What is your favorite Scotch Whisky

[Scottw]

Laphroig 30 yr
Balvenie 17 yr sherry cask
Hedonism by Compass Bos (a vatted grain whisky).

[DrDubzz]

Johnny Gold Label
Glenfiddich 15yr

[Heatmiser]

Highland Park 18 (my all time favorite)
Clynelish 14
Laphroaig QC
Scapa 14
Lagavulin 16
Aberlour a'bunadh
Dalwhinnie 15

[Paulmac]

umm...Yes

Laphroaig 10.

[Pulse]

Macallan 18+, Lagavulin, or Oban always treat me very well....

[davearob]

Originally Posted by Heatmiser

Highland Park 18 (my all time favorite)
Clynelish 14
Laphroaig QC
Scapa 14
Lagavulin 16
Aberlour a'bunadh
Dalwhinnie 15

Heatmiser has my favorites listed. I would change the order slightly and I have never had Highland Park 18...Great excuse to go shopping

[JohnnyFlake]

Originally Posted by davearob

Heatmiser has my favorites listed. I would change the order slightly and I have never had Highland Park 18...Great excuse to go shopping

Yes it is!!!

Don't buy another drop of anything, until you can afford a bottle of Highland Park 18yo! It's not cheap, at between $85 & $95, but you'll be happy you did!!!

Balvenie double wood

[Heatmiser]

Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

Yes it is!!!

Don't buy another drop of anything, until you can afford a bottle of Highland Park 18yo! It's not cheap, at between $85 & $95, but you'll be happy you did!!!

IMO there is no other scotch than can touch the HP 18 at that price point. It is expensive but very much worth every penny. Try it. You won't be disappointed!!!

Glenmorangie Port Wood Finished is at or near the top of my list, Oban 18 yo. is a fine scotch and another near the top of my list, but the two can't be compared.

[jrw]

Lagavulin 16
The Glenlivet 18
The Macallan 15 Oak

Here's a site that may be worth reading through:

http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/

[Savvy]

So I'm going to be home in a couple weeks here, and able to drink scotch and rum and all that good stuff again, and I was wondering what some suggestions to sweeter/less peaty scotches would be to really get myself into the hobby...I think my wallet is not going to be too happy with it though... But I'm open to suggestions, so have at it, I'd like them to be fairly affordable, nothing over probably $75...

[ambientboy]

How I drink them and what I smoke with them

Top picks of all time:
Macallan 25 sherry oak - 2 drops of water/Cohiba sig series
Glenmorangie 25 - neat/1983 ERDM PL
Macallan 17 fine oak - neat/anything Upmann
Bowmore 15 - 2 drops of water/'00 Punch SS2

What's in my cabinet:
Cragganmore 12 - neat/Party 898 or '96 Lusi
Macallan 12 sherry oak - neat or 2 drops depending on my mood/anything Party or Upmann

My glass of 10yr Laphroag is tasting real good with my 98 hoyo right now.

[Scottw]

Originally Posted by ambientboy

How I drink them and what I smoke with them

Top picks of all time:
Macallan 25 sherry oak - 2 drops of water/Cohiba sig series
Glenmorangie 25 - neat/1983 ERDM PL
Macallan 17 fine oak - neat/anything Upmann
Bowmore 15 - 2 drops of water/'00 Punch SS2

What's in my cabinet:
Cragganmore 12 - neat/Party 898 or '96 Lusi
Macallan 12 sherry oak - neat or 2 drops depending on my mood/anything Party or Upmann

Nice pairings!!

Dear All Members ,

Here are some of the Manufactures of Excellent Scotch Whiskeys:

American Single Malt Whiskeys

* Charbay
* McCarthy's
* Notch
* Peregrine Rock
* St. George
* Stranahan's
* Wasmund's
* Woodstone Creek

American Corn Whiskeys


* Catdaddy
* Mountain Moonshine
* Old Gristmill
* Old Oak
* Virginia Lightning
* Georgia Moon
* Dixie Dew
* Mellow Corn
* J.W. Corn
* Platte Valley


Bourbon whiskey

The following distilleries are open to the public.

* Four Roses Distillery — Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
* Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Buffalo Trace Distillery — Frankfort, Kentucky
* Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont, Kentucky
* Woodford Reserve Distillery — Versailles, Kentucky
* Tom Moore - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Maker's Mark Distillery — Loretto, Kentucky
* Wild Turkey Distillery — Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Kentucky Bourbons

* 1792 — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Ancient Age — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Baker's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont, Kentucky & Boston, Kentucky
* Barclay's - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Basil Hayden's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Benchmark & Benchmark XO (single-barrel) -Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Black Maple Hill - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Blanton's — Buffalo Trace Distillery — Frankfort, Kentucky
* Booker's — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Buffalo Trace — Franklin County, Kentucky
* Bulleit Bourbon — Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
* Cabin Still - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Colonel Lee - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Corner Creek — Bardstown, Kentucky
* Daniel Stewart - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Eagle Rare — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Early Times — Brown-Forman, Louisville, Kentucky (export version)
* Echo Springs - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Elijah Craig & Elijah Craig Single-Barrel — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Elmer T. Lee — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Evan Williams — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Ezra Brooks Old Ezra Rare Old Sippin' Whiskey — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Fighting **** — Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Four Roses — Four Roses Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
* George T. Stagg— Franklin County, Kentucky
* Hancock's Reserve - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Heaven Hill — Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Henry Clay Rare - Henry Clay Distillery, Kentucky (out of production)
* Henry McKenna - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* I. W. Harper - Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
* Jacob's Well - Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* James E. Pepper - Berheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
* Jim Beam — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* J.T.S. Brown - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* J. W. Dant - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Kentucky Gentleman — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Kentucky Tavern - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Kentucky Vintage - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Knob Creek— Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Maker's Mark — Maker's Mark Distillery, Loretto, Kentucky
* Mark Twain - Mark Twain Distilling Co. Bardstown, Kentucky
* Mattingly & Moore - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Noah's Mill - Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Bardstown - Kentucky Bourbon Distillers, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Charter— Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Old Crow — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Old Fitzgerald - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Forester — Brown-Forman, Louisville, Kentucky
* Old Grand-Dad — Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Old Heaven Hill - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Kentucky - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Pogue - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Old Rip Van Winkle — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Old Taylor - Jim Beam Distilleries, Clermont & Boston, Kentucky
* Pappy Van Winkle - Old Rip VanWinkle Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
* Old Weller - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Pure Kentucky - Bardstown, Kentucky
* Rebel Yell — Bernheim Distillery, Louisville, Kentucky
* Rock Hill Farms Single-Barrel - Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Sam Houston - Louisville, Kentucky
* Ten High — Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Tom Moore - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* T. W. Samuels, Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Very Old Barton - Barton Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* Wathen's - Charles Medley Distillery, Owensboro, Kentucky
* Straight Old Kentucky
* Wild Turkey — Wild Turkey Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
* Willett — Willet family Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky
* W.L. Weller — Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky
* Woodford Reserve — Woodford Reserve Distillery, Versailles, Kentucky

Non-Kentucky Bourbons

* A. H. Hirsch - Michter's, near Shaeffestown, Pennsylvania [closed, but still available]
* Bowman's — A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Virginia
* Most Wanted - High Plains Distillery, Atchison, Kansas
* Sam Cougar - Seagrams Distillery, Lawrenceburg, Indiana
* Tuthilltown Hudson Baby, Tuthilltown Spirits, New York
* Virginia Gentleman — A. Smith Bowman Distillery, Fredericksburg, Virginia
* Woodstone Creek - Woodstone Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio

Bourbons from Unknown distilleries

* Woodstock

Tennessee Whiskey


* Jack Daniel's
* George Dickel
* Gentleman Jack

Rye Whiskey


* Heaven Hill Vintage
* Hirsch Vintage
* Hudson Manhattan
* Jim Beam Rye
* Jack Daniel's Rye
* Michters
* Old Overholt
* Old Potrero
* Pikesville
* Red Hook
* Rendezvous Rye Whiskey
* Rittenhouse
* Sazerac
* Templeton Rye
* Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye
* Wild Turkey Rye

Wheat Whiskey

* Bernheim Original - Heaven Hill Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky

Australian whisky brands

* Hellyer's Road / Southern Fire Single Malt Whisky, Tasmania

Canadian whisky brands


* Glenora Distillers, Glenville, Nova Scotia (independent)
o Glen Breton Rare
o Glen Breton Ice 10 Year
o Glen Breton Ice 15 Year

Canadian blended whisky

* Alberta Distillers, Calgary (independent)
o Alberta Premium
o Alberta Premium 25 Years Old
o Alberta Springs Rye Whisky 10 Years Old
o Alberta Springs Rye Whisky 25 Years Old
o Tangle Ridge Aged 10 Years

* Allied Domecq
o McGuinness Silk Tassel

* Barton Brands
o Barton's Canadian 36 Months Old
o Canadian Host
o Canadian Supreme
o Corby's Canadian 36 Months Old
o McMaster's
o Northern Lights

* Canadian Mist Distillers, Collingwood, Ontario (Brown-Forman)
o Canadian Mist

* Century Distilling, Vancouver
o Century Reserve 8 Year Old
o Century Reserve 13 Year Old
o Century Reserve 15 Year Old
o Century Reserve 21 Year Old

* Corby Distilleries, Toronto (Allied)
o Gooderham & Worts Ltd
o Lot No. 40
o Pike Creek
o Royal Reserve
o Royal Reserve Gold

* Diageo
o Crown Royal
o Crown Royal Limited Edition
o Crown Royal Special Reserve
o Crown Royal XR
o Crown Royal Cask 16
o Seagram's 83 Canadian Whisky
o Seagram's Five Star Rye Whisky
o Seagram's Seven Crown
o Seagram's VO
o Seagram's VO Gold

* Highwood Distillery, High River, Alberta
o Centennial 10 Year Old Rye Whisky
o Highwood Canadian Rye Whisky
o Saskatchewan Wheatland Rye Whisky

* Hiram Walker (Allied)
o Canadian Club Premium
o Canadian Club Sherry Cask Aged Eight Years
o Canadian Club Reserve 10 Years of Age
o Canadian Club Premium Classic Aged 12 Years
o Hiram Walker Special Old Rye Whisky
o Wiser's Deluxe
o Wiser's Deluxe 10 Years Old
o Wiser's Very Old
o Wiser's Special Blend
o Wiser's Reserve
o Wiser's Small Batch
o Rich & Rare

* Hood River Distillers
o Pendleton

* Kittling Ridge (independent)
o Forty Creek Barrel Select
o Forty Creek Port Wood Reserve
o Forty Creek Small Batch Reserve
o Forty Creek Three Grain
o Mountain Rock
o Pure Gold

* Maple Leaf Distillers, Winnipeg
o Canadian Cellars Rye Whisky

* Schenley Industries (Barton)
o Black Velvet DeLuxe
o Gibson's Finest Aged 12 Years
o Gibson's Finest Rare Aged 18 Years
o Gibson's Finest Sterling Edition
o Schenley Golden Wedding
o Schenley OFC Aged 8 Years

* Williams & Churchill Ltd., Quebec/Alberta
o Danfield's Small Batch Private Reserve
o Danfield's Small Batch 21 Years Old

* Windsor Distillary
o Windsor Canadian

Finnish Whisky Brands


* Panimoravintola Beer Hunter's
o Old Buck
* Teerenpeli
o Teerenpeli Single Malt

German Whisky Brands


* Blaue Maus
o Grüner Hund Vintage 1991
o Blaue Maus Vintage 1993
o Krottentaler Vintage 1994
o Schwartzer Pirat Vintage 1995
o Spinnaker 1997
* Gruel
o Gruel Single Grain Whisky 5 Year Old
o Gruel Single Grain Whisky 7 Year Old
o Gruel Single Grain Whisky 9 Year Old
* Höhler
o Whessky, Irish Style
o Whessky, Scottish Style Single Malt
o Whessky, Rye Style
o Whessky, Bourbon Style
o Whessky, Bourbon Style Cask Strength
* Rabel
o Schwäbischer
o Whisky von der Alb
* Reiner Mösslein
o Fränkisher Whiskey
* Slyrs
o Slyrs Bavarian Single Malt
* Sonnenschein
o Sonnenschein 10 Year Old Single Malt
* Volker Theurer
o Black Horse Original Ammertal Whiskey

Irish Whiskey Brands


Irish Single Malts

* Brogan's Legacy Irish Single Malt
* A Drop of the Irish
* Bushmills Ten Year Old
* Bushmills Sixteen Year Old
* Cadenhead's Peated Single Malt
* Clonmel Single Malt
* Connemara
* Erin Go Bragh
* Knappogue Castle
* Locke's Single Malt
* Merrys Single Malt
* Michael Collins Single Malt
* Preston Millennium Malt
* Shanahans
* Shannon Grain Single Malt
* Slaney Malt
* Suir Peated Malt
* The Irishman Single Malt
* Tyrconnell

Pure Pot Still Whiskeys

* Green Spot
* Daly's of Tullamore
* Dungourney 1964
* Dunville's VR
* Dunville's Three Crowns
* Jameson 15 Year Old Pot Still
* Magilligan
* Midleton 25 Year Old
* Midleton 30 Year Old
* Old Comber
* Redbreast (whiskey)
* Willie Napier 1945

Blended Irish Whiskeys

* Avoca (whiskey)
* Baileys Irish Whiskey (not currently available)
* Ballygeary
* Brennans
* Bushmills White Bush
* Bushmills Black Bush
* Bushmills 1608
* Cassidy's
* Coleraine
* Clontarf
* Crested Ten
* Dunphys
* Erin's Isle
* Feckin Irish Whiskey
* Golden Irish
* Grace
* Hewitts
* Inishowen
* Jameson Irish Whiskey
* Jameson 1780 (replaced Jameson 12 Year Old)
* Jameson Distillery Reserve
* Jameson Gold
* Kilbeggan
* Locke's
* Michael Collins Blend
* Midleton Very Rare
* Millars
* Murphy's
* Old Kilkenny
* O'Briens
* O'Neills
* Old Dublin
* Paddy
* Powers Gold Label
* Red Breast Blend
* Strangford Gold
* The Irishman
* Tullamore Dew
* Wild Geese

Single Grain Irish Whiskeys

* Greenore

Japanese whisky brands

* Nikka
o Yoichi
o Miyagikyo
o Black Nikka
o Taketsuru
* Suntory
o Yamazaki
o Hakushu
o Hibiki
o Hokuto
o Kaku

New Zealand whisky brands


* Milford

Scotch Whisky Brands

Single Malt Scotch


* Aberfeldy
* Aberlour
* Allt-A-Bhainne
* Ardbeg
* Ardmore
* Arran
* Auchentoshan
* Auchroisk
* Aultmore
* Balblair
* Balmenach
* The Balvenie
* Bell's & Sons
* Banff
* Ben Nevis
* BenRiach
* Benrinnes
* Benromach
* Bladnoch
* Blair Athol
* Bowmore
* Brackla
* Braeval
* Brora
* Bruichladdich
* Bunnahabhain
* Caol Ila
* Caperdonich
* Cardhu
* Clynelish
* An Cnoc
* Coleburn
* Convalmore
* Cragganmore
* Craigellachie
* Dailuaine
* Dallas Dhu
* The Dalmore
* Dalwhinnie
* Deanston
* Drumguish
* Dufftown
* Edradour
* Fettercairn
* Glen Albyn
* Glenallachie
* Glenburgie
* Glencadam
* Glen Deveron
* Glendronach
* Glendullan
* Glen Elgin
* Glenesk
* Glenfarclas
* Glenfiddich
* Glen Flagler
* Glen Garioch
* Glenglassaugh
* Glengoyne
* Glen Grant
* Glen Keith
* Glenkinchie
* The Glenlivet
* Glenlochy
* Glenlossie
* Glen Mhor
* Glenmorangie
* Glen Moray
* Glen Ord
* Glenrothes
* Glen Scotia
* Glen Spey
* Glentauchers
* Glenturret
* Glen Turner (whisky)
* Glenugie
* Glenury Royal
* Highland Park
* Imperial
* Inchgower
* Inverleven
* Isle of Jura
* Kilchoman
* Kinclaith
* Knockdhu
* Knockando
* Ladyburn
* Lagavulin
* Laphroaig
* Ledaig
* Linkwood
* Littlemill
* Loch Lomond
* Lochnagar
* Longmorn
* The Macallan
* Mannochmore
* McClelland
* Millburn
* Miltonduff
* Mortlach
* North Port
* Oban
* Pittyvaich
* Port Ellen
* Port Charlotte
* Old Pulteney
* Royal Brackla
* Rosebank
* St Magdalene
* Scapa
* The Singleton
* Speyburn
* Springbank
* Strathisla
* Strathmill
* Talisker
* Tamdhu
* Tamnavulin
* Teaninich
* Tobermory
* Tomatin
* Tomintoul
* Tormore
* Tullibardine
* William Grant & Sons

Grain Scotch Whisky

* North British Grain
* Cameron Brig (Cameron Bridge Distillery)

and many more

[Parshooter]

My fav is the Macallan Cask Strength

[mithrilG60]

Originally Posted by steveljohn8

Dear All Members ,

Here are some of the Manufactures of Excellent Scotch Whiskeys:

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Scotch Whisky Brands

Single Malt Scotch


* Aberfeldy
* Aberlour
* Allt-A-Bhainne
* Ardbeg
* Ardmore
* Arran
* Auchentoshan
* Auchroisk
* Aultmore
* Balblair
* Balmenach
* The Balvenie
* Bell's & Sons
* Banff
* Ben Nevis
* BenRiach
* Benrinnes
* Benromach
* Bladnoch
* Blair Athol
* Bowmore
* Brackla
* Braeval
* Brora
* Bruichladdich
* Bunnahabhain
* Caol Ila
* Caperdonich
* Cardhu
* Clynelish
* An Cnoc
* Coleburn
* Convalmore
* Cragganmore
* Craigellachie
* Dailuaine
* Dallas Dhu
* The Dalmore
* Dalwhinnie
* Deanston
* Drumguish
* Dufftown
* Edradour
* Fettercairn
* Glen Albyn
* Glenallachie
* Glenburgie
* Glencadam
* Glen Deveron
* Glendronach
* Glendullan
* Glen Elgin
* Glenesk
* Glenfarclas
* Glenfiddich
* Glen Flagler
* Glen Garioch
* Glenglassaugh
* Glengoyne
* Glen Grant
* Glen Keith
* Glenkinchie
* The Glenlivet
* Glenlochy
* Glenlossie
* Glen Mhor
* Glenmorangie
* Glen Moray
* Glen Ord
* Glenrothes
* Glen Scotia
* Glen Spey
* Glentauchers
* Glenturret
* Glen Turner (whisky)
* Glenugie
* Glenury Royal
* Highland Park
* Imperial
* Inchgower
* Inverleven
* Isle of Jura
* Kilchoman
* Kinclaith
* Knockdhu
* Knockando
* Ladyburn
* Lagavulin
* Laphroaig
* Ledaig
* Linkwood
* Littlemill
* Loch Lomond
* Lochnagar
* Longmorn
* The Macallan
* Mannochmore
* McClelland
* Millburn
* Miltonduff
* Mortlach
* North Port
* Oban
* Pittyvaich
* Port Ellen
* Port Charlotte
* Old Pulteney
* Royal Brackla
* Rosebank
* St Magdalene
* Scapa
* The Singleton
* Speyburn
* Springbank
* Strathisla
* Strathmill
* Talisker
* Tamdhu
* Tamnavulin
* Teaninich
* Tobermory
* Tomatin
* Tomintoul
* Tormore
* Tullibardine
* William Grant & Sons

Grain Scotch Whisky

* North British Grain
* Cameron Brig (Cameron Bridge Distillery)

Not to be technical, but these are the only ones in your list which are actually Scotch Whisky. To be considered Scotch Whisky it must be distilled, aged and bottled in Scotland; every other whisky that doesn't mean that requirement is not scotch.

[Don Fernando]

Originally Posted by RX2010

Glenfiddich 15yr