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Hi there, welcome to the most addictive site on the web, firstly the most important question, what's your favourite whisky, secondly, have a look at A602939 you might be interested. I'm planning to extend it into a distillery by distillery guide to Scotland one day.


whisky

(I don't like using the smiley, it looks like they've put ice in it )

Right -- I have read the page pointed to -- excellent.

Springbank (if you can find a bottle)
Dallas Dhu (alas no more)
Port Ellen (also closed down)
Macallan
Ardbeg
Clynelish
Rosebank
Glenfarclas (but only the 30-year-old, for expensive tastes)
Mortlach (apparently Winston Churchill's favourite tipple!)
Anything at all bottled by Adelphi (except their Irish whiskies)

Mine

Port Ellen
Ardbeg
Linkwood
Clynelish
Glenclachie
Ben Nevis
Glenmorangie (not 10 yo)
Dallas Dhu

Are you a member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society?

No, I'm not a member, just someone who got into whisky because he started working behind a bar which sold a dozen or so single malts and knew nothing about them. So decided to learn (and ended up owning a restaurant with over 140 different malts behind the bar)

(Ok, I know, there aren't 140 different malts, but I was counting the number of bottlings, I think at one moment I was selling 6 different versions of The Macallan)

You actually caught me out on one of your favourites though:

Glenclachie
Is that a mistyped Glenallachie or is it one I haven't heard of

My spelling.
Other favourites:-
Deanston
Glenrothes
St. Magdalene (v. difficult to get hold of).
Talisker
Teaninich

I think United Distilleries did a cask strength bottling of St. Magdelene a while ago (part of their 'Rare Malts' range) but the only time I've ever seen it was a bottling by Adelphi, but it was commercialised under the other distillery name - Linlithgow... If you ever get the chance to taste anything bottled by Adelphi, whatever you do, don't miss the opportunity, I haven't found one single bottle of theirs that I didn't think was excellent (Mind you, they only bottle about 20 barrels a year)

Thanks
Just found the Adelphi website. I will perhaps try them rather than the SMWS.