Scotch Drinkers
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What not to like, single malt scotch, a open fire place and for me a AF Don Carlos cigar! 
29aholic
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Probably one of the best single malt scotch's for the money
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It will be a little more on the woody side than the 12 yr double wood. As it is a single cask, any two casks can be very different. And if I remember, bottled at a higher ABV than the usual releases.
We opened one soon after they were first released, and your scenario seems a perfect place for it.
We opened one soon after they were first released, and your scenario seems a perfect place for it.
Texas Star
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Is this a peaty Scotch or one of the highland malts?
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emptypockets
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Texas Star, this one is a Speyside single malt.
29aholic
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Speyside malts tend to be on the fruity side whereas Highland malts have a more peaty taste
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Texas Star
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Highland malts are often said to taste of heather and honey. I don't find The Glenlivet to be very peaty. I was referring more to the taste of such blended whiskies as Cutty Sark and J&B. I don't like them.
Arik
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Never had that specific one but their other offerings were good.
If you want to try something really good find a bottle of either Japanese or Indian whiskey. I think the Asian continent nailed it. I don't know what whiskey was like a 100 years ago but this stuff is better than most Scottish/Irish offerings in the same price range
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If you want to try something really good find a bottle of either Japanese or Indian whiskey. I think the Asian continent nailed it. I don't know what whiskey was like a 100 years ago but this stuff is better than most Scottish/Irish offerings in the same price range
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I seem to like anything that comes from the island of Islay. Most notably Lagavulin. There are several others but I keep coming back to Lagavulin.
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Absalom
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The Balvenie 12 Doublewood has become their standard flagship offering, so if you want to enjoy their 12-year-old whisky without "remedial" sherry finish, you have to cough up the extra 20 bucks and get the single barrel offering.
Great stuff. Fruity, floral, everything a non-sherried Speysider needs to be. The Balvenie distillery is right next door to Glenfiddich; they're both owned by William Grant & Sons, so a Scottish company and not one of the big international conglomerates like most other distilleries. I like them just for that.
Next, get yourself a Macallan 12. Costs a bit less, aged entirely in sherry casks. Very different, but also fantastic.
The two cover the main characteristics of unpeated Highland/Speyside scotch pretty well.
If you'd like to try peated scotch, better not start with the Laphroaig 10 cask-strength also in the attached photo. That's a whisky that takes no prisoners. The Bowmore 12 is the best beginner's (and IMHO the overall best balanced) peated scotch; the above-mentioned Lagavulin is lovely, though noticably pricier than the other peaty classics like Ardbeg, Laphroaig or Caol Ila. But the peat smoke is addictive 
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Great stuff. Fruity, floral, everything a non-sherried Speysider needs to be. The Balvenie distillery is right next door to Glenfiddich; they're both owned by William Grant & Sons, so a Scottish company and not one of the big international conglomerates like most other distilleries. I like them just for that.
Next, get yourself a Macallan 12. Costs a bit less, aged entirely in sherry casks. Very different, but also fantastic.
The two cover the main characteristics of unpeated Highland/Speyside scotch pretty well.
If you'd like to try peated scotch, better not start with the Laphroaig 10 cask-strength also in the attached photo. That's a whisky that takes no prisoners
. The Bowmore 12 is the best beginner's (and IMHO the overall best balanced) peated scotch; the above-mentioned Lagavulin is lovely, though noticably pricier than the other peaty classics like Ardbeg, Laphroaig or Caol Ila. But the peat smoke is addictive .Attachments
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italiansport
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If you live near a Trader Joe's that sells whiskey give their house brand single malt a try. It's very good and under $20 a bottle.
Jim
Jim
That Islay Storm in the picture is a Trader Joe's malt. For $21 it is way under priced. It reminds me a lot of Bomore's, smokey & smooth.
Personally I am a bourbon guy, but enjoy. Looks great.
Arik
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When it comes to scotch/whiskey Im a peet guy but I do like others... just not as much. However, my go to liquor is South of the border. Viva la tequila!!!
Real tequila, not the horse bladder fluid sold in many stores that's passes for tequila
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I would recommend any Edradour, particularly if you can get a 15 year old cask strength. Smallest distillery in Scotland and right on the Highland line, about 3 miles East of Pitlochry. Can find it at times in the US, but it is sold in the House of Whiskys in terminal 5 at Heathrow, so I usually pick a bottle up there on my way back to the US. Dave_n.
