What dram is in your quaich?

[ASinclair]

Highland Park 12

[MacKenzie]

Highland Park 12

That just appeared at the local purveyor of spirits. How is it?

[Jock Scot]

I cannot speak for Allen, but many over here would consider Highland Park 12 as one of the best.

[MacKenzie]

Then I'll have to give it a try.

[ASinclair]

That just appeared at the local purveyor of spirits. How is it?

Highland Park 12 has a wonderful oak smell (reminds me of a dockside warehouse, the timbers having absorbed seawater and salt air). Going down, it has a smoky burn -- peaty, but not too peaty. You can count me among those that, as Jock said, consider it one of the best.

[Orvis]

Highland Park 12 has a wonderful oak smell (reminds me of a dockside warehouse, the timbers having absorbed seawater and salt air). Going down, it has a smoky burn -- peaty, but not too peaty. You can count me among those that, as Jock said, consider it one of the best.

When my daughter got married, she gave me a bottle of Highland Park 21 year old as a rehearsal gift. She knew nothing about whisky and chose it simply because it was bottled in the year she was born. To me, nectar of the gods! It lasted me about five years, only brought forth on special occasions and consumed neat from a very small silver cup. I've tried the Highland Park 12, too, and concur with the remarks above.

[derosa]

Any suggestions for a truly gluten free whiskey of some quality. Wife's step-father has developed a gluten allergy and finds that he has a small reaction to the Dewars that he likes to drink, wouldn't be bad to have something a little nicer to surprise him with the next time he comes round. I lean in the direction of rum in general though after reading this and some other threads here I'm clearly going to have to dabble.
I should also note that while I like the man, I'm cheap and I don't like him that much so the 50.00ish range would be ideal and not over 100.00 (I'm not that cheap if I'll also be enjoying it)

[fflex]

Any suggestions for a truly gluten free whiskey of some quality. Wife's step-father has developed a gluten allergy and finds that he has a small reaction to the Dewars that he likes to drink, wouldn't be bad to have something a little nicer to surprise him with the next time he comes round. I lean in the direction of rum in general though after reading this and some other threads here I'm clearly going to have to dabble.
I should also note that while I like the man, I'm cheap and I don't like him that much so the 50.00ish range would be ideal and not over 100.00 (I'm not that cheap if I'll also be enjoying it)

I may be wrong, but I thought all distilled alcohol was considered gluten free..

[derosa]

When you look up Dewars it isn't given that it's gluten free and he does get a slight rash after drinking it.

[DyerStraits]

According to https://www.celiac.com/articles/222/...es/Page1.html:

Nearly all whiskeys are made with gluten-containing cereal grains. The final product does not contain gluten, but cannot be advertised or labeled as gluten-free. Many people with celiac disease choose to avoid whiskey, while many others drink it with no adverse effects.

Gluten-free whiskey brands include:

Queen Jennie Whiskey, by Old Sugar Distillery is made entirely from sorghum (But if it's sorghum-based, wouldn't that technically make it rum, not whisky?)

Whiskeys distilled from cereal grains include:

Bourbon—Benjamin Prichard's, Booker's, Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Early Times, Ezra Brooks, Jefferson's Bourbon, Knob Creek, Makers Mark, Old Crow, Old Forester, Old Grand-Dad
Canadian Whiskey—Alberta Premium, Black Velvet, Canadian Club, Crown Royal,
Tenesse Whiskey—Jack Daniels, George Dickel.
Irish Whiskey—Bushmills, Jameson, Kilbeggan, Redbreast, Tullamore Dew
Japanese Blended Whiskey—Hibiki, Kakubin, Nikka,
Japanese Single Malt Whiskey—Hakushu, Yamazaki, Yoichi
Rye Whiskey—Alberta Premium, Bulleitt
Scotch Whiskey Blends—Ballentine's, Bell's, Black Grouse, Chivas Regal, Cutty Sark, Dewar's, Famous Grouse, Johnnie Walker, Teacher's, Whitehorse
Scotch Whiskey Single Malts—Bowmore, Glenfiddich, Glen Grant, The Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Highland Park, Knockando, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Macallan, Monkey Shoulder, Singleton, Talisker
Taiwanese Whiskey—Kavalan Classic

All that said, I personally am very fond of the Nardini Risirva Grappa Classic range of barrel-aged grappas (http://www.nardini.it/en/grappa-rise...rrel-aged.html), which may not have the full depth and complexity of comparable Single Malts but otherwise very much remind me of them.