Whisky advice please

glenmorngie a good one , jemason's and johnnie walker!!

macallan for me. or talisker. you've made me want one now....

Get a malt. Glenmorangie's a good bet. Laphroaig, Glenlivet are good, too, but expensive.

http://www.planetwhiskies.com/planetwhiskiestop20.html

Just buy a few random half bottles and have a blind tasting.More fun.

Best non-malt may be Black Label, if you don't want to spend too much.

you should stick to single malts if possible, any of the big names will be ok but my choice would be Lagavulin :)

1. Aberfeldy
2. Talisker
3. Johnnie Walker - Black Label

yes he likes johnnie wakler, i remember him mentioning that. he drinks the black one but i heard him say once he'd love to try the blue one one day... looked it up and it's £140 a bottle ffs!

will have a look at that link, thanks for all the advice so far

if there's one thing chit chat knows about it's drinking :)

There's now a gold label version of Johnnie Walker, not had it yet myself, its rather pricey.

Laphroiag is like TCP avoid it unless you know he likes it.

here you go gambler

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-561.aspx

job done imo :)

Whats this about Glenmorangie being a decent whisky?
I poured a glass of Glenmorangie, and another with some cheap stuff from Netto and asked a friend to judge them.
He preferred the cheap stuff and so did I.

Glenmorangie is pretty poor whisky in my opinion. although Im no whisky drinker.

Dr C, you don't put coke in them, you know!

Try Old Pulteney. It's one of the most popular in one of the best whisky bars in Scotland - The Grill in Aberdeen.

ah so the one i saw was cheap tevez?!

thanks everyone, the advice is much appreciated

In my dads cabinet there is an unopened bottle of Red Hackle it must be 50 years old, any experts out there know if its worth a few quid ?

Buy a bottle of JW Blue label

expensive, but you will be loved and honored forever .. its about the best blended you can get easily

The Macallan

If McCallen, get the 18year, not the 12 year old

Probably not. Was never a top of the range whisky, quite the opposite, and I don't know if it was exported outside of Scotland. I remember seeing billboard advertising for it still up around 1970.

jack daniels, jonny walker black, glenfiddich

jack daniels?? :0

behave!

Jack Daniels is not whisky.

Neither is Southern Comfort.

OMG someone mentioned Jack Daniels on a whisky thread.

isle of jura my fav, Morrisons is usually the best supermarket for offers on Whisky

ardbeg or bowmore. or try a jura

the other one that is a king is "Royal Loughnagar..

I have cleint in Asia and have to bring 2 nottles each time for him from heathrow so he can bribe Taiwn miliary commanders with it

not really a fan of pure whisky, it tastes too nutty and odd

pure cask whiskey that is about 60 percent is rancid.

I was in the "wHISKEY cONNOISSUERS CLUB" and bight bottle from it and they are all rancid

upside is that it looks weak when u have poured yourself a quadruple

bought several bottles from it.. mean to type

I cant type as I have drunk two bottles of Sauv Blanc and a hot whiskey

A good read for whisky fans is Iain Banks' book, Raw Spirit.

you should include at least one form Islay - they are the smokey ones. Bowmore is a fav of mine. However, I agree that Laphroaig is particularly smokey and peaty and is an qcquired taste.


A speyside one like Glenlivet has a more mellow flavour and is a nice contrast to the above

Jura is also nice

Just make sure you get a variety rather than a load of similar ones imo

RR,McCallan 18yo is over £60 a bottle,although it is a superb whisky it's a wee bit expensive for a tasting night imo.
Bunnahabain is a great malt (for an Islay imo) and you would be better trying this than Laphroig imo which really is an acquired taste.

4 which I would recommend for a taster

McCallan(original,not oak finish,the older the better and smoother)
Tamnavulin Glenlivet(light and easy to drink)
Bunnahabain(not as peaty as a typical Islay malt,very pleasant)
Glengoyne(a lowland malt and very nice imo).
These give you a selection from lowland,isles and speyside.

Everything's Gone Green 27 Nov 21:23
A good read for whisky fans is Iain Banks' book, Raw Spirit.

My dad loves Whiskey , its selling for £6.46p on amazon now tell me why I should buy it ?

Hearts, it's a great read.

It documents Banks' journey round the fantastic roads of Scotland in various old cars in search of the perfect dram.

It's a lot more than a whisky tasting book.

I used to buy my Scottish father in law Laphroaig, put coke and ice in it just to hack him off. Can't be doing with whiskey snobs meself.

Thanks for that Wur, I doubted it had much value.

Everything's Gone Green 27 Nov 21:55
Hearts, it's a great read.

It documents Banks' journey round the fantastic roads of Scotland in various old cars in search of the perfect dram.

It's a lot more than a whisky tasting book.

thank you thats a part of his xmas present bought :)

:)

And mine once I hint to the wife :)