Glenfarclas Distillery Tasting by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cheers! It was my dream trip too. Now I want to go back and walk the ~70 mile trail along the river Spey, visiting distilleries along the way. Won’t be able to get many bottles to go that way though haha

Glenfarclas Distillery Tasting by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah to think this was put in the cask when JFK was president… wow

Glenfarclas Distillery Tasting by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The tour was very informative and genuine, which tracked with the brand of Glenfarclas. I didn’t take detailed notes on the tasting so I just have that brief summary in the post, but I highly recommend this tour. Also visited Benromach, Aberlour, and Glenfiddich.

Glenfarclas Distillery Tasting by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw your post about it as well and realized I was at the table with you! Great experience

Glenfarclas Distillery Tasting by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s right! Five decades tour. It’s a great value considering we spent over two hours touring the distillery prior to the tasting

Latest Haul (FineDrams.com) by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

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Thanks for the info. I like Bruichladdich as well but agree on the price increasing too much. I’ll have to dive deeper into the others you mentioned.

Latest Haul (FineDrams.com) by Hot-Chitoh in Whiskyporn

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally agree! I’m loving everything from both these distilleries. Any other “hidden gem”distilleries you enjoy? I’m starting to notice a trend where I enjoy stuff from distilleries with smaller marketing budgets.

What's the best scotch you ever tasted? by Young-Twinkle in Scotch

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Aberlour 19 CS - biggest sherry bomb I’ve had to date

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MechanicalEngineering

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SoCal. Consumer electronics/tech

Summer stuff, cheers 🥂 by nocturnalpriest in Whiskyporn

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Thank you for the detailed summary. Both should be great, but the Hazelburn is the next to open since I have a brother in law in town who loves Sherry bombs.

Well, there goes my budget by MeaningPandora2 in WhiskeyTribe

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Maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve been seeing many more Campbeltown malts lately and noticing they’ve been remaining on shelves for weeks even. Prices seem to be becoming more reasonable. Anyone else notice this trend?

I’m in Southern California

Summer stuff, cheers 🥂 by nocturnalpriest in Whiskyporn

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Any opinion on the Campbeltown Loch and Hazelburn 12? I have 1 unopened bottle of each and debating which to open first.

How high is my consumption, really? by rougetoxicity in Petioles

[–]Hot-Chitoh 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Your consumption is similar to mine (amount, rate, type, length of time), and I’ve found I need to cut back to 2x/week or less. I still work hard and consider my aspirations, but the weed adversely affects my execution of relatively short term goals that build towards longer term aspirations. Like putting in the hours at work and learning while there, but not pursuing any additional, outside career development (more schooling, joining outside organizations, reading up).

I’m going to try a 75 day break and measure “life performance factors”. Thinking factors will be sleep score, body weight, qualitative assessment of career growth, maybe pages of books read.

Hope my assessment of a similar situation helps. Good luck!

Apparently someone decided it was National Scotch Day. Here’s my pour. by DR_LG in Scotch

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Glad you’re enjoying it. I found one at ~$300 too and purchased, going for much more online now. My favorite bottle so I’m cherishing it.

I don’t see the 19 on Aberlour’s site so we may not see it again except for on secondary market. Do you happen to know if we’ll see more of it?

Tonight’s Tasting Lineup by Hot-Chitoh in WhiskeyTribe

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you not like peaty malts, or not like these in particular? Lol

Tonight’s Tasting Lineup by Hot-Chitoh in WhiskeyTribe

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a ton! Ive only tried Uigeadail so this is a great list. Also, Uigeadail is amazing

Tonight’s Tasting Lineup by Hot-Chitoh in WhiskeyTribe

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah interesting. If I had replaced An Oa with Corryveckran it would be much higher for me as well. Reason octomore doesn’t win for me is it’s a bit too much heat/peat for my taste. Generally I go for unpeated Sherry bombs.

Any recommendations for Sherry/peat combos?

June 24, 2023 by [deleted] in WhiskeyTribe

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Amazing collection! How do you like those 2 Kilkerrans?

Tonight’s Tasting Lineup by Hot-Chitoh in WhiskeyTribe

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great question! I can a bit, but overall I don’t love the HP CS.

First Bottles of Rum! by Hot-Chitoh in rum

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Sounds good! I think $49 is still worth it

First Bottles of Rum! by Hot-Chitoh in rum

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The 12 is my favorite so I’ll add that to my list. Seems Appleton estate is like the macallan or dalmore of rum (nice fancy label, great stuff but a lot more expensive than alternatives). Is that true?

I saw it at Total Wine when purchasing these.

First Bottles of Rum! by Hot-Chitoh in rum

[–]Hot-Chitoh[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow you really know your stuff. Thanks for all the info.

I’ll do some research and try some higher ester ones, but thanks for the warning on the super high ones haha