Once you start buying litre bottles it's hard to go back to 70cl....

Oh my lord, this rum is amazing.

I'm shocked you've never been approached by their marketing team.

Woodford Reserve £20 delivered on the Amazon. Sold out but it's let me wang in an order.

Webbins wrote:

Woodford Reserve £20 delivered on the Amazon. Sold out but it's let me wang in an order.

Ordered one, thanks.

The sherry cask Arran + bundles of ice is doing it for me this evening. I usually go for a drop of water in there but it's too hot so I've gone for a drinking it with cubes before they melt approach. Which is a recipe for drinking too quickly, which is also working for me today.

Got some of that Woodford coming tomorrow too, along with a bottle of Bruichladdich Original Laddie.

In the meantime, this Diplomatico is something else.

I saw the thread for discount vouchers and thought it prudent to repeat my post here.  If anyone wants 20% off membership to the Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) then send me a message and I'll get a unique link.  I get a £20 quid voucher for the referral which will help feed my addiction.

I've just cracked a Jura 18 (non-SWMS) which they introduced as a replacement for the 16.  It's good but the 16 was one of my go to drams and they just ended it.  Such a shame.

Nah, you have to be a member to buy any of the bottles they release each month, but you aren't obligated to buy them. Membership also means you can drink in their various member lounges in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and London (as much use as that is at the moment) and you get a discount in various partner bars they have across the country and the world.

I've found membership to be great; with the monthly releases, all single cask and cask strength, there's always something new and interesting to eye up, and there are always a few that are more on the affordable end of the scale as well as pricier stuff if you're feeling flush. I bought a 31yo to open on my stag do with a lovely birthday discount they sent me. Of course the stag do has been cancelled, so it's just sitting gathering dust and teasing me from the shelf. Got to taste it in one of their bars a couple of months back though and it'll be worth the wait!

While I'm here, Shackleton is a tenner off at £20 too.

I don't usually buy blends (nothing against them just not in my comfort zone), but it was very moreish.  Worth a chalice.

Never tried it, checked a few reviews and I'm hopeful.

If you are looking for a Rye then keep an eye out for Pikesville Rye.  It's out of the heaven hill distillery and is very, very good but a bit pricey.  Templeton Rye and Rebel Yell are better value for money.  I didn't get on with Lot 40 Rye though.  It had too many new make flavours, the rest of that bottle is going to end up cocktails for people I don't like much.

Sazerac Rye is pretty tasty if you can get a bottle on the cheap.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Rittenhouse is the one I've always fancied but Bulleit rye is so good it's tough to push the boat out on a gamble.  Smacking my lips at Rebel Yell in another tab though.

A man after my own heart. Rittenhouse is lovely. My mate Tom has four bars in Bournemouth and it's the company's "house" rye, so I'm used to Bulleit being the bonus treat myself one, I can get why you might not pull the trigger on Rittenhouse if they're both on the same shelf, especially at similar prices

cockbeard wrote:

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Rittenhouse is the one I've always fancied but Bulleit rye is so good it's tough to push the boat out on a gamble.  Smacking my lips at Rebel Yell in another tab though.

A man after my own heart. Rittenhouse is lovely. My mate Tom has four bars in Bournemouth and it's the company's "house" rye, so I'm used to Bulleit being the bonus treat myself one, I can get why you might not pull the trigger on Rittenhouse if they're both on the same shelf, especially at similar prices

I tried to do a g.man and stockpile Bulleit when it was £20 on Amazon but I couldn't stop drinking it and now I've got none left.