Very similar to me then. Its not an occasion i get the bottle out but more a mood and 95% of the time its only a Friday or Saturday evening. Tescos have always surprised me in what they do offer in range and price. £50 is my maximum so far on the grounds of spending more on something i might not enjoy. If i had tried it then yes i wouldn't be against it.
My limit is born out of learning to read tasting notes and being happy that I can make a reasonable judgement about whether I will like it, and that price also allows me to justify the Laphroaig Cairdeas bottlings to myself blind. Beyond that will be by tasting only, and has only happened twice (Ardbeg Triagh Bhan no. 3 & 4) as a 60th birthday present to myself. It’s actually quite ridiculous how much you can spend on a bottle at the top end and I could never justify that sort of price for it.
Im actually tea total apart from whiskey at the correct time . A little of a contradiction perhaps but i drink no other alcohol. Add to that im only a weekend man when i do fancy a taste or two . My kids think its very odd how i drink non apart from whiskey.
Im not a Whiskey drinker and know nowt about it but today I was given a bottle of Glen Moray, single malt Scottish (whatever that means, I’ll give it a shot over Christmas
Single malts are typically associated with single malt Scottish, though they are also produced in various other countries. Under the United Kingdom's Scottish Whisky Regulations, a "Single Malt Scottish Whisky" must be made exclusively from malted barley (although the addition of E150A caramel colouring is allowed), must be distilled using pot stills at a single distillery, and must be aged for at least three years in oak casks of a capacity not exceeding 700 litres (150 imperial gallons; 180 US gallons). While the Scottish model is usually copied internationally, these constraints may not apply to whisky marketed as "single malt" that is produced elsewhere. For example, there is no definition of the term "single malt" in relation to whisky in the law of the United States, and some American whiskey advertised as "single malt whiskey" is produced from malted rye rather than malted barley. Tis the law.
Finished off the bottle of Hepburn’s Choice 10 last night (a 10 yo Caol Ila spirit matured in Port barrels at Ardnahoe distillery on Islay), now knocking a hole in the Hepburn’s Choice 9, which is the same base matured in Sherry butts, after seeing tonight’s football result
