Single Malts, continued

**Andrew Breecher** · 26th December 04, 10:13 AM

You still come out ahead, but that must be one fine bottle of Scotch!

I found some good peated barley to use for my latest batch of beer, and while it was cooking the smell of peat filled the kitchen. Yum.

Andrew.

**Muddy** · 27th December 04, 05:13 PM

NEW SCOTCH ALERT!!
I just picked something up at the
local liquor store. It's quite good.
It's a single malt called: "Glen Deveron".
It's quite tasty and here's the amazing part...
I paid $18.50 (American dollars) for it!!!
Now that's cheap for a single malt. I cannot regularly afford 50 to 80 bucks a bottle (and up) for
good scotch the way I go through it and a "splurge"
for me is often $23 or so for some Famous Grouse or
Dewars so this is a very nice find! It is quite a good scotch for $18.50. It is aged 5 years and comes
from the MacDuff distillery in the Highlands.
Just a tip. Look for it.
Slainte!
Muddy

**Shamalama** · 6th January 05, 05:33 AM

This is a great adventure I'm only now just starting.

Last March I "christened" my new house with something I'd never tried, something called a "single malt whisky". I had been a life-long beer drinker since college.

It was Talisker. My wife, some close friends, and I were going to down a few sips in honor of our house, but before the night was through we ended up christening each and every room, hallway, and closet. The ladies were not pleased with Talisker's smokiness, but I found it bold yet soothing.

A few weeks later I decided to purchase my second bottle of single malt, something called Laphroaig. Whereas Talisker would put hair on your chest, Laphroaig would make it fall back out. Potent, not shy. I read somewhere that it's a mixture of diesel fuel and sea spray. The only downside was that everyone in the house knew when I uncorked the bottle. I finished it over the course of a month, and only minor medical attention was required.

Since then I have tried a few others, but I have settled on The Glenlivet 12 (not the sherry wood one) as my "normal" scotch. I want to try Oban but I can't seem to find it anywhere in Atlanta (USA).

**Aaron** · 6th January 05, 06:47 AM

Derek wrote:

Hi Chris .... Just to let you know a Welsh Whiskey was launched on St Davids Day.
Its a single malt called 'Penderyn' ... the name taken from the village where it is made in the brecon beacons national park. If you want me to find out some more about it let me know. I could'nt find much about it on the net, but I'll call in an off licience and check it out.
Derek

As far as I can remember from the E-mail exchange I had with them (I've since deleted it, so I'm working from my poor memory) the Welsh Whiskey Company (Y Cwmni Wisgi Cymreig) was supposed to have a showing of Penderyn in New York in February. Mind you, it's been a while and I'm not certain of the details, but it still means I'll not be getting my hands on it here in the states for quite a while, if ever.

It's, as always, a sad, sad day for the diaspora.

**David in Maryland** · 6th January 05, 08:01 AM

I currently have a bottle of Glen Morangie Sherry wood finish and a bottle of 10 year Ardbeg. I typically keep Taliskers, an Islay scotch, and a new bottle of scotch I have never tried, but I have not had a chance to pick up a bottle of Taliskers. Taliskers I keep because I am a MacLeod, and Taliskers was started by the MacAskills, and is made in the Cullins of Skye. The MacAskills are a sept of the MacLeods, and many MacLeods say the real reason why is that the MacAskills opened the Taliskers distillery. Yeah, the MacAskills did carry the heads of some MacDonalds on a pike to the MacLeod chief after a MacLeod/MacDonald battle. The chief then made the MacAskills a sept, but the MacAskills do make a fine scotch. I keep a different bottle of Islay scotch because I like them all, so after I finish one bottle, I buy a different Islay. The third bottle is always a scotch I have not had so I can try something new. Another favorite of mine is MacCallans Cask Strength. That's some good stuff. I know everyone will think that I must be crazy, but I personally prefer MacCallans Cask Strength straight with nothing in it.

I usually bring over a bottle of scotch to my neighbor and we usually sample. He has never had a scotch as peaty as Ardbeg or other Islays. I gave him a shot, smelled it, scruntched up his face, shot it down, and cursed me out for 30 minues. He calls Ardbeg liquiffied wood. I will say when he is pretty drunk, he wants to have a few shots of Ardbeg.

**Jewddha** · 6th January 05, 04:27 PM

I bet I'm one of the only minors on this board, eh?

**Kiltbear** · 6th January 05, 05:55 PM

I am ashamed to admit that tho I have visited Talisker, Glenfiddich, Lochnagar, Dalwhinnie and Edragour distilleries I hate/loathe/detest whisky. Its like cough medicine which has passed its sell by date.

**Alan H** · 6th January 05, 06:01 PM

Since my snooter got mashed when I was ....

I'd spin a story about boarding the pirate ship, cutlass in hand, hacking my way through the mass of swarthy men to free the Spanish Countess and so on, but actually I stepped on a garden tool in the field behind the little league baseball field when I was eight, and it swung up and plastered me in the snotlocker.....

Anyway, I can't smell all that good. I don't smell all that great, either. Thank God for small blessings.

The nuances of taste are lost on me.

I do like a good, stout beer, though.

**beerandtat2s** · 6th January 05, 10:27 PM

This is one of my favorite post. As I sit in a hotel room waiting for my ship to leave on a world cruise I am sipping one of my standards...Glenlivet. Mostly a favorite because it can be found almost everywhere in the states. Along with Glenfiddich also nice. I usually like the Islay series, but it takes quite a time to get used to the peat flavor. The peat is one of the reasons I started brewing Scotch Ale. A great lower alcohol content beer substitute for our wonderous liquor. I have to admit, the La's are my farvorites...Lagavulian and Laphraig, but there is another less expensive alternative. It isn't as complex, but has a nice peat flavor and gives an option of trying the highland and lowland flavors. Maclelland. I have found it for around 18 USD a bottle. The Islay is a standard when I am trying to introduce others to the different taste of scotch. Good drinking and keep kilting.

James