No age statement though. I'm not even that picky about my whisky, but that's a bad trend.

It's the fact they've banged on for years about how important the age statement is, then they run out of stock and it's apparently not that important at all.

That's the case with most malts anyway, it's the youngest that counts towards the age. They're using a lot of young whisky now and would rather make up fancy names than risk putting the age on the bottle.

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Hmm. Any Japanese Whisky recommendations?

Had this the other day: http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-2923.aspx It was awesome.  They also have a 12 year old version at a more reasonable price.

What PTS said.

Went into London on SUnday with one of Bean's demons, so we could grab food, (Princi, Wardor Street- good value, good eats) and go by Liberty so she could grab something fancy and we past royalmilewhiskys.com where I dragged her in, she instantly took to the chair, which I imagine most women do when the bloke they're with insists on perusing whisky.

I wanted the Haka' as I'd drank some Yama' at a friends house after Carcass gig on Thursday night. Alas there was no Haka' but they had the Hibiki and I grabbed a bottle of the 12yr. 

I plan to sample it this evening.

Cheers for all the pointers lads.

I'm up in Inverary for the week, so it's a visit to Loch Fyne Whiskys and The George for a few meals, which has one of the widest range of drams around. First off, wedding anniversary meal at The George (food fucking awesome) and a few shorts. Laphroaig 1/4 cask, which was peaty excellence with an underlying rich sweetness as aftertaste which really set it apart from the 10yr. Also had an Old Pulteney 17yr which was citrusy, salty and smooth as hell. Both excellent.

A trip to LFW to buy a bottle of the OP17 turned into an impromptu tasting session in which the owner convinced me to buy a bottle of McDonalds Traditional Ben Nevis Malt, which is distilled as close to the recipe of 1883 as possible, using peated barley (it was also £10 cheaper than I would've spent on the OP). It is absolutely delicious. A super-rich, oiley and sharp tasting dram with a peaty biting aftertaste which sticks in your mouth for ages. A quick look on t'internet says it retails at £70. I got it for £39. Never seen it before and it's amazing - highly recommended.

Drank all my whisk(e)y. I should probably buy some more.

When you believe in things that you don't understand
Then you suffer
Superstition ain't the way

Well, at least it's a short swim. Welcome home.

What are the preferences over there? I would assume single malt scotch whisky, would I be right?

Uigedail and A'bunadh back-to-back. Marvelling at the taste sensation.

There's a survey on the suntory website- you could bag yourself a collection of their whisky's.

http://www.suntory-whisky.com/en

Done the Suntory thing, fingers crossed.

Went to Tesco for some Cobra to go with my Indian take away and ended up with a £25 bottle of Jura Superstition. Oops.

Nah, had it before, it's lush.

Send it me then you Philistine, I farking love a drop of Superstition.

Opened up my sole remaining bottle, the Jura Origin, last night. Looking at the tasting notes, I was getting the honey and caramel, but for the life of me I wasn't getting the liquorice.

Absolutely, I say the same myself although I never realised it was he that uttered it. I must have consumed it subconsciously.