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Sophia Sinclair

Sophia Sinclair

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Ladies and Genltemen:

My favourite scotch is Dalwhinnie 15 so I always have some in stock. I bought a beautiful chrystal decanter with matching double old fashioned glasses for on top of my buffet/bar and am looking for suggestions for a fine scotch to fill it with for guests. A reg suggested Balvenie but if a particular brand shines above the rest I'll go with that one. Any and all suggestion for single malt are appreciated.

Thank you to all Scotch lovers!
 
I use to drink a Chivas Regal, but recently I have discovered the single malt equivalent. Try Aberfeldy 12 year old, for about the same price you get single malt instead of blended. Aberlour A’bunadh is also a fine single malt scotch, as is the Aberlour 12 year old. Glenrothes Scotch Single Malt is a smooth sweet scotch that will appeal to men and women, as will the Glenmorangie Original 10
 
Not sure if whisky is the same as scotch. Here a link to a best whisky,

This Is the $30 Bottle That Was Just Named the Best Whisky in the World
Today, whisk(e)y writer Jim Murray, the most well-known name in the judging of brown spirits, announced the winning whiskies among those judged for his annual release of the Whiskey Bible (available November 24), his guide to every whiskey (over 1,000 of them) that he graded over the course of 2015. The guide is always controversial: last year Murray gave the top award to Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013, marking the first time that a Japanese whisky took the title; he didn’t include a single bottle from Scotland on the shortlist. This year, however, marks the high-water mark for Murray’s controversy. The 2016 World Whisky of the Year is an offering from Crown Royal, a company that was second in US whiskey sales only to Jack Daniels in 2014. The distillery’s new release, Northern Harvest Rye, scored 97.5 points on Murray’s 100-point scale to take home the title. The runner-up is another rye; third place goes to an Irish whiskey, a first for the island nation; and again, no Scottish bottles made the top five.


https://gearpatrol.com/2015/11/19/the-worlds-best-whiskey-look-to-canada/
 
Interesting PA.

I'm not a rye drinker but the LCBO recommended Alberta Premium Dark Horse, which I bought for clients. I do enjoy Jack Daniels on occasion and carry that as well.

Islay, Glenlivet 18 and Oban 14 have also been suggested.

I usually try to grab most of my product around Christmas because they often offer promotional stuff like glasses, etc. this time of year. It's a nice touch to serve someone a Stella Artois in their glass.
 
By the way Sophia, Rye is another of "those terms" it is often used to describe blended Canadian Whisky rather than whisky distilled entirely from Rye (the grain). Needless to say those who expect one are surprised/disappointed by the other.
 
Sophia Sinclair said:
Interesting PA.

I'm not a rye drinker but the LCBO recommended Alberta Premium Dark Horse, which I bought for clients. I do enjoy Jack Daniels on occasion and carry that as well.

Islay, Glenlivet 18 and Oban 14 have also been suggested.

I usually try to grab most of my product around Christmas because they often offer promotional stuff like glasses, etc. this time of year. It's a nice touch to serve someone a Stella Artois in their glass.
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just to clarify, islay is not a brand but rather a type of scotch
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/06/best-islay-scotch-single-malt-whiskey.html
 
Aardvark154 said:
By the way Sophia, Rye is another of "those terms" it is often used to describe blended Canadian Whisky rather than whisky distilled entirely from Rye (the grain). Needless to say those who expect one are surprised/disappointed by the other.
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I didn't know that A154, but I have noticed that Americans don't use the term rye, only whisky. I wonder if that's why.

P.S. The LCBO employee didn't steer me wrong, it's 100% rye.
 
I’m a bourbon guy so can’t help, fun reading though.
 
Sophia Sinclair said:
I didn't know that A154, but I have noticed that Americans don't use the term rye, only whisky. I wonder if that's why.
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There are five principle types of Whiskey: Blended grain Whiskey (if from Canada - Canadian), Boubon, (whiskey from corn/maize), Rye (in the strict sense using Rye the grain), Scotch a grain whiskey (principally Barley) malted using peat fires) Irish whiskey does not typically use peat fires in the malting process.
 
Talisker and Laphroig are great Islay scotches and you might want to balance that with a lighter highland scotch as well.
 
Aardvark154 said:
There are five principle types of Whiskey: Blended grain Whiskey (if from Canada - Canadian), Boubon, (whiskey from corn/maize), Rye (in the strict sense using Rye the grain), Scotch a grain whiskey (principally Barley) malted using peat fires) Irish whiskey does not typically use peat fires in the malting process.
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This reminds me that I've been meaning to pick up some Bushmills Black Bush. My good friend Dodd introduced me to Bushmills in my early 20's.
 
Sophia Sinclair said:
That's 2 votes for Laphroig and I believe that my fav Dalwhinnie fits the highland bill.
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Laphroig is really peaty and people either love it or hate it, I am in the former category Sophia, look forward to sipping it with you!
 
In some ways (particularly financially) I'm glad that I have a hard mouth and that the difference between single malt and blended Scotch is largely lost on me.
 
dawnlee said:
you obviously didn't even read the article you linked to, and you more than obviously don't know anything about scotch, so i wouldn't be going around correcting people if i were you.
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um I did take the liberty to call scotch from islay a "type". Not sure how it allows you to come to your conclusions but fuck you too.
 
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