has anyone tasted the 34 year old springbank from the old malt cask? i see one at a local liquor shop but i'm hesitant to shell out the big bucks without some more info.
thanks
tomschmitz@hotmail.com

I've tried in my friends place once,
very silky, medium to full body, fruity, little but balanced after taste.. similar to any XO cognac
QT - tom schmitz <qtopic+3-5DBMc2FMegg92o6HOEJ3@quicktopic.com> wrote: < replied-to message removed by QT >

Hi Tom,

If you are referring to the 1965 at 40.6%, then I wholeheartedly recommend it. Really a fabulous dram.

thanks for the responses. yes, joshua, it's the 1965 version. it really helps to get a little background on bottle before you drop $300. thanks again. tom

oops! the springbank bottle i saw was 47.8 percent. through the green bottle it looks to have no sherry, very pale. anyone know about this bottle? thanks tom

How or where do I go about trying to find a value for a very special bottle of Glenlivet? It's from the Queen's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1977. It's in a labeled black wood box, red velvet lined and serial # 857. Supposedly there was only one case alloted to each State and this was the last bottle in NJ back in 1977. Back then the wife paid $200 for it so it's surely worth a lot more now.

For questions like this, ScotchFinder is your friend. The Queen's Silver Jubilee was in 1977 (25 years), and a ScotchFinder search for "Queen Glenlivet" or "Jubilee Glenlivet" gives one match at $472.19 (converted from Euros). This is a square bottle with a silver twist cap. Hope this helps.

I love the rich, peaty taste of Laguvalin. Is there anything else with a similar robust taste?

Bruce, have you tried Ardbeg and Laphroaig? They are different but are also south-shore islay whiskies with lots of peat in most of their expressions. I particularly like Ardbeg, where TEN and Uigeadail are quite good and affordable plus older independent expressions from the '70s.

Harry

Thanks Harry,
I recognize both of those brands.
I am something of a novice; I don't quite understand what the last part of your message meant. Would you help teach a newbie?

"...where TEN and Uigeadail are quite good and affordable plus older independent expressions from the '70s." ??????????

Bruce, TEN and Uigeadail are brand names of a couple of bottlings put out by the Ardbeg distillery.

Not only distilleries but some independent bottlers also bottle whisky, including that from Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig though mostly from way back for the latter two as those distilleries have been tight fisted with their casks for decades. Bottlers like Douglas Laing Old Malt Cask, Cadenhead's, Signatory, et al are quite good and often give you something a little different from a standard distillery bottling.

Harry

Oh...OK. Thnaks

No collection of single malts is complete without a bottle of Copper Fox, distilled and bottled at Belmont Farms of Culpeper Virginia. You may have to go to a Culpeper VBA store to get it and when you do you'll find it has been well aged for a whiskey of it's kind; 4 months. Not exactly, I think, of what you seem to be looking for but a surprise in any case.

hi i am looking for the value of a bottle of "kings ransom Around the world" scotch whisky, it has a navy blue top, beige bottle, aprox. 6inches high has a jug handle and pourer a green lable that says "whitleys leith" and a yellow lable as well the price on the bottle says "75 shilings" contents 26 and 2 3rds british fluid ounces 17.7 under proof aprox 45 years old we have 2 bottles of it so if you know something about it can you please reply to this mesage

Hi Jason,

This would be an appropriate question for whiskyvaluations@mctears.co.uk, the preeminent whisky auction house. If they give an appraisal, please post your results back here.

thank you for the help