Whiskey/whisky

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3rd tasting of this, nice enough, quite subtle on nose with the peat/smoke but does not go much further.
Not the best value at ~£39 for a 50cl bottle but not silly money. Interesting to try something a bit different though. I don’t get much juniper on the nose or palate but then other than in Gin, I’m not sure I’ve ever had it in isolation…

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A couple of sweet deals currently on at Waitrose…

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Anyone tried something from Kyro before?
Interested in the rye

their rye gin is good

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Oooo interesting, never had rye in gin :ok_hand:

you don’t have rye in gin.

Rye is the grain the base spirit (vodka essentially) has been distilled from. Distill with right botanicals and you get gin. I doubt Rye is a botanical, although it could be

Assuming they are re using the top then, does the rye come through? Because most being made from gin with grain neutral spirit, I assumed it was pointless adding a grain specific alcohol at the start

yes there is a hint on the palate. Lots made from grain specific alcohol. Quite alot made from potato spirit as well

What did you think of it ?

I really enjoyed mine, dissapeared in a jiffy (admittedly at Christmas)

Did anyone get one of these?

A wee drop of this tonight. First independent bottling in my collection, which was a present from a good friend. Very enjoyable.

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On order, be here tomorrow.

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The 18 year old is my all time favourite whisky, and the first one I ever had that I liked. So much more subtle than Laphroaigs or Ardbegs.

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Cheers Josh, I’ll have a look at that also.

So is a clown car with neon headlights.

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Also, it’s still reasonably priced, at about £80 (compared to many others of that ilk that have increased astronomically - e.g. Laphroaig 18 year old which is also v nice, and was the same price about 5 years ago and is now about £300… And the Ardbeg Supernova, was about £120 (ok still expensive) but now about £400+…

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One/two of this now.

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Yep, the Caol Ila 18 is a favourite!