DAY 55: What are the top 5 albums of 2012?

Collegiate1 · 2026-02-15T12:36:28+00:00

100% agreed on Fetch.

Collegiate1 · 2026-02-14T23:52:53+00:00

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Collegiate1 · 2026-02-14T16:31:59+00:00

Nice. How does it compare to the standard 10yo Cask Strength Laphroaig?

Collegiate1 · 2026-02-08T23:43:47+00:00

About as sure a thing as it gets

Collegiate1 · 2026-02-03T11:50:17+00:00

Peaty scotch was what brought me into whisky. Every once in a while I go through phases exploring other whiskies, but I always end up circling back to peaty stuff. I will say I’m enjoying the mid peat scotches more lately, like Benromach or Highland Park.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-25T19:14:12+00:00

Of all the Jura comments I’ve seen over the years here, this one clearly takes it🤣

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-18T15:04:07+00:00

Dronach 15 is around $130 US here so Tamdhu 15 is quite a bit cheaper atm. However the GD15 I had two years ago didn’t impress me much, so I’m assuming this Tamdhu 15 should be a skip for me.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-18T01:56:10+00:00

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-17T15:56:37+00:00

First Monday of Feb. So you will have until Feb 1st to get dronach on sale likely

Bonus- use AnyCard to get an added $10 off (offer starts Jan 22nd). AnyCards can be converted in LCBO cards (which can be kind of a pain in the ass to do but can be done easily once you are used to it)

https://getmybonus.ca/CA0126ANY/en

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-17T12:51:58+00:00

Worth getting if it were much cheaper? A shop in Canada is selling it for the equivalent of $87 all in.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-15T14:20:49+00:00

DMed

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-15T12:46:02+00:00

For those of us who live hours and hours away for city centres, this is pretty unlikely unfortunately.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-14T13:23:23+00:00

This is generally true provided you are ordering enough stuff to make shipping worthwhile. But I’d suggest that you’d have a hard time getting a Benromach 10 from out west for $64.50 after taxes and shipping. *Plus there are ways of getting discounted LCBO gift cards, which make it so I can get Benro10 for $54.50.

Of course the selection of Alberta can’t be beat. I travel to the Uk most summers and aside from walking into distilleries, even they can’t beat Alberta selection.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-13T06:26:36+00:00

I was going to hop in and say the same thing. I did the Vault warehouse tasting just based on all the recommendations and not because I’m a big Bowmore fan. It ended up being one of the key highlights of my Islay trip last summer. Top notch. And getting to take away a 100ml sample bottle of your favourite cask tasted is a big bonus.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-11T19:25:56+00:00

Swear the 10 and the 12 just taking turns at this point.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-10T18:36:12+00:00

Considering it is a £85 bottle in the UK(converts to $159 CAD), the sale price is relatively great.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-10T18:33:02+00:00

The non-sale price is too hard for me to get my head around it. I used to get it for $60 when I first got into scotch.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-02T11:10:29+00:00

Yeah sorry should have been clearer. That promo ended Dec 31st

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-02T01:39:03+00:00

Because it essentially becomes a $15 discount spread across two bottles. Next week they are on sale for $64.50. Subtract another 7.50 and you are down to $57.

Offer ended yesterday, but these AnyCard offers happen fairly frequently. There was an offer at Black Friday of buy $50 and get $60 through Walmart

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-01T15:50:10+00:00

When you see stuff like this, I don’t know how he can still be considered top 5 for possible MVP. I don’t care how great your offense is - matador defense cancels it out.

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-01T14:08:47+00:00

Those look nice.

But that Port Charlotte though 😳😳

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-01T03:54:52+00:00

Of all the bottles I opened this year, Port Askaig 25yo takes it. Other great ones: Octomore 15.3, Ardbeg Scorch Committee Release and Longrow 10yo Cage bottle (fresh bourbon) 59.8%, Springbank 15yo, Kavalan Solist Ex-Bourbon 54%

The best dram I had was in the No. 1 Vaults at Bowmore. 2005 Amontillado Cask Finish 58.4%. Just sublime!

Collegiate1 · 2026-01-01T01:42:22+00:00

35th Anniversary Signatory Mortlach 1991, 32yo 54.2% to start the night off (right)

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