Distillery bagging?

[Mustardhead]

Are you a “distillery bagger”? I think "tasting completist" is the polite term

[Drrich1965]

a bit of several categories, but I do wand to try one from all,and get to know more expressions of my favs....

[vitara7]

id say id want to have a bottle in my collection from each distillery, but a good one, not a crappy run of the mill standard bottling...

[TheLaddie]

I'm not ticking off a list but I'd like to think I'd get round to them all eventually...

[Deactivated Member]

I think "tasting completist" is the polite term

Where'd you ever pick up a silly term like that?

I have no particular hope of trying them all. I'd like to try a lot of them, though.

[Mustardhead]

I think "tasting completist" is the polite term

Where'd you ever pick up a silly term like that?

Could it have been Mr TattieHeid or could it have been Mr Picky?

I have no particular hope of trying them all. I'd like to try a lot of them, though.

Same here. I'm not prepared to spend a fortune on hunting down some probably awful dram from a distillery that was burnt down by rioters in 1937, or even closed by accountants in 1967

[Deactivated Member]

I think "tasting completist" is the polite term

Where'd you ever pick up a silly term like that?

Could it have been Mr TattieHeid or could it have been Mr Picky?

I'm not prepared to spend a fortune on hunting down some probably awful dram from a distillery that was burnt down by rioters in 1937, or even closed by accountants in 1967

Rioters I can deal with...accountants are scary.

[Di Blasi]

I love tasting new whisky! Trying a new country's interpretations, and finding similarities and differences. I enjoy tasting all of the varities, styles, etc etc whisk(e)y has to offer!

[DramMeister]

Whenever I see a whisky from a distillery I've not tried before in a pub, I just have to have a dram. Actually if I see a different expression I buy it too. It gets harder each year, less new one's to try.
I wouldn't go out of my way to find a particularly rare malt however, it's just curiosity.
I think there's still plenty of good distilleries out there that I haven't tried yet (I'm about half way through them).

[Drrich1965]

I think "tasting completist" is the polite term

Where'd you ever pick up a silly term like that?

Could it have been Mr TattieHeid or could it have been Mr Picky?

I have no particular hope of trying them all. I'd like to try a lot of them, though.

Same here. I'm not prepared to spend a fortune on hunting down some probably awful dram from a distillery that was burnt down by rioters in 1937, or even closed by accountants in 1967

I agree. I certainly am not going to be buying a bottle of Glen Buttsmelly, indpendent botteling in ex-pickle barrels for $1000, but I like the goal of trying them all...Besides, it should be relativly easy to get down to the final four or so without tapping the retiemrent fund..

[Deactivated Member]

I would like to think I'd tasted every distillery before last orders is finally called. Long way to go though - this may be the secret to immortality. "Breaking News - Xanadu found in Speyside!"

[Frodo]

I guess I start off wanting to try whisky from distilleries I haven't had before and if I like, I try to try more expressions of it. Bowmore is a great example of this, as is Ardbeg. It's too bad I can't find more examples of Speyburn or Imperial because from what I've tried, I really do like these.

On the other hand, The examples I've had from Bunnahabhain and Glenturret were average (for me) in some cases and less than that in others. I doubt I'll be buying much from these distilleries in future although I am curious about the good reception 'bunny gets on these boards, and I try to 'get' what I've obviously missed.

It just occured to me that I really do like to try different expression from a distillery that I like in order to get different vantage points. It's one of the disapointments (for me) of Lagavulin that I can only get 3 expression (12, 16 & DE) and the 12 is rarely available not to mention prohibitavly expensive.

[irishwhiskeychaser]

I went for

It’s like train spotting. What’s the point?

I like, sorry love my whisky but I know I will not get around to even 1/10th of it so I don't overly worry about it too much.

[Admiral]

I'm glad you clarified the question....in my country, to "bag" something means to criticise it!

I confess that I am endeavouring to say I've tasted something from every distillery, if not to actually own a bottle.

(I recently added some Allt-a-Bhainne to my list of conquered malts! )

Cheers,
AD

[Deactivated Member]

I'm glad you clarified the question....in my country, to "bag" something means to criticise it!

That's all right...I can't get used to the idea that it's okay for me to knock someone up in the UK.

Actually, I'd be very happy if I got to all the open distilleries, and the reasonably available closed ones. Oddly enough, given my generally A-R O/C personality, I'm not particularly obsessed with this, even though I'm always looking for something new. I guess I really don't want to run out! I'd have to start in on cognac or something.

Might one aspire to have open bottles from all the closed distilleries, and closed bottles from all the open distilleries?

[irishwhiskeychaser]

And we Irish loving having a bit of Craic down the pub (pronounced Crack) which means having a bit of harmless fun and not smoking your head off down the local crack house

And we all claim to speak english

[Mustardhead]

And we Irish loving having a bit of Craic down the pub (pronounced Crack) which means having a bit of harmless fun and not smoking your head off down the local crack house

And we all claim to speak english

I recall once sitting quietly in a pub, supping a pint and reading the paper and being invited to "come up to the bar and get the craic" and not knowing whether I was being offered the barmaid, some drugs or a punch in the head

[Muskrat Portage]

I like to "train spot". (I've heard them referred to as "wallies" on the Bluebell Rwy.)

As for SM whisky, I want to try any that come within range of my wallet.

Muskrat

[TheLaddie]

That's all right...I can't get used to the idea that it's okay for me to knock someone up in the UK.

But expensive over an 18 year period...Knocking too many people up may lead to a serious diminution in one's malt budget.

To "Knock someone up" means to impregnate them.

[Muskrat Portage]

...To "Knock someone up" means to impregnate them.

Oh? I thought it meant to knock on the door.
Muskrat

[TheLaddie]

...To "Knock someone up" means to impregnate them.

Oh? I thought it meant to knock on the door.
Muskrat

Just the letterbox...

[TheLiquorBaron]

I just had to comment here...

TheLaddie...your rude...LOL

I can see here that we should really use standard 'global' slang, as some countries obviously have different meanings for certain phrases...
E.G. In the US, Root means barrick/support for your team or such, but in Oz it means...good times for the boys(and quite possibly the girls too ), i.e. funtime in the bedroom...

[Muskrat Portage]

, Root means barrick/support for your team or such, but in Oz it means...good times for the boys(and quite possibly the girls too ), i.e. funtime in the bedroom...

gives a whole new meaning to the term "root crops"!
Muskrat
(bad Muskrat, naughty Muskrat, must punish...)

[Deactivated Member]

...or "root canal"....

[vitara7]

trust you tattie to think of something like that, as well as me getting someone else to dust my bottles...

[vitara7]

trust you tattie to think of something like that, as well as me getting someone else to dust my bottles...

[TheLaddie]

...or "root canal"....

I'll never look at my dentist in the same way again...