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Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 05:14 pm: | |
Discuss. I think my favourite so far working through the shelves in tesco has to be Balvenie - a whisky you can drink almost without making the whisky face it's so smooth. |
Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.226.153
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 05:32 pm: | |
My beverages of choice are Talisker and Oban. Talisker takes some getting used to - at first the taste is rather tarry, while Oban is milder. |
Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 06:10 pm: | |
Now I have more than 30 seconds to post in, Balvenie has all of the taste of a good whisky but none of the harshness. It has a fruity flavour to it and slides down the throat like honey on velvet. (very runny honey obviously) Personally I would advise people to avoid Ardbeg. It tastes to me of smoke with a slight whiskyish aftertaste. I didn't find it pleasant at all and could only drink it with a mixer (shock horror - mixing single malt!!! sacrilege!). Orange juice works well or it went well in coffee. Balvenie however can be enjoyed neat as nature (or the brewery) intended.} |
Mick Curtis (Mick)
Username: Mick
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.157.91.38
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 06:39 pm: | |
Then again I'm a Laphroaig* chap mesel', although there's also a bottle of Bowmore in the cupboard at home. (*available in all supermarkets for between £20 & £26, depending on special offers and such). |
Joel (Joel) Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.160.23.143
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 07:19 pm: | |
I'm with Mick. Well not literally, you understand. But Laphroaig is quite magnificent. Also, Johnnie Walker black label is better than quite a few single malts. |
Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 08:48 pm: | |
Glenmorangie is my tipple of choice...lovely stuff. Although I've never tried any of these others. :-) |
Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.243.76.39
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 11:45 pm: | |
I do like Ardbeg, but it's somewhat "simple", and I do prefer Lagavullin when I want an extremely peaty and smoky whiskey. Somewhat more approachable but still with plenty of character is Talisker, and I also like the mild Oban or (lowlands) Auchentoshan |
Barbara Roden (Nebuly)
Username: Nebuly
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 01:56 am: | |
Macallan is my own favourite single malt, although I also like Laphroaig and Lagavulin when I'm in the mood for something peatier. If you want to try one of the Islay malts but aren't ready for Lagavulin or Laphroaig, Caol Ila is very nice, lighter but still with that distinct peaty taste. |
Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 06:10 am: | |
I'm a fan of Chivas Regal... slurp, might have one right now... |
Adriana (Adriana) Username: Adriana
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.230.239.233
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 06:15 am: | |
I'd also agree with Johnnie Walker black. |
Huw (Huw) Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.186.103
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 08:40 am: | |
I'm not a big drinker (I used to be, had to stop because it interacts with my pain medicine), but I remember the only kind of whisky I ever saw around the house when I was growing up was Glenfiddich. I don't know how that compares with the others already mentioned in this thread... |
Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.226.153
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 11:47 am: | |
Chivas Rigal is, as James Bond would say, "indifferently blended" Don't know about Johnnie Walker Black, but the regular JW is way too peppery for me. What I mostly like about these expensive whiskies is their gradual and subtle effect, which comes in waves or stages instead of hitting you with a sledgehammer. |
Craig (Craig) Username: Craig
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.5.7.185
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 04:36 pm: | |
I'm particular to Absconded Hooch. It's very affordable: I usually drink it straight from paper sacks ripped from the oily grasp of shocked indigents. I find it always sports a rich malty maliciousness, with that peaty aroma of glee. |
Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.69.94
| Posted on Friday, August 22, 2008 - 04:46 pm: | |
Anything with Glen at the beginning of it. 5th week of the summer school holidays and I feel like getting a bottle... |
Huw (Huw) Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.193.191
| Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 02:57 am: | |
Anyone tried the little-known new American single malt, Glenhirshberg? Sorry... |
Joel (Joel) Username: Joel
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.188.228
| Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2008 - 03:21 pm: | |
Don't be. You make me feel less alone. |
Huw (Huw) Username: Huw
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.196.181
| Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 05:03 am: | |
Glad to hear it. We bad-jokesters have to stick together... ;-) |