Cheers, Gob...
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 9:47 pm
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Cheers, Gob...
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 2:08 pm
Belated greetings from Graaf-Reinet, the Cornwall of the Eastern Cape. Except no sea, no cliffs, and no water. But they speak incomprehensible here too.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:00 am
Cheers once again....
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:29 am
Happy Birthday, Taff!
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:44 am
Have a great year, and hope your family is soon reunited!
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:32 am
Happy birthday, you geezer. Oh look, it's Monday!
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 am
Cheers for an enjoyable celebration of another trip around the sun. Send the barmaid over to see me; I'll stand you the first pint.
62 years old.
How much is that in metric?
-"BB"-
62 years old.
How much is that in metric?
-"BB"-
Re: Cheers, Gob...
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:01 am
What everyone else said and more.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:15 am
If it's anything like MPH vs KPH, that's 100.
Happy birthday youngin'.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:43 am
Happy Birthday!
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:38 am
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:14 am
Yes, I suppose I could agree with you ... but then we'd both be wrong, wouldn't we?
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:51 am
Many thanks all! A very quiet birthday was enjoyed, thanks in part to a rather gorgeous botte of 15 year old Tamdhu sent by my lovely daughter.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:32 pm
15 year old? I envy you; I've had the 12 year old aged in sherry casks and have enjoyed, but imagine the 15 is better. Is it aged in sherry barrels as well?
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:55 pm
It is that. Lovely rich flavour. I've never been a fan of Speyside malts, but this may convert me.
This may be worth investing in, 28 year old Tamdhu.
This may be worth investing in, 28 year old Tamdhu.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:29 pm
It looks interesting; I used to love the smoky/ peaty whiskeys (I drank Laphroaig and Talisker (because they were available in the US), and other similar spirits not usually available in the US when I traveled to the UK), but over the years I have moved more towards the less smoky/peaty ones which give a more balanced palate. As for the Spyesides, I've used Glenlivet as a good middle of the road scotch (at parties, etc.), but the sherry aging of Tamdhu produces a very interesting character. I'll try to start with the 15 year old one some time in the future.
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Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:53 pm
£203 for a 50 cL bottle! Typical scotch and other spirits are a 75 cL bottle. That price makes it c. $400 for a 75 cL bottle. Although I was born in Scotland I have never been a fan of blended scotch or the malts (much to my father's and brother's disgust) but I can get a 75 cL Glenmorangie single malt for $80. (I picked them because I've been around the distillery.)
Must be something special.
Must be something special.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:51 am
$80for Genmorangie? Around here it's more like $60 for the basic (I think 7 year old) and it goes up from there. The $300 for the 28 year old Tamdhu is probably not that out of line, as there are few scotches that old; the Chivas Royal Salute is around $200 for a 21 year old blended scotch, and I would bet the Tamdhu is a lot more limited in its bottling.
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Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:24 am
Big RR wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:29 pmIt looks interesting; I used to love the smoky/ peaty whiskeys (I drank Laphroaig and Talisker (because they were available in the US), and other similar spirits not usually available in the US when I traveled to the UK), but over the years I have moved more towards the less smoky/peaty ones which give a more balanced palate. As for the Spyesides, I've used Glenlivet as a good middle of the road scotch (at parties, etc.), but the sherry aging of Tamdhu produces a very interesting character. I'll try to start with the 15 year old one some time in the future.
Very similar to me, though I must admit my fave is now Lagavuin. (When I can afford it!)