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Hi chaps,
I'd like to get my father a nice bottle of whiksy for Christmas - he rather likes a good whisky. Either something that I'm likely to be able to get from a wineshop type of place or something I could order online. He quite likes Irish Whiskey, but he also does like Scottish Whisky - but I thought I'd either treat him to a few smaller sample bottles of each or a very good one from either. I know nothing of it and don't drink it so I see things like aged 15 years and lots of big foreign sounding words and think "great!" - but for fear of a Stan - "it's ****E!" sort of reaction I'd rather get something which is decent. Ta. 
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06-12-2010, 11:12
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Is he a blend or single malt sort of man? Does he like the smoky/peatier ones or the sweeter ones?
Something like a Balvenie Double Wood or Dalwhinnie 15 yo are usually a safe bet. I'd stay away from Laphroig, Octomore and so on if you don't know if he likes the smoky ones. |
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06-12-2010, 11:32
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He doesn't like Laphroig, but loves Black Bushmills which I know is an Irish Whiskey. However he always has it so thought maybe get something else. Not sure what sort of whiskey black bushmills is.
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06-12-2010, 11:46
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Black Bush is a blend but from what I remember it's mostly a single malt matured in sherry casks with a small amount of blending.
Glenmorangie do a really nice sherry cask single malt so that's worth a look as is Abourlor double wood (matured in oak and sherry casks). |
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06-12-2010, 11:59
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Cool - will look at those - thanks old bean.
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06-12-2010, 13:39
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Another point of Irish whiskey is that it is usually triple distilled whereas Scottish whisky tends to be double distilled.
One of the few Scottish whiskies to be triple distilled is Auchentoshan - a Lowland malt. The Three Wood expression is finished in sherry casks and is, in my humble opinion, an excellent whisky. The standard expression and the 12yo are also very good. Also, if you're looking at the sherry cask Glenmorangie, you might want to check out the Port cask version as well. I'm not a huge fan of standard Glenmorangie but I quite liked the Port wood expression. The Aberlour recommended by Paul is another excellent whisky.
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This is perfect for me. I went into one of the shops in Dufftown a few years ago over the new year week and it was dead, so the guy said "right, we'll find your perfect whisky" and produced bottle after bottle, with me saying "hmmm, I like the sweetness of that, but it's a tad too smokey..." or "nice amount of smoke, but too sweet..." and so on while he whittled the choices down. I can now say that this is the best whisky I have tasted. |
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06-12-2010, 14:57
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Funnily enough I was going to suggest Auchentoshan too
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06-12-2010, 18:55
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06-12-2010, 15:24
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Thanks for the info chaps - I shall see what I can find!
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