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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: celticgeek on 08 Feb 2019, 20:23
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I have been trying a new brand of Scotch, Grangestone (http://www.grangestonewhisky.com), recommended to me by a friend. It is a highland single malt, and tastes pretty good. They make a range of single malt and blended whiskys. I found it to be smoother that most others. It also seems to be a "Total Wine And More" house brand. Anybody else ever heard of it, or tried it?
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I have neither heard of nor tried it. I will check out my local liquor store which has a fairly good selection and see if they have any at a reasonable price.
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They don't make anything - they are just branding unspecified whiskys that they buy in. The way they describe the single malts also suggests that even if each bottle is a single malt, other bottles with the same label could be different ones of the same general type.
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The more I think about what they say on their website, the more I think you are correct. A second bottle was not nearly as good as the first that I bought.
And yes, I still prefer my Laphroaig Triple Wood.
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It looks like a company that buys up surplus or bad cut stock at bulk rate and repackages it. Certainly no distillery and doesn't look like you could easily track down which one a bottle came from.
If you are going to buy in to that market then you may fare better with a whiskey of the month club. At least then if you really like one you can go back to it again.
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every now and then I get some Jack Daniels Single Barrel. It's always a bit of a Lottery since it's single barrel, but on the other hand they're pretty cheap in comparison (like 35-40€ for 0.7L bottle, I've bought blended Scotch for 50€).