Re: I love whiskey thread
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Any scotch will do, as long as it's not a blend, of course.
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Make sure you don't repeat this advice in front of a Scot or a scotch connoisseur. Sorry, I just cringe when I hear people say this stuff. I really want to know where this idea came from? I think it was just some marketing scheme of single malts that was very successful. Probably appeared in GQ or whatever magazine people read to learn how to be a man. What made Scotch the international drink of choice was blended scotch. Blended scotch is usually 65% grain whiskey and 35% single malt. Single malt is just what one distillery produces. A master blender must take several single malts like a chef does with ingredients to produce the same taste year after year. If the bottle comes with an age, such as 12 year old that specifies the age of the youngest scotch in it. Many blends could have scotches that are much older.
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You're right on with that. I happen to be a huge fan of the uniqueness of some of the premium single malts. but somewhere along the line there was a smear campaign against the blended brands that labeled them sort of an unhip grandpa-booze.
the finer blends like ballantine's and johnny blue/gold are just about unbeatable. in scotland, single-malts are known for their local character and tradition, while blends are renowned for the artfulness of their closely-guarded secret recipes.
god, whiskey's great. i'm going to go have a glass right now. lates!
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