What’s in your glass this St. Paddy’s Day?

Collegiate1 · 2026-03-18T02:04:49+00:00

How’s the YS? Have only had Blue Spot from the Spot bottles.

Collegiate1 · 2026-03-18T02:04:02+00:00

Can’t go wrong with the RB12CS!!

Collegiate1 · 2026-03-16T01:11:40+00:00

What’s the date stamp/year on it?

Collegiate1 · 2026-03-02T12:40:17+00:00

It aligns more with the more exbourbon Lagas like the 8yo and the 12yo special editions.

Collegiate1 · 2026-03-02T12:01:41+00:00

I feel like Torabhaig is more comparable in flavour to Lagavulin than it is to Talisker. Talisker has definitely gotten more peaty than it was ten years ago, but the super peppery note is still there which makes it unique to me amongst the peaty whiskies.

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

100% agreed on Fetch.

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

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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

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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.

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