12-20-2021, 11:20 AM
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#941
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Domoic
Help with looking for the following at any Calgary-area liquor store:
1. Canadian Club Chronicles 44
2. Johnnie Walker Blue New York Skyline Special Edition
Or advice on who to call who MAY have them? (i.e. a higher end shop in Calgary)
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Search for these items on https://www.liquorconnect.com/ to see if they have even ever been ordered through the AGLC to any stores in Alberta. If not, I would say you can't find them.
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12-20-2021, 12:16 PM
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#942
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Domoic
Help with looking for the following at any Calgary-area liquor store:
1. Canadian Club Chronicles 44
2. Johnnie Walker Blue New York Skyline Special Edition
Or advice on who to call who MAY have them? (i.e. a higher end shop in Calgary)
Thanks
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I may have seen the Johnnie Walker at the new Wine and Beyond in Legacy. (Looking at the box online, pretty sure I drooled over it). Maybe give them a shout (587)625-1280.
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01-22-2022, 01:33 PM
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#943
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Kensington wine market is having their annual inventory clearout before end of year stock count. Some pretty good discounts to be had this weekend.
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01-23-2022, 07:08 PM
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#944
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Franchise Player
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Can we talk bourbon in here?
Just finished a bottle of Bib & Tucker. Probably the coolest looking bottle in the shelf but it’s not for everyone. Pretty unique flavor, think licorice. I enjoyed it and it does look great in the liquor cabinet.
Picked up a bottle of George Remus next. It was in my whisky advent calendar and I liked it.
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01-23-2022, 07:24 PM
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#945
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: saddledome
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Bourbon is Eagle Rare. Full stop.
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01-23-2022, 07:30 PM
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#946
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Franchise Player
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No, bourbon is Blanton's Gold... But not full stop. Lots of good stuff out there.
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01-25-2022, 08:54 AM
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#947
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Franchise Player
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I more of a scotch guy, but I have all the time in the world for the easy drinking Woodford Reserve bourbon.
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01-25-2022, 02:02 PM
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#948
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Franchise Player
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If you like the sweeter Scotches, the higher end bourbons are in step with a $200 bottle, for about $120. The mass marketed bourbons around $60 are pretty one note, but some of those are a pretty tasty note.
Michter's does bourbon and rye, and I'm not a fan of their rye (there are cheaper and better Canadian options), but their bourbon is pretty good. Gifted a 10yr a while back and it was excellent. I also like Kentucky better than Tennessee, it tends to be smoother.
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12-09-2022, 09:31 AM
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#949
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Bumping this thread because Scotch needs to be talked about. Especially at this time of year.
I'm a peat guy myself. About a month and a half ago I got back from a trip of a lifetime with my dad, my brother-in-law, and his dad.
We hit up most of the Islay distilleries:
- Bowmore
- Bruichladdich
- Kilchoman
- Ardbeg
- Ardnahoe
- Laphroaig
- Lagavulin
Didn't get to Bunnahabhain or Caol Ila.
Also stopped in at Oban and Tobermory (Isle of Mull) distilleries in our travels.
It all came about a couple of years ago while drinking Ardbeg in the back yard on a hot summer night. "We should go to some of these places one day." I didn't think it would actually happen, but I'm really glad it did.
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12-09-2022, 09:44 AM
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#950
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Franchise Player
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We were there a few years ago, loved it. My favourite day was getting dropped off at Ardbeg, doing the tour and lunch in their restaurant, then walking the path to Lagavulin, Laphroig and into town. Proper tipsy by the end! It was hilarious at Laphroig when I went in the shop and realized I could collect "rent" for my plot of land I had registered years before. Got a free little bottle.
Did Ardbeg have any good special malts? They had Drum for us, which was delicious and different.
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12-09-2022, 10:02 AM
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#951
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
We were there a few years ago, loved it. My favourite day was getting dropped off at Ardbeg, doing the tour and lunch in their restaurant, then walking the path to Lagavulin, Laphroig and into town. Proper tipsy by the end! It was hilarious at Laphroig when I went in the shop and realized I could collect "rent" for my plot of land I had registered years before. Got a free little bottle.
Did Ardbeg have any good special malts? They had Drum for us, which was delicious and different.
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We also collected our rent, but all but one of us hadn't yet registered for the Friends of Laphroaig thing yet. But we observed people walking up to the desk and saying "I'm here to claim my rent" and getting a free small bottle with no verification, so we just did it and got one too.
