Scotch Tasting

Ulysses · #1 01-25-2005, 10:05 PM

A friend and I organized a Scotch tasting for Sunday. A few of us are all taking a bottle. Here's what we have so far:

Glenmorangie 10
Balvenie 10
Balvenie 12 Doublewood
Laphroaig 10
Lagavulin 16
Glenlivet 18
Glenlivet 18 French Oak

andyfox · #2 01-25-2005, 10:09 PM

You guys like Oban?

pshreck · #3 01-25-2005, 10:10 PM

7 should be plenty.

I was a part of a whiskey tasting once which involved 12 bottles, and things got out of hand and no one could tell the difference between the drinks.

I think actually around 5 or so per tasting would be ideal, as I believe you should have a full 2 oz of the scotch to really appreciate it, as opposed to just sips.

slickpoppa · #4 01-25-2005, 10:14 PM

I've never really understood this whole enjoying the taste of expensive alcohol thing. I've had some good stuff before, but to me it just tasted a little less nasty than the cheap stuff. Just give me a shot of 151 and I'm happy.

Ulysses · #5 01-25-2005, 10:15 PM

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You guys like Oban?

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A couple are huge Oban fans. I like it OK, but I prefer less peaty scotches. I'm not a huge fan of any of the Islays either.

daryn · #6 01-25-2005, 11:44 PM

what's up with islay?

Zeno · #7 01-26-2005, 01:55 AM

Try this one and let me know what you think. I purchase a bottle a few years ago and enjoyed it Dalwhinnie. Smoky flavor.

-Zeno

theantelope · #8 01-26-2005, 02:00 AM

I got incredibly sick off of that stuff.

Probably a testament to its good taste and drinkability. I had a shitload. Or a puke-load, as the case was.

Justin A · #9 01-26-2005, 02:04 AM

I'll have a scotch on the rocks, please. Any scotch will do, as long as it's not a blend, of course. Single malt, Glen Livet, Glen Galley, perhaps, any glen will do.

MortalNuts · #10 01-26-2005, 02:12 AM

I'm jealous. That Lagavulin 16-year is fantastic, but I haven't bought a bottle in a while owing to the huge increase in cost. (I used to be able to get it for $50 or less, and now it's by default $85 or so at my local liquor store.)

We're actually starting up a weekly "single-malt hour" at my workplace, and the first session is later this week. (We did this a few years ago, too, but the group disbanded when some of the key participants moved.) Any suggestions for less well-known scotches at a reasonable (sub 100, preferably sub 75) price? Because otherwise I'll probably just bring balvenie or lagavulin like all the time.

-mn