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Glenmorangie is nice, but to be honest i prefer Speyside whisky, nice and warm and good taste. Longmourn i think its called.
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Glenmorangie = WIN everytime!
I worked at the bottling plant (although I was up the sheds moving the barrels, emptying them, passing them through to the coopers etc) for a while whilst I was at school. One of the best jobs I have had.
We regularly had to source certain barrels for tasting and had to lay them out with a dropper, capped glass and water.
The 18year old is very smooth and one of the easiest whiskys I know to drink. There are a lot better but that comes down to which region you are suited to.
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So, you didn't read the bit that said "note: no crap! JackDaniels etc!"
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Bourbon IS NOT good whiskey(If it's even Whiskey) no matter what you call it
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Whiskey is the Devil's water. It makes me do very odd things, like think the cupboard is a toilet.
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Bourbon IS NOT good whiskey(If it's even Whiskey) no matter what you call it
pfft, nonsense.
there is as much variety and quality in burbon as there is in scotch. you wouldn't assosciate Bells with a decent single malt so why would you down your estimations of burbon with rubbish?
though for someone asking for a single malt i'd presume they wanted Scotch and reccomend as such.
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the balvenie 15 year old is special
or if you want something rare and increasingly hard to get that hits all the right notes
its an Ilsay, its peaty but also light - Port Ellen -the distillery closed in 1983 so its getting much rarer, you will be looking at about 90+ quid a bottle (I just got one for 99 quid from a shop in aberdeen..mine distilled 1982 and casked in 2006)
but its bloody lovely!
and as to the water arguement..in the case of a lot of cask strength stuff the distillers notes often recomend having a nip of spring water in it
or if you want something rare and increasingly hard to get that hits all the right notes
its an Ilsay, its peaty but also light - Port Ellen -the distillery closed in 1983 so its getting much rarer, you will be looking at about 90+ quid a bottle (I just got one for 99 quid from a shop in aberdeen..mine distilled 1982 and casked in 2006)
but its bloody lovely!
and as to the water arguement..in the case of a lot of cask strength stuff the distillers notes often recomend having a nip of spring water in it
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While I agree that there is as much veriety in Burbon. Quality is somthing I will never associate with it the taste while varied between the different manufacturers and types is just foul when you compare to a Standard or good quality Irish or Scotch whiskey.
Man of Honour
I'll add another recommendation for Laphroaig Quarter Cask - a really excellent whisky. Still peaty but with a sweetness that isn't found with other Islay malts. On a similar vein, a few months ago I tried a special bottle of Caol Ila that had been aged in red wine casks at the Whisky Shop in York. If they have a shop near you, it's worth going, they get the 'limited' runs from the distilleries and they're not overpriced (I think the Caol Ila was £45 and VERY nice).
On the water thing, couple of nights ago I had some Laphroaig at original cask strength (56% I think). This was almost syrupy neat - the tasting notes on the bottle suggested DOUBLE the amount of water to whisky - I didn't go quite that far, but went for 1:1, and it improved the flavour. Still prefer the quarter cask though!
On the water thing, couple of nights ago I had some Laphroaig at original cask strength (56% I think). This was almost syrupy neat - the tasting notes on the bottle suggested DOUBLE the amount of water to whisky - I didn't go quite that far, but went for 1:1, and it improved the flavour. Still prefer the quarter cask though!
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While there certainly are good bourbons, none of them are as a good as a decent single malt. You simply cannot make grain spirits that taste as good as spirits made from malt, and bourbon - by definition - contains at least 51% corn.
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Indeed! I picked up a 24 year old bottle distilled in '79* and it was really rather good. However, I didn't think it was the best whiskey I'd had. You can find a good bottle at £40 that will taste better.
* - Funny story actually. I was going round the distillery in Oban, and they told us about this Port Ellen they had on limited edition. I decided to buy a bottle (£120, eek!) and the guy behind the counter got the bottle down and shows it to me.
"This will never go down in value," he says to me.
"Yes it will," I reply, "I'm going to drink it."
The guy who'd been showing us round laughed and said "good for you".
Man of Honour
I'm pretty partial to Jura too, want to try their older ones at some point...
i also bought myself a bottle of blue label duty free last year and i do love that some very complex tastes going on in it make every glass a bit of an adventure
i also bought myself a bottle of blue label duty free last year and i do love that
some very complex tastes going on in it make every glass a bit of an adventure
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Depending on budget, anything from The Glenlivet or Balvenie range will leave you very satisfied.
As I always say, I'd rather drink Carling than Glenfiddich.
As I always say, I'd rather drink Carling than Glenfiddich.
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I'm a bourbon fan myself. I always recommend Jim Beam's Black Label - really smooth, nice sippin' whiskey with a hint of vanilla. But for malts, I think you can't go wrong with highland park.