what is your favorit scotch?

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
my very favorite is lagavulin

my very second is the balvenie

my very third is oban
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  • Reply 1 of 34
    jwri004jwri004 Posts: 626member
    I would agree on the first for everyday drinking, but all time favourite is Glenmorangie Maltman's Reserve. Came in a ceramic bottle, and the cork was rooted, but well worth the effort!
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  • Reply 2 of 34
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    The Macallan. The 18yr is wonderful, the Cask Strength will warm you *right* up.



    For casual summer sipping: Balvenie 21 yr, Port Aged. Smooth, slightly sweet, light but layered.



    Lagvulin and Laphraoig are winners if I have a good cigar to go with them - otherwise the peat just overwhelms the other layers to my palate.
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  • Reply 3 of 34
    I'm not very experienced with single malts, but of the blends, Black Label is my favorite. This is partly due to the JW Journey of Taste sessions where they give plenty of free scotch. 8)
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  • Reply 4 of 34
    Glendronach 15 year

    Glengoyne 21 year

    Macallan (prefer the 10 to the 12, the 18 is lovely, rarely see the 21)



    and I still have about half an inch of 1980 Dalwhinnie that is smooth



    it's the Sherry Wood cask time that seems to do it for me
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  • Reply 5 of 34
    brbr Posts: 8,395member
    Tape.
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  • Reply 6 of 34
    "I like my women blonde and my scotch Red Label."



    A great quote. Six points to the person who can identify it.
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  • Reply 7 of 34
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Splinemodel

    "I like my women blonde and my scotch Red Label."



    A great quote. Six points to the person who can identify it.




    Splinemodel.
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  • Reply 8 of 34
    I generally don't drink too much scotch being more of a beer man (mmmmm Guinness), but another 6 points to the id'er of this:



    "Drink scotch-whiskey all night long, and die behind the wheel."



    Cheers
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  • Reply 9 of 34
    chinneychinney Posts: 1,019member
    Laphroaig.



    Although it is not for the faint of heart...or to be drunk while eating anything that you want to be able to actually taste.



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  • Reply 10 of 34
    the clear double sided tape.



    never actually had scotch let alone any hard liquor outside of grand marnier and vodka.
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  • Reply 11 of 34
    i really don't like the taste of scotch.

    i got a bottle of chivas in the late 70's as a gift, i traded it away last year.

    it was 12 years old in 76, so that made it 39 years old, would it have gotten better those 27 years left on the shelf? or would it have to remain in the cask?

    i got a $150 bottle of modena balsamic vinegar for it.
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  • Reply 12 of 34
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by BuzzardsBay

    I generally don't drink too much scotch being more of a beer man (mmmmm Guinness), but another 6 points to the id'er of this:



    "Drink scotch-whiskey all night long, and die behind the wheel."



    Cheers




    Steely Dan, _Deacon Blue_



    Duh.



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  • Reply 13 of 34
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by superkarate monkeydeathcar

    i really don't like the taste of scotch.

    i got a bottle of chivas in the late 70's as a gift, i traded it away last year.

    it was 12 years old in 76, so that made it 39 years old, would it have gotten better those 27 years left on the shelf? or would it have to remain in the cask?




    This is a matter of debate among scotch drinkers... most say no, that the aging stops when the cask is tapped, but I've had a small number of old scotches that were of a completely different character than similarly cask-aged scotches of more recent vintage.



    Many sensitive palate scotch drinkers will assert that aging does occur in the bottle, but it seems to be more of a gentle aging and smoothing of the various flavors than it is the intense flavor imbuing that occurs in cask.



    With that being said, I'm quite looking forward to uncorking a bottle of Glenfiddich Special Reserve 18 that was bottled in 1978 when I finish my dissertation.



    Quote:

    i got a $150 bottle of modena balsamic vinegar for it.



    Then yes, its value went up.
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  • Reply 14 of 34
    dmzdmz Posts: 5,775member
    Talisker---if you dare.
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  • Reply 15 of 34
    Quote:

    Originally posted by curiousuburb

    ...

    and I still have about half an inch of 1980 Dalwhinnie that is smooth ...





    you do not, do you?
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  • Reply 16 of 34
    jwri004jwri004 Posts: 626member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Vox Barbara

    you do not, do you?



    Is someone shouting?



    Scotch is nice, but champagne.....
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  • Reply 17 of 34
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Chinney

    Laphroaig.



    Although it is not for the faint of heart...or to be drunk while eating anything that you want to be able to actually taste.









    Mmmm.....



    heh..plus you get the chance to own 1 square foot of scotland... maybe all us laphroigers can get together and have enough for a summer home ....heh.
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  • Reply 18 of 34
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Naw, with Laphroaig you end up *drinking* one square foot of Scotland.



    I still can't figure out how they keep the peat in supersaturated suspension like that.
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  • Reply 19 of 34
    glenfiddich



    12 years old is nice, 21 is mmmm mmmmm mmm, 40 is amazing.



    They also have 50 years old, and a batch bottled in 1937!!! 61 bottles at cool 10,000 £ each...
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  • Reply 20 of 34
    kickahakickaha Posts: 8,760member
    Is that all?



    Go check some of the vintage bottles at www.themacallan.com.
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