Glenmorangie 10 is certainly an excellent choice and much better than Grouse, I rarely find it at a sluggable price in England when I'm buying for my boozy weekend.
Glenmorangie 10 is certainly an excellent choice and much better than Grouse, I rarely find it at a sluggable price in England when I'm buying for my boozy weekend.
Ian
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Obviously others may not agree with me, but I already described my feeling of Grouse. For me, when drinking something neat if the experience is more alcohol than flavor, it's a good sign of cheap. That's why I commented that it was like tasting "scotch flavored" grain alcohol.
Glenmorangie 10 is a classic that tends to get a bit obscured by the likes of Glenlivet and Glenfiddich at a similar price point. It's a single malt, not blended. It's aged in oak casks and bourbon, which gives the end result a sweeter flavor. It's smooth with Oak, vanilla, and fruit notes for me.
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
Knob Creek is my go-to Bourbon, too. To me, it tastes as a bourbon should taste.
When mixing with a Coca Cola, I chose Early Times Bourbon. It's so rot-gut, but cheap, that you have to cut it with Coke.
Quick bourbon story. About 30 years ago I heard on the radio that the Heaven Hill distillery in Kentucky had burned down the night before. I was working in downtown Boston at the time. On the way to work that day, I stopped in a nearby liquor store and asked the old guy behind the counter if he had Heaven Hill. Came back with a bottle. I paid the $9.99 and then said, "I heard on the radio that the Heaven Hill distillery burned down last night." He retorted, "Well, I guess they weren't doing too well, were they?"
Lou
Looking forward to my day in court.
Woodford Reserve is my bourbon of choice.
To bring this back to Scotch, I have been enjoying this immensely:
It's my favorite of the Laphroaig expressions I have tried. It's a mix of smokey, peat, and sweet with enough ABV (48%) to pack a bit of a wallop. The oak comes through strong and the finish is quite long. It's also generally one of the cheaper Islay options one can buy.
I just made my mouth water. Too bad it's 9:30am.
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I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I had a bottle of that a couple of years ago and it's certainly my favorite by them. This is probably my favorite I have in the house right now:-
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Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
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Oooohhh... definitely gotta check out the WOT forum more often...
the QR and Lasanta Morangies are fantastic, but I'm not so dithyrambic on the Sauternes-casked Nectar D'Or
Aberlours are amongst my absolutely faves, but you've got to go past the 10 and 12... But the 15, 18 and Adbunah are tremendous... and Aberlour is amongst the lesser expensive malts in the old world, and probably the best quality/price ratio
Dalmoreand Macallan - read what I write below
Livet and Fiddich are typical Spey malts, but close to entry level, IMHO
Ardbeg is the utmost medicinal taste you can find... The smokiest would be Laphroiagh >> both rank as my lowest-rated Scot malts.
Lagavullin is closer to Bowmore and Talisker (or Jura) than to Ardbeg or Laphroiagh, but it's still too tough a drink for my delicate palate ... Definitely peaier than smoky
Got five bottles in my Brussels pad and four in my Dutch pad, but one thing is for sure: I tend to avoid the islands malts, as I can't help feeling like I'm drinking them from an uncleaned ashtray
20/25 years ago, Macallan was my fave distiller, but I've found much better since and their latest expressions are IMHO rather weak: both Amber and Gold ahave little after-taste in mouth.
Dalmore is now my fetish distiller... One day, I'll find the River collection (brewed and diluted with the waters from four different rivers in Scotland)
That's not the only one, though... but that one is kind of an exception... if you like weird blue-painted bottles.
And there are a few that aren't that smoky (read above and below), but rather peaty (difference that is nowadays not subtle anymore to me... Smoky (Laphroiagh) is like an ashtray, while peaty malts have an earthier smell)
Well I think there is only one Scott distiller that doesn't use peat (and water) to germinate the barley, but peat is often used to much greater extent (or differently anyways) on the Western Isles than on the highlands or the Spey valley malts - and the Lowland malts I've tasted so far are not very "peaty" either
Go for the Auchentoshan triple wood.... It's an assembly of three barrels, but unlike the usual "finishes", they're matured for the duration in their casks. This gives an unusual amount of matter/solids in the "spirit" ...
Well, that was our GWN wisdom in the 70's... We had the rye and the US had their bourbon, but apparently it's more subtle than that.
I believe rye is corn-derived whiskeys, bourbons are wheat whiskys (not entirely sure about this, as I'm no expert on bourbons) while the Scots use barley only for the single malts
Totally agree.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
I like the Glenlivet 12 is a Speyside single malt, very drinkable, smooth and fruity. I think I have half a bottle left in the cupboard at the moment.
Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
The Glenlivet could certainly be described as a classic, great for the noob, and what I would describe as very inoffensive. It's because it feels so "vanilla" to me after trying so many other things that it's not something I would run out and buy. But I would never refuse a glass of it offered to me either.![]()
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Good. I'll put myself largely in the "noob" category when it comes to whiskeys, though I have tried a pretty wide variety. I still come back to the lighter styles, which may be an indication I just haven't developed a taste for the peatier stuff, or that I really prefer the lighter type. I'd have to experience more, and do it more consistently, to tell for sure.
Come up to Boston some time, we'll catch a Sox game and I'll break out the Glenlevit, and what's left of my Penderyn!
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Ian
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
Funnily enough, one of the dominant tastes in the Glenlivet is "vanilla" - or close to brown sugar! So, yes, definitely "vanilla"!
In Scotland, there are many malts that call themselves Glenlivet - including an excellent one bottled by Gordon & MacPhail. Similarly, there are many different ages, & "The" Glenlivet, at 15, is a fine whisky - significantly more complex than the 12.
Laphroaig Quarter Cask is not for the uninitiated . There is nothing subtle about it. One of the best values for your dollar though.
Ian, I too am currently on a bottle of the double matures Lagavullin. Might be the best from them I ever had.
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I'm one of the 212.
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