Choosing Between Whiskies

[joggerjayne]

Yet another Burns Night thread, sorry.

With the haggis, I'm going to give each person four shot glasses of whisky ...

1. a Light or Fragrant one

2. a Smooth or Delicate one

3. a Rich one

4. a Peaty one

(yes, I have been doing lots of research online, and with the various husbands who are coming)

So, from my available bottles, I've narrowed it down to these, I think. I need to pick one from each group, preferably ones that are most different from each other, and that particularly show the character of their group. I, however, don't drink any of them, so I don't really know what they are like.

Any suggestions?

1. Light or Fragrant

Dalwhinnie
Glenkinchie

2. Smooth or Delicate

Auchentoshan
Glenmorangie
Aberlour
Bruichladdich

3. Rich

Macallan
Balvenie
Highland Park
Glenrothes
The Singleton

4. Peaty

Laphroaig
Ardbeg
Lagavulin
Talisker
Coal Ila

[sandyRoe]

1 Glenmorangie

[sandyRoe]

and 4 Laproagh

[joggerjayne]

Okay, Glenmorangie.

Pronounced, it seems, GlenMORangie.

That was easier than I expected.

[retrocop]

Talisker is very peaty IMO. Distilled in the Isle of Skye I think. I hate it. Sooner Irish really.

[joggerjayne]

Laphroaig?

Mmm, one of the dads said that.

But the Ardbeg has a really cool bottle. It looks really Scottish, for some reason.

[Buenchico]

Laphroaig is definitely the queen of 'peaty' whiskies.

Any of the 'rich' ones would be lovely. (I'd opt for either The Singleton or Macallan).

Up until quite recently, those were the type of whiskies that I liked the best, so I know very little about the others. However I've had quite a bit of Glenmorangie in my time (because it's often served in hotel bars) and I can recommend it. I know nothing at all about the remaining category, except that I know people who drink (and love) Dalwhinnie.

[joggerjayne]

// Sooner Irish really //

Maybe on St Patrick's Day.

[joggerjayne]

Cheers, Chris. So ...

Dalwhinnie
Glenmorangie
Macallan
...

[joggerjayne]

... and Laphroaig?

[retrocop]

jj
But I love Haggis. Can I have that on St Patrick's day also. Not so keen on Colconnon.

[Sqad]

JJ....pick any one from each group, with your eyes closed and with a pin..........any one would be acceptable.

[Buenchico]

I'll go along with those 4, JJ. Plus, of course, some supermarket own-brand cheapo whisky to add to the haggis. (Don't waste the good stuff!).
;-)

[Zacs-Master]

There are many different Glenmorangies, all of them inferior to a Bruichladdich.

[joggerjayne]

Not sure what the rules are for St P's day, retro.

Can one eat haggis.

I'm not sure that I'm terribly fond of haggis, to be honest.

[retrocop]

Buenchico
Robbie would not approve!! :-)

[joggerjayne]

sqad ...

I'd like there to be a noticeable difference between each one.

[joggerjayne]

I only have one Glenmorangie. It's ... hang on ...

(goes to check)

Aah, it's called "The Original"

There ya go.

[joggerjayne]

Hang on ... you add whisky to the haggis???

[ludwig]

I can confirm the Talisker's very peaty, but Laphroaig is the one everyone always associates with peatiness.

I'm currently halfway through a bottle of Aberlour, but I wouldn't call it delicate. I'd have put it with in the rich section, but I don't know much about it, having not tried many different malts.

[mazie]

Hi JJ, Son is a member of The Scottish Whisky Society, do you want me to send your list to him for his opinion?