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That's fair, and I'll say I've only recently been getting into scotches. I recently tried a flight of the following which influenced my above comment: - Glenfi
by jagger27 5y ago
That's fair, and I'll say I've only recently been getting into scotches. I recently tried a flight of the following which influenced my above comment:
- Glenfiddich (18)
- Highland Park (18, my personal favourite of these)
- Oban (14)
- Auchentoshan (21)
- Lagavulin (16)
Yeah, a Glenfiddich 12 year old isn't anything near any of those.
- orf 5y agoI’d highly recommend trying Laphroaig if you can, it’s really smokey and delicious. But sorry, I didn’t mean to crap on your taste in whisky. I live in a foreign country and I see all kinds of “genuine Scottish whisky” for sale that is absolute piss (hello Scottish Meadow). Something is wrong with places charging extortionate prices for not-great, young mass produced whisky.
- dexterdog 5y agoI really like Laphroaig, but it's definitely an acquired taste. It's like eating moss so most people don't enjoy their first taste and many don't come back for a second.
- gmac 5y agoMoss? Peat smoke, certainly. There’s a hint of it even in the drinking water if you ever stay on Islay.
- ecommerceguy 5y agoBruichladdich Islay Barley, while being an nonpeated Islay, is the best deal in all of whisky.
- dctoedt 5y agoMy nephew-in-law's groom cake (at his wedding) was in the shape of a Laphroaig bottle. The whisky always struck me as like drinking diluted roofing tar.
- birdyrooster 5y agoOr just get some liquid smoke and pour it into your scotch and ruin it the old fashioned way. Have had lafrog and it’s like cancer with a hint of cancer.
- qeternity 5y agoA few must haves: - Bunna 12 - Nikka FTB - Craigellachie 13 - Springbank 10 - Ardbeg 10
- maqp 5y agoHP18 is pretty damn good. Few other fine experiences from over the years - Aberfeldy 12y - Powers John's Lane 12y - Glenfarclas 40y - Glen Garioch 1994 - Old Pulteney 21y - Old Pulteney 16y Bourbon Cask strength - Imperial 16y (Signatory Vintage / Rare Auld Duncan Taylor bottling) - Glen Moray 24y cask strength (Duncan Taylor bottling) - Port Ellen 27y - Bushmills 1988 14y (Cask strength, Rum Barrel) - Ardbeg Uigeadail/Corryvreckan - Laphroaig 18y (excellent; the 10yo tastes like exhaust fumes) - Laphroaig 1989 Vintage 23y - Royal Brackla 1976 (Mackillop's Choice bottling) - Caol Ila 1990 Mackillop's Choice bottling, single cask sherry wood - Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage