I denne uge er der tilbud på en flaske af Ian Macleod's 8 år gamle 'As We Get It' i Cask Strength til 295,-, hvor normalprisen er 395,-.

Der står på flasken, at det er en Highland Single Malt - men er der nogen, der har et mere præcist bud på, hvor den stammer fra ?

plesner

Håber du kan bruge dette uddrag fra Malt Maniacs

"Let's pick a bottle from my reserve stock I've been very curious about: The MacLeod's 8yo (40%, bastard malt) Klaus Everding brought me from Germany during his visit. It is a single malt, but the bottle doesn't say from which distillery. Now the problem is that MacLeod's bottles different 8yo old malts. Three that I know of; Lagavulin, Talisker and Glenfarclas. Let's see if I can find out which one this is.

Well - the bottle is a bitch to open. After I finally managed to remove the plastic cork wrapper a smooth plastic cork cap appeared - much too smooth for my greedy little hands. However - this was soon forgiven when I sniffed the first whiff from the bottle - salty, peaty and sweet - just the way I like it.... This is no Glenfarclas, that's for sure.
In the glass, the nose had a little more sherry and at times more citrus.
The nose has a lot to offer - a lot of interesting fragrances apart from the peat. The taste isn't nearly as sweet as the nose and starts off quite soft. After a few seconds, the peat explodes and slowly dies out in a sweet finish. Very nice, a bit 'greasy'.

But... Is it the Lagavulin or the Talisker? Judging from the peat I'd say Lagavulin, but the seaweed in the nose and 'explosion' in the taste could indicate a Talisker. Let's have another glass to make sure.
Nose: Peat. I picked up more chloride. Burnt cookies?
Taste: Soft start and again the explosion. Seemed sweeter this time.
I would guess this is the Lagavulin - but I will have to do some more tasting.
Preliminary rating: Upper seventies. Very nice.

I had my doubts, so I asked the malt oracle from Australia, Craig Daniels, about it.
His answer: I'm not sure where I got the info about the Macleods Island being a Lagavulin, but I think it was from the retailer, who may or may not be a reliable source, but the supposition certainly gels with my experience of the Signatory Vintage Islay (which definitely is a Lagavulin). I found the Macleods very similar, almost identical in fact, if a little sweeter and a little less peaty.
Both are almost certainly from first fill bourbon wood with no sherry influence, which is probably why they don't taste much like the standard 16, but actually tend to exhibit flavour profiles much more akin to Laphroaig and Caol Ila, although a little too sweet for Caol Ila, but as I've never tasted a Caol Ila younger than 11 years, it is hard to be dogmatic about it. But I suppose the origin doesn't matter in the grander scheme of things as it has gathered a group of fans anyway and at around A$45 is good value for money. I think you will enjoy it regardless of source"

Tjaee.. det er jo ikke samme flaske der er tale om, Malt Maniacs har fat i en Macleods Island, og Juuls er en Macleods 'As We Get It' (Highland)

Måske er der lidt hjælp at hente på denne side
jizakewine.com/whisky%20htm/malt23.htm

Frank

Er der virkeligt løbet så meget whisky igennem årerne, at ingen kan huske, at det ikke er mere end et par måneder siden, at der i dette forum var en lignende diskussion oppe - og hvor Michael Madsen endte med at give en forklaring på, hvad der er i dagens "As we get it"???

Jeg ved ikke lige hvordan man søger i databasen - men det må MacLars eller MacNiels være mænd for

Slainthe

Flemming

TAK! - tænkte nok I også havde tænkt på det.....

hmmm

Hvordan virker det ?

Når jeg taster "As we get it" ind kommer der ingen hits

MVH

Deffe Dummernakke

Når jeg taster "As we get it" ind kommer der ingen hits

Hej det kunne jeg heller ikke få til at virke

Men med "Macleod" kom der to hits, et af dem var det Flemming omtalte:
www.whiskynyt.dk/index.php?name= ... ht=macleod

Ved en fejl var indlægget placeret under blends fordi der åbenbart står Pure Malt på etiketten . Iflg Michael Madsen er det en single Speyside.

Jeg glemte måske lige at nævne at man kun kan søge efter ord på 4 bogstaver eller mere

Ja det forklarer jo sagen