Originally Posted by
mookien
You mentioned Macallan, and like you, I think the 12 is the best (by far) of the scotches you listed. If you like that oakey nose/flavor (as I do), you might try the 15 yr. or the 17 yr.
Getting away from the ones with a lot of peat-reek, mainly Islay and other Island malts, the "oakier" Highland malts are my "other most favorite ones".
For the novice shooter -- I bring this up because my SO asked me to take her to a nearby range on Saturday and begin teaching her -- I recommend certain specific types of tools because they're very basic and relatively idiot-proof. As a direct analogue, with single malts I recommend The Glenlivet 12-year: It's a no-frills oak-casked malt that serves as an excellent "baseline" to begin understanding what this is all about and from which to begin analyzing and comparing others. It has the added virtue of not being terribly expensive.
All that said, I have to give an enthusiastic thumbs-up to ALL the recommendations made so far!
Last edited by Dale Seago; 26th March 12 at 08:05 PM.
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