What is your favorite Scotch Whisky

Blak Smyth · 07-12-2011, 12:09 PM

Really never tried Scotch. Someday maybe I will, I'm sure it needs to be good stuff to truly appreciate it.

JohnnyFlake · 07-12-2011, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

Really never tried Scotch. Someday maybe I will, I'm sure it needs to be good stuff to truly appreciate it.

If you definition of "Good Stuff" is high-end & expensive, that is not true! Unless you decide to fall into the category of a "Scotch Snob" who believes that the only good scotches are High-End Single Malts, there are a multitude of Blended Scotches in the $35 or less range and even a few Single Malts in that range that are excellent scotches.

Blak Smyth · 07-13-2011, 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

If you definition of "Good Stuff" is high-end & expensive, that is not true! Unless you decide to fall into the category of a "Scotch Snob" who believes that the only good scotches are High-End Single Malts, there are a multitude of Blended Scotches in the $35 or less range and even a few Single Malts in that range that are excellent scotches.

I have no clue, just assumed more expensive means aged or better porducts. Apparently not the way it works.

yourchoice · 07-13-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

I have no clue, just assumed more expensive means aged or better porducts. Apparently not the way it works.

In some cases, that is true, but I think you would have to acquire the taste for Scotch in general to appreciate the higher end Scotches nuances. I didn't buy my first $50+ Scotch until I thought I felt I appreciated and understood Scotch and the different parts of Scotland that produce different types (FWIW, I still predominately drink the <$50 stuff).

Likening it to cigars, I wouldn't (and didn't

) buy a Padron 80th Maduro as my first foray into cigars...I knew I wouldn't appreciate it. Years later, I still smoke a lot of affordable cigars, while sometimes treating myself to something higher end. <----Substitute Lagavulin for Padron and Scotch for cigars and I think the sentence still has merit.

07-14-2011, 04:26 PM

My tastes range from cheap blends to expensive single malts. I've sampled some high-end stuff that tasted like a burning truck tire and some low-end stuff that was smooth as silk.

Famous Grouse is good stuff for sure......

I recently picked up The Balvenie 15yr Rum Cask ($60) that is out of this world! Gonna pair it with an AF SG CB tonight. Yum.

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lilwing88 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: What is your favorite Scotch Whisky My tastes range from cheap blends to expensive single malts. I've sampled some high-end stuff that tasted like a burning truck tire and some low-end stuff that was smooth as silk. Famous Grouse is good stuff for sure...... I recently picked up The Balvenie 15yr Rum Cask ($60) that is out of this world! Gonna pair it with an AF SG CB tonight. Yum.