At Ardbeg, we were there the day before Hypernova was released, and they were very strict about keeping it embargoed, which was unfortunate. Cases of it were stacked in the store, but even our tour guide who was chummy with the staff couldn't get a bottle or a taste. I believe that our options for the tasting were Wee Beastie, An Oa, Corryvreckan, and maybe the regular 10. So nothing too "special".
I was pleasantly surprised by how tight of a whisky community there was there. Obviously it is a small place, but distilleries don't talk down about their competitors, and are often very kind about the other distilleries and what they produce. We even saw the Ardbeg guy in the parking lot of Laphroaig (right after he had given us a tour at Ardbeg) because he was there to meet his daughter for lunch or something like that.
Most are owned by massive conglomerates now anyway, but there really was a feeling of "we're all in this together". And despite their parent companies, most are still doing it the way they want to do it, and they way they always have done it.
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12-09-2022, 10:17 AM
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#952
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Franchise Player
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Anyone know if there's a major difference in flavors between American oak hogshead cask finish vs French oak hogshead cask finish in whiskey/scotches?
I have one I'm about to crack open. My understanding based on reading on the differences in wine is that both will be similar. French oak is likely to be more smooth with a longer after taste. American oak will be sharper and have more alcohol taste, but a deeper sweetness will aid to neutralize it. In the past, I've personally disliked American oak finishes because some have a strange subtle chemical/sappy flavor that is reminiscent of glue, but my buddy never tastes that weirdness, so I'm not concerned about that flavor. I've never tasted that flavor in French oak.
My buddy had a Tomatin 2006 private bottling American Oak finish cask strength (bottled 2018) that he really liked. I nabbed a Tomatin 2006 private bottling French oak cask strength (bottled 2021) and I assume it will be similar and he will like that one too.
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12-11-2022, 02:02 PM
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#953
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
Bumping this thread because Scotch needs to be talked about. Especially at this time of year.
I'm a peat guy myself. About a month and a half ago I got back from a trip of a lifetime with my dad, my brother-in-law, and his dad.
We hit up most of the Islay distilleries:
- Bowmore
- Bruichladdich
- Kilchoman
- Ardbeg
- Ardnahoe
- Laphroaig
- Lagavulin
Didn't get to Bunnahabhain or Caol Ila.
Also stopped in at Oban and Tobermory (Isle of Mull) distilleries in our travels.
It all came about a couple of years ago while drinking Ardbeg in the back yard on a hot summer night. "We should go to some of these places one day." I didn't think it would actually happen, but I'm really glad it did.
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Isn’t OG Calgary on the isle of Mull?
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12-11-2022, 02:11 PM
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#954
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Franchise Player
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Calgary Bay, ya. it's not much to behold:
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01-21-2023, 05:02 PM
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#955
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Farm Team Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Just a friendly bump as its been over a month since someone posted.
Also, for anyone completing their Canadian Club Chronicle series...the 45 year came out a few months ago. Purchase it at Co-op as its $140 cheaper than your usual places I've found (KWM, Willow, Craft, BSW etc).
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02-15-2023, 01:25 PM
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#956
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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If anyone likes to support local distilleries, Two Rivers Distillery here in Calgary is about to release their first batch of Whisky. Should be available to the public in the next couple weeks. I joined their Whisky Runner program a couple years ago, and was able to snag a bottle! hoping to dip into it later tonight.
Chatting with Mark, one of the owners. It's a single barrel release, so there'll only be ~300 or so bottles available. They'll have 6 batches over the course of this year, next one expected to be ready by June.
Sounds like they got hit pretty hard over COVID, and they were worried they weren't going to get to this stage. It's at the point where they won't be keeping any extra barrels to age longer, so they can focus on debt payments while getting these batches our the door!
So it's a great chance to support a local shop, and get in on a first batch!
Last edited by MrCallahan; 02-15-2023 at 01:28 PM.
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02-21-2023, 11:04 PM
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#957
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Iggy-ville
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Opened a bottle of Auchentoshan 12 year tonight. Nice sweet and warm flavour on a cold winters eve.
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05-15-2023, 07:08 AM
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#958
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Powerplay Quarterback
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I have a bottle of 15 y/o Pappy, debating on whether to drink it or sell it, lol.
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