Consolidated "Scotch - Best & Worst, recommendations, questions" thread
Jan 25, 2016, 9:27 pm
#872
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Mar 1, 2016, 10:37 am
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It's been over a month. Figured I would bump this to the top.
Does anyone here have a daily drinker blended scotch to recommend?
Famous Grouse or the like?
Does anyone here have a daily drinker blended scotch to recommend?
Famous Grouse or the like?
Mar 1, 2016, 10:43 am
#874
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Johnny Walker Black is perfectly fine and better than Dewars. It was the best scotch I had before going on to things like Macallan 12. Best of all, it's cheap.
Mar 1, 2016, 10:47 am
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Mar 1, 2016, 11:59 am
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http://rbdistillers.com/whisky/borde...eeddale-blend/
Mar 1, 2016, 12:04 pm
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It's a touch pricey, and not always easy to get, but Tweeddale is quite good:
http://rbdistillers.com/whisky/borde...eeddale-blend/
http://rbdistillers.com/whisky/borde...eeddale-blend/
Mar 3, 2016, 4:32 am
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Several years back upthread I mentioned that I like Teacher's as an inexpensive, blended scotch. I do still like it and keep a bottle in my liquor cabinet, though I like certain inexpensive single malts more. I like Speyburn 10 year slightly better than JW Black and Chivas, and it's cheaper, too. Cragganmore 12 year is comparable in price and clearly better IMO. Teacher's, of course, is much cheaper than any of these-- I pick it up at half the price at DFS when traveling through the UK-- but it's also harsher, and for my budget and modest rate of drinking I find the savings insignificant.
Mar 3, 2016, 8:48 am
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Several years back upthread I mentioned that I like Teacher's as an inexpensive, blended scotch. I do still like it and keep a bottle in my liquor cabinet, though I like certain inexpensive single malts more. I like Speyburn 10 year slightly better than JW Black and Chivas, and it's cheaper, too. Cragganmore 12 year is comparable in price and clearly better IMO. Teacher's, of course, is much cheaper than any of these-- I pick it up at half the price at DFS when traveling through the UK-- but it's also harsher, and for my budget and modest rate of drinking I find the savings insignificant.
Mar 20, 2016, 3:12 am
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Been visiting some smaller lounges in Asia this week. Yesterday I was at the OZ Lounge at PUS and was happy to find Johnny Walker Black. Today I'm at the tiny KE Lounge at FUK and they have Ballantine's 17 Year which is actually really good. An odd choice though for a lounge whose food options are instant noodles and packaged snacks.
Mar 20, 2016, 9:20 am
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Been visiting some smaller lounges in Asia this week. Yesterday I was at the OZ Lounge at PUS and was happy to find Johnny Walker Black. Today I'm at the tiny KE Lounge at FUK and they have Ballantine's 17 Year which is actually really good. An odd choice though for a lounge whose food options are instant noodles and packaged snacks.
Mar 21, 2016, 4:16 am
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Nice to see someone get excited about JWB. It's what I used to drink. Have you tried Dewars or Crown Royal, and how would you compare them to JWB as an "everyday" blended scotch? I mostly fly United in coach. They carry Dewars or Crown Royal as premium. I understand United stopped carrying JWB back in 2006. I don't care much for either Dewars or Crown Royal.