dilemma

[TdC]

hmm. I just bought a bottle of Highland Park 25yo for my bro. Now I want to keep it. It's a pre wedding (his, heh) gift. Shall I get him to call it off so I can drink his bottle in peace, or shall I give it away like a good brother should?

hmm

 

[RandomBastard]

Buy another bottle and give that to your brother

 

[Chilly]

rb speaks the truth. buy two, drink all of yours and half of his. Easy.

 

[old.user4556]

nice whisky that

 

[Lazarus]

drink the highland park yourself - refill the bottle with Grouse.

 

[old.user4556]

Woah, we don't want to kill his brother...

 

[Ch3tan]

Give me the highland park next week. That way you will not have to agonise over drinking a gift intended for your brother. I will do it for you.

 

[Lazarus]

ive been at the Highland Park Distillery tour - they give u free samples at the end.

Normally I cant touch whisky (bad experience when I was 8) but I quite like it (must be the peaty taste)

 

[.Wilier.]

... (must be the peaty taste)

hehhehehheheheh Laz like the taste of Petey hhehehehehhehe
/beavis

 

[ECA]

drink the highland park yourself - refill the bottle with Grouse.

+1

 

[Olgaline]

give him the 25 and go buy your self the 18, it's better "imho"

 

[TdC]

rb speaks the truth. buy two, drink all of yours and half of his. Easy.

lol you're evil

drink the highland park yourself - refill the bottle with Grouse.

you're really evil

Give me the highland park next week. That way you will not have to agonise over drinking a gift intended for your brother. I will do it for you.

psychological warfare!

give him the 25 and go buy your self the 18, it's better "imho"

ahem

 

[old.Tohtori]

No no no!

Send it all to me and i'll send you something much better back....honest!

 

[tris-]

just give him a bottle of Bells.

Glengoyne is the daddy imo but ive only tasted about 10-15 different singles.

 

[TdC]

bells hahaha


the HP only costs about a third of the comparable one you name though. I've not yet had it though, so I couldn't say if it was worth it

 

[Olgaline]

Do they "Glengoyne "make a smoked alla Hp ?
If so I did not know this:s

 

[TdC]

no: according tot the site they only use air-dried barley rather than fire dried.

 

[Will]

[Picture]

Will that still be there when I arrive?

 

[TdC]

yes

and I have some Laphroaig too

 

[tris-]

bells hahaha


the HP only costs about a third of the comparable one you name though. I've not yet had it though, so I couldn't say if it was worth it

you havent had glengoyne?

im not an expert on the terms you use like peat and moss and horse shit etc.
i can tell you its a bit like laphroaig with chocolate in it.
dogs bollocks is the expert term i would use.

 

[TdC]

well, that sounds pretty yummy. I'll have to get me some

 

[MYstIC G]

Give it to him, but don't give it to him. Arrange to go see him, take the bottle and two glasses, then drink as much as you can!

 

[TdC]

it's pretty hefty stuff. completely different to the 18 imo. though I made a mistake in having it neat imo, it's a high cask strength and reading up the experts claim it's at it's best with a couple of drops of water.

though I'm thinking it must be 33 now, as it's a 25yo, and the bottle says it was bottled in 2000. Anyone know?

 

[taB]

It won't change after it went into the bottle so if it's 25 when it goes in it's still 25 now. All the changing / aging takes place in cask before bottling.

A few good whisky resources:

Whiskipedia

Whisky Mag - reviews of most whiskies out there.

Whisky Pages

Edit: Oh, and I always try a sip neat first, from there you can decide whether you'd prefer it with water or not.

Edit 2: This is very handy when looking for similar whiskies to one you know:

Whisky Flavour Map - admittedly just diageo products but they do own most brands.

 

[Lazarus]

it's pretty hefty stuff. completely different to the 18 imo. though I made a mistake in having it neat imo, it's a high cask strength and reading up the experts claim it's at it's best with a couple of drops of water.

though I'm thinking it must be 33 now, as it's a 25yo, and the bottle says it was bottled in 2000. Anyone know?

fecking sacrilege that youve left it sitting in a bottle for 8 years.

 

[TdC]

I didn't know the shop had it for 8 years