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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Turned on to Aberlour A'bunadh, by Penn.
The only scotch I drink.
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My top whisky houses.
- Aberlour
- Balvenie
- Glenmorangie
- Glenfiddich
- Highland Park
- Macallan
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Lagavulin 16: Legends take time
The definitive Islay malt—intensely flavoured, smoky and rich. The windswept Isle of Islay instils a strength of character into everything it produces and its here, nestled in a small bay that our beloved whisky has been made for over 200 years.
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and I don't like it, tastes like a salt lick that spent the winter in the milk barn, disgusting & vile to the pallet, gruff on the tongue, not in my whisky cabinet..
Good whisky can be somewhat judged by age and price.
The longer it ages the more alcohol evaporates from the barrels. Think time & labor. You can make shine in a week at 140 proof with ZERO flavor.
Age that shine in a new oak barrel for 5 yrs, move it to a USED Port wine for another 8 yrs and maybe finish it in a sherry cask for a while,, that's where the labor & carrying cost piles up.
Like any modern business, they have some true classics and they also tend some one-off, special cask bottlings. SO, if you have a good local store you get "specials"
I have had the pleasure of three separate special bottles, each was numbered xxx of yyy, with the cask number. Truly exceptional. I try to stay away from specials as my pocketbook cries when I pick up a bottle.
Just be careful,, the higher-priced bottles are rarely that much better than the moderate-priced bottles.
With exceptions, very good whisky can be had in the 50-100 USD price range.
Here is a good starter list:
https://www.liquor.com/best-single-m...iskies-5070384
Best under 100 USD list
https://robbreport.com/food-drink/sp...guide-2947118/
Might want to find a copy of Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch, A connoisseur's guide to the Single Malt whiskies of Scotland Hardcover – January 1, 1991, by Michael Jackson (Author) It's older but will get you thru the muck of who, where, and when..