Cragganmore 12YO Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL - $65 @ 1stChoice ($78 at DM)

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  simulacrum on 05/10/2015 - 11:39

  +2

  "the most complex aroma of any malt" might be a bit of an exaggeration. But its certainly a solid Speysider, going for a good price. Unlike all the peaty Islay malts that seem to get posted a lot, I would recommend this one to anyone new to single malts.

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    EarlyBird on 05/10/2015 - 12:49

    +1

    Agree. I don't detect any smokey saltiness but it has a honey note typical of Speyside whiskies. An easy and laid back dram.

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  jv on 05/10/2015 - 11:54

  +1

  So this whisky was made the same year that Saddam Hussein was captured and Lance Armstrong won his fifth Tour De France!!!

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    patinadiary on 05/10/2015 - 12:23

    +3

    Thank you historian JV, this might just have become a collectible now.

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    EarlyBird on 05/10/2015 - 12:42

    How the mighties have fallen! Wouldn't that be an cause for a little celebration? I'll drink to that.

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      jv on 05/10/2015 - 12:46

      +2

      *Concorde makes its last commercial flight
      *Arnold Schwarzenegger is elected Governor of California
      *Michael Jackson is booked on suspicion of multiple counts of child molestation

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    simulacrum on 05/10/2015 - 16:03

    +1

    Whiskies don't age in the bottle.. so if the bottle has been sitting around in a warehouse for a while it could have been distilled even earlier.

    But assuming it was bottled this year, the youngest whisky in the mix could have come out of a still as Saddam was being captured, then been put in a barrel and aged for 12 years (distilling it was only part of the process of making whisky - when the newmake went into the barrel it would have been a lot stronger, looked completely clear and tasted very different).

    But that would have been only the "youngest" whisky in the bottle.

    A distillery is constantly distilling mash and putting it away to age, so at any point the people at Cragganmore have a bunch of different aged spirits sitting in various barrels (which used to hold bourbon or sherry). A master blender at the distillery then takes a bunch of different malts and figures out which ones to blend and in what proportion, to produce a consistent product with a particular flavour profile that he can sell at a certain price. By law the age statement on the bottle has to state the age of the youngest component that went into the mix. So some of the components in a 12 year old whisky could be 30 years old for all we know.

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    [Deactivated] on 05/10/2015 - 16:34

    +1

    jv, you've done it again!

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  King Steuart on 05/10/2015 - 12:38

  in b4 Dan Murphys reduces price

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  LSGH on 05/10/2015 - 13:06

  been waiting for this to go on sale,…thanks!

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  NK on 05/10/2015 - 15:07

  Bought this when DM had it on special about 2 months ago.
  I'm a fan of Speyside's - sweeter which is my preference over Islay's, peatier and smokier.
  A great drop, worth every dollar!! great way to appreciate subtleties of a good single malt. add a few drops of distilled or filtered water to open up the taste and remove a bit of the ethanol/burn..

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  Jamesx on 05/10/2015 - 16:18

  Unfortunately Cragganmore 12Yo Single Malt Scotch Whisky 700mL is no longer available.

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  Jamesx on 05/10/2015 - 16:32

  just back from overseas trip, stocked up some 1L Laphaig varieties for less than $90 a bottle average, missed the Talisker 20% off sale though, otherwise it'll be $80/1L for the dark storm maybe less for others.

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  bricabrac89 on 07/10/2015 - 09:26

  Checking the Dan Murphy's site today, some 2 days later and they still haven't price matched/beaten it. That's unusual.

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    Jamesx on 08/10/2015 - 09:22

    no stock at FC, no need to match it