What dram is in your quaich?

**mookien** · 2nd January 15, 11:28 PM

A dram of one of the "Battle Hill" series of Duncan Taylor bottlings (Longmorn 20) while watching the Cactus Bowl. The malt was both smooth and tasty, though not a remarkable finish. Looks like both I and Oklahoma State are going to be winners tonight.

**ForresterModern** · 3rd January 15, 04:14 PM

Hey John, the Dalmore 21 is sherry cask finished. They do not say how long but they do imply that the malt spends a significant amount of time in the sherry casks, so I guess that depends on how somebody defines "significant".

**mookien** · 3rd January 15, 04:33 PM

Jeff: Thanks. I could swear that the bottle we emptied (I bought it several years ago) was port finished. But, the only port-finished Dalmore I can find on the web now is way too expensive for my pocket book. So, it probably started out tasting like sherry and ended up with port "finish", so to speak.

John

PS (via the Edit function): I went back and reviewed my tasting notes. The malt under discussion was indeed a port-finished malt, but was a Balvenie 21, not a Dalmore. My mistake. Sorry. I must be getting old. Cancel that. I am old.

**Jack Daw** · 10th January 15, 05:24 PM

Last evening, I finished off my Glen Moray. Wonderful.

**MacKenzie** · 10th January 15, 05:31 PM

Relaxing with GlenDronach Allardice 18 after a day of splitting firewood.

Cheers!

**Jack Daw** · 15th January 15, 06:31 AM

After I finished the Glen Moray, I emptied a bottle of Tomintoul 16 into my tenure Tiffany decanter. The next opportunity, I enjoyed a dram. A delicious Speyside!

**ASinclair** · 16th January 15, 06:48 PM

Tonight, I have Lismore Speyside single malt in The Glencairn Glass -- amber, oaky, smooth -- YUM!

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**mookien** · 16th January 15, 07:22 PM

Last night I watched an episode of "Northern Exposure" in which the preservative property of peaty water was being touted. That's all it took. I repaired to the bar and poured a dram of Bowmore 18 over ice. Excellent for the occasion!, ... and with a peaty finish.

By the way, at the end of the episode Maurice and Joel were passing around a flask of Laphroaig 15. Slainte!