Can't go wrong with a bottle of highland park.
Can't argue with that
Also Dalwhinnie Winter Gold and Auchentoshan American Oak were both on the cheap shelf at Tesco this week, both light easy drinking gems especially the Auchentoshan
OP here - just popped into Waitrose and spotted Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold 70cl - £40 down to £25. Think I might have had this and think I liked it...gotta be worth a go? Also Auchentoshan American Oak at £23.
[quote=rascal ]OP here - just popped into Waitrose and spotted Dalwhinnie Winter's Gold 70cl - £40 down to £25. Think I might have had this and think I liked it...gotta be worth a go?
Excellent choice. I have a bottle in the freezer at the moment.
+1 for the Dalwhinnie Winters Gold
Personal favourites are Highland Park and Jura Superstition, but both lightly smoky so may not be what the OP is after.
From looking in Tesco the other day -
Old Pulteney, and Ardmore - both fine drinkable drams, < £25 IIRC.
Winter's Gold a yes then folks?
I think it's really nice yes, I've had it chilled and warm, both good! It goes brilliantly with cinder toffee. 😛
Haig, whisky for non whisky drinkers.
After that any Irish except Connemara or powers
brilliantly with cinder toffee.
I can seriously recommend Lidl dark chocolate ginger biscuits.
Has anyone had Drombeg? I got 10 bottles sent over from Éire as that's the only place you can get it - seriously lovely for the non-whiskey drinker (me). Only 22% and, AFAIK unique.
I tend to go 50:50 water with any others (40%+), Redbreast 12 being the standout so far. For my taste much Scotch is pretty gross fire-water; light Speysides being OK.
I can seriously recommend Lidl dark chocolate ginger biscuits.
That sounds seriously good actually!
And 'anything Irish' is terrible advice - have you ever drunk paddy's whiskey?
ANy advice saying 'from an area' let alone country is clearly just wrong, there's good and bad everywhere. Some of the Japanese stuff is ace (Nikka) but I drank some hoof wash in Devon from Japan. Really couldn't be bothered with the Tomatin Cu Bocan but loved the Dalwhinnie 15 and they both come from the same place - Scotland.
I bought a bottle of Winter's Gold after it was recommended on here several times, but honestly I didn't care much for it, tasted very young and lacking in flavour to me.
Nobody ever seems to mention Monkey Shoulder on here, I know it's probably not 'exclusive' enough for some, being a blend, but if you like Speysides (it contains both Balvenie and Glenfiddich) it's a lovely simple, smooth and cheap dram.
Jameson's, Glengoyne, Macallan and Edradour I would say are all good nursery-slope whiskies.
..or if you're going really non-whisky, try Red Stag and ginger beer with a slice of lime
Non-connoisseur here who finds Highland Park very drinkable
I would highly recommend looking at the Japanese offerings.
In particular you I would suggest the Hibiki Harmony - very mellow with a good depth of flavour without being overpowering and not at all peaty.
If I like Aberlour 10yo will I like Winter's Gold?
Like Jura, Tobermory, Laphroig, Ardmore, Glenmorangie
Didn't like Balvenie Caribbean Cask, Auchentoshan American Oak, Old Pultney
Bit meh about Aberlour 12yo
Hated Glen Moray
I'm not that keen on Dalwhinnie winters gold as i find it lacks depth of flavour and the taste soon disappears - it's almost as if the marketing bods got together and had a brainstorming session as to what to do with the thousands of gallons of grain spirit lying around, and as for the idea that it should be chilled before drinking?, that confuses me as the aromatic terpenoids and flavonoids of whisky need to be warmed to fully express their complexities. Chilling a whisky before drinking is akin to those cheap super chilled lagers you can buy - all watery taste and nothing else.
Just cos you don't like the medicinalness of Laphroaig don't write off all peated whisky. There are many degrees of peatyness and Laphroaig us pretty far over. Jura Superstition is a good start into the delicious world of peat!
That’s why the winters gold is a good whisky for non whisky people, it’s pleasntly easy to drink.
Agree with the laphroiag comment above, some very good slightly peaked expressions about.
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Narrowed it down to Aberlour 10 and Auchentoshan American Oak based on common consensus they will be good for my 'level'....just tried JD which I like....so going for that. Am I a heathen?
JD? Jack Daniel's? That's good in Coke or for cleaning paintbrushes.
Bourbon (which JD technically isn't) is a whole other discussion.
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/recommend-me-a-bourbon-whiskey-please
two pages of suggestions, and we end up at JD.
