What Whisky?

Hi,

Looking to buy a friend a reasonably nice bottle of whisky (£40-£50ish). I know nowt about whisky, if he likes Stronachie 18 Year Old, what else will he like?

Thanks.

Edit for the pedants

Stronachie isn’t whiskey.

What he said.

Do you mean Whisky or Whiskey?

Yamazaki 12.

Bit over budget, mind you.

I’m not familiar with Stronachie, what else does he like?

Talking about whisky I guess I need to top up mine as I am running out …

The Famous Grouse Scotch Whisky £15 per litre so that’s me sorted for Xmas.

Never tried them before but if Prince Philip likes it I shall give it a try. 😆

Cougar – not sure, I just asked his wife to tell me his current favourite.

Dalwhinnie, Squin, can’t go wrong with a Dalwhinnie. (or Old Pulteney, which is pretty much ‘mid taste’ also)

Lots of lovely stuff from Islay if he likes peaty/smoky flavours.

I’m lucky, I’ve never ever tasted a whisky (or a whiskey) I didn’t like.

Plenty of offers on Whiskey at Waitrose, head over there for 10-15-20 yr singles.

I’m loving Monkey Shoulder at the minute.

Second Monkey Shoulder, at the moment I’m into Bushmills, very drinkable!

Want something different – Paul John Brilliance – Indian single malt which is smokey as hell but truly nice.

Compass Box – Spice Tree. Bloody lovely blend and will suprise a single malt snob with just how good it is.

Talasker Storm for a solid all rounder.

Aberlour 12 is a current favourite of mine. A good, well rounded “fruit cakey” whisky. If you’ve Prime it’s a bargain £23.49 at the moment.

esselgruntfuttock – Member
Dalwhinnie, Squin, can’t go wrong with a Dalwhinnie. (or Old Pulteney, which is pretty much ‘mid taste’ also)

Ya, I have Dalwhinnie and Old Pulteney but only little left. Yes, both good.

Buushmills sherry cask

Jura Origin 10yr. Light/honey . £25-30

Set your budget and off you go
Scapa 12 yo is good collectable\drinkable. Distillery was mothballed around 2000 but a couple of guys from nearby Highland Park went down from time to time to run some batches through and keep the kit in working order. Chivas bought it over and repackaged the bottles and released 14 and 16 year olds.
Oban’s another nice one that I like, light and a touch salty. Really nice distillery too, bang in the town centre.

Caol Isla cask strength

Caol Isla cask strength

OH MY GOD, Heaven!

This dilemma every year for me around November time. I drink, at most, two bottles of malt a year so I like to make them count; Islay being my preferred region. Each November I swear I’m going to try something different but end up buying the ‘safe’ Lagavulin 16. I’d like someone to just tell me what to buy 🙁

Any of the Jura collection, can’t go wrong in my opinion

Jura is too common and attainable

enjoying Scapa at the moment

and Ledaig (Tobermory Distillery)

Jura is too common and attainable

WANKYWHISKYSNOB KLAXON!

Loving the bottle of Smokehead that I picked up on Skye, didn’t think I liked smokey whisky but this is delicious, as the lady in the shop said ‘the taste just lingers and you keep finding in in the little nooks and crannies of your mouth’ 😀

Different branding from the usual, if you think that’s important, big skull on the bottle and lots of hard rock references…

just had a glass of Jura Origin. forgot how peaty it was, a bit too much for me.
having another with a drop of dry ginger.

Well I’m drinking a glass of Nikka Whisky from the Barrell – cast strength Japanese whisky – right now! I get it in Japan for £17, as opposed to £50 over here mind!

I like single malt but can’t understand what all the snobbery is about over a blend.
Isn’t blended whiskey a bit like having a decent bit of roast beef on your fork but then scooping up a bit of Yorkshire pud and dipping it in gravy…

I find Jura mild and not peaty but each to their own. I vote for Aberlour 10yr as well

Highland Park – A very good choice and easy going for any present.

i like edradour and dalwhinnie. both very light and mild compared to jura.

I’m lucky, I’ve never ever tasted a whisky (or a whiskey) I didn’t like.

I give you Loch Dhu – and some Speyburn I’ve picked up at local garage hasn’t been great either.

Didn’t really like Ledaig last time I tried it, either..

But yes for Caol Ila, Bruichladdich, Ardbeg if you can find it (sold my last couple of treasured bottles..)

Loving the bottle of Smokehead that I picked up on Skye,

Isn’t that a Bruichladdich one?

I stand to be corrected though (said the man in the orthopaedic shoes) 8)

Bunnahabhain 12yr old is probably my absolute fave though.

said the man in the orthopaedic shoes)

oy, i never said a word………….. 😆

@ Ton. 😆 😆 😆

Benromach peat smoke.

Absolutely top draw.

just had a glass of Jura Origin. forgot how peaty it was, a bit too much for me.

Really? Good gods, it’s about the least peaty whisky there is. Are you perhaps a bourbon man in denial?

@essel: yep, it’s heaven.

@squin: buy a whisky distilled, not bottled, in the year your friend was born – plenty of options online but may p**s on your budget; if you google ‘vintage whisky’ – even though, strictly speaking, there is no such thing in that maturation/ageing takes place in the cask, not the bottle but you would win many brownie points.
Let us know what you do.

Really? Good gods, it’s about the least peaty whisky there is. Are you perhaps a bourbon man in denial?

Jura Superstition is the peated expression he may be thinking of.

Jura Elixir is by far the most pleasant of the three Juras commonly attainable in supermarkets for us plebs.

Glenfarglas 15.

i used to change what i bought, but now, it’s always a bottle of that, and it tends to last about a week. it’s nectar.

@cougar: glad I’m not the only one that really found Jura lacking. Haven’t tried them all to be fair.
Islay’s where it’s at; Laphroaig is my regular, currently on an ardbeg uigeadail.