Locke's 8yo Crock - 82/100

Tasted the Locke's 8yo from a Crock yesterday. Surprised me a lot. I drink Kilbeggan as a 'standard' whiskey ever so often, but this is so different.

Overall: Nice, fresh whiskey
Nose: Oak, Fruity
Taste: Barley, Fruits (pear??), Metallic (copper??)

Didn't expect it to be this light on the nose and taste - a very nice whiskey to have just after your decaf coffee - don't drink it next to espresso; it will be humiliated !!!

No, just kidding - this is really a nice, fresh whiskey that I will be enjoying more often "Me thinks, laddy !!!" :)

Laphroaig 2000 - The Ultimate - 78/100

Dist: 18/09/2000
Botl: 07/12/2010
Vol%: 56,9
Cask: 4072
Bottle: 382/571

Straight:

Nose:
Grapefruit, citrus, burning heather, sulphury,

Taste:
Burning sensation ; is that the alcohol or did I just swallow fire ?? Sulphur again ?? Not much else then the burning sensation coming through, maybe a little liquorice.

With water:

Ah, much better nose and taste. Flowers in the nose, apples coming in. Yep, definitely liquorice in the taste, sweet tones. Still burning in the finish.

Overall for the price a good buy - curious about the new expression from The Ultimate.

Kintra Twitter tasting

It appears there is a Kintra Twittertasting, organised by DH17 and Kintra......

I'm not able to attend it.... but I was present at the first Dutch twittertasting on the 6th April, and it's fun following them.

Search for #Kintra #DH17TT

Musings

I've been triggered by a post on a dutch whiskyforum. It was about drinking your best whisky ever, and the asker was someone still hanging on to standard expressions since the single cask versions and special releases where too expensive.

On of the guys responded with a large text (he mostly does...) on different occasions when he tasted the best whisky ever, depending on the situation.

It's true, I've had the same whiskies in different venues and occasions and some of them really where different, or at least; my experience of them was different.

This brought me to question what is the best environment to enjoy whisky. At a campfire? In a warehouse? At home? I'd like to see some comments on that.....