Just come from Jeff Whisky's channel to here where you get a "smashing" slap. Agree so much on the Shackleton and will be grabbing that Black Bottle!

Soon 2000 subscribers. I follow the channel since the number 151. All the best and till 5000! or 10000!

Ledaig 18: 120€-130€ atm. My list: Daily: Bunna 12, Impress: Redbreast 12 CS or Glen Moray 18, Mixer: Queen Margot, Buffalo trace, Friday: Glencadam 15, Edradour Caledonia, Special: Williamson 7y (IB), Darroze 42y old Armagnac or one of my other IB-ings

What a great list to do after many many of us made our choices too. Those Bunna Feis Ile Moines are always fantastic! Cheers!

Great pics! I have the Ledaig 18 “Batch Two Spanish Sherry Wood Finish” that I consider good value even at $110, altho I wish it had more than 46.3%. My Longrow 18 “Heavily Peated” was the most mushroomy I’ve ever tasted, so much that I thought it went bad due to the damaged cork BUT after decanting and waiting it’s been settling down enormously - patience can be incredibly well-rewarded in the WhiskyVerse!

Ledaig is not sold here. I'd never heard of it until I started watching KZfaq videos. No Springbank product here at all, either. The only Campbeltown available is Glen Scotia 15, which is quite nice. I'm happy with Laguvulin 16 for my special occasions, but I'm not the peat fan you obviously are. I'm one of those sherry bombers. My core is Auchentoshan Three Wood, Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, and Bunnahabhain 12. I've recently been surprised and pleased by Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or. Offroad, I'd recommend Stranahan's Colorado whiskey.

Congratulation for 2K 🤗 🎂🥂. Fantastic start in 2023 now could only be better. Another interesting topic and very practical. We need only 5 bottles but most of us got colection of dozens or even hundreds bottles so how many bottles we really need? 😋🥂🙋🏻‍♂️

Hi Shane, love your take on this. Great picks, kudos! My experience with Laphroaig is a bit different though. Older expressions tend to have a tropical fruitiness and complexity that the 10CS simply can’t touch on. Granted, my experience is with the 25yo bottled in 2017 (48,9%) and the 30yo bottled around that same time (43%), so I can’t comment on contemporary expressions really. But to me, an old Laphroaig is really something special!

The Ardbeg 17 yr is $2000 NZ down here...

That Ledaig 18 box is just stunning! Some fantastic bottles on there and cheers to the Shackleton buddy! Wonderful stuff 🥃🥃

You win the challenge for naming the overproof rum ... brilliant! 👏👏👏

Awesome list. Can't agree more about the old Glenlivet 18. Absolute star, that one. Quite happy to have stowed away Ledaig 18 batch 3 myself. Incredible.

Lots of excellent choices and mentions🙂 Jacob would be thrilled about the Octomore making it in there😂 Also I just learned what Andean oak is👍

many good picks!! I love ledaig 18 batch 3, great dram with good price!!

Enjoyed your top 15ish list…Actually lost count…sinner 😅

Well done! Especially the thing about mixers. I very seldom drink mixers at home. It's always on parties, on holidays or in bars - and it's nearly never whisky... never thought about that before! Good point! My list would be: daily: Redbreast 12 , impress a guest: Elsburn Sherry Casks 2022 ( yes, german single malt is catching up!), cheap mixer: Bulleit Rye ( if it's got to be whiskey 😉), friday night pour: Bladnoch 11 or Port Charlotte 10, if I'd like something smokey, special occasion: Bunnahabhain 25 ❤

Really enjoyed this. Some great personal picks and thoroughly agree with your views on older peated whiskies.

Shane, I like your picks. I would really like to see your review of that Octomore as I just recently had that version along with 3 other Octomores. All four Octomore were quite different. Also a fan of Gwhisky. Slainte!

Love the choices mate. You won't be the last, I probably will. Mine version will be out tomorrow. Cheers.

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