Thread: Scotch/whiskey of the day

I've tried em all. Top shelf to the poison. I'll take my Old #7 anytime. Jack honey is nice too. Or Jack Tennessee Fire if shots are in order.

Originally Posted by Della

I've tried em all. Top shelf to the poison. I'll take my Old #7 anytime. Jack honey is nice too. Or Jack Tennessee Fire if shots are in order.

Someone who knows what they like.

That's forever a tug of war with me when it comes to whiskies; Each time I try a new one, there's a part of me wondering, and even to a small degree hoping, that a certain whisky will strike such a chord that I'll declare: "I'm done. This is "my" whisky. Why try anything else?" I don't know if that will ever happen. The journey is fun for me.

Maybe I'll have a top five. If I had to pick a whisky as the only bottle on a deserted island, I would be happy with Balvenie Doublewood 12 for example. Delicious stuff IMO. I would have the urge for a peated whisky too though. Too many good ones out there!

Chris L

Originally Posted by ChrisL

I've been gradually working my way through the many smaller scotch samples I treated myself to. Here's a list of the ones I have tried so far. I thought if anyone wanted more info or my opinions on any of them I'd be happy to provide some more info. Some of them are standards:

The Balvenie Doublewood 12 Yr
Laphroaig 10
Talisker 10
Oban 14
Ardmore Traditional Cask
Old Ballantruan
Tomintoul 12
Auchentoshan 12
Old Pulteney 12
Bowmore Darkest 15
Monkey Shoulder (a Blended Malt)
Johnnie Walker Black (shame on the plastic bottle!)

Just now poured a dram of Caol Ila 12 and have only nosed it so far.

More to try!

ChrisL

I've been wanting to try the Balvenie Double Wood and the Auchentoshan, what are you thoughts on those?

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

I've been wanting to try the Balvenie Double Wood and the Auchentoshan, what are you thoughts on those?

Between the two I like the Balvenie quite a bit better. It's a more complex whisky and the vanilla notes of ex-bourbon along with the fruity sherry notes from the two different woods really work well together.

The Auchentoshan being triple distilled like an Irish whiskey does have a smoothness factor closer to a Jamison or Bushmills and I found it enjoyable, but I didn't find it as complex.

I would recommend you try both, but I would be interested to hear what your experience would be.


ChrisL

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Between the two I like the Balvenie quite a bit better. It's a more complex whisky and the vanilla notes of ex-bourbon along with the fruity sherry notes from the two different woods really work well together.

The Auchentoshan being triple distilled like an Irish whiskey does have a smoothness factor closer to a Jamison or Bushmills and I found it enjoyable, but I didn't find it as complex.

I would recommend you try both, but I would be interested to hear what your experience would be.


ChrisL

Thanks for your opinion, I'll spring for the Balvenie first! Although my novice experience with whisk(e)ys boils down to categorizing them into 'like' and 'do not like'. But even that has a tendency to change, for example, at first I found a gifted bottle of Laphroaig 10 unpalatable. Now I just have to be in the right mood for it.

Be sure to post your experience with the Balvenie here!

ChrisL

I may stray from scotch for my next bottle. If someone sees/tries would like to get a review...

Try the Lagavulin 12 yr. It is absolutely fantastic.

Agree whole heartily. Four Roses single barrel is just fantastic.

Originally Posted by TwistedOak

Thanks for your opinion, I'll spring for the Balvenie first! Although my novice experience with whisk(e)ys boils down to categorizing them into 'like' and 'do not like'. But even that has a tendency to change, for example, at first I found a gifted bottle of Laphroaig 10 unpalatable. Now I just have to be in the right mood for it.

As your palate becomes more sophisticated you will find yourself expanding that to 'like', like a lot', 'really really like', 'adore', 'love', and finally 'so this is what they drink in Heaven'. You may find the scale goes the other way as well. 'do not like', 'really do not like', 'thats awful', 'thats disgusting', 'Hell No', and finally 'what kind of sick b*****d would bottle Lucifers armpit sweat?'