Ogandydancer
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Not much on Johnny Walker, Glenlivet and Dewars White mostly. Mainly now I drink Irish I mostly stay with Bushmills, been thinking of trying the Black Bush.
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Cheap Scotch
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Isn't it, drinking Scotch will shorten your life?
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Sounds like it would pair well with a Cuban cigar though?
Texas Star
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You do know that Bushmill's is Irish, not Scotch? I used the correct spelling.It's not Buchmill's...
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Bill Bates
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The Grangestone 18 is a really great whisky. I would bet that it is bottle on the same line as The Balvenie
italiansport
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Scotch on the cheap? Go to a Costco and buy their house brand, Kirkland, and it's under $20 for a 1.75 bottle. I don't know who actually makes it. I'm a single malt drinker but like the OP I'm on S. S. and have to watch my money.
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Triathloncoach
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I spent October in Rio. Jonny Walker Red is very popular. Drank that. In the states I drink Bourbon. I like the more expensive single malts. And that gets $$$$ quickly.
Absalom
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Distilleries with reputable and thus expensive lines of single malts usually have a significant percentage of barrels “dropping out” before they reach the target age. It’s still great scotch, but just isn’t developing toward the right profile. After all, oak barrels are made of an organic material. Nothing is guaranteed.
That’s where alternative labels and independent bottlers come in. The Grangestone label is owned by William Grant & Sons, who have Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie distilleries. So you can indeed suspect where the juice originated.
Costco has no distilleries at all, but they’re a big reliable customer; you’ll never know for sure what’s in a Kirkland bottle, but in the past distilleries as legendary and as fancy as Macallan and Mortlach have sold off-label barrels to Costco. Especially those with higher ages are worth rolling the dice.
Of course these are usually accompanied by strict non-disclosure contracts; they don’t want their loyal brand customers to know that you’re paying $20 for whisky very similar to stuff that the “real” brand sells for $200
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Much of the Kirkland brand Scotch is from Alexander Murray. In past years they've had 16, 18, and 20 year single malts, but this year all they have is the blend. Which is a very good blend and is reputed to have a Macallan component.
I've had the Grangestone Sherry Cask and 12 year, but not the 18. I'll give that a try when it's time to replenish the stock.
A definitely NOT cheap Single Malt that I do enjoy is Balcones Texas Single Malt. Distilled in Texas, it's not cheap and not that easy to find. Distilled and bottled in Texas. I've found one Total Wine and More store in MA that carries it. Well worth the cost, but again NOT cheap.
I've had the Grangestone Sherry Cask and 12 year, but not the 18. I'll give that a try when it's time to replenish the stock.
A definitely NOT cheap Single Malt that I do enjoy is Balcones Texas Single Malt. Distilled in Texas, it's not cheap and not that easy to find. Distilled and bottled in Texas. I've found one Total Wine and More store in MA that carries it. Well worth the cost, but again NOT cheap.
Distilleries with reputable and thus expensive lines of single malts usually have a significant percentage of barrels “dropping out” before they reach the target age. It’s still great scotch, but just isn’t developing toward the right profile. After all, oak barrels are made of an organic material. Nothing is guaranteed.
That’s where alternative labels and independent bottlers come in. The Grangestone label is owned by William Grant & Sons, who have Glenfiddich, Balvenie, and Kininvie distilleries. So you can indeed suspect where the juice originated.
Costco has no distilleries at all, but they’re a big reliable customer; you’ll never know for sure what’s in a Kirkland bottle, but in the past distilleries as legendary and as fancy as Macallan and Mortlach have sold off-label barrels to Costco. Especially those with higher ages are worth rolling the dice.
Of course these are usually accompanied by strict non-disclosure contracts; they don’t want their loyal brand customers to know that you’re paying $20 for whisky very similar to stuff that the “real” brand sells for $200
Chromedhearts
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Try mixing Bacardi Black with some Clyde Mays. About 40/60 ratio. Taste about like scotch. Really, it does.
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CCantu357
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From what I understand, Bushmills is Protestant whiskey and Jameson is Catholic whiskey.
I just saw and ad for Monkey Shoulder Scotch. It's not cheap!
What a name?
Get this Monkey off my Back!
What a name?
Get this Monkey off my Back!
