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I know my BIL has a bottle of Glenlivet (he highly recommends) that is a special bottle given by a rep of Glenlivet... supposedly the really really good stuff.
I'll admit my Absinthe knowlege & prefferrence trumps any whisky drinks to me except that special occasional Johnny Walker (Blue) mixer or the less expensive more common black we normally use.
I have my ear out though for this thread as my DH is recently interested in appraising whisky as his fine drinks... so any knowledge shared here will aid to my purchase of that fine bottle after my research.
P.S. Absinthe is also much researched before partaking it as a hobby & interests... great readings anyways.
Also, older scotch is not always better, even though I raved about the 30+ year old sheep dip. The aberlour a'bundah is young but great(7, 8 years old I think). While the glenlivet 12 is older but boring. I also just went too a tasting and had the Bunnahbain 12 which I enjoyed more than the 18 and more than the Deanston 30 year old (same master distiller).
I agree with this, what's the saying? "there is a such thing as over-aging", in my opinion, Glenlivet has fallen into that trap. I like the 12 and the 15 more than the 18, but i do prefer the 16 yr old nadurra over all - a bit scratchy, but a bit more volume taste-wise to me. This isn't a slam against Glenlivet, but I like the Nadurra because it doesn't taste like a standard Glenlivet. I do adore their Snow Phoenix though, what a wonderful bottling.
I wish the scotch whisky (no e) powers that be would outlaw chill filtration and caramel coloring. You can't do that to bourbon, so why scotch? At least the label should state it if it does.
I agree with this, what's the saying? "there is a such thing as over-aging", in my opinion, Glenlivet has fallen into that trap. I like the 12 and the 15 more than the 18, but i do prefer the 16 yr old nadurra over all - a bit scratchy, but a bit more volume taste-wise to me. This isn't a slam against Glenlivet, but I like the Nadurra because it doesn't taste like a standard Glenlivet. I do adore their Snow Phoenix though, what a wonderful bottling.
I think the quality of the casks makes a huge difference too. I mean aging more in crappy barrels aint better then less aging in good barrels. I heard somewhere that about 60% of the flavor comes from the barrels.
I haven't tried very many but I will always love Johnnie Walker Blue Label. I know purists don't like blends but my friend bought me a bottle for my 21'st birthday and it holds a special place with me.
(spelling doesn't count) I really like Laphroaig, I forgot which type I had but it was nice. I also had a Dahlwinnie that was smokey and nice. I like the more woody, smokey whiskies. I'll drink any Scotch, though.
I think the quality of the casks makes a huge difference too. I mean aging more in crappy barrels aint better then less aging in good barrels. I heard somewhere that about 60% of the flavor comes from the barrels.
Here's a little known Scotch Whisky fact... the majority of Scotch Whisky today is aged in barrels that originated near Bloomington, Indiana.
Why? Because gradually all the bourbon makers stopped making their own barrels, and began buying the legally required virgin oak barrels from outside coopers, and one near Bloomington has come to dominate the market.
Then once the bourbon has aged, and the barrels have been emptied, they get knocked down and the staves stacked in shipping containers and shipped to Scotland, where they are reassembled and reused many times in the aging of malt whiskies.
I thought of all you scotch drinkers last weekend. I was in No Ca for my stepmoms memorial service: the officiating Episcopal priest is an old family friend who is no longer a full time priest. He lives in San Francisco and works for a large company that deals in J. Walker as well as a huge group of distillaries. I can't remember the name of the company, it begins with D. Anyway we had a great discussing on liqour and wines. Several of you would have enjoyed talking to him. He is a master of spirits, I think that is what his blog says, something like that anyway...
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