What a sorry state of a thread
Am I a heathen?
No, just confused.
[s]Gin[/s] Jura.
I bought a bottle of the Aberlour 10 on the strength of the effusive recommendations in this thread, and because I'm a big fan of the 12. Well, it was just about worth the £22 I paid but tbh it's a bit thin. Next time I'll be digging a bit deeper for that extra fiver and getting the 12. And if anyone really believes the Aberlour 10 can't be beaten for under £50 they're blessed with a unique and economical to satisfy palate.
I would choose Auchentoshan over abelour if those are the shortlist, the ab is a bit thin and not much finish (aftertaste)
glenlivet is my favourite of the speyside/lowland, highland park is never a bad choice, the aldi speyside is good.
Water is personal preference, tends to be used for cask strength ones (50% or more) as the strength overpowers the more delicate flavours. only a tiny splash tho
johnners - you see that's the thing, everyone's palate is different. I much prefer the 10 to the 12.
Monkey Shoulder. Not a single malt but a blend of 3(I think) malts. I love it.
My local Co-op has Balvenie Doublewood 12 Years for £23. They had a few other single malts that were heavily discounted. I think these are whiskys that they are selling off rather than the usual discounts.
Ooh that's a cracking price for a marvellous whisky.
johnners - you see that's the thing, everyone's palate is different. I much prefer the 10 to the 12
NZCol, I meant what I said about blessed, I can think of no downside to preferring a more affordable whisky.
And 'anything Irish' is terrible advice - have you ever drunk paddy's whiskey?
Aye I have, can you buy it anywhere outside of the bogs? I'd be very surprised if you can get dirt cheap Irish market whiskey without being bloody unlucky Inthe UK.
Tullamore is also rancid but again it's not sold anywhere but some knacker hole in ballygobackwards.
The regular easy to get Irish whiskey like bushmills and Jameson's is "delicate", the next level of grog (writers tears, green/yellow spot etc) are also a very easy tipple, you would see them in offys and airports.
Something of an easy in to whiskey.
The only peaty shite one is connamara piggy backing pile of TCP shite made up in the last 10 years.
Sitting with a wee Balvenie 12 year old doublewood right now. Lovely. Doesn't even need water! 🙂 Got to be the smoothest whisky out, eh?
Cardhu 12 year old (nice whisky) is on offer in Tescos at the moment for £25 (£17 off).
My local Co-op has Balvenie Doublewood 12 Years for £23.
buy the lot! That's a great price, it's usually about £39 in my local Tesco
Cardhu Gold Reserve £25 at the moment. I bought two one for me one for present. Taste good so far.
If Balvenie Doublewood is selling at £23 I will buy two. I shall check co-op later on. 😆
Also looking at some Brandy Cognac ... hmmm ...
i have these on the go at present. all nice easy drinking.
the cardhu stands out a bit more tho.
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i have these on the go at present. all nice easy drinking.
the cardhu stands out a bit more tho.
Ton, you need to add Balvenie Doublewood to your collection too. 😀
I am going to check out my local Co-op later on.
Also anyone drink brandy? Which one do you prefer? Remy Martin, Martell or Hennessy? These are mostly VS or VSOP but will get XO in future.
If anyone fancies pushing the boat out a bit this Christmas, 17-year old Doublewood is on Amazon at £72. If you like a Balvenie, you'll love this one...
Powers Irish whisky. Easy drinking.
I'm not particularly fond of whiskey, but my lad was based at Lossiemouth, the Linkwood distillery was behind his house, so tried a bottle and found it quite pleasant, usually get a bottle for Christmas now.
Also anyone drink brandy? Which one do you prefer? Remy Martin, Martell or Hennessy? These are mostly VS or VSOP but will get XO in future.
Not the biggest fan of any of those. They are all mass produced in modern factories sold on branding rather than quality. Their good stuff is £000’s a bottle and outside my price range. Camus and Gautier make some very nice Cognacs at reasonable prices.
Cognac isn’t a huge place but the areas where the grapes come from make a huge difference to the finished products. The VS, VSOP, XO and Hors d'age can be misleading so try a few of the different grape areas to see what you enjoy most. Unlike Whisky, Cognacs or brandies from elsewhere do not tend to be just one grape (or malt in the case of whisky) and most are a blended and the age relates to the youngest part of the blend.
If you get the chance, visit the place and do as much sampling as you can.
Tesco OB single malt.
(or mount gay)
