That looks a lovely bottle.
I’ve never taken to ice with neat whisky though. Something about it really spoils the drink. Ice with g&t or in making cocktails is fine but with a dram…not for me.
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Yes I know what you’re saying @steviebee although I’ve got to like using a large ice ball which has a very slow melt rate. Having said that I do drink it neat or with water depending on my mood.
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A slow melt rate is essential for G&T to maximise chill and minimise dilution.
But for whisky, how to you prevent it from getting too cold?
never ice imo
Martin
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I was not familiar with this brand of Irish Whiskey.
But I’m familiar now 
smooth, smooth, smooth.
Yum !
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On offer at Lidl right now, their Speyside Single Malt.
It’s reduced to £14.99, and isn’t a million miles away from this one, costing anything from £50.00 upwards.
Get it while you can, 'cos at this price it’s an absolute steal. 
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Glenmorangie 12 about £24 at Costco.
It may well be, but my picture shows the Glenmorangie Lasanta 12, a considerably pricier tipple.
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In case anyone is interested, Waitrose No 1 Blended Whisky 8 yr old (made for them by the Ian MacLeod distillery), which I have mentioned before and really rate, is 25% off at the moment and is £17. Excellent vfm and makes a rather good whisky, soda water and ice which is lovely atm
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First time, I scored some ” reasonably priced“ OB from the older Springbanks. They really get better with age (21 and 25 from 2024, 30 from 2025), but best VFM is the 15 yo to me…
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I was playing golf at Machrihanish golf club this weekend so nipped to Campbeltown and Springbank distillery and picked this up. Not a huge amount of choice even in the distillery shop. The shop staff was saying they are restricted to so few bottles, and these were usually gone an hour after opening.
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Yes, small number. I have several in my cupboard, mostly core bottlings and no special releases.
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nice i used to have such a glencair glass in my opinion the best to smell and taste whisky later woud come a small white wh
ine glass ,i remember i was so obsesed with my glencairn glass i woud pack it in lagage and fly it to Ireland and the us several times i remeber in Dublin i feeled it with a special Macalan fine ouk and it falled gainst wooden night table and rolled away carped it survive it a other great memory was a stay in Bellagio Las Vegas i hided in the bathroom a bottle Balvenie 12 from my mom i whent take a bubble bath and drinked like a quarter of it in these special glass
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Staying at the Isle of Islay this week and popped in to Ardbeg for a distillery tour. It was excellent, the best I’ve had and included a few takeaway freebies.
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