A special batch of tasting notes for the discount retailer’s line-up of keenly-priced pre-Christmas Scotch whiskies, all on sale from 12 November. The limited edition range includes three blends and two single malts – one from Speyside and one from Islay – all tasted here by Richard Woodard.
28y and 22y come in fancy boxes with a while latch. while the rest come in your standard circular whisky tubes
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futura
11 Nov 166#9
Title of the post is misleading ie single malt for £22.99. The 22.99 is for the blended whisky
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Ciderlord
16 Nov 16#26
I bought someone, a keen whisky drinker, a last minute gift of a bottle of Abrachan whisky from Lidl, and he was very impressed with it, and wanted to know where to buy more. I think it's £18 a bottle. It seems to be highly recommended by some experts, and has won awards http://malt-review.com/2015/11/02/3-lidl-whiskies
bungral
13 Nov 16#25
Went for the 27 single malt and the 25 blend.
balooocifur
12 Nov 161#24
just picked up both of the single malts for Christmas in Stanmore lidl, 2 of each left
suicidehobbit
11 Nov 16#23
well, i'll drink to that! :smile: Ardbeg is a fantastic malt and I'm keen to try the Corryvreckan edition - Christmas is coming and all that..
I've been to Jura on a biking trip and seen the Corry on a beautiful calm autumn day, but not managed to get to Islay yet. A mate has done the world tour of distilleries on Islay by bike and highly rated the experience (and the drams :wink: ) so its on my bucket list for sure.
I agree wholeheartedly re the diversity in whisky, more distilleries can only be a good thing! Great to see things like Gin coming from Islay too, although a night on the Gin and Whisky leaves you in a sorry state :man:
luvsadealdealdeal
11 Nov 16#22
Plus of course I wanted to see Ardbeg come back to life (it was mothballed for many years) and give employment to Islay people & all the rest of the positive economic consequences
luvsadealdealdeal
11 Nov 161#21
I'll be popular with you then - it was on my say-so that Ardbeg got sold and the distillery fired up again - the big guys were worried it would cannibalise our own sales but I'm one of many who genuinely love the single malt story and thought that Ardbeg would just reinforce interest in Islay single malts & help us all grow - I was right
MattyGr
11 Nov 16#20
All there at my local Lidl but the 22yo blended is £29.99 rather than £22.99 and the 28yo malt was actually 27yo.
The Nov 12 reference is from last year.
sjhendo
11 Nov 16#19
they had everything in store and available on Wednesday afternoon.
lidl in Johnstone, scotland
sjhendo
11 Nov 16#15
there was a full complement when I was there. I would get the 22y Islay and 28 y speyside as they are seasonal stock, they others are usualky in stock all year.
bungral to sjhendo
11 Nov 16#18
So they had the 22y and 28y on sale today even though it says tomorrow?
The_Bounty_Bear
11 Nov 16#10
£44 for an 22 unnamed Islay is putting it in Lagavulin 16 territory. I would love to see a comparison from anyone who has tried both.
suicidehobbit to The_Bounty_Bear
11 Nov 161#17
I'm sure last year's single malt was touted as a (Bowmore and i did enjoy it, but it wasn't "Islay" enough for me. I'm a TCP strained through fire ashes fan :smiley:
Great deal though, i will buy some again this year, maybe try the speyside this time
t21djn
11 Nov 16#16
I drink a bottle of whisky a day.giving this some heat
bungral
11 Nov 16#14
Is it bad I want one of each. Reckon they'll let me?
Are we expecting queues?
agnostic
11 Nov 16#12
I still laugh at people who buy drinks based on what an '' expert '' recommends. Why not just buy what you want and if you like it, buy it again!
sjhendo to agnostic
11 Nov 16#13
because it can be a bit daunting spending that much money on something you are not sure you will like. You take their opinion as an indicator rather than conclusive proof as it is subjective.
Title of the post is misleading ie single malt for £22.99. The 22.99 is for the blended whisky
crazylegs
10 Nov 16#8
I thought the law was 18 and over! :laughing:
powerbrick
10 Nov 161#4
I'll stick to my usual tipple of bottles of VodKat and Frosty Jack.
skykid3 to powerbrick
10 Nov 16#7
I thought you were a K cider man..
tawse57
10 Nov 16#6
I thought Aldi had the better whisky of the two shops? Not tried either myself but often see the Aldi whiskys at the top, or near the top, of various awards.
barginfan
10 Nov 161#5
The 25yr blend has far more taste than the 34yr.
sjhendo
10 Nov 16#3
I got the 22yr old Islay - peaty but not as peaty as laphroig, goes down really well.
There has been talk that these whisky come from the big distilleries and are affectionately known as '**** brands'.
MattyGr
10 Nov 16#2
The 22yo blended is excellent, well worth a try, very smooth. Have bought the 28yo malt and the 34yo blended a while back but not opened them yet. If these were brand whiskies then they'd be about 4 times the price.
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could combine with Sunday newspaper offers (10 off a £50 spend) on 19th december
http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/11378.htm
A special batch of tasting notes for the discount retailer’s line-up of keenly-priced pre-Christmas Scotch whiskies, all on sale from 12 November. The limited edition range includes three blends and two single malts – one from Speyside and one from Islay – all tasted here by Richard Woodard.
https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/tastings/new-whiskies/batch-16-lidl-limited-releases/
28y Speyside Single malt: £49:99
22y Islay Single malt: £44.99
34yr Blended: £49.99
25yr blended: £34.99
22y blended: £22.99
28y and 22y come in fancy boxes with a while latch. while the rest come in your standard circular whisky tubes
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I've been to Jura on a biking trip and seen the Corry on a beautiful calm autumn day, but not managed to get to Islay yet. A mate has done the world tour of distilleries on Islay by bike and highly rated the experience (and the drams :wink: ) so its on my bucket list for sure.
I agree wholeheartedly re the diversity in whisky, more distilleries can only be a good thing! Great to see things like Gin coming from Islay too, although a night on the Gin and Whisky leaves you in a sorry state :man:
The Nov 12 reference is from last year.
lidl in Johnstone, scotland
Great deal though, i will buy some again this year, maybe try the speyside this time
Are we expecting queues?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/whisky/dram-slam-30-whisky-from-lidl-triumphs-at-world-whiskies-awards/
There has been talk that these whisky come from the big distilleries and are affectionately known as '**** brands'.