Against the grain oddbins exclusive

[r900p]

Does anyone know the distillery this is from, all i know is Speyside.

Rob

[Di Blasi]

Do you have a link for this? I searched but no luck, sounds interesting.

[les taylor]

Rob I too have done an oddbins search in their malts and spirits section and not found anything.

[r900p]

Its been out a week or so, at least my local oddbins had it for three days before it all went, one guy bought 6 bottles the day they arrived.

The bottles i've ordered i'm having to wait, and i may not even get them apparantly. As its not on the website, i suggest popping in to your local one Les.

Di Blasi i'd ring oddbins in Edinburgh on the Royal Mile.

Really hope to get some, the chap at Oddbins, knows the distillery its from but won't/can't say. But is meant to be Speyside. The last one last year was a big hit, but i didn't even know there was one from last year.

The current one is limited to about 360ish bottles, think its labelled at 'Wax and Seal'- Against the grain.

Hope it helps,

Rob

[r900p]

If you on the website at all guys don't forget to sign up for the newsletter.

I received the email the other day, the Against the grain wasn't on it. But the Bruichladdic Receito Cask exclusive was and a couple of others were.

[r900p]

http://www.oddbins.com/content/content. ... =newsitem5

found this.

Rob

[ccrank.freeserve.co.uk]

ordered one on friday from my local oddbins after my nice contact there lets me know about anything interesting coming in .They also informed me that the distillerey was Dailuaine.Hope this helps?

[les taylor]

http://www.oddbins.com/content/content.asp?pageid=newsitem5

found this.

Rob

Thanks for that Rob I will try to pop in there in the morning.

[Di Blasi]

http://www.oddbins.com/content/content.asp?pageid=newsitem5

found this.

Rob

There we go, the link I was looking for!! Damn I'd like a bottle of that! Let us know how it is when you open it!!!

[r900p]

Guys its a piece of news from 2006, the bottle then was Glencadem, the bottle now is Dailuaine according to ccrank.

Just if you were like me at first and didn't read the date.

Rob

[Di Blasi]

Guys its a piece of news from 2006, the bottle then was Glencadem, the bottle now is Dailuaine according to ccrank.

Just if you were like me at first and didn't read the date.

Rob

Any word on the new bottling then?? Sounds like great stuff, affordable too, worth checking into.

[r900p]

not yet, hope to know by wednesday, fingers crossed my local oddbins can get some.

[Leither]

Checked one out in a Glasgow branch last week and picked one up in my local store last night as they had kept one aside for me. From a single refill bourbon cask at 46% and I think neither chill-filtered (turned cloudy as I'd left in the car overnight) nor coloured (pale straw).

The rather obscure thing to me is the very brief notes say it has 'a sherried nose' - how can this be if not from a sherry cask? Also it says something along the lines of 'smokey on the palate with a dry finish'.

Doesn't sound too much like the only Dailuaine I've ever tried (the flora and fauna expression) but will take your word for it as I don't know the distillery well enough. It does say it's from a little known distillery.

Many of the staff have picked up a bottle or two and they have been inindated with queries about it so best move fast if you want a bottle.

[fishboy]

My wife, who was in Glasgow yesterday, bought the last two bottles of the against the grain from the Mitchell Street Oddbins (numbers 95 and 222).

Apparently everyone who works in the shop has bought 1 bottle (limited to 1 each) if this is repeated across the chain (or at least the top 50 shops who are stocking this bottle) not that many are going to reach the general public. Although I suspect quite a few might make it onto ebay soon.

According to my wife the staff were unable to confirm if it was Dailuaine or not.

fishboy

[r900p]

Well done Fishboy,

I just hope my local oddbins can perform. i still haven't heard. But your right about the staff, in my local oddbins they have eachkept one.

Rob

[fishboy]

Cheers Rob - I hope you manage to get one. It certainly looks interesting - I'll probably open one of my bottles at the weekend.

Fishboy

[les taylor]

Guys Big news my local had 3 delivered yesterday. The good news is I've got 2 of them bottle numbers 55 & 56. Should I go back and get the third?

[Leither]

Good man FB, let us know how you get on with it.

I normally try b4 buying these days but picked this one up as I knew it would be unique and Oddbins, historically at least, have had a very good reputation with choosing their malts.

Further to my previous post I notice that LFW (with their introductory basic nose/taste descriptors) say that Dailuaine is:

Smoky (but no peat) and sherried. Rich.

So this ties in with the notes on the bottle very much.

[r900p]

Les get it.

The chance of three, you lucky bugger

[les taylor]

I thought I'd show a close up of the bottle for all those not able to see it.

[r900p]

rubbing it in are we, you know i haven't heard anything from my local oddbins yet.

[les taylor]

rubbing it in are we, you know i haven't heard anything from my local oddbins yet.

[r900p]

Thanks Les.



Even my dad's sent me an picture of his through the phone!

[Di Blasi]

Nice looking bottle there. Any idea what's in it yet? I figured with a name like that it was a single grain! Not a bad idea for the next bottling perhaps!

[les taylor]

Rob I went back and got bottle number 206. If you want it it's got your name on it in pencil. If you do PM me and we can make arrangements for its transferral. If your okay no worries because I'll easily place it.






All the best Les.

[les taylor]

Well we opened bottle 56 last night. I have to say what a lovely whisky.

I'm not great on tasting notes but these are my impressions.

Nose:- Spirity vanilla citrus/orange

Taste:- Very smooth nutty not particularly spirity.


Overall opinion:- Real quality a real find, take your time it would be easy to drink too much.

[adogranonthepitch]

Just spoke to Oddbins in York 01904 623949 .. they have 9 bottles left!

I have got two!

They will let you buy them (Debit or Credit Card) and keep them for the next time you are in York.

I live in the East Midlands if anyone wants to buy one - I am more than happy to pick it up. I would even be happy to send it to Europe if any of our Continental friends want one....

[adogranonthepitch]

Opened it last night ..very full yet unassuming ... I think I could get to like it.

[adogranonthepitch]

Warning ... this Against the Grain is very very good......

It grows on you.....

[r900p]

Fianlly got three put to one side at oddbins in Kendal, i may end up getting some more as oddbins sheffield have been trying to get me some also. If i get these too, i may pass them on. Anyone interested pm me.

Rob

[les taylor]

Fianlly got three put to one side at oddbins in Kendal, i may end up getting some more as oddbins sheffield have been trying to get me some also. If i get these too, i may pass them on. Anyone interested pm me.

Rob

Rob well done mate. It's certainly a good dram. When is the next one out do we know. Also what were past releases like. I only came up to speed on this one when you flagged it up.



Les

[r900p]

Against the grain, whoever produced it bought 5 casks from varioues distilleries, two have been aready done?!! Don't know what they were. So there should be three future releases. Hopefulle one around xmas as they are meant to be twice a year.

The distilleries these are from i don't know.

Rob

[r900p]

The only info i can find is below

http://www.oddbins.com/content/content. ... =newsitem5.

Not a great deal of info.

Rob

[Leither]

As alluded to earlier in the thread, the 1st one was launched last year around April - their web page linked from above refers - and was a Glencadam.

If you notice the current ATG says 'bottled November 2006' so it has taken Oddbins 6 months to get it bottled and on the market so it's anyones guess when the next one will appear.

[Lawrence]

I saw a bottle on ebay this morning, that was fast!