Chittagong
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Pouring a Saturday night dram, I noticed that the GAF whisky thread of yore has gone locked. Clearly GAF need a whisky thread, so here we go!
I got into whiskys in early 10s. I had never really tasted whiskies. Randomly my wife gifted me five single malts for Christmas, along with tasting notes (best wife ever).
So I got into my scotch single malts. Visited distilleries in Scotland. Turned my nose up on blends and bourbons.
Until, around 2014, a friend of mine brought me a bottle of Johnnie Walker XR. Asked me to put aside my suspicions about blends and give it a go. At under £100 per bottle, it was something of a mistake for Johnnie Walker, better than Blue at half the price. I loved it, and soon enough they discontinued it... to redesign the bottle and reintroduce it at £180/bottle. So there it was, a blend I loved.
Recently I had some cheap bourbon and loved it for the smoothness. Another pleasant (cheap!) surprise was Auchentoshan, a seriously underrated, great value Scotch. No point in being dogmatic!
For our new flat, I got my own whisky trolley, bespoke made. Here it is:
What's on currently
House whisky in decanter:
- Johnnie Walker XR
Other whiskies on the trolley
- The Macallan 18 Fine Oak (<3 Harvey Spectre)
- The Macallan Whisky Makers Edition
- The Yamazaki
- The Chita (for the name)
- Hibiki
- Balvenie 17 Double Wood
- Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition
- Laphroaig Four Oak (for the winter!)
- Glenlivet 21
- Glengoyne 18
- Kyro Rye Single Malt
- Johnnie Walker Game of Thrones (underpriced)
Today, my stable is Johnnie Walker XR, Macallan 18, Hibiki and a Laphroaig for the cold months. Everything else rotates.
The whisky is paired with my Schiit stack of Yggrasil and Ragnarok, for late night chill:
Glassware Orrefors, as seen in House of Cards.
Any other whisky lovers in here?
I got into whiskys in early 10s. I had never really tasted whiskies. Randomly my wife gifted me five single malts for Christmas, along with tasting notes (best wife ever).
So I got into my scotch single malts. Visited distilleries in Scotland. Turned my nose up on blends and bourbons.
Until, around 2014, a friend of mine brought me a bottle of Johnnie Walker XR. Asked me to put aside my suspicions about blends and give it a go. At under £100 per bottle, it was something of a mistake for Johnnie Walker, better than Blue at half the price. I loved it, and soon enough they discontinued it... to redesign the bottle and reintroduce it at £180/bottle. So there it was, a blend I loved.
Recently I had some cheap bourbon and loved it for the smoothness. Another pleasant (cheap!) surprise was Auchentoshan, a seriously underrated, great value Scotch. No point in being dogmatic!
For our new flat, I got my own whisky trolley, bespoke made. Here it is:

What's on currently
House whisky in decanter:
- Johnnie Walker XR
Other whiskies on the trolley
- The Macallan 18 Fine Oak (<3 Harvey Spectre)
- The Macallan Whisky Makers Edition
- The Yamazaki
- The Chita (for the name)
- Hibiki
- Balvenie 17 Double Wood
- Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition
- Laphroaig Four Oak (for the winter!)
- Glenlivet 21
- Glengoyne 18
- Kyro Rye Single Malt
- Johnnie Walker Game of Thrones (underpriced)
Today, my stable is Johnnie Walker XR, Macallan 18, Hibiki and a Laphroaig for the cold months. Everything else rotates.
The whisky is paired with my Schiit stack of Yggrasil and Ragnarok, for late night chill:

Glassware Orrefors, as seen in House of Cards.
Any other whisky lovers in here?
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