What is your favorite Scotch Whisky?

[jamespowers]

Anything from Islay!

You should like this one then.

 

[Fly Boy]

Thanks for the recommendations. Coming from where you are, I'll take that as good advice. The Abelour sounds like something I could drink fairly often. Then again so do the other ones you mentioned. :cheers1:

Always a pleasure to talk about good malts! A further benefit of the Aberlour A'bunadh is that they bottle it at cask strength - usually around 60%!

 

[jamespowers]

Always a pleasure to talk about good malts! A further benefit of the Aberlour A'bunadh is that they bottle it at cask strength - usually around 60%!

Cask strength is a plus that is for sure. It brings us closer to how Scotch used to taste before they homogenized the stuff and took all the character out of it. It doesn't even get cloudy anymore.[huh]

 

[Fly Boy]

Cask strength is a plus that is for sure. It brings us closer to how Scotch used to taste before they homogenized the stuff and took all the character out of it. It doesn't even get cloudy anymore.[huh]

Over here we do have a lot more choice - there's quite a lot of un-chill-filtered malts, and access to it at cask strength is not that difficult. I was in England on business a few weeks ago though and even that near, the choice of whiskies in bars and shops goes rapidly downhill - towards the blends or the big names that generally produce for the global market; watered down to around 40%, chill-filtered (so it doesn't go cloudy at all), with added caramel and not particularly flavoursome as whiskies go.
There is hope - More distilleries are producing non-chill-filtered whisky, and using caramel to colour whisky is really dying out as a habit. Cask strength may be a tad too far for a lot of companies just now, but more distilleries are at least releasing limited bottlings of it, so perhaps in the future we shall see higher ABV levels more often on the shelves worldwide!

 

[jamespowers]

Over here we do have a lot more choice - there's quite a lot of un-chill-filtered malts, and access to it at cask strength is not that difficult. I was in England on business a few weeks ago though and even that near, the choice of whiskies in bars and shops goes rapidly downhill - towards the blends or the big names that generally produce for the global market; watered down to around 40%, chill-filtered (so it doesn't go cloudy at all), with added caramel and not particularly flavoursome as whiskies go.
There is hope - More distilleries are producing non-chill-filtered whisky, and using caramel to colour whisky is really dying out as a habit. Cask strength may be a tad too far for a lot of companies just now, but more distilleries are at least releasing limited bottlings of it, so perhaps in the future we shall see higher ABV levels more often on the shelves worldwide!

That would be nice. I would love to get my hands on some here but you have to go to a specialty store and pay an arm and a leg for the stuff that is likely not as good as you can get there without much trouble at all.:eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

I forgot to mention that I'll be adding your country to one of my future vacation destinations list.

 

[Zaxxon]

:arated: on Islay Malts, especially Caol Ila.

 

[Ethan Bentley]

I'm really enjoying White & Mackay's Partnership blend, good price too!

 

[jamespowers]

I'm really enjoying White & Mackay's Partnership blend, good price too!

Never heard of it.

 

[Fly Boy]

I forgot to mention that I'll be adding your country to one of my future vacation destinations list.

You won't be sober for a single night when you're here!

 

[jamespowers]

You won't be sober for a single night when you're here!

As Homer Simpson would say: "Woo Hoo!"
One would have to try all that was offered to make a learned opinion.

 

[rumblefish]

My neighbor asked me over to try a new Scotch he just bought- Glenmorangie 12 year old Nectar D’Òr Extra Matured Range Sauternes Cask. As I said previously I don't consider myself to be a great judge of Scotch, but I know I like this one. I had mine with a dribble of water. Really nice, I would say it had some Sherry like notes to it.

 

[jamespowers]

My neighbor asked me over to try a new Scotch he just bought- Glenmorangie 12 year old Nectar D’Òr Extra Matured Range Sauternes Cask. As I said previously I don't consider myself to be a great judge of Scotch, but I know I like this one. I had mine with a dribble of water. Really nice, I would say it had some Sherry like notes to it.

:eeek: We agree?! It isn't sour and doesn't taste like medicine though.
I like the Nectar D'Or. The aging in the Sauterne cask adds something to the flavor profile. It is beyond sherry but it has a similar taste---sweet but not as sweet as sherry. I think the sauterne adds a measure of fruit to the regular Glenmorangie---which can be a bit flat in the 12 year range. Of course that is just my opinion.

