40 Year Old Malt

[freds dad]

Can any of you good people recommend a good 40 year old malt? It's a friends 40th birthday soon, he likes a good whiskey so I though a combination of the two as a present.

[Maggie Tate]

It will be expensive as a motherfucker. http://www.masterofmalt.com/age/40-year-old-whisky/

[Krimzon]

At 40 years old they should all be good. I use this place and find it very helpful.......

 

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/

[Bigtoe]

I'm after a 40 year old MILF

[little whitt]

Can any of you good people recommend a good 40 year old malt? It's a friends 40th birthday soon, he likes a good whiskey so I though a combination of the two as a present.

for that kind of money you friend must have wanked you off more then once

[Whites man]

for that kind of money you friend must have wanked you off more then once

 

I bet 40 year old Matt has wanked you off Whitt.

[jules_darby]

A good Matt that will be 40 in November

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Clarke_(footballer_born_1973)

[Exiled Girl]

Can any of you good people recommend a good 40 year old malt? It's a friends 40th birthday soon, he likes a good whiskey so I though a combination of the two as a present.

Whiskey or whisky? (i.e Irish or Scotch). And does he prefer peated or non peated?

[Exiled Girl]

Anyhow, the expert says a 40 year old will be expensive and not necessarily that great. 2 x 20 year olds will be better

[Casino]

Anyhow, the expert says a 40 year old will be expensive and not necessarily that great. 2 x 20 year olds will be better

 

you've spoken to meldrew?

 

he'll recommend johnnie walker

[no balls]

Wine or Brandy might be a bit more reasonable

[Exiled Girl]

you've spoken to meldrew?

 

he'll recommend johnnie walker

No.

 

We have a library/whisky room at home. We have enough whisky to sail & sink the bloody titanic. And he makes me keep my gin in the kitchen.

[freds dad]

Whiskey or whisky? (i.e Irish or Scotch). And does he prefer peated or non peated?

Whisky. Not sure about the peat?

 

Any actual recommendations?

[Exiled Girl]

If you bought me the finest peated whisky, I'd give it away, however my expert loves the stuff. This is his message to you

 

" Kin ell. That'll be pricey. Also, not necessarily great. Don't really know anything that old, off the top of my head - check the Whisky Bible... "

 

So, it's a case of checking the Bible later on.

[MickyD]

I reckon this stuff might be good but, as has been said, better than a couple of bottles of normal?

 

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/pulteney/old-pulteney-40-year-old-whisky/

[fester58]

my mates just turned 40 bought him a bottle of carhu 12 yo. a lovely drop. don't bother with old whisky its too bloody expensive

[Whites man]

Anyhow, the expert says a 40 year old will be expensive and not necessarily that great. 2 x 20 year olds will be better

Thinking like that only ends up in divorce.

[bryan_munich]

This is probably the best value 40 year old - most from decent distilleries will be over a grand.

http://www.lfw.co.uk/acatalog/Glenfarclas-40yo-55722.html

[Exiled Girl]

The Glenfarcias 40yo gets 94/100 in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, which is good, very good in fact, however you need to be sure it's not the freakishly disappointing 40 year old from last year.

 

So, yes, it's good unless it's part of the bad bottling.

[Casino]

The Glenfarcias 40yo gets 94/100 in Jim Murray's Whisky Bible, which is good, very good in fact, however you need to be sure it's not the freakishly disappointing 40 year old from last year.

 

So, yes, it's good unless it's part of the bad bottling.

 

can KC not post himself?

[bryan_munich]

Hadn't heard of a bad bottling. The reason I'd heard it's so cheap (if you can call £300 cheap for a bottle of booze) is that Glenfarclas had an unusual amount of 40 yr old casks available and hence released a lot of bottles on to the market. One for the (albeit well heeled) drinker rather than the collector.

[Exiled Girl]

can KC not post himself?

Incapable. And he was busy at work (unusual, I know! ) when the question was first asked.

 

 

Not sure if it was a bad bottling or a bad bottle or a bad barrel that was reviewed in 2012, but Murray didn't rate it, however I can't check properly as I lent 2012 to someone & haven't yet had it returned.

 

Anyhow, it was a good spot for a 40yo, as he gave it a really good rating in 2013

Edited October 5, 2013 by Exiled Girl

[Underpants]

Had a bottle of whyte and mackay bought for me this week. Not a whiskey drinker, but I can be.

[Traf]

Had a bottle of whyte and mackay bought for me this week. Not a whiskey drinker, but I can be.

You'd drink meths if somebody else was buying.