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Recommend a nice single malt for a SCOTCH newbie.
I've had Balvenie Doublewood and liked it a lot. I've has some nice old Glenfiddich and liked it as well, though not as much.
Give a scotch newbie some ideas, and maybe recommend a perfect glass for sipping fine scotch.
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Glenmorangie Port Wood Finish ahh!
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Macallans 18 and 25 year old, Glenmorangie 18 year old soaked in various types of Oak Casks, Barrel Strength Macallans
However as of late Trader Joes has been selling Single Malts under their own label. One of the Brands has been Macallans 10 year old for $19.95 a bottle. It is a good everyday swill of the amber liquid. I prefer a single malt Irish Whiskey. Knapouge Castle is da bomb.
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Tabs is on target here. Macallans is one of those scotches that can make a scotch drinker out of somebody who thinks they don't like scotch. I've done this many times. Some folks like the peaty scotches, but many folks don't care for that feature. Macallans is just a touch rougher tasting than water.
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Yeah, I'll third the Glenmorangie. But also give Bushmills 21 year old and Middleton Rare a try. The last two are 120-150 a bottle.
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Big fan of Lagavulin.
But Laphroaig is my all time fav. Not cheap but fairly easy to find.
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OK, The Macallan 17 is $99. The Macallan 18 is $150. Is the extra year worth $50, or are they completely different whiskeys? PS, I'm not drinking Macallan 25 unless Tabs is buying.
  
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More expensive doesn't always mean better - quite right about that. Johnnie Walker black is - for my taste at any rate - just about the best blend going. And if you fly a lot it's dirt cheap in the Duty Free shop. Moses: I haven't seen the 17 year old Macallan before. In fact I usually drink the 12 - and sometimes the 18. A few months ago a close friends father died and left an extensive whisky collection. My friend is not a whisky drinker and passed the entire collection on to me. Interestingly enough of all of the bottles I've sampled - and this will sound heretical to some - is an old bottle of Japanese Suntory. Extraordinarily round and smooth and satisfying. Quite astonishing really.
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Tabs has only bought ONE bottle of the 25 year Macallan..that was for $150.00 and he opened it on his 50 th B day. Don't need to go there again.
I had also bought 10 bottles of the 18 year old Macallan for $40 each. Still have 4 left. Bought 10 bottles on Remy XO for $75 each and have 6 left. I bought that nearly 10 years ago when FEDCO was going outa biz. Daddy gave me a bottle of Johnny Walker Red and a Bottle of Canada Dry Bourbon that he got from the President of Canada Dry as a present back in 1964. I wonder if I will ever open them?
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glenmorangie 18. [kind of light]
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I'll second the Talisker and Lagavulin already mentioned. Both are quite peaty, if you want to try something a little more along those lines than the Doublewood. I keep all three on hand. The progression in "peatiness" would go Doublewood - Talisker - Lagavulin. Laphroaig goes even one step further, but you really have to kind of work your way up through the progressively peatier single malts before trying the Laphroaig. Jumping in with both feet like that might be too much too soon.
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I love Talisker too, but I don't think a non-single malt person would like it. It tastes like sticking your head under a bbq grill lid smells. Its smokey taste is amazing, but it's as acquired a taste as is scotch itself.
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After dropping a fair amount on various suggestions I have settled on Jameson 12 year or if I'm feeling saucy I'll do the 18 year. I also like Bushmills Black Bush. The Jameson 12 and BlackBush are $30-$40ish so cheap enough for everyday use
The 18 year is about $90.Yes I know they are not "Scotch" but I have found Irish Whiskey is more my huckleberry. In fact, thanks for the reminder...I just poured three fingers of 18 year
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