Ok, Scotch drinkers

[palmetto99]

Glenlivet 15 year old and Glenfiddich 18 year old are worth a try. Famous Grouse is my everyday scotch

Agreed. My two favorite.

 

[jtcarm]

Only whiskey distilled and aged in Scotland can be labeled "Scotch". Which is why the very nice, but elusive "Balcones Single Malt Whiskey", is labeled that way. Same with the very nice, not elusive, but very expensive single malt from Japan.

Famous Grouse is a very good blend, in part because it has MaCallan 12 as one component. It's also not outrageously expensive.

Dalmore Gran Reserve was good and inexpensive when it was Dalmore Cigar Malt. Now I understand it's pretty pricey.

All of the preamble having been said, The Balvenie Doublewood, is a favorite of mine. Along with MaCallan 12. Those are very good not too expensive single malts. If you want to spend some more, try MaCallan 15 Fine Oak, or Balvenie Portwood.

Those are the ones I like, but the truth is you have to taste a good number of them before you decide on what YOU like.

It's all about what tastes good to a particular palette.

Celebrate diversity, try them all.

Japanese Scotch? That's just wrong!

 

[Pre 29]

I grew up drinking Wild Turkey and don't know a thing about scotch. The first of the year while attending the Ellett show in Colombia,S.C. I asked a lovely bartender for a shot of her best scotch and gave her a big tip when she told me it was $75.00 before she poured it. Sorry, it can not be that good.

 

[Bill Bates]

Japanese Scotch? That's just wrong!

Don't discount the Japanese and other malt whiskies just because they aren't from Scotland. Some are excellent. The Japanese distiller Suntory's, which owns a lot of distilleries in Scotland and some of our favorite bourbons like Makers Mark and Jim Beam, distills some excellent malts, Yamazaki and Habiki. They are well worth a try. Another malt whisky that you should be on the look out for to try is Amrut from India.

 

[Absalom]

Japanese Scotch? That's just wrong!

What Bill Bates said above.

And it's not Japanese Scotch. Even though the "father" of Japanese whisky distilling, M. Taketsuru, studied distilling in Scotland and brought both a Scottish wife and Scottish distilling technique to Japan in the 1920s, Japan has developed a very distinct own style of whisky, and nowadays worldwide demand for Japanese whiskies has driven prices to almost ridiculous levels. I think the cheapest you can get here today is Nikka's single grain whisky, for about $65, and that's distilled from corn, not even a malt; the single malts are closer to $100 and more.

 

[tftech1]

I came across this thread when I was doing a search for Heavy Duty serial numbers. Serendipity, I guess. I will weigh in with my favorite SMS, Bunnahabhain from Islay: probably the 12 YO for day-to-day and the 18 YO for more special occasions.

For the public, I have Famous Grouse and Grants for blends and Balvenie Doublewood and Ardbeg 10 YO for SMS. These seem to cover all of the needs of the casual scotch drinker.

However, for the true fanatic, we go to the basement where the scotch collection of fifty or so bottles awaits. Then out comes the Bunnahabhain, near the firearms vault.