Consolidated "Scotch - Best & Worst, recommendations, questions" thread
Jan 30, 2024, 9:49 am
#1111
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: RDU
Posts: 5,242
A colleague bought a few rounds of Macallan 18 recently, and while I thought it was really nice, I tried to buy a bottle and learned it's way out of my budget. 
I bought the 12 sherry cask instead and I'm quite happy with it. It's still pricey in my area at $90, so I'll be looking for something else the next time around.
I've seen a few recommendations for Bunnahabhain 12, as an alternative. At $65, it's more in line with my budget. Any thoughts on that?
I bought the 12 sherry cask instead and I'm quite happy with it. It's still pricey in my area at $90, so I'll be looking for something else the next time around.
I've seen a few recommendations for Bunnahabhain 12, as an alternative. At $65, it's more in line with my budget. Any thoughts on that?
I don’t like their travel versions, as I’ve said before.
Macallan is expensive in my area too. You might try Johnnie Walker Black. It’s quite good but I don’t like the Double Black though. Too smoky.
Jan 30, 2024, 8:26 pm
#1112
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 2,920
A colleague bought a few rounds of Macallan 18 recently, and while I thought it was really nice, I tried to buy a bottle and learned it's way out of my budget.
I bought the 12 sherry cask instead and I'm quite happy with it. It's still pricey in my area at $90, so I'll be looking for something else the next time around.
I've seen a few recommendations for Bunnahabhain 12, as an alternative. At $65, it's more in line with my budget. Any thoughts on that?
I bought the 12 sherry cask instead and I'm quite happy with it. It's still pricey in my area at $90, so I'll be looking for something else the next time around.
I've seen a few recommendations for Bunnahabhain 12, as an alternative. At $65, it's more in line with my budget. Any thoughts on that?
Jan 31, 2024, 11:34 am
#1113
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: ORD
Posts: 14,231
My dad always gives me a few bottles per year of the Costco Kirkland single malt scotch, usually 18, 22, 23, or 25 years old. It used to be just a bottling of a Macallan cask but I don't think they do that anymore. In the off years where he can't find it at Costco (they only stock it once a year or so), like this one, my go to is Oban.
