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I'm still searching for waht is reputed to be the greatest of them all

 

It's in a bottle with a red, white and blue picture of Big Ben on the front and the name "Houses of Parliament Whisky"

 

and underneath the script "brewed in Buckingham Palace under the personal supervision of His majesty King George"

 

It could be found in India a while back...............

 

 

Hose of parliament whisky is made in the Edradour distillery in Pitlochry smallest working distillery in the world.

 

My favourite is the Glenfiddich Solera reserve.

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I'm still searching for waht is reputed to be the greatest of them all

 

It's in a bottle with a red, white and blue picture of Big Ben on the front and the name "Houses of Parliament Whisky"

 

and underneath the script "brewed in Buckingham Palace under the personal supervision of His majesty King George"

 

It could be found in India a while back...............

 

 

Hose of parliament whisky is made in the Edradour distillery in Pitlochry smallest working distillery in the world.

 

My favourite is the Glenfiddich Solera reserve.

 

Is that a freudian on the whisky or how politicians just take the piss?!??

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Of the widely available stuff, probably The Macallan. Those two are very nice too though.

Alex, I'm looking for a Christmas present for my Dad. He likes The Macallan, Highland Park, Oban and Laphroaig.

 

Can you recommend anything? I'm interested by this Welsh whisky as something different.

Sounds like he likes everything as long as it's quality as those are all pretty different taste-wise. If I was you I'd look for something an edition of Macallan or whatever that is on special. E.g. there's a bottle of Glenlivet on sale in Tesco at present but it's a 15 year old one in a French oak barrel (like the ones they use for Cognac). It's about £23 I think which is about £7 off. You always get a few bargains in the supermarkets at this time of year.

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Have you tried The Black Rory? It's a Northumbrian Blend, but very good.

Sold at Tynemouth market, and at Northumbrian Gifts on t'interweb.

 

Try the Balvenie 12 yr old Doublewood too.lovely

 

 

Sounds like he likes everything as long as it's quality as those are all pretty different taste-wise. If I was you I'd look for something an edition of Macallan or whatever that is on special. E.g. there's a bottle of Glenlivet on sale in Tesco at present but it's a 15 year old one in a French oak barrel (like the ones they use for Cognac). It's about £23 I think which is about £7 off. You always get a few bargains in the supermarkets at this time of year.

 

Cheers lads. Might be doing him a dis-service in saying he likes all of those. I seem to remember he's not keen on one of the ones I've bought him. It's got a peaty, iodine taste to me, a bit mediciney. Think that's Laphroiag.

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Have you tried The Black Rory? It's a Northumbrian Blend, but very good.

Sold at Tynemouth market, and at Northumbrian Gifts on t'interweb.

 

Try the Balvenie 12 yr old Doublewood too.lovely

 

 

Sounds like he likes everything as long as it's quality as those are all pretty different taste-wise. If I was you I'd look for something an edition of Macallan or whatever that is on special. E.g. there's a bottle of Glenlivet on sale in Tesco at present but it's a 15 year old one in a French oak barrel (like the ones they use for Cognac). It's about £23 I think which is about £7 off. You always get a few bargains in the supermarkets at this time of year.

 

Cheers lads. Might be doing him a dis-service in saying he likes all of those. I seem to remember he's not keen on one of the ones I've bought him. It's got a peaty, iodine taste to me, a bit mediciney. Think that's Laphroiag.

Aye, that's Laphroig (sp?). Avoid any of the ones from Islay in that case. As they all have that strong salty, peaty, iodine-type of taste. Not a fan myself, you either love them or hate them I think.

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I've just jumped into a glass of 12 year old Caol Ila. Fuck me it tastes like peat! (no not peasepud although Ellie may beg to differ!)

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No mention of the Famous Grouse?

 

Is no one going to ask what is wrong with sammi either?

 

This board is slipping.

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I wont bother reading all this thread about a completely vile drink! But our dear Scottish friend is partial to Glenfidditch (sp), which is what we normally buy him for a gift. The other night he was drinking Highland Park which he was obviously enjoying very much due to the tumbler sized measures he was downing (and I'm not kidding) :rolleyes: How he was actually still standing when we left is incredible. (He is also our dentist and a very good sober one, but my god when he's off duty can he drink)!

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No mention of the Famous Grouse?

 

Is no one going to ask what is wrong with sammi either?

 

This board is slipping.

 

God you're a pathetic cunt.

Even your choice of whiskey shows you up for the try hard you are.

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No mention of the Famous Grouse?

 

Is no one going to ask what is wrong with sammi either?

 

This board is slipping.

 

God you're a pathetic cunt.

Even your choice of whiskey shows you up for the try hard you are.

 

WUMery. :o

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ha ha it was a joke you idiot. Who would pick famous grouse? Its about £10 a litre.

 

chomped like a goodun though.

 

How is merely pointing out that you are a pathetic cunt - something so obvious, how is that a chomp?

So add stupid to pathetic cunt - again I'm stating the obvious.

 

And Chris, stop with the WUMery, you're as tiring as manc-foplite.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364035.stm

 

What would Shackleton's whisky taste like?

 

After a century buried in the Antarctic ice, a rare batch of whisky which belonged to the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is to be recovered. So what might it taste like?

 

It's been on the rocks for the last 100 years, buried under two feet of ice at the South Pole. Now the two cases of "Rare Old" brand Mackinlay and Co whisky are to be retrieved.

 

A team of New Zealand explorers heading out in January have been asked by Whyte & Mackay, the company that now owns Mackinlay and Co, to get a sample of the drink. The crates were left behind by Sir Ernest Shackleton when he abandoned his polar mission in 1909.

 

The cases were discovered again by polar explorers in 2006, but couldn't be removed as they were too deeply embedded in ice. Now the team plans to use special drills to rescue a sample. But what might it taste like?

 

A whisky can survive indefinitely and taste the same if it is stored correctly, says a spokesman for specialist drinks company The Whisky Exchange.

 

It should not be exposed to light or heat, which change the colour of the whisky and make it fade. Most importantly the bottle should be kept upright, unlike wine.

 

"This is because alcohol erodes cork over time," says the spokesman. "Whisky is about four times stronger than wine so if it is in contact with the cork it will damage it quite quickly.

 

"The alcohol vapour in the bottle should be sufficient to keep the cork moist and prevent it from drying out and air getting in. If whisky is being stored for any length of time you may have to wet the cork occasionally, but even then only once or twice a year."

 

Extremely low temperatures, like those in the South Pole, will make the whisky cloudy, but this should fade when it is warmed up, says David Stewart, a master blender at distillers William Grant & Sons Ltd.

 

"If these bottles have been stored upright there is ever chance they will be drinkable," he says.

 

The fact the temperature will have been consistently low with also work in the whisky's favour. Fluctuating temperatures are worse because they cause the cork to contract and expand, which could allow air in.

 

If the whisky is drinkable, experts say it will taste different to what is on sale today. This is because the "Rare Old" brand of Mackinlay is not made anymore. Also, different casks are used to make whisky now and it is blended differently.

 

"Whiskies back then - a harder age - were all quite heavy and peaty as that was the style," says Whyte & Mackay's master blender Richard Paterson.

 

If the team of explorers are unable to retrieve a full bottle, they are hoping to use a syringe to extract some of the contents.

 

"We might get enough to be able to take a stab at recreating it," says Mr Paterson.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8364035.stm

 

"If these bottles have been stored upright there is ever chance they will be drinkable," he says.

 

If the whisky is drinkable, experts say it will taste different to what is on sale today.

 

Hmm, if my aunty grew a cock then she'd be my uncle.

If, it's the world's biggest smallest word.

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