Fuck off!

Uigeadail.  Even just the smell of it next to me.  Incredible stuff.

At the risk of a 'don't tell him' response, can you provide tasting notes for the Pike Creek pls.  Looks right up my alley.

Thanks Grem, that means a lot.

I'm sure that's their riposte to the over zealous waxing on the Knob Creek stopper.

Baw bag.

Have been drinking this. Very smooth. Enjoying it.

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Webbins wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

At the risk of a 'don't tell him' response, can you provide tasting notes for the Pike Creek pls.  Looks right up my alley.

I probably won't open it till Saturday, polishing off some Kraken during FNF tomoz.  I'll leave the MoM notes here for now and see how they compare.

Tasting Note by The Chaps at Master of Malt
Nose: Honey'd raisins and pecans, with a spicy little kick of herbaceous rye hiding in there.
Palate: Old-fashioned cola cubes, cardamom heat, caramel and a clear suggestion of good rum.
Finish: Lasting notes of brown sugar and dried oak.

Firing the Pike Creek up now, comparing the notes above. It's heady stuff, got a fantastic honey, caramel and brown sugar nose on it. Not getting cola cubes on tasting which I'm glad of, but a definite sherried rum molasses taste, and smooth. It's a definite winner for me.

Pike sounds great, shocked to see it's in the £25 range, will grab a bottle shortly.  

I'll go for the Old Forester at that price if I see it, but for an everyday alternative I had a night on the 5yr Lid bourbon recently, as Sam Adams chasers, and it was very drinkable indeed for £15, definitely the tastiest I've tried of the supermarket own brand type bourbons, also better than Jim Beam or JD.

Drinking Jura Superstition after washing down a garlic chicken chilli masala with a few Cobras.  A good evening.

Tonight I managed to win a bottle of random tasty looking spiced rum in a UFO catcher type bar game on the first go. The bar manager absolutely swore by it as though I was the luckiest guy in the world, so looking forward to trying it.

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Webbins wrote:

Gremill wrote:

For those into their Bourbons, my local Tesco have Old Forester reduced to clear from £30 down to £18 - not sure if it’s a national thing though.

It's a good drop, buy two at that price.

I’ve just found a shelf of them in Tesco in Carlisle and they’ve dropped the price to £11! Two bought, had to resist a third.

Just checked myself, for some reason I was thinking Pikes Creek. Old Forester is great at that price, £30 is a stretch. It's a step up from Jim Beam but probably not as a distinctive a drop as Buffalo Trace.

Went in for some Old Forester this afternoon.  No luck, so I grabbed a Wild Turkey at £16 (£6 off on the shelf strip).