sceadugenga Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Does anyone know a reliable source of single malt Scotch whiskey around town? Not the blends like the Johnny Walkers or Chivas Regal but the good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayto Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I have a bottle of the best whisky in the world, an Irish whisky called Black Bush from the oldest distillery in the world, Bushmills in Northern Ireland but being a teetotaler I haven't tasted it. You're welcome anytime to try it out and give your judgement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. G Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 No. But Tachielek duty free has a small selection of Single Malts. g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted November 26, 2007 Author Share Posted November 26, 2007 Thanks Tayto, I'll take you up on that one day. Thanks also Dr G, I know the shop you mean and did consider it as an option. The guy that asked me about it doesn't go to Burma though (for reasons I won't go into), and I'm not due for a visa trip until January, and I'll be blessed if I'm making a special trip for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 found a bottle of Glenmorangie - heh heh.... 1,800 Baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've since got a bottle of The Macallan at Tachileck D/F, reputed to be one of the best Scotch Whiskys. Personally I prefer Talisker or Laphroaig. There was Glenmorangie there last Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 The booze shop along from ECC towards the cross roads, on the same side, has a very wide selection of hooch of many kinds. Whiskies, brandies, sherry and my favourite Pernod and Pastis. I reckon the best selection in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I have a bottle of the best whisky in the world, an Irish whisky called Black Bush from the oldest distillery in the world, Bushmills in Northern Ireland but being a teetotaler I haven't tasted it. You're welcome anytime to try it out and give your judgement. Missing Tayto. His strange Irish ways used to brighten up our lives. When is he going to be allowed back in. He might be able to be given probation eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 He was certainly an asset to the board; unfortunately he took issue with an issue that I will not discuss lest the same fate befall me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IraqRon Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 The booze shop along from ECC towards the cross roads, on the same side, has a very wide selection of hooch of many kinds. Whiskies, brandies, sherry and my favourite Pernod and Pastis. I reckon the best selection in town. Don't know if you mean this one. It is located on the street downtown on which all the banks are located. IF you considere that the street runs north and south more or less, the shop would be on the east side, south of Bangkok Bank, about 2 blocks. Run by a man with a huge red veined nose and has a very large selection of Scotchs. He must be an experienced drinker with his nose. Sorry, I just can't get his face out of my mind now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 (edited) I have a bottle of the best whisky in the world, an Irish whisky called Black Bush from the oldest distillery in the world, Bushmills in Northern Ireland but being a teetotaler I haven't tasted it. You're welcome anytime to try it out and give your judgement. Correction! "oldest licensed whiskey distillery" Licensed in 1608 in fact. Whether it is the best is debatable (and I have tasted it!) but it is OK Indeed it is very palatable, but sadly my bottle is all but empty Edited February 16, 2009 by john b good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Whisky comes from Scotland, whiskey from Ireland, or Eire if you prefer. I recently tasted an alleged (printed on the box) 'single malt' called 'Loch Lomond', from Tachilek D/F for 400 Baht, which I doubt had ever been within a thousand miles of Scotland. It had a reasonable smoky taste, and a very rough pure-grain-alcohol bouquet, IMO. But would have gone well with (Warning ... heresy alert !) soda-water ! Caveat Emptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted February 17, 2009 Author Share Posted February 17, 2009 Agreed that the the buyer must beware at Tachilek. However, price is usually a guide. Single malts can rarely be found for 400B. I had similar doubts about a fine old drop sold there as "High Commissioner" (also bottled by "Loch Lomond" distillery) until I did a Google search and found it is bottled mainly for sale in UK super markets at a RRP of £9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 There's a bottle of Glenmorangie at Top near Ha Yaek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john b good Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Whisky comes from Scotland, whiskey from Ireland, or Eire if you prefer.I recently tasted an alleged (printed on the box) 'single malt' called 'Loch Lomond', from Tachilek D/F for 400 Baht, which I doubt had ever been within a thousand miles of Scotland. It had a reasonable smoky taste, and a very rough pure-grain-alcohol bouquet, IMO. But would have gone well with (Warning ... heresy alert !) soda-water ! Caveat Emptor. Bushmills is distilled (and bottled) in Antrim, Northern Ireland "not Eire" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2oDunc Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I used to enjoy a bottle of " Paddy " whiskey when back in the UK. One of the smoothest I've tasted. Much better then a Glen Morangie. Whenever I used to ask in the off license if they had any Paddy whiskey they nearly always offered me Bushmills ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Paddy Whiskey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2oDunc Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Yep That be the one A nice glass of it would slide down very nicely just now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. G Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Loch Lomond is indeed a malt from Loch Lomond. Its not a whisky to be taken dry. Taken wet its OK. Not long back the D/F shop had some Islay whiskies:- Caol Islay and Lagavulin. Both can be taken dry and are a rand dram g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted February 26, 2009 Author Share Posted February 26, 2009 Indeed. May yer lums reek lang and weil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. G Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Indeed.May yer lums reek lang and weil. Kawp koon mark krup. Slainte bhor ( bh = v ) g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenivan Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Here is a good link for Single Malts. http://www.systembolaget.se/Applikationer/...storlekar:::::: The prices in the right column are in Swedish krona but multiply by 4 to get it in baht. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Don't ever share a single malt whiskey with a Thai. A few years ago I brought in 2 litres of Glenfidich, gave one to my bro-in-law who had picked us up from Cmai Airport. Well mine was sipped, savoured and half drunk after 6 weeks, the other bottle GONE after 6 hours, mixed with liberal quantities of soda, and swilled down the gullets of several whiskey ignorant mates of the bro-in-law, tragic! If I'd just put Mekhong in the bottle they would never have known the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 They seem to consider that "100 Pipers" a quality drop for the more discerning drinker. It's certainly a lot cheaper than Glenfiddich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 They seem to consider that "100 Pipers" a quality drop for the more discerning drinker. It's certainly a lot cheaper than Glenfiddich. I doubt very much that "100 Pipers" has ever see the high road or the low road, let alone the lochs and the braes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Au contraire... 100 Pipers Blended Scotch Whisky was first produced by Chivas Brothers and sold to Seagrams around 1949. The name '100 Pipers' was taken from the '100 Pipers who proceeded Scotland's legendary hero, Bonnie Prince Charlie, into battle'. 100 Pipers is a blend of between 25 and 30 whiskies. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenivan Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Au contraire...100 Pipers Blended Scotch Whisky was first produced by Chivas Brothers and sold to Seagrams around 1949. The name '100 Pipers' was taken from the '100 Pipers who proceeded Scotland's legendary hero, Bonnie Prince Charlie, into battle'. 100 Pipers is a blend of between 25 and 30 whiskies. Link I think 100 Pipers is an OK Whisky. A year ago I bought 100 Pipers Blended Malt and that was a very good whisky for the price (at that time 480 baht for 70 cl). But I have not seen it the last couple of months. Have you checked the 571 different Single Malt you can order in the link I posted earlier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Loch Lomond is indeed a malt from Loch Lomond. Its not a whisky to be taken dry. Taken wet its OK. Thanks for the correction & tip, I had a look at their web-site too, but still found it pretty rough. I'm currently enjoying, one sip at a time, a Macallan 12-year malt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgriffith Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Well, 100 Pipers is a blend, not a single malt, as mentioned above. It's OK, but in that price category I much prefer Benmore. Lots more flavour, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted March 6, 2009 Author Share Posted March 6, 2009 Benmore is certainly a better drink. 100 Pipers do make a "single malt" but it's hardly likely to threaten the Talisker/Laphroaig market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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