it came from Scotland. ( I think for most of their whiskeys, they blend between the two distilleries…”pure” in Nikka terms means “blend”.)

I kinda prefer the Miyagiko Single Malt just because it is more to my tastes…a little less smoke, a little more fruit.

I bought two bottles of this a few years ago. First one is gone, so I must have liked it or maybe it was the pandemic and I didn’t care.

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I'm guessing that one, like the Miyagiko, is less smoky than the Yoichi?

I like peated Scotches so the Yoichi is nice for me (and not crazy smoky); and I still have the Coffey Malt and Coffey Grain for when I don't want the smoke.
 
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8893 said:
I'm guessing that one, like the Miyagiko, is less smoky than the Yoichi?

I like peated Scotches so the Yoichi is nice for me (and not crazy smoky); and I still have the Coffey Malt and Coffey Grain for when I don't want the smoke.
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It’s there - enough that I think you would probably enjoy it - but it‘s a light touch. (It’s 90%Miyagiko, 10% Yoichi in terms of where the malt comes from.)

It’s really good….but here’s the caveat. I bought two of them at around $58 each at a store that looked like Jack Daniels was as fancy as they got. You’d have to buy them now at around $80-85.

I feel like I could point to 25 other bottles I own that I would recommend you spend money on before spending $85 here.
 
New one I mentioned I was going to buy. Opened now. Laphroaig base 10 year is too medicinal, band aid, phenols for me. But I’ve liked most of the Cairdeas annual Fes Isle releases (kudos to them for being the only distillery that sells their Fes Isle release broadly). This was aged entirely in their warehouse 1 right on the water in Islay. Not medicinal at all, some wood smoke, pie crust, lemon and lots of brine and sea spray. It’s really nice.

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8893 said:
I'm guessing that one, like the Miyagiko, is less smoky than the Yoichi?

I like peated Scotches so the Yoichi is nice for me (and not crazy smoky); and I still have the Coffey Malt and Coffey Grain for when I don't want the smoke.
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Popped it open.

More peat than I remembered.
 
Anyone ever inventory what they have?
 
Fishy said:
Anyone ever inventory what they have?
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Like in a spreadsheet? Long ago I did that. I also did it for wine using Cellar Tracker. Not sure what value it has really.
 
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@Fishy I picked up a Westward single malt today. I think you were a fan. My small local shop is moving so all spirits are 15% off.
 
Fishy said:
Anyone ever inventory what they have?
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HuskyHawk said:
Like in a spreadsheet? Long ago I did that. I also did it for wine using Cellar Tracker. Not sure what value it has really.
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I never have, and I don't have enough liquor bottles to warrant it.

But it would be somewhat useful for my wine because I have a lot of that in the basement in various boxes and a very large rack, and I only have scant notes on the outsides of some of the boxes, so I forget about a lot of them--which does lead to some nice surprises. Like a 2009 bottle of Silver Oak Cab I stumbled across the other night while looking for something to drink with grilled strip sirloin. Winner!
 
8893 said:
I never have, and I don't have enough liquor bottles to warrant it.

But it would be somewhat useful for my wine because I have a lot of that in the basement in various boxes and a very large rack, and I only have scant notes on the outsides of some of the boxes, so I forget about a lot of them--which does lead to some nice surprises. Like a 2009 bottle of Silver Oak Cab I stumbled across the other night while looking for something to drink with grilled strip sirloin. Winner!
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Cellartracker is the way to go. Online inventory, but each bottle is pre-populated and includes links to tasting notes from other users (you can choose to make it visible or not). The benefit of that is that somebody will pop a Bordeaux and say "oh damn, this is really closed off right now" or that it's drinking beautifully or that it's fading and you better open it now.
 
HuskyHawk said:
@Fishy I picked up a Westward single malt today. I think you were a fan. My small local shop is moving so all spirits are 15% off.
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Oh, a huge fan. If I’m stranded on a desert island and only one distillery could deliver to that island, I might pick Westward.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Cellartracker is the way to go. Online inventory, but each bottle is pre-populated and includes links to tasting notes from other users (you can choose to make it visible or not). The benefit of that is that somebody will pop a Bordeaux and say "oh damn, this is really closed off right now" or that it's drinking beautifully or that it's fading and you better open it now.
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Wish I had that app 12-15 years ago when I was emptying my cellar of "big bottles". It was time consuming to surf around and get something of a an online consensus on hold/peak/past peak. Not that I had a huge, valuable collection, but easily $3K or so. I probably only missed peak on a couple, but by that point I was well past being awed by pretty much any of the CA "names" anyway. My trip to ANZ really changed my mind on quality/value, later reinforced by trips to Italy, France and even Bulgaria.
 
8893 said:
I never have, and I don't have enough liquor bottles to warrant it.

But it would be somewhat useful for my wine because I have a lot of that in the basement in various boxes and a very large rack, and I only have scant notes on the outsides of some of the boxes, so I forget about a lot of them--which does lead to some nice surprises. Like a 2009 bottle of Silver Oak Cab I stumbled across the other night while looking for something to drink with grilled strip sirloin. Winner!
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I’m going to do it later.

I have a minor wine collection in that I have a bunch of bottles of William Selyem somewhere in my basement.
 
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Fishy said:
Oh, a huge fan. If I’m stranded on a desert island and only one distillery could deliver to that island, I might pick Westward.
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But you won't commit?
 
HuskyHawk said:
Cellartracker is the way to go. Online inventory, but each bottle is pre-populated and includes links to tasting notes from other users (you can choose to make it visible or not). The benefit of that is that somebody will pop a Bordeaux and say "oh damn, this is really closed off right now" or that it's drinking beautifully or that it's fading and you better open it now.
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So I did inventory…used Distiller.

Meh. Their library of stored bottles is not perfect - e.g. Michter’s American Whiskey was not in the library - and the look up is really clunky. They make sharing a disaster.
 
Fishy said:
So I did inventory…used Distiller.

Meh. Their library of stored bottles is not perfect - e.g. Michter’s American Whiskey was not in the library - and the look up is really clunky. They make sharing a disaster.
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Never liked Distiller. I just keep the list in my head. It doesn't go bad. There's no vintage variation (maybe some batch variation for a few bourbons or Mezcals), and it's just not worth the effort. Maybe if you've got over 100 bottles or something.
 
I took a $40 flyer on a bottle of Islay Single Malt Whisky from Costco's brand, Kirkland. I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it came off thick and peaty much like a young Laphroaig. Very in your face with all the things Islay is famous for, (smoke, tar, iodine, brine) and faint hint of vanilla from the oak casks. Rumors abound at what Alexander Murray bottled for Costco, but most point to a Port Charlotte. Bottled at 50% which is nice too. I would pay the extra $10 and get this over the Lagavulin 9 House Lannister I've been buying for $30.
 
Same but different. The IB is a bit " sharper " on the palate. Same range of flavors but with more grip or bite to them. The distillery bottle is superior but its close. Cant go wrong with either for under $40 US

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Deepelm said:
Same but different. The IB is a bit " sharper " on the palate. Same range of flavors but with more grip or bite to them. The distillery bottle is superior but its close. Cant go wrong with either for under $40 US

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That seems typical to me. IB is going to usually be higher proof, maybe more pronounced flavors less "smooth". Usually I'd want the IB.
 
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