damn good stuff, sir!

"Whisky is god’s way of telling us he loves us, and wants us to be happy." Lix Storm, The Hour In which soldierspy & erictho drink whisky (sometimes in a pub just south of the Thames, sometimes elsewhere) and report back for the good of all!

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002. arran, oban, edradour

Dear Interested Online Parties,

A few months ago, I (redviper) ventured into Ros' (alleras) local -- aka the home of over 100 different single malts -- and dipped randomly into their selection. I have been promising Ros my review for what seems to be an age now, so I thought I might finally satisfy her curiosity (and yours, I'm sure) by updating our still-minuscule list.

Arran, 11yrs, 43abv

The first of the evening due to no logic other than the fact that it was in the A section. Drunk straight. My notes are quite direct, and though I can't remember the finer details, I do remember enough to agree with my assessment 95 days ago. "Sharp. Flat. Don't like." So that's that. 1.5 STARS

Oban, 14yrs, 43abv

I quite enjoyed this one! Also drunk straight. Spicy and inoffensive. 2.5 STARS

Edradour, 10yrs, 40abv

Third time's the charm, eh? Drunk straight. The subtle taste of butterscotch. I would definitely have this one again; it was like liquid candy with bite. 3.5 STARS

Until next time!

[lix-storms]

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001. caperdonach, macduff, balblair

Dear Interested Online Parties,

Today Gia (soldierspy) and I (erictho) decided to work our way through as many of the single malts at my local as possible, and to start blogging our findings. Our first effort was 3, which I feel is a goodly start!

Caperdonach, 15yrs, 46abv

The first of the evening, and drunk on the rocks, this was a delicate scotch and rather smoky. Certainly not bad, but not really to either of our tastes, we've set this as a midway benchmark and given it: 2.5 STARS

Macduff, 18yrs, 43abv

This whisky (also on the rocks) went down very well indeed! It was surprisingly spicy, and had very good body. Can you say that whisky has body? Oh well, I just did. If there weren't 130+ bottles to try, according to the pub website, it would be good to return to this: 3.5 STARS

Balblair, 10yrs, 43abv

The baby of the trio, and the cheapest to boot, this was very drinkable -- subtle sweetness beneath spice. A bottle between the two of us would not last long at all. A solid: 3 STARS

NB: There is no logical order to the way we are choosing these -- it's generally a combination of whim, age, and interesting name. Though we probably won't be going for the £14 one any time soon...

[lix-storms]

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