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1 hour ago, RUPERTKBD said:

I was also looking at one of those packs with three different ones, but in smaller bottles. About $200....but I still have to enter that lottery system apparently....

The lottery system Okanagan Spirits has is a joke.  Constantly enter and miss out then get a call or email a day or two later about bottles being available.

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On 11/22/2022 at 5:27 PM, Warhippy said:

This week's line up

 

 

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Interested in the Hibiki, as a student I'm trying not to spend money as I whittle down my liquor hoard a bit but I'd really like to make a foray into Japanese whisky

 

I'm mostly whisky, scotch, and gin with smatterings of liqueur, rum, vodka, ect 

 

Someday

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4 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

The lottery system Okanagan Spirits has is a joke.  Constantly enter and miss out then get a call or email a day or two later about bottles being available.

It makes it a bit tricky when you live 900 miles away as well.

 

I have a nephew in Kelowna. I'll probably end up asking him to try and get me one.

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20 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

Interested in the Hibiki, as a student I'm trying not to spend money as I whittle down my liquor hoard a bit but I'd really like to make a foray into Japanese whisky

 

I'm mostly whisky, scotch, and gin with smatterings of liqueur, rum, vodka, ect 

 

Someday

The Hibiki is great, You can slip in to a nice japanese whisky with the toki or nikka from the barrel.  Both are not technically japanese whiskys but meet the threshold.  Both can be had for under $70

 

https://www.lcbo.com/en/toki-465484

 

https://www.lcbo.com/en/toki-465484

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20 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

It makes it a bit tricky when you live 900 miles away as well.

 

I have a nephew in Kelowna. I'll probably end up asking him to try and get me one.

I dislike shipping whiskey myself.  But yes; absolutely worth trying to get your hands on some

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4 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

The Hibiki is great, You can slip in to a nice japanese whisky with the toki or nikka from the barrel.  Both are not technically japanese whiskys but meet the threshold.  Both can be had for under $70

 

https://www.lcbo.com/en/toki-465484

 

https://www.lcbo.com/en/toki-465484

Awesome, I'll have to poke around at some point

 

The only one I've got on hand is this, it's a bit weird to describe a whisky as delicate but it's one of the more interesting ones I've tried, could be my lack of trying Japanese whisky but it's different

 

https://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/521980

 

 

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Just now, Junkyard Dog said:

What's it taste like? roasted peanut butter?

It's so smooth...tastes more like caramel to me. They mix it with Cherry Coke and said it tastes like pbj but I had mine on the rocks. Straight up...it was delicious.

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9 minutes ago, Coconuts said:

Awesome, I'll have to poke around at some point

 

The only one I've got on hand is this, it's a bit weird to describe a whisky as delicate but it's one of the more interesting ones I've tried, could be my lack of trying Japanese whisky but it's different

 

https://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/521980

 

 

Actually really enjoyed that one.  It's got far more vanilla notes than the matsui and sip for sip isn't terrible at all

 

https://www.bcliquorstores.com/product/10377

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1 hour ago, Warhippy said:

Where's my scotch fans at?

 

Osoyoos BC liquor has some lagavulin you'll be interested in.  Getting harder to find the 16 the 12 and the 11

 

 

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Back when I ran the liquor shops I brought in water from the Scotch regions. Yes, water. 

They came in  100ml bottles. They were meant to press(mix) with the whisky. 

 

Silly stuff. 

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2 hours ago, Warhippy said:

Where's my scotch fans at?

 

Osoyoos BC liquor has some lagavulin you'll be interested in.  Getting harder to find the 16 the 12 and the 11

 

 

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Damn been looking for another 16 for a while now. How I long for the days of my youth when Alberta Superstore was selling it for $84…

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8 minutes ago, Sp3nny said:

Damn been looking for another 16 for a while now. How I long for the days of my youth when Alberta Superstore was selling it for $84…

I don't normally if ever drink scotch but I bought that 16.  The 12 is a specialty and I ALMOST did it.  According to staff at BCL in Osoyoos, they haven't moved since November.  So I imagine they'll be there in a week or two if I get silly

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2 hours ago, Warhippy said:

I don't normally if ever drink scotch but I bought that 16.  The 12 is a specialty and I ALMOST did it.  According to staff at BCL in Osoyoos, they haven't moved since November.  So I imagine they'll be there in a week or two if I get silly

That 12 is pretty good, had it soon after it released, but I’d put the $$ towards another bottle personally. That 16 will do the trick for you.

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21 hours ago, Warhippy said:

Where's my scotch fans at?

 

Osoyoos BC liquor has some lagavulin you'll be interested in.  Getting harder to find the 16 the 12 and the 11

 

 

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Here are 2 of mine. The distillers is the best single malt I’ve ever had. 
 

 

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