My affordable go to Scotch is Tomatin 12 Year Single Malt Highland Scotch Whisky - 750 ml bottle. Estd 1897. Described as a rich, fruity aroma is the prelude to sweet, smooth flavors of ripe apples. Pears and a subtle suggestion of nut before the long, lingering, pleasing oily finish. Distilled and Bottled in Scotland by The Tomatin Distillery Co Ltd. Product of Scotland. The best news is that you can buy a bottle for around $25.
If cheaper spirits are required, give Irish whiskey a try. Mild taste as compared to Scotch, 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey 750ml is the best by my estimation. Price is just under $20. Snobs will automatically dismiss Cutty Sark and other bar whiskeys, but if you try it and like it, that is all that matters. Cutty is now around $20 in my area for 1 liter bottles.
If cheaper spirits are required, give Irish whiskey a try. Mild taste as compared to Scotch, 2 Gingers Irish Whiskey 750ml is the best by my estimation. Price is just under $20. Snobs will automatically dismiss Cutty Sark and other bar whiskeys, but if you try it and like it, that is all that matters. Cutty is now around $20 in my area for 1 liter bottles.
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I've had Tomatin, but often can't find it. I was in a store in South Carolina looking for a different brand. They didn't carry it, but the owner told me that Tomatin was very similar. Not bad at all.
Bill Bates
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I just saw and ad for Monkey Shoulder Scotch. It's not cheap!
What a name?
Get this Monkey off my Back!
You're right. Monkey Shoulder isn't cheap; it is inexpensive. At Total Wine it is about thirty bucks a bottle depending on your state taxes it sure can be more. Here in Utah at the state liquor stores the last bottle I purchased was $33.
Liquor stores in my area will get just about whatever you want if they even if they do not normally carry it. Just ask them.
Absalom
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Well, strictly speaking, Bushmills is Mexican whiskey and Jameson is French whiskey, since the distilleries and brands are owned by Casa Cuervo and Pernod-Ricard, respectively
For the serious (or even just curious) single-malt drinkers here, you might enjoy this radio documentary, "Whisky- The Water of Life" that was produced by the CBC in Canada about 20 years ago:
Hmmm... just looking that up has got me off the couch to pour myself a wee dram of Glenfiddich with a dash of water before turning in.
re comments on the "peaty" whiskies, I remember an advert for Lagavulin many years ago. There was a stark outline of a bottle with a black label and white text that read, "The line between love and hate is about 1/3 of the way down the bottle."
I'll let W.C. Fields have the final word:
"A woman drove me to drink and I never had the common decency to thank her for it."
"In 1996, IDEAS sent Paul Kennedy, who was a freelance contributor at the time, on a drinking (or rather, a thinking) man's tour of the Scottish Highlands, to uncover some of the secrets of single malt, which is also known by its Gaelic name uisge beatha, or water of life, from which we get the word "whisky".
I suspect that Mr. Kennedy didn't need a lot of arm-twisting to take that assignment.
Hmmm... just looking that up has got me off the couch to pour myself a wee dram of Glenfiddich with a dash of water before turning in.
re comments on the "peaty" whiskies, I remember an advert for Lagavulin many years ago. There was a stark outline of a bottle with a black label and white text that read, "The line between love and hate is about 1/3 of the way down the bottle."
I'll let W.C. Fields have the final word:
"A woman drove me to drink and I never had the common decency to thank her for it."
Cdog
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I have a friend in his mid 80's that buys InverHouse by the case.
Financially he's more than "comfortable." He likes the bottom shelf InverHouse and has been drinking it all the 40+ years I've known him.
I'm a bourbon guy, through and through. Last week around Christmas I did however pickup a bottle of Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve. It was strictly an impulse buy.
It doesn't have the bite of a good high rye bourbon, but it ain't the least bit boring either. I have to admit I like it!
Financially he's more than "comfortable." He likes the bottom shelf InverHouse and has been drinking it all the 40+ years I've known him.
I'm a bourbon guy, through and through. Last week around Christmas I did however pickup a bottle of Glenfiddich 14 Bourbon Barrel Reserve. It was strictly an impulse buy.
It doesn't have the bite of a good high rye bourbon, but it ain't the least bit boring either. I have to admit I like it!
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