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Favorite Scotch...and why you love it

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Rimshot

Rimshot

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I'm far from an expert and probably not well versed enough to be considered even an aficionado, but I do enjoy a good single malt. I've only tried a handful and am hoping to expand my repertoire through your suggestions.

So far I've enjoyed Glenfiddich and Macallan and disliked Dewars and Islay.

Thanks, in advance, for your comments and advice.
 
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Funky Ghost said:
The MacAllan 20 year old or better. The 12 has a little too much "stank" and the 15 is just "Stank-lite". 20 though? That's a mouth full of buttery caramel goodness with a pleasant warmth.
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Until I can really appreciate the subtleties, I'm thinking 20 year old single malts might be wasted on me. Of course, I also like Reposado tequilas above Anejo ... so there's that.
 
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The approachable way is to just get a shot. I cannot justify spending 1,800 on a bottle. I was a 15 year old drinker until a few years ago when I tried a 21 year old double cask macallan. The difference was astounding and very very noticeable even to my damaged pallet ( I have no sense of smell any longer ). I bought a second shot and savored every drop slowly.
 
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Rimshot said:
I'm far from an expert and probably not well versed enough to be considered even an aficionado, but I do enjoy a good single malt. I've only tried a handful and am hoping to expand my repertoire through your suggestions.

So far I've enjoyed Glenfiddich and Macallan and disliked Dewars and Islay.

Thanks, in advance, for your comments and advice.
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+1 on the Macallan

I am most likely even less than what you describe yourself as, but I love that one. And 50 bucks for a bottle o' spirit... Had to swallow for a second, but it did pay out.
 
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My favorite is this one here. Man was it a tasty treat.

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Rimshot said:
Are they similar in flavor profile?
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Laphroaig and Bowmore are Islay whiskies, so expect a lot of peat smoke. Bowmore, at least the younger variety, tends to be less so and more smooth (less character?). Glennmorangie is a Highland whisky, I'll quote for a description of the flavor:

The Whisky Exchange said:
Aroma: Imagine yourself in an Italian garden surrounded with mandarin, lemon, apple, pear and peach trees, their fruit ripening in the sun. Add to this the scent of vanilla ice cream, then enjoy the herbal aromas of geranium and wild mint growing nearby.

Add water to The Original and you wander into a flower garden with lemony bergamot, apricot and mandarin. Floral notes of geranium, sweet honeysuckle and piquant narcissus mix with mint and the herbal essence of eucalyptus, nutmeg and ginger.

Taste: Savour the fruits of the Italian garden as creamy vanilla slips like liquid silk over the tongue as peaches and cream, mandarins and lemons effervesce in the mouth.

Aromatic essences of fennel and nutmeg tantalise with crumbly almond and coconut that gives way to a nectar that envelops all the fruit, spice and nut flavours in a honeyed caress.

Finish: The charming sweetness of delicious juices is left on the tongue.
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