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    Quote Originally Posted by HarborSpringsPiper View Post
    So let's attack this from a different angle. I decided a long time ago that I like the smokey, peat flavor that some single malts offer (eg - Laphroaig), so I suppose that represents my bias. However, in a pinch even relatively neutral spirits such as Glenfiddich and Glenlivet are pleasant to my palate.

    Because it was on the shelf of my local liquor store, I grabbed a bottle of MacAllan 12yr. Well, I've certainly tasted much worse liquor in my time but have to admit this just isn't grabbing me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not pouring it down the drain. If fact, I have a nosing glass in hand at the moment, however, it seems a bit too phenolic to my taste. I doubt that I'll buy a bottle of this again.

    Which ones do you not like and what about them was the turn-off?


    Cough...sputter...picks himself off the floor...how could anyone write such blasphemy about the "Rolls Royce of Single Malts"? The Macallan 12 years is my brand -- if you don't like it, then please send me your bottle, and I will destroy it for you.

    Still in shock...I'll need a wee dram this evening to recover from such heresey.

    T.

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    Speyburn never did much for me. I ended up using 9/10 of the bottle for making hot buttered scotch!

    I got a Macallan 12 for Christmas and excitedly poured a glass -added a splash of water -nosed it -sipped it -and said 'bleh!'. Didn't do anything for me until the second attempt when I added more water than I usually do. Macallan benefits from that (at least according to my tongue). Most of the time I put less than a teaspoon of spring water in my single malts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post


    Cough...sputter...picks himself off the floor...how could anyone write such blasphemy about the "Rolls Royce of Single Malts"? The Macallan 12 years is my brand -- if you don't like it, then please send me your bottle, and I will destroy it for you.

    Still in shock...I'll need a wee dram this evening to recover from such heresey.

    T.
    Ditto!

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post


    Cough...sputter...picks himself off the floor...how could anyone write such blasphemy about the "Rolls Royce of Single Malts"? The Macallan 12 years is my brand -- if you don't like it, then please send me your bottle, and I will destroy it for you.

    Still in shock...I'll need a wee dram this evening to recover from such heresey.

    T.
    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Daw View Post
    Ditto!
    Me too, I'm not much of a Scotch expert, but Macallen 12 is one of my faves.
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