Rum and other stuphph

[artme]

OK, we have a wine forum and one for home brew.

Just wondering how many of us appreciate a good rum or a good whiskey.???

[tdrumnut]

You bet

Cheers RUMNUT

[Old-Biker-UK]

...... how many of us appreciate a good rum or a good whiskey.???

Me Me Me Me..........

Mark
ex. RN. Stoker (from the days when we had rum issue)

[artme]

OK!!!

A good rum: Mount Gay, A west Indian brew.

Whiskey: Lophraig single malt from Islay. Beautifully smooth with a peat smoke
flavour that doesn't overpower the whole show.

[enelef]

I Love the Islay malts.

Favourite for many years has been - Lagavulin

A fantastic drop to sip on the porch while listening to some great Aussie Blues.:2tsup:

[artme]

A very highly rated brew that I am yet to get my tongue around enelef!!!

Some very good single malts being brewed in Tasmania. Must try.:elefant:

[enelef]

Agreed - I went to the Lark distillery there a few years back.
It was very nice, i was *ahem* forced to sit through a tasting while the SWMBO looked after the baby in the background.
A most pleasant tasting if i remember correctly.

I would love to go back and try the Nant distillery. But until then - I guess i will soldier on

[artme]

I would love to go back and try the Nant distillery. But until then - I guess i will soldier on

Sad, isn't it??:D:D

[Mutawintji]

My Father used to rave over a whiskey called 'Irish Mist'.

Unfortunately I have never tasted it ... but according to Dad this was the one to beat all others hands down. He had a collection of Glenfiddich.

I would not know where to buy it in Australia, probably only available in Ireland ...

sigh ... Greg

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Barkeep! A Knockando here... and leave the cask. :D

[Mutawintji]

Barkeep! A Knockando here... and leave the cask. :D


At first this post had me puzzled ... then I googled Knockando ...



Knockando Distillery was built by John Tytler Thomson in 1898, and is named after the village in which it stands.


Knockando was the first distillery in Scotland to be built with electric lighting. In 1905 it was linked directly to the Great North of Scotland Railway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_North_of_Scotland_Railway), which connected Grantown-on-Spey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grantown-on-Spey) with the main towns of north-east Scotland.

Must be the only town in the world that needed a railway to the distillery ... HaaHaa






Knockando Distillery is home to a famous selection of casks which went into the J & B Ultima (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J_%26_B_Ultima&action=edit&redlink=1) blend in 1994 to celebrate the quincentennary of Scotch Whisky. This blend contained 128 different whiskies (116 Malt & 12 Grain) and 1 of each of these casks is still maturing in the Warehouse.

So ... do you want one cask left, or 128 casks ?

cool bananas ... Greg

[artme]

Dan Murphy stocks a great range of Whiskeys.

If they don't have Irish mist chances are they will get it for you!:wink:

[Mutawintji]

Thanks for that .. Iwill try them

greg

[artme]

Had friends over for dinner last night. Lloyd is a whisky drinker -with dry- and he bought
a bottle of home brew whisky that he buys from a mate of his. Superior to my bottle of
12yr old Ballantine's special reserve gold seal by a long way!!!

The Ballantine's was 12yrs. old when bottled but is now actually about 42 years old as it was
kept in its box in a cupboard unopened for 30 years!!!