please guide the clueless! with single malt.

[Pour1Malt]

aye Balvenie fits intae the...

sherry, sweeter, toasty, orangy, spicy area...

guid whisky indeed!

[corbinj]

Thanks guys you help alot. Since i have never tasted any single malt, the language of it all sounds like chinese to me. You have given me many places to start.

[Andrew Green]

I dunno... I went from a Speyside to a Islay and loved it. I then moved to a Highland with no complaints... I like the smokey, peatiness of the Highlands, and I like the smokey, sea air taste of the Islays (I really like Bowmore, but am always searching for new stuff to try).

I would talk to your brother, and see what he is developing a preference for, and get him something from the same region, but a different distillery... just to keep relatively in line with his tastes, but help him keep an open mind. Whiskies are a lot of fun, and the nuances of a good malt rival that of the best Brandies (or in my particular tastes, Absinthe or a good beer) out there.

[Pour1Malt]

anither wee bit o' malt advice...

Malt is usually bottled under the name o the distillery (by the distillery...)

but no always...

sometimes malt whisky is bottled under anither name... (an' the bottler is no allowed tae use the real name o' the distillery)

sometimes they name the whisky some name o' a nearby area or town in order tae "hint" tae folk as tae which whisky it really is...

a recent yin ai wuz asked aboot is a malt named... "Coulnacraggan"...

"Coulnacraggan" is no a distillery... but it is a town on the Isle of Skye... ai assume the bottlers arr "hinting" that this is Talisker... which is made ainly a few miles awa' frae Coulnacraggan...

if it is Talisker... an it is a guid price- buy it oop!

but it may no be...

look fur a few things afore ya buy...

1- see if you can get the name o' the distillery it came frae...

2- see if it is actually Single Malt Scotch Whisky... no just Scotch Whisky... no Vatted Malt... no Pure Malt... no Blended Malt...no WhiskEy...

[Mr. Kilt]

Yesterday I decided to buy some liquor to have in the house for guests. We rarely drink ourselves so we've never really had anything on hand.

One of the items I bought was some 12-y/o Glenlivet. Karen and I decided to try some last night as neither of us have ever tried any form of Scotch before. Well, I hate to admit this, but we cannot drink the stuff! I used P1M's "guidelines" from this thread, right down to the tulip glasses. Just didn't work for us.

Oh well, more for our guests! We'll stick to Baileys.

[Pour1Malt]

Yesterday I decided to buy some liquor to have in the house for guests. We rarely drink ourselves so we've never really had anything on hand.

One of the items I bought was some 12-y/o Glenlivet. Karen and I decided to try some last night as neither of us have ever tried any form of Scotch before. Well, I hate to admit this, but we cannot drink the stuff! I used P1M's "guidelines" from this thread, right down to the tulip glasses. Just didn't work for us.

Oh well, more for our guests! We'll stick to Baileys.

apprieciating the complex flavours o' malt dinsae happen o'er nicht...

it taks TIME... it took me twa years....

it will tak ya at least that lang if you have trained yur tastebuds tae enjoy somethin' super sugery-milky like Baileys...

start wi' blended whisky mixed wi' coke, 7up, ginger ale... something sweet....

an wean yursel aff the suger an intae the whisky o'er a lang time....

(ai gave step by step instructions oan anither threid... ai canne fin it noo....)

[Andrew Green]

P1M is an endless vault of whisky advice... but the most important piece is:
"no WhiskEy"... don't by it if there is an E in there... Scotch Whisky... no E.
Also, watch out for some of the Canadian blends... some of them, for some ungodly confusing reason are also labeled as "Whisky."

[corbinj]

Thanks again guys. Sorry about the "e" in my original question. Just proves how little I know about this mighty big subject. This is exactly the kind of info I was looking for. thanks again , Corbin

[Andrew Green]

Helps to keep you from buyin' the wrong product (gotta watch out for those sneaky Canadians ya know )!
Have fun!

[Pour1Malt]

FYI

ai started a new oan gaein' threid in the PUB...

ca'd-

Pour1Malt's E'erything Ya Need Tae Ken Aboot Malt Whisky!

ai'll bae re-postin' Malt Whisky info there...