Anyone ever tried it ? the distillery is up in Norfolk. We passed it going to the game up there.
I cant drink whiskey as me and a whole bottle -- bikers party--- aged 16--- St Nicks hospital etc etc
Looked at their site and they have a special edition whiskey at £178 a bottle !!!!!
PS THai whiskey tastes like rum !
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One interesting fact is because it's a milder warmer climate in Norfolk compared to most Scottish distilleries, the English whisky will only take 6 years to mature to the standard of 10-year Scottish single malts.
Some is being matured in Bourbon barrels from Jim Bream in the USA.
The first production is expected to be on sale in time for the Christmas market this year, but the main target is to gain a slice of the 2012 Olympics market as the only English distilled single malt whisky.
Would you choose to buy English whisky ...... ?
Curiousity, and if it's any good then why not? As much as I like the stuff there is a premium built into Scottish/Irish whisky/whiskey, which makes drinking it in pubs/restaurants more of a luxury rather than a regular thing.
Anyway their site:
http://www.englishwhisky.co.uk/home.html
might buy a few bottles and send em to the Jock mafia which runs HM Gov ! ------------------------------------------actually thinking about it dont think that little distillery could handle that volume at once or my pocket come to that !!
Just need a bucket,couple cans of coke and a small bottle of that red bull type stuff and a straw, then away you go.
Never tastes quite the same when done at a BBQ in England compared to drinking it out there though.
So anything resembling a single malt whisky, palatable with a decent aftertaste, would be worth trying in my book.
So I'd give St George's english whisky a go.
Mr One Lung, I'm sure your suggestion is ideal for Thai whisky that tastes like rum, but that would actually destroy a single malt ..... (!)
;o)
I'd give it a try as long as it's not priced for the tourist market. Not sure about matured for only 6 years, don't think it'll be enough time for it to get the character from those american barrels.
When it comes to heavy malts I prefer Ardbeg 10 to Talisker, altough I've got a bottle of quarter cask I've yet to open. Lighter malts I tend to go for are Dalwhinnie 15yo and a Rosebank 10yo (F&F) that i save for special occasions. I'm also nearly through a bottle '86 Balblair that I picked up at the airport earlier this year, very rich and has a wonderful fruity smell (or nose, if you really want to be correct about the term).
I started getting into malts after having to visit Aberdeen for work a few years ago, my liver hasn't forgiven me.
Another very easy going lightly but subtly flavoured favourite is Aberlour 10-year old, which you can buy in most supermarkets. My old chum Dave the Neighbour, who needless to say doesn't live next door, is my single malt expert.
I'll have to ask him about his many obscure and small production bottles in his collection - at the last count he had 47 different single malts ...... and reading his Single Malt Bible, listing every single malt produced in about the last 50 years, is a revelation in itself.
Slainte mhath - (pronounced....... slange-y-va) ...... not very English I know, lol
Jim Murrays Bible is interesting, so is the late Micheal Jackson's (no, not THAT one) Whisky companion.
PS Kids dont try above at home ---- or anywhere.
Ive got a bottle of Highland Park, Laphroaig & Lagavulin over here...might just have to have a little taster tonight after all this talk.
As for the English Whisky, ill give it go but reckon its potential to be a bit raw.
Recommend Ben Nevis, which sounds like a made up brand for a Scottish-set film, but is surprisingly sweet & smooth.
Have since tried Dalwhinnie, and am now on to Jura - all lovely stuff!
Have never had a taste for whiskey before, but tried a local malt (Glenkinchie) in Edinburgh earlier this year and I'm now a convert."
If you like Glenkinchie, you should try Auchentoshan, another lowland single malt.
Incidentally it's Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey. So Englands finest could, I guess be either although the master distiller comes from the scottish tradition.
http://www.thewhiskyshow.com/2009/
A bit expensive, but then again........
Of course, I couldn't possibly comment because if I drink even two scotches my head feels like some f***er's been kicking it all night the next morning, so don't touch the stuff.
The problem whisky has is that there's such a range of the drink from the horrors of Bells to a decent 18y.o Islay is so far apart. So many people get given a minging Bells and coke when they're 16 and resolve that it's vile.
I always keep at least half a dozen varied singles ferreted around the house for emergencies. Without doubt the best I've ever tasted (by a mile and half) is Caol Ila (an Islay) 59% alcohol. Slips down an absolute treat, warming the heart on the way. An extremely generous friend bought me a bottle and I downed half of it within 3 hours. Now I'm savouring the last drops and panicking about paying for the nx one.
The Rum Show I went to recent £10 and I easily exceeded there, so it's possibly.
Jolly good ot is too.
I'd give it a go, why not? Obviously Scotch Whisky is the big boy on the block and has the best reputation. But then there's a lot of snobbishness about it too which is not necessarily a good thing. Look at the wine industry, where the French have such mis-placed pride in their product; whereas it is Chile that produces the best wine in all but the most unaffordable categories. You never know, in a few years time English whisky may well be the one to beat.
Good point, Stig.
Who knows .......... the Jocks have been perfecting the art for centuries.
But the St George's distillery in Norfolk has a Scots master distiller, vastly experienced and has a high reputation producing Glenlivet and Laphroaig single malts.
So this English whiskey might just slip down a treat!