drinking whiskey
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am currently enjoying my 3rd glass of the Bailie Nichol Jarvie, having bought it earlier for £14 from tesco [ok, i spent £28 but i smashed the first almost as soon as i got home, d'oh!].
being as the only others near this price were bells and own brand, i was very pleasantly suprised. its very very drinkable, being smooth and subtle with a slightly sweet finish. 10 times as good as bells imo, and i just found out its made by glenmorangie, so no doubt its blended from some pretty good stuff.
just wondering what whiskies other people put in their 'drinking' category. this is based on my dad's categorising of whiskey into 'supping' and 'drinking'. a supping is usually quite rare and one to saviour, whereas a drinking usually lasts a week.
i usually have a bottle Stewarts Cream of the Barley as a drinker, but at 11pm in a supermarket was glad i found the BNJ.
hang on, glass is empty.......best make it a fourth.......
being as the only others near this price were bells and own brand, i was very pleasantly suprised. its very very drinkable, being smooth and subtle with a slightly sweet finish. 10 times as good as bells imo, and i just found out its made by glenmorangie, so no doubt its blended from some pretty good stuff.
just wondering what whiskies other people put in their 'drinking' category. this is based on my dad's categorising of whiskey into 'supping' and 'drinking'. a supping is usually quite rare and one to saviour, whereas a drinking usually lasts a week.
i usually have a bottle Stewarts Cream of the Barley as a drinker, but at 11pm in a supermarket was glad i found the BNJ.
hang on, glass is empty.......best make it a fourth.......
First of all, Scotch is whisky, not whiskey.
Blended whisky is OK for mixing, but if you want to drink it on its own, it must be a single malt. There is a saying that there are no bad malts, just good malts and better malts. My preference is for Islay malts, particularly Laphroaig and Bruichladdich. Try a few and see which you like!
Blended whisky is OK for mixing, but if you want to drink it on its own, it must be a single malt. There is a saying that there are no bad malts, just good malts and better malts. My preference is for Islay malts, particularly Laphroaig and Bruichladdich. Try a few and see which you like!
didn't know about the spelling, cheers.
i have grown up with a parent and an uncle who seems to think finding the most obscure single malt is an olympic sport, so i know what you mean by single vs blended. i agree on the bruichladdich, and recently spent £40 on a bottle myself, but don't neccesarily agree that it has to be a single malt to be drunk on its own. i'd bought a mixer with the BNJ as i thought i'd need it, but was pleased when i found i didn't.
what i am after is suggestions for £10-15 bottles, which are going to be mainly blended, that are genuinely nice to drink. I can live with adding a £14 bottle to a weekly/fortnightly shop, but if it's £30+ then i find i'd need a good reason. maybe i should drink less!
i have grown up with a parent and an uncle who seems to think finding the most obscure single malt is an olympic sport, so i know what you mean by single vs blended. i agree on the bruichladdich, and recently spent £40 on a bottle myself, but don't neccesarily agree that it has to be a single malt to be drunk on its own. i'd bought a mixer with the BNJ as i thought i'd need it, but was pleased when i found i didn't.
what i am after is suggestions for £10-15 bottles, which are going to be mainly blended, that are genuinely nice to drink. I can live with adding a £14 bottle to a weekly/fortnightly shop, but if it's £30+ then i find i'd need a good reason. maybe i should drink less!
Edited by shirt on Wednesday 23 July 00:46
shirt said:
what i am after is suggestions for £10-15 bottles, which are going to be mainly blended, that are genuinely nice to drink.
I don't drink Whisky myself, but this is interesting. They did it last year with Champagne, beating all the top houses in a blind tasting.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/20...
A SUPERMARKET malt has beaten some of the world's most famous whiskies to take top prize in the drink industry's answer to the Oscars.
Tesco's 12 Year Old Highland Single Malt was judged to taste better than heavyweight names such as Laphroaig, Glenmorangie, Bowmore and Glenkinchie at the International Wine and Spirit Competition awards.
The Tesco tipple won the Anglo Overseas Trophy for the best malt whisky up to 15 years old in the whole competition.
The judges were impressed by its "very attractive nose, ripe fruit notes and vanilla and sweet spice following".
They praised the Tesco whisky as "smooth and mellow in the mouth, with hints of Christmas cake, marzipan, marmalade and almonds".
And they added that its "good dollop of malt balances the fruit notes and its soft floral backing throughout".
All wines, spirits and liqueurs in the annual contest are blind-tasted in groups divided by variety, region and vintage.
Tesco bosses say their malt is also a winner on price. At £15.58 a bottle, it's around £10 cheaper than many of its rivals.
Simon Dunn, Tesco's senior spirits buyer, said: "Our range of own-label whiskies are made for us by well-known distillers and are extremely popular with customers.
"This award will come as a real shock to the centuries-old whisky industry, which is not noted for its keen appreciation of supermarket varieties.
"To beat world-renowned whiskies such as Laphroaig and Glenmorangie is some achievement and will hopefully help encourage all malt lovers to try our brand.
"The award underlines what our customers already know - that our own-label offerings are more than a match for the world's leading single malt Scotch whiskies."
The Scotch Whisky Association - the trade body for Scotland's distillers - refused to comment on the award.
A spokesman said: "It would not be for us to talk about the merits of one whisky over another."
Edited by whitechief on Wednesday 23 July 10:25
Alex said:
First of all, Scotch is whisky, not whiskey.
Blended whisky is OK for mixing, but if you want to drink it on its own, it must be a single malt. There is a saying that there are no bad malts, just good malts and better malts. My preference is for Islay malts, particularly Laphroaig and Bruichladdich. Try a few and see which you like!
How? HOW? It tastes like your drinking petrol through a bog!!!!Blended whisky is OK for mixing, but if you want to drink it on its own, it must be a single malt. There is a saying that there are no bad malts, just good malts and better malts. My preference is for Islay malts, particularly Laphroaig and Bruichladdich. Try a few and see which you like!
I dont understand them, I keep trying, but I still cant understand. I can get my head round high/lowlands and even a speyside, but I simply cannot fathom what they are supposed to taste like in a likeable way.
SwanJack said:
Matt172 said:
bought a bottle of this for special ocasions on our way back from honeymoon, I've not tried it yet, but the mrs says it is 
Did you do the tour at the Middleton Distillery? I found it V good. Bought a bottle of the Middleton reserve. Didn't last long. Matt172 said:
SwanJack said:
Matt172 said:
bought a bottle of this for special ocasions on our way back from honeymoon, I've not tried it yet, but the mrs says it is
Did you do the tour at the Middleton Distillery? I found it V good. Bought a bottle of the Middleton reserve. Didn't last long. SwanJack said:
Matt172 said:
SwanJack said:
Matt172 said:
bought a bottle of this for special ocasions on our way back from honeymoon, I've not tried it yet, but the mrs says it is
Did you do the tour at the Middleton Distillery? I found it V good. Bought a bottle of the Middleton reserve. Didn't last long. 
They don't actually make any whiskey at the Jameson Distillery any more - it's purely a visitors' centre now. There is a new distillery next to the visitors' centre in Midleton, East Cork where the whiskies are made.Both the Midleton Very Rare and the Midleton Reserve are delicious, so who cares where they're made!
Edited by markomah on Tuesday 29th July 15:19
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