Talk Whisky To Me

Irreverent thoughts about whisky.
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@smws_matt "the darker the better" please make it stop 😂

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(part 2) not that I have tasted enough new make in Oz to know any differently, but it seems that the variety of stills is such a big deal in Scotland, so maybe it's... a big deal here too?

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Whisky q: Are all Aussie whisky stills shaped the same, and could we expect anything substantially different from the spirit(s) if they weren't? #distilling #whisky #australianwhisky #copperstill #newmake

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@smws_matt Warm weather is great and all, but the smell of sunscreen interferes with proper whisky appreciation, something like that?😁😎

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@crazythainame I think I will order all of the "evolution is junk science" ones 😯😂😂

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@Dramfire @LesStonehouse Isn't that the protestants?

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@smws_matt Schrödingers... whisky? It is both in short supply and overstocked at the same time.

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@WhiskyAndWisdom Only the ones where the name is visible 😭😂 ... Great motivation to change this in 2020!! :)

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Independent bottlings seem a bit of a gamble (to me). Anyone with the money can buy a 15 y.o cask from Glen Twenty distillery and bottle it, I think? So in developing the final product, what separates the esteemed labels (or bottlings) from the... fizzlers?

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@thewhiskyninja @nathanwmudgee @archierosesyd Interested to know what you make of the smoked rye!

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So who made it to Sydney's #Craigellachie51 y.o. shindig last week?
#scotchwhisky #whiskytasting #oldandrare #sydneywhisky #whiskywomen

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@WhiskyAndWisdom Of course it does :) congrats Andrew!!

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@Scotchwhiskycom Thank you for creating and maintaining such an entertaining and informative site. 💛🥃

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Can't we make it like Wikipedia, where there's a fundraising drive every 6 months or so ... 😟

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I was just reading about the #octomore 10.2, which has been finished in third fill Sauternes casks. It sounds wierd (or not) but also I am intrigued. Is there any way to find this in Oz without leaving the country via a Duty Free outlet?
#islay #dutyfree #bruichladdich

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So I just proposed a food and wine pairing for a huge, gorgeous WA Chardonnay with "Mac and cheese, but make it fashion" 🤷💃🤠#moderntimes #winepairing #chardonnay #macandcheese #creamy #wineexport #notwhisky

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@TimeforWhisky We need more labels like this!

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@seriousabtplay Interesting. Thank you! Plenty to think (and talk) about..

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Hello #whisky world. I have more questions... Given a spirit's rapid maturation in oak in an Aussie climate, is there any benefit to partial maturation in an inert vessel? Kind of like some wine is aged in steel tanks. Are there parallels with inactive casks?

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@seriousabtplay It's useful to break it down like that. Thanks! I would have thought that the Australian climate still has a pretty big part to play when it comes to temperature and humidity during maturation tho, too.. angels share and those related factors.

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@seriousabtplay Is faster maturation something that is important, do you think?