 

[hottoddy]

Definitely Laphroaig, with all that smokey, briney, medicinal goodness. I didn't like my first couple of sips 15 years ago, as it was my first Islay, but was hooked after my second glass. The Quarter Cask is nice, but I'll take the 10 any day for the price.

-Todd

 

[rumblefish]

I like the Nectar D'Or. The aging in the Sauterne cask adds something to the flavor profile. It is beyond sherry but it has a similar taste---sweet but not as sweet as sherry. I think the sauterne adds a measure of fruit to the regular Glenmorangie---which can be a bit flat in the 12 year range. Of course that is just my opinion.

Now another reason to stop over at your place.

:eeek: We agree?! It isn't sour and doesn't taste like medicine though.
You would.
I suppose it might kill some of the sour from the Campari though.

That and the stimulating coversation.

 

[jamespowers]

Now another reason to stop over at your place.


That and the stimulating coversation.

lol lol lol lol And maybe some fresh fruit from the trees.

 

[benjamin.f]

...for nearly every season I have a special whisky recommendation for my guests. on christmas I bought two bottles of Glenmorangie 12 year old Nectar D’Òr ...really great flavor and surprising low-priced for such a bonny - this one will be my christmas drop next winter too.
but my personal favorite whisky is the ARDBEG UIGEADAIL! (some say that they put dead animals in the cask for the rough taste :deadhorse) even with this "picture" in my mind, I`m totaly happy with the whole Ardbeg range... looking forward to try the Ardbeg Supernova

 

[jamespowers]

...for nearly every season I have a special whisky recommendation for my guests. on christmas I bought two bottles of Glenmorangie 12 year old Nectar D’Òr ...really great flavor and surprising low-priced for such a bonny - this one will be my christmas drop next winter too.
but my personal favorite whisky is the ARDBEG UIGEADAIL! (some say that they put dead animals in the cask for the rough taste :deadhorse) even with this "picture" in my mind, I`m totaly happy with the whole Ardbeg range... looking forward to try the Ardbeg Supernova

I'll have to try Ardbeg now that you mention it. My standby is Dalmore Gran Reserva.

 

[benjamin.f]

... oh yes the Dalmore...
some time ago... yes, right: in my local supermarket there was a new product in theire range - dalmore 12 jears. (as known in europe you can buy Booze everywhere ) ...the Bottles just arrived and I Asked for the price (I knew it would be round about 30 euro) but there was a mistake in their list and they offered the dalmore for 9,99euro... YES the opportunity is on! so I bought 6 Bottles! And because it was so "lowpriced" I drank it fast - like::wacko:"There is enough there of that cheap sh**"

sure it taste good and you should not drink it like wather but Im sorry for myselfe that my opinion about dalmore is not the best after six bottles in a short time!

thank you james powers for awakening this memory... but you never know, maybe I try the GRAND RESERVA next time I visit ROBBI*S BAR

 

[jamespowers]

... oh yes the Dalmore...
some time ago... yes, right: in my local supermarket there was a new product in theire range - dalmore 12 jears. (as known in europe you can buy Booze everywhere ) ...the Bottles just arrived and I Asked for the price (I knew it would be round about 30 euro) but there was a mistake in their list and they offered the dalmore for 9,99euro... YES the opportunity is on! so I bought 6 Bottles! And because it was so "lowpriced" I drank it fast - like::wacko:"There is enough there of that cheap sh**"

sure it taste good and you should not drink it like wather but Im sorry for myselfe that my opinion about dalmore is not the best after six bottles in a short time!

thank you james powers for awakening this memory... but you never know, maybe I try the GRAND RESERVA next time I visit ROBBI*S BAR

You can buy liquor anywhere here in California as well. Some other states have different rules though. At 9.99 I would buy two cases. That would likely be half a lifetime supply for me though.
The Gran Reserva replaced the Cigar Malt for Politically Correct reasons. The problem was that they treated it as an opportunity to raise the price $20 per bottle. It is good though.
Dalmore has some really expensive scotch that they make/have. Some of it 60 years old. It sets records for price. :eeek: I am sorry to say that I never got a chance to try those. :beer: