Which Scoth is best?

[BDC]

I'm too poor to afford anything approaching good quality.

I did buy the cheapest Scotch stuff I could find in Prague though. Even drunk it was horrific. *shudder*

[English assassin]

Cask Strength picked as Best of the best all Single Malt Scotch whiskies!
Laphroaig Cask Strength has been voted "The Best of The Best" Single malt by over 100 judges in 5 countries testing malts in a "blind tasting" - all the samples were given to them without knowing which whisky they were testing.
Read the extract from the defining Whisky Magazine (March issue #46) article.

From their website. It may have been a blind tasting but I absolutely guarantee the judges knew when they had come to the Laphroiag, that is, unless there is any other whisky that tastes like a mixture of a hospital corridor and a peat bog. Which there is not.

Still, I now claim the support of Whisky magazine for my candidate.

I did buy the cheapest Scotch stuff I could find in Prague though. Even drunk it was horrific. *shudder*

I was stuck on a sailing boat once that had been victualled by someone who thought it was worth saving money by buying Turkish 100% synthetic "gin" at £3 a bottle rather than Gordons at £10 a bottle. I feel your pain.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

My personal favorite was called "The Water of Life" in Scots Gaelic. I was absolutely stunned to learn it was a blend.

Aside from that, the best I've had was a 30-year old Glenmorangie.

Can't say as I fancy Laphroig -- I like a hint of smoke/peat flavor to my Scotch and not the reverse.

Seamus

[Fragony]

Great whiskey is so expensive! I would say that Shivaz is a good deal; not a single malt, but tasty for it's price.

[Ser Clegane]

Lagavulin would be my first choice (I love the peaty flavour and the salty tone of the Islays in general), but other Islays like Laphroaig (I think I will go for the cask strength this evening ), Ardbeg or Bowmore would definitely make me happy as well.

Talisker is also a great choice.

[Reverend Joe]

Hate to say it, but my favorite whiskey is not a scotch, but rather Bushmill's Irish whiskey. Still some of the best stuff around- it has a great whiskey flavor, with just the right amount of spice to it. Also, you cannot taste the alcohol- a major plus in my book.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Hate to say it, but my favorite whiskey is not a scotch, but rather Bushmill's Irish whiskey. Still some of the best stuff around- it has a great whiskey flavor, with just the right amount of spice to it. Also, you cannot taste the alcohol- a major plus in my book.

Invalid answer. The query referred to Scotch whisky.

(Pssst! Of course Irish is better, but we don't want those skirts to learn of it and cut down the supply. )

Seamus

[Duke Malcolm]

My favourite changes depending on which mood I'm in. I've not had Laphroaig in a while, nor, in fact, any single malt in a while. I had a nice wee half bottle of High Commissioner the other day, which was not a terribly good whisky, but drinkable. Usually I indulge in a bottle of Famous Grouse -- easy to drink, nice taste, and famous. I once too went for the cheapest -- Claymore whisky. It was so awful I choked on it.

[Kagemusha]

Laphroagh is my favourite from smokey ones,on the other end 18 years old Chivas Regal is very smooth.

[GoreBag]

My personal favorite was called "The Water of Life" in Scots Gaelic. I was absolutely stunned to learn it was a blend.

I grinned when I read this. All whiskey is called "The water of life" in Gaelic.

Laphroaig is an excellent choice as well, even with the drop of water or ice cubes. Glen Livet (sp? I can never remember if the label's in Gaelic or not) is also delicious, but I don't remember much about it other than that it was good.

[Reverend Joe]

Laphroaig is an excellent choice as well, even with the drop of water or ice cubes. Glen Livet (sp? I can never remember if the label's in Gaelic or not) is also delicious, but I don't remember much about it other than that it was good.

You water down your whiskey?! Blasphemer! Burn him!

(Yes, I know some people like to mix whiskey with water... but not me. I'm [a] hardcore [alcoholic]. )

[GoreBag]

You water down your whiskey?! Blasphemer! Burn him!

(Yes, I know some people like to mix whiskey with water... but not me. I'm [a] hardcore [alcoholic]. )

I don't, but whiskey connaisseurs do. It's how you're supposed to drink it. It brings out the 'full bouquet of flavours'.

[Reverend Joe]

I don't, but whiskey connaisseurs do. It's how you're supposed to drink it. It brings out the 'full bouquet of flavours'.

Well, conniseurs also eat caviar... so I wouldn't be suprised at that.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

I grinned when I read this. All whiskey is called "The water of life" in Gaelic.

Och, aye...butm m'man here kens it was the trade-name o' tha' brand too. Came in a lovely wee crock.

Seamus

[English assassin]

Edit: what do people think of Highland Park, Old Pulteney and other Northern Isles whisky

Highland park is my whisky of choice when I want a whisky that DOESN'T taste like licking a hospital floor. Its fine but truth be told it doesn't stand out frrom a lot of other perfectly fine whiskys for me. I bought my first bottle on Orkney though and I reckon the Island economy needs my help more than Speyside.

As for water, a dash is recommended, though I usually don't bother. But ice? You would be lead to a darkened room with a revolver in it and expected to do the decent thing if you asked for ice in your malt in St James'...