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  • Whisky… Single Malt -v- Blended Brands
  • the-muffin-man
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    I got into whisky a few years ago but have only ever drunk single malts. My taste is towards the middle range to lighter speyside ones. I’m not keen on heavily peated ones.

    Now I don’t mind spending £30 to £50 on a nice bottles as a treat for myself (and close friends!), but for more regular drinking and giving to ‘not fussed’ guests I’m wondering which of the blended brands are decent to drink and closest to say a Highland Park single malt?

    Cheers!

    winston_dog
    Free Member

    Loch Fyne Blend

    However, by the time you add delivery you could get a single malt!

    If you are ever up that way, the shop is well worth a visit, not the cheapest but excellent selection and advice, quite generous with samples as well.

    thegreatape
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    Nowt wrong with a Grouse. Especially in the pub!

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    stilltortoise
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    Get yourself to Aldi. You could do a LOT worse than Glen Orrin

    MoreCashThanDash
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    Muffin man – whatever is on offer in the whiskey shop at Masson Mill

    flip
    Free Member

    but for more regular drinking and giving to ‘not fussed’ guests I’m wondering which..

    This was us a few yrs back, we started just drinking malts but it got very expensive.

    In my opinion you can get used to anything given time. We now drink Teachers or Bells and keep the malts for a treat.

    rj
    Free Member

    Monkey Shoulder is my favourite blend. I prefer it to some of the malts, but you’re not saving a great deal over a cheaper one.

    bigdugsbaws
    Free Member

    Whyte & Mackay will put hair on your chest and cheap as chips. Alternatively Highland Park can be had cheaply at the supermarkets (£25 in Tesco).

    cheers_drive
    Full Member

    stilltortoise – Member
    Get yourself to Aldi. You could do a LOT worse than Glen Orrin

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    Sounds like I have the same taste in whiskey as you and Glen Orinn is one of the few cheaper blends that I haven’t had to drink with ginger.

    feckinlovebbq
    Free Member

    Monkeys shoulder is a very nice blended whiskey. Was £22 in tesco last i looked.

    scruff9252
    Full Member

    Black Bottle is surprisingly nice for a cheap whisky. The co-op often has it on offer for stupidly cheap prices; I think £16 was the best so far.

    househusband
    Free Member

    Bailie Nicol Jarvie is a blended by Glenmorangie and can be bought for well under £20 – certainly was last time I bought it a few years ago. Underrated from what the internet says, so must be true. Think I last found it at the Co-op.

    Will give Glen Orrin a go next time I pass Aldi.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    As ive said before nowt wrong with grouse.

    If im in one of the pubs in town that isnt the grill ill have grouse for lack of a better option.

    kcal
    Full Member

    I /think/ BNJ is being phased out, hh..?

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Bourbon? Jim Beam goes for £15 in ASDA.

    househusband
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    I /think/ BNJ is being phased out, hh..?

    Thanks, kcal; that gives me all the more reason to try out the Glen Orrin a go – purely for ‘research’… 8)

    kcal
    Full Member

    It was just chat I overheard when with some mates a couple months back, maybe more – one of my school chums is now distillery manager at Glenmo… but I can’t find reference to that ‘fact’ now online, so may be mistaken..

    lilchris
    Free Member

    bigdugsbaws
    Whyte & Mackay

    My day-to-day of choice

    convert
    Full Member

    J&B was always my blend of choice until I became a snob. Should probably go back to having an every day blend in the house (if this damn acid reflux that’s making drinking painful ever goes away).

    shermer75
    Free Member

    Johnnie Walker Blue Label, all the way

    A mere snip at £135.00!

    cheers_drive
    Full Member

    Bushmills is a decent blended

    umop3pisdn
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    JW blue is for people to show off how much money they have, the green is better and cheaper

    Rockhopper
    Free Member

    Most of the Jura range are blended single malts if that makes sense!

    househusband
    Free Member

    Bushmills is a decent blended

    And is Irish and a whiskey… 8)

    thegreatape
    Free Member

    …blended single malts…

    Like this, which my brother in law has just opened. Happy days!

    franksinatra
    Full Member

    If you are looking for a blend you could do a lot worse than Isle of Skye which is currently supporting Scottish Mountain Rescue with a donation for each of their bottles sold. Raised over £6k so far. You can find it is Tesco. I got one last week and it sits lonely on the shelf next to all the single malts but there should be no snobbery about it. If you lean towards the ‘less challenging’ whisky then a good blend is lovely. I’m enjoying it.
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    iolo
    Free Member

    I’m sorry but I have yet had (single blend or malt) a whiskey I have enjoyed.

    thegreatape
    Free Member

    Try whisky then 🙂

    franksinatra
    Full Member

    I’m sorry but I have yet had (single blend or malt) a whiskey I have enjoyed.

    All the more left for the rest of us then!

    bedmaker
    Full Member

    Black bottle or W & M here.

    Mantastic
    Free Member

    Go for a bottle of Naked Grouse, very nice

    prawny
    Full Member

    Aldi Highland Earl is good, and the black. Bells is ok and I quite like grouse.

    Not teacher’s teacher’s is mingin.

    chunkymonkey
    Free Member

    Another vote for Monkey Shoulder, and the Highland Black from Aldi is OK for £13 – but you can’t beat a decent single malt though!

    scruff9252
    Full Member

    Just picked up a bottle of that glen orinn from aldi and for £13 it’s quite good for the price. Nice find.

    Daniel
    Free Member

    Black Grouse or if you’re in Shropshire, Tanners Peaty Craig

    adscatt
    Free Member

    Another vote here for Monkey Shoulder, I found Jura Origin very easy drinking, probably a little too easy drinking if you know what I mean 😀

    CountZero
    Full Member

    I usually buy Sainsbury’s or Morrison’s own label single malts, but neither had any on the shelves just before Christmas, which was really disappointing, as they’re very good, and a lot cheaper.

    M1llh0use
    Free Member

    Singleton of Dufftown is pretty nice and not too expensive to boot!

    scandal42
    Free Member

    Just enjoying some lovely old pulteney, no help I know, but lovely non the less

    grum
    Free Member

    Black Bottle +1

    It’s what all the locals were drinking on Islay.

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