What is the best scotch?

[nmcglennon]

I am trying to find a good bottle of scotch. I'm going to buy one as a gift, and one for my personal bar. I've only had scotch on occasions and don't really know of many brands besides Glenlivet and Johnny Walker.


What are your favorites kinds/brands of scotch to drink?
Do you prefer the single malts or the blended scotches?


Any insight/opinions are helpful...





Edit: Clarified thread topic.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

mmm.....scotch!

laphraoigei or however the hell you spell it!

 

[nmcglennon]

laphroaig?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: nmcglennon

What are your favorites kinds/brands of scotch?

Dewars 12 🙂

 

[TitanDiddly]

3M

 

[SurgicalShark]

Quite common reply but BLUE LABEL rocks

 

[Fritzo]

tape?

 

[new2AMD]

I like my women like I like my scotch, 15 yrs old and mixed with a little coke

 

[Colt45]

No real prefrence with scotch. i'll drink it all 😉

 

[Farbio]

Originally posted by: Colt45
No real prefrence with scotch. i'll drink it all 😉

how come, originating form a guy w/ the name of colt45 this doesn't suprise me? 😉

i'm a macallen fan personally!

 

[Dubb]

in the "affordable enough to drink regularly" category...

oban, johnnie green label, talisker, macallan 18.

in the "special treats" line

macallan 25, numerous others that only show up on rare occasion

 

[alexeikgb]

macallan....

 

[Zugzwang152]

Scoresby 😀

It's the one in the plastic bottle with VERY RARE in big red letters on the front. :thumbsup:

 

[Colt45]

Originally posted by: Farbio

Originally posted by: Colt45
No real prefrence with scotch. i'll drink it all 😉

how come, originating form a guy w/ the name of colt45 this doesn't suprise me? 😉

i'm a macallen fan personally!

😛
I actually tried some Colt45 a week or two ago, for the first time in a couple years I guess... let's say i lost the taste.

I still drank it though 😛

used to drink it a lot. heh

 

[BatmanNate]

Laphroaig
Balvenie

 

[nmcglennon]

Originally posted by: new2AMD
I like my women like I like my scotch, 15 yrs old and mixed with a little coke

lmao! 😉

 

[nmcglennon]

It seems McCallan and Laphraig are pretty popular choices... maybe I'll give those a shot. :beer:

 

[Tates]

Scapa, MacClellan Islay, Dalmore Cigar Malt, Lagavelin...to name few 🙂

 

[nmcglennon]

Originally posted by: Tates
Scapa, MacClellan Islay, Dalmore Cigar Malt, Lagavelin...to name few 🙂

Dalmore Cigar Malt... that goes well with cigars I assume? What is the difference?

 

[George P Burdell]

bump for blue label

 

[Apathetic]

Originally posted by: nmcglennon
It seems McCallan and Laphraig are pretty popular choices... maybe I'll give those a shot. :beer:

You can't go wrong with either of those.

Dave

 

[BespinReactorShaft]

Originally posted by: nmcglennon
laphroaig?

:thumbsup:

 

[SuperPickle]

One of my favs is Tomatin. It's a 12yr single-malt that goes for about $20/750mL. A very oaken taste without that medicinal overtaste that plagues most cheap scotches.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: ming2020

Originally posted by: nmcglennon
laphroaig?

:thumbsup:

Another vote for laphroaig

I don't know if it's the best, but it's my favorite

Single malt definately.

 

[BMdoobieW]

that stuff that tastes like burnt wood.