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Best/favorite single malt
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Cookbook_Chip
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My son's soon to be in-laws are coming for Turkey. He drinks single malts. I usually do blends like Johnny Walker (blue if you got it!). What single malt should I get?
Lovin' my Large Egg since May 2012 (Richmond, VA)
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Bourbon man here. Get you some Woodford and introduce him to the good stuff. Also, can you believe we lost to the Citadel? I knew we were bad but not that bad. Damn!Joe - I'm a reformed gasser-holic aka 4Runner Columbia, SC Wonderful BGE Resource Site: http://www.nakedwhiz.com/ceramicfaq.htm and http://www.nibblemethis.com/ and http://playingwithfireandsmoke.blogspot.com/2006/02/recipes.html
What am I drinking now? Woodford....neat -
@4Runner big bourbon for me too! Knob Creek. Citadel? Sheesh.Lovin' my Large Egg since May 2012 (Richmond, VA) ... and makin' cookbooks at https://FamilyCookbookProject.com
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Simple question, but a broad one at that. There are so many different regions and flavour profiles - almost akin to wine. Overlay personal taste/preference, and it's next to impossible to make a "right" recommendation. My view is as follows: If they're in to smooth, relatively easy drinking, then go with a highland or lowland. If they like smokiness and peaty flavours, go with an islay. If somewhere in between, Campbeltown malts (though only a few) will hit the mark. Personally, I'm an islay guy, with Lagavulin, Laphroaig, and Ardbed being in tight rotation. When I'm not drinking islays, I'm in the Campbeltown region, sipping Springbank. Hope that helps, but there will be no shortage of opinions on this one!Ajax, ON Canada(XL BGE, MED BGE, La Caja China #2, and the wife's Napoleon gasser)
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There is such a wide range of single malts, it is hard to know another will prefer. I am working on a bottle of Springbank right now which is light and smooth, but smoky. Talisker, and Balvenie double wood are a couple of others that I like. I also like Chivas and Johnny Walker Black, and I like the Gold better than the Blue. As long as the future in-law isn't a snob, you should be fine. If he is, it will be a long visit!XLBGE, Small BGE, Homebrew and GuitarsRochester, NY
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Cookbook_Chip said:My son's soon to be in-laws are coming for Turkey. He drinks single malts. I usually do blends like Johnny Walker (blue if you got it!). What single malt should I get?
The Macallan is the standard bearer. I like highlands scotch the best, but not at all exclusively. Dalmore, glen morangie, talisker, balvenie, glen fiddich, oban, on and on and on. There are thousands. -
MacCallan
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I don't think there is a best of anything because it is subjective.
My favorite single malts are, Dahlwinie, The McCallan and Laphrogue. I don't think you could go wrong with The McCallan.Hood Stars, Wrist Crowns and Obsession Dobs! -
Damn hard football year (s) for us forshore. Might just need to buy one of everything and dive right in. That said, beat clempson!Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax
Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
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I'm a single malt myself, don't like anything blended as it muddles the flavors to me. The suggestions above are what I like too. Glenmorangie will be a good Speyside, MaCallan for Highland, and Lagavulin or Bowmore for Islay.
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Thanks guys. Since pronouncing it right is important, I can say MaCallan!Lovin' my Large Egg since May 2012 (Richmond, VA) ... and makin' cookbooks at https://FamilyCookbookProject.com
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What @bweekessaid. I used to belong to a single malt club (a gift), I received a different bottle each month. All around 150.00 a bottle. I came to love the Islay. Unfortunately, I used to love Cutty Sark, now I can't stand the cheap stuff and can't afford the good stuff!
Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX. 2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories. -
Have fun. It is really a fantastic world to explore."I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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Glenmorangie Original is a great single malt to start with, and is a winner regardless of single malt experience.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
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I also think glenlivet is a good starter. +1 on the glen morangie.
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Oh yeah, Glenlivet is nice. And Macallan was one the first single malts I had that opened my palate to how smooth scotch can be.They/Them
Morgantown, PA
XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer - PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker -
Thanks, now I had to go and pour a glass of the only stuff I have...Southlake, TX and Cowhouse Creek - King, TX. 2 Large, 1 Small and a lot of Eggcessories.
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I used to buy The Suntori Yamazaki 18yr old for around $92/bottle. Ever since they won the award for the best single malt, it more than doubled in price. This is an excellent smooth whiskey that is very enjoyable to single malt drinkers.LBGE & MiniOrlando, FL
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fljoemon said:I used to buy The Suntori Yamazaki 18yr old for around $92/bottle. Ever since they won the award for the best single malt, it more than doubled in price. This is an excellent smooth whiskey that is very enjoyable to single malt drinkers.
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Went to a Scotch tasting event a while back. I was introduced to Highland Park. I have tried pretty much all the brands in this thread. My go-to Scotch is now Highland Park 18. Simply awesome.Winnipeg, Canada
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Aberfeldy 12 year old, best buy on the market for single malt snobs.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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I'm partial to the Islay single malts. Lagavulin Distiller's Edition is sex in a bottle.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Thanks fellers. I went with Glenmorangie original. Hoo-boy! Is that some smoooooth whisky! I definitely want to try all your suggestions at some time in my life. Happy Thanksgiving!Lovin' my Large Egg since May 2012 (Richmond, VA) ... and makin' cookbooks at https://FamilyCookbookProject.com
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Balvenie 21 Port Wood is a favorite, but the price has tripled in the last 10yrs.Basking Ridge, NJ - XL with KAB
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My favorite is Laphroaig 10 year old. You have to like the Islay scotches which tend to be saltier/peatier/smokier but for me it is unimprovable.Toronto ON
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macallan 18 (ive been priced out of this world the last few years but this was the choice scotch for alot of fishing trips out west) and laphroaig. picking someone a single malt that likes single malts is a shot in the dark, i hate most single malts, maybe ask the wife. never cared for scotch until i walked into an irish bar on opening day, first customer of the morning, they gave me a bottle of paddy irish whiskey to celebrate, not scotch but it opened the door and its priced properly paddy taste more like scotch than what we consider wiskey, i would put a bottle out and see what he thinks
fukahwee maineyou can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it -
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If you can get it, and aren't set on Scotch, you could try Crown Royal Northern Harvest. It is a Canadian Rye and was recently rated the best whisky in the world by the Whisky Bible.Toronto ON
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The Yamazaki 12 year nearly brought a tear to my eye.
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MaCallan 15 year is one of my favorites.
NW IA
2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe
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I like this over the older. But that's just me.
Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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