clivem2
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£120 max with £40 to £65 being typical for the majority.Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
£120 max with £40 to £65 being typical for the majority.Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
Allo, new forum user.
Finally a thread in which I can post somewhat authoritatively with regards to my experience of whisky, I’ll drop my top 3 at an acceptable price that I always try to have in the house.
All time # 1 would have to be Balvenie Caribbean Cask, very smooth and a big mouthful of flavour that reminds me of caramel and orange pancakes with vanilla ice cream - very easy to drink too much which only becomes apparent when you attempt to stand up, goes very well with a few medjool dates. If I’m trying to introduce a newbie into whisky this is where I’d start, a touch of decent water will open up the flavours nicely.
Running behind (but only just) at # 2 is Glenfarclas 15yr old, needs a touch of water as at 46% it can overpower on the first taste and blowout the tastebuds - there’s a true depth of flavour with this one. Sweet brown sugar in a glass with nutty aftertaste and slight citrus tangs, yet another one that goes well with medjool dates. Reminds me of my mums tea loaf which is a Scottish fruit cake made by soaked fruit in tea and brown sugar, similar in consistency to a Xmas cake(no icing) and unsurprisingly a chunk of tea loaf goes very well with the Glenfarclas. Another good introduction for newbies but does need tempered down with a splash of water.
Finally # 3 and it was a toss up between two but the Aberlour A’bunadh #63 edges into third place. Rather potent at 61% so needs a decent splash of water yet it will still cling to the sides of a glass like sh#t to a shovel, like a big chunk of dark chocolate covered chewy Xmas cake in the mouth, big flavours and leaves a very nice lingering burn, not one for newbies or the inexperienced as it’ll drop you on your arse faster than a kick to the nuts.
It’ll be interesting to read what others have chosen so I’ll pour myself a glass of something and head back to the start of the thread, slàinte
At the moment the most was £90. A Glendronach 18. Usually £20 to £45.Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
It’ll be interesting to read what others have chosen so I’ll pour myself a glass of something and head back to the start of the thread
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Has anyone figured out which Islay distillery the Aldi Glen Marnoch comes from ?
Above a certain price point it becomes less about the intrinsic quality of the spirit and more about supply and demand. The trick is to get in there before everyone else drives the prices up.
Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
That's my plan and current problem...currently have 15 open bottles.This year my plans are to buy fewer but better bottles...
I've got something like 30 bottles at the moment so am also considering going to a one in, one out, policy as space is becoming a problem.
I'd read similar but don't be confident it's exactly the same stuff. I once made the mistake of buying Bowmore No 1, it was bloody awful junk, overoaked and cheap. Clearly they had swept up as much cheap spirit as they had, thrown in a few feints and tailings probably, and chucked it in oak barrels to disguise its general poor quality. It was horrible. Any distillery will have the good stuff and the stuff they send for blending and or third party bottling. Some of this second string stuff can be good, but some very definitely isn't.Things might have changed since my reading of Andrew Jefford's Peat Smoke and Spirit but my money would be on Caol Ila.
Casual poll;
What's the absolute maximum you would pay for a standard size bottle of Scottish single malt?
Have spent £100 in the past. If I know I liked something from a tasting I would probably go higher, maybe £200 but my typical max is around £60/70 with a range from £20 upwards. Typical stock:
Jack Daniels
Johnny Walker Black
Johnny Walker Green
Woodford Reserve
Caol Ila 12
Deanston 12
Laphroig Quarter Cask
Lagavulin 16
Ardbeg 10
Ardbeg Corryvrecken
Port Charlotte MRC:01
Nikka Whisky from the Barrel