Good Scotch!

[anonanon]

I love myself a good single malt scotch every once in a while. Yes I know I'm not 55+ but still I can appreciate a good splash of the good stuff every once in a while!

My house scotch at home would have to be one of my favorites, a Glenfiddich 12.

Now I've got a bottle of the 30 year in my bar at home, and aside from the price I love this stuff too! Smooth, crisp and just the right about of oak make this a wonderful sipping beverage!!

I'm also a bit of a fan of a Dalwhinnie from time to time, also there is not really much wrong with a good Johnny Walker Black Label either...

If, however, I TRUELY want to treat myself, well, it's a Macallan 30 year. Only problem with this stuff really is it's $950 price tag...WHEN it is in stock! Last two times I had to special order it in.

Who else out there is a fan of Scotch?

 

[klamkracker]

Plus it's a great H1N1 antiserum!

 

[anonanon]

Plus it's a great H1N1 antiserum!

After enough scotch you don't care if you have H1N1 or not!

 

[Avery]

As a former (Scottish) colleague once told me, "There's no such thing as bad whisky, just some better than others".

My personal favourite single malt is Oban, but I love almost all of them. The so-called experts always say The Macallan 25 year old is the best of all, but I've seen the owner of the distillery quoted as saying he can't tell the difference between any of his whiskies that are aged more than eight years. There are Scotch snobs, just as there are wine snobs, and they can be just as obnoxious. They'll tell you it's a must to add water and other bullshit. I drink mine neat, because that's the way I like it, and fuck anyone who tells me I'm doing it wrong. If you like yours on the rocks and/or with soda, go for it!

And, you don't have to be over 55 to enjoy it and develop a taste for it (although I am over 55 myself). I started enjoying Scotch when I was about 30.

 

[HeMadeMeDoIt]

I'm far from 55 but have always appreciated a blended scotch since my college years. Ive been really into the 18yo Chivas lately but also enjoy Johnny black and gold and was pleasantly surprised with the green single malt.

Nothing soothes your soul like 4 fingers of scotch in a nice crystal glass.

 

[CRn7]

I also am far froom 55, but do enjoy a chivas rocks once and a while, especially on a raining day like today.

 

[Oldfart]

Glenfarclas Glenlivet

This is the best I've ever enjoyed...

 

[kafka555]

^
Glenfarclas is extremely rich and distinctive, like a super rich dessert. Their 105 is an excellent cask strength whisky that will put hair on your chest.

 

[Canaan]

Personally I love a Glenmorangie.

 

[HD-Switch]

Jonny Walker Blue!!!

 

[Pantherdash]

Hell, even Johnny Walker Red is a decent blended scotch at $30 a bottle.

I had a bottle of my fave Lagavulin 16 that I had in my bar for quite some time for the occasional indulgence 'cause it's pretty intense stuff. Finished the last few ounces with a friend a few months back and when I went to replace it at the liquor store it was freaking twice the price from the last bottle I bought, $125. So I got the Laphroaig Quarter Cask 10 year old at $78 a bottle. Decent Islay Scotch but certainly not as peaty or smokey as the Lagavulin.

Oban 14 and Talisker 10 are nice scotches too.

Panther

 

[HeMadeMeDoIt]

Alright boys....what do you guys say to a night of scotch and ho talk?

 

[Oldfart]

Personally I love a Glenmorangie.

It's an excellent wee dram, laddie!

 

[Karl Blues]

Personally I love a Glenmorangie.

Me too!

Any of the Glens...

 

[chuckanut]

i'm in my late 20's, but i too also enjoy the taste of a nice scotch. i've recently got into glenfiddich 12 in regards to single malts.

but i still do enjoy the blended, and really love jw-green. especially since jw-gold and jw-blue are a lil out of my price range. haha.

-chuck

 

[susi]

Glenfiddich- wonderful
Glenlivet - wonderful
Old Pulteney - never tried it but am very curious now...
Glenmorangie - wonderful
Dalmore - wondeful
Royal Lochnagar - never tried it
Oban - wonderful
Dalwhinnie - wonderful
Talisker - wonderful
Auchentoshan - never tried
Glenkinchie - wonderful
Cardhu - wonderful
Ardmore - wonderful
Craigellachie- never tried
Cragganmore- wonderful
Macallan - wonderful
Glendronach - never tried
Lagavulin - wonderful
Laphroaig - wonerful
Bowmore - wonderful
Isle of Jura - never tried

are we only talking scotch..?or do single malt blends count...? mmmm whiskey......nothing better than a lovely neat dram on a cold rainy night...

if so, jameison's or tullamore dew(?-not sure of spelling) are both a reasonably priced lovely blended drop.

love susieXXXO

 

[badbadboy]

Great thread

Blended - Chivas Regal or JW Black.

Irish - Bushmills or even better Bushmills Malt (single malt)

Single Malt Scotch

Top Shelf

Oban, Lagavulin, and Glen Garioch 15 yr

Some new ones I have tried this year

Finlaggan (Islay) pleasantly surprised at the price point $75 vs taste.
The Glenrothes (Speyside) and Glen Garioch 12 yr.


Just to change it up a bit, I sometimes will sip on a higher end Tequila too. Not your usual margarita cheap tequila but the smaller batch higher end type. Ultra smooth and unique tastes. I travel to the USA and a few of my friends down there are pretty plugged into the really good tequila available to them.

 

[vanessa kelly]

Great thread anonanon ...fantastic information and what a great time of year to do some research ....The first single malt I tried was Bowmore ... Johnny Walker Blue and Glenmorangie mmm very yummy ...

It is wonderful to sit back with good company and sip something that gives you a warm glow..I myself like to start out with two fingers and slowley add a tiny ice cube every now and then ...mmm

Vanessa Kelly

 

[nd1]

Now I Know What to Bring When I Visit Some of You Ladies!

I myself like to start out with two fingers and slowley add a tiny ice cube every now and then ...mmm

Ugh, you're not talking about Scotch here any more here, are you?

 

[anonanon]

I forgot about this thread, long live a good single malt scotch

P.s Glenfiddich FTW