Single-malt scotch suggestions
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Single-malt scotch suggestions
Just got a bottle of glenlivet and was wondering if anyone had any comments/ suggestions on single-malts to add to my collection. thanks
Oh, so many to add. Lately, I've been drinking a lot of Talisker 10. I'm also a big fan of the Dalmore Cigar Malt, and Glenfiddich 12 year. My best advice: get a bottle or two from each of the different regions. That will give you a good idea as to what you like. Then, you can go wild exploring that area.
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The Dalmores are good and not pricey at <$30. I like the Balvenie Doublewood and if I have $75 to burn, the Balvenie 21 yr Portwood is excellent. I like the scoth flavors from wine casks so sherry or port woods are my favs. The Taliskers and Laphoigs are more smokey. I think the Glenlivets and Glenfiddich's and Glenmorangies are OK but overpriced for their name.
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I'll second the Talisker 10yo. One of my roommates and I carefully plan our single malt purchases so we can try as much as possible, and that is definitely the tastiest we've tried so far.
Other good ones, though:
Highland Park 12yo (a good all-rounder, though nothing spectacular)
Glenmorangie 12yo Port Finish (quite, quite good, though its probably worth trying the standard Glenmorangie expression first)
The girlfriend recently bought me a bottle of The Balvenie 12yo Doublewood. It's good... as most single malts are, but I'm not totally sure if I've come around to it as much as I have the Talisker or Glenmorangie. The Glenlivet's a good marker for single malts, but pretty unimpressive on the whole. And that... that's the sum of my single malt experience.
Other good ones, though:
Highland Park 12yo (a good all-rounder, though nothing spectacular)
Glenmorangie 12yo Port Finish (quite, quite good, though its probably worth trying the standard Glenmorangie expression first)
The girlfriend recently bought me a bottle of The Balvenie 12yo Doublewood. It's good... as most single malts are, but I'm not totally sure if I've come around to it as much as I have the Talisker or Glenmorangie. The Glenlivet's a good marker for single malts, but pretty unimpressive on the whole. And that... that's the sum of my single malt experience.
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I third the Oban. There's nothing quite like a 14 year old.....DrDrinkBastard wrote:Second the Oban.
Scotch.
It sits squarely between a Speyside such as Glenkeith, and an Islay like Lagavulin or Laphroaig.
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That stuff is really good. I'd put it up there with my favorites but it's not salty like Lagavulin---that stuff, Jesus, it's like tasting the very sea it was aged near. Absolutely amazing. Too expensive, so it's only for when times are good.mr.dirty pants wrote:Laphroaig. It will set you back a few but it will never let you down.