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While we are at it.....what is the best single malt Scotch to come out of the British Isles???

onewilyfool

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onewilyfool

onewilyfool

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One of our local stores has a great selection of Single malts. I enjoy trying the brands less common. The usual suspects of Glenlivit, and Glenfiddich, are easily available everywhere, but there are some nice small distillery singles I've been trying.

 

One I like is Balvenie Double Wood 12 year old

 

http://www.spiritsreview.com/reviews-scotch-balvenie-12.htm

 

One of the best I tried was Macallan 25 year old.......very smooth.......hmmmmm

 

http://www.sendliquor.com/id107600list35product.html

 

 

And oddly enough, I become a better guitar player as I sip on the scotch, and it looks like people listening to me enjoy the music more.......

Deadgrateful

Deadgrateful

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When I used to work in a wine shop, we had no central heating and in the winter the boss would crack open a bottle of Taliskar every few days to help warm us up. I normally drink Black label though... I find the taste more complex than a single malt.

freak show

freak show

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In order to answer your question, I would first need to try them all. Unfortunately I haven't done that yet, but my favorites are the Islay Whiskeys. I love the torf taste. Lagavulin, Ardbeg, etc....

Jinder

Jinder

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When I was a boozehound I'd occasionally treat myself to a bottle of Talisker...best single malt known to man...well, this man anyway!

 

I sampled the lot over the years, and nothing pleased me more than the woodsmokesque nose and mean, peppery bloom to the taste.

 

If Talisker was a song, it'd be something by Steely Dan...one of their austere, similarly peppery ballads.

milod

milod

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Anything from Islay, I think. I like the super-peaty taste of Laphroaig.

 

But then, where I live there ain't the options summa you folks have.

 

The Speysides just don't have the flavor... <grin>

 

Again, an old man's taste buds. I prefer an ounce of something I reeeeally like to a gallon of "okay."

 

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Johnt

Johnt

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When I was a boozehound I'd occasionally treat myself to a bottle of Talisker...best single malt known to man...well' date=' this man anyway!

 

I sampled the lot over the years, and nothing pleased me more than the woodsmokesque nose and mean, peppery bloom to the taste.

 

If Talisker was a song, it'd be something by Steely Dan...one of their austere, similarly peppery ballads.[/quote']

 

 

 

With you on this JInder!

 

When we went to US recently for that orrible birthday I just had my kids surprised and delighted me on the plane by haviung me presented with a bottle of Talisker 57.

 

That stuff is like nectar.

 

Love the Steely Dan ananlogy couldn't be more apt

Flight959

Flight959

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Being Scottish I used to love my Whiskey! Had way to much one night a few years ago and didnt feel right for about two weeks after... I cant even smell it now... Makes me feel sick.... [biggrin]

milod

milod

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flight959

 

Had that happen at age 18 with a Canadian style whisky. Can't stand the smell of it now.

 

How 'bout a good brandy?

 

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fortyearspickn

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I guess our tastes in whiskies change as they do in guitars. I use to prefer scotch, but drank it with grapefruit juice in my salad days. Then I realized it was much better in smaller quantities but neat. One day I tried tequila and thought it was like drinking... well something nasty. Eventually, I came to prefer tequila. Of course, as with single malt - 100% agave aged tequila is a treat when neat.

milod

milod

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I'll definitely agree about one's tastes changing as one ages.

 

Frankly I think in ways that even includes one's taste in guitars, if not music in general - although my current "main" guitars are mostly things from the mid 1970s and music is generally that of the 1930s through the 60s excepting some earlier material. Mostly, but not all, of course.

 

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whis4ey

whis4ey

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When I was drinking whiskey (with an 'e' if it is Irish, and without the 'e' if it is Scotch) my everyday fav was Johnny Walker Black Label ( a bottle a week)

To that I added quite a few single malt ... Dalwhinnie or Craiganmore were by far the most acceptable at that time

The only bottle of single malt whisky that I ever gave away was a bottle of Laphroig from Islay ... that peaty taste was not to my own taste at all (and all of the Islay malts taste the same ..... I got very drunk on the island in the Golf Club one evening sampling quite a few :D)

Bushmills Black Label is also quite a treat, especially in a special Irish Coffee :)

Anyways ..... the doctor decided that I should give up on the whisk/eys many years ago and nowadays I desist ...........

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