Whisky for a novice

Have just seen that the local Tesco have started to stock Jura Superstition and was wondering if anyone has tried this. Its my birthday next week and was going to treat myself to a bottle of Laphroaig again but this peaked my interest.
 
ElectroBlaster said:
I love whiskey :) makes me feel all warm inside. My father in-law is into the stuff. Single malt etc that are aged in oak barrells. He has one that was aged in two different barrells for 15years and has "Double-wood" written on the bottle which made me chortle a bit lol.

Ive always liked whisky, my earliest memory was nabbing some and all my friends bawked at the stuff and would rather drink pints of wife beater and nasty cheap ciders.
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Balvenie probably, this has been recommended to me a few times.
I'm Very partial to Laphroaig got a standard bottle and a quarter cask bottle on the go atm xD Laph is a single very peaty, not to everyones taste would probably recommend maybe grabbin a glass in the likes of wetherspoons first before buying a bottle as you may not like it at all, Spoons do seem to have a rather decent selection of spirits which always suprises me.

I'm not ashamed to say I drink bourbon too, Jim Beam and Wild Turkey being easily drank, Anyone else tried the Jim Beam Distillers Choice stuff doing the rounds at the moment?

JD of course has to be mentioned :p
Just top annoy people ;)
 
Jim Beam for me, the white label 4 year stuff, much prefer it to J.D. and is lovely neat, described as...
Colour. Orange, russet
Aroma. Vanilla and Caramel notes
Taste. Opens sweet, with light Caramel and Vanilla flavours and, later, a slightly woody char.
Damn, now i need a drink!
 
I'm cracking open my bottle of Macallan 1988 tonight once I've had some dinner.
I'm excited - Never had a bottle that costs this much before, but I'm celebrating! I'll try and only have one or two...
I'll report back!

Doesn't help the OP much I suppose, so I'll reiterate my support for the Macallan 10.
 
Whisky is a very personal thing and asking what is good will get you many answers as everybody has they're own preferences - there's a reason there are so many different kinds :p

As for me. I can't recommend an American whiskey as I haven't found one I enjoy yet :(. Blends, I don't drink much but good old Grouse is hard to beat and also Stewart's Cream of the Barley is decent. I did have a really nice blend a few years ago called Bailie Nicol Jarvie. Whatever you do, don't pay the ridiculous prices they charge for Johnny Walker (the blue one sells for over £100 a bottle :eek: ffs). They are hugely overpriced and, to my taste, not particularly good blends. If I'm buying a blend I want to pay less than £15 a bottle. If I'm paying over £20 (Black Label is £22 odd), I'd rather pay a couple of quid more for a cheap malt.

For single malts, the choices are huge. For beginners, I normally recommend Lowland or Speyside malts as they tend to be smoother and easier on the palate to start off with. Lowland, try something like Auchentoshan (the three wood is divine) or Glenkinchie. For Speyside, something like An Cnoc or Balvenie (the 12yo Doublewood is lovely and the slightly dearer 15yo is divine). Glenlivit is pretty good too, as are MacAllan and Tamdhu. Apologies to the Glenfiddich lovers but I don't rate it at all - even the older stuff to me is harsh and unpleasant.
 
I quite like the Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Asda round here sells it cheap and it goes down quite nicely. I'm a bit of a heathen when it comes to whiskey though, as I tend to water it down with a bit of lemonade and as such won't go for the better stuff so don't listen to me! i'm more of a rum drinker. But if you don't know if you like whiskey i'd try something more like this before spending lots on a decent bottle.
 
ran_out said:
I quite like the Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Asda round here sells it cheap and it goes down quite nicely. I'm a bit of a heathen when it comes to whiskey though, as I tend to water it down with a bit of lemonade and as such won't go for the better stuff so don't listen to me! i'm more of a rum drinker. But if you don't know if you like whiskey i'd try something more like this before spending lots on a decent bottle.
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Asda. That's where I got it from. I saw it and thought I'd give it a try and was pleasantly surprised.

I'm not against people putting mixers in whisky, I just don't see the point of paying £30+ for a bottle of tasty single malt and then masking the flavour with mixers. Put what you like in it but if you're going to put anything other than water in it, buy a blend like this sensible chap and don't waste your money on good stuff that doesn't need any help.
 
Quite liking Powers Gold Label as an 'everyday' drinker either with water or mixer, quite tasty for a blended Irish. Getting into the Scotch, i'm not a lover of the medicinal types like Laphroig, just not my taste, though i do partake of the odd Ardbeg Uigedeal as it's not too strong. Other than that it's Old Pultney (21yr Old is nice) or Glenmorangie 10yr+, though i wouldn't turn my nose up if someone offered me a wee dram of Macallan 60yr old.
 
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