SIGforum.com    Main Page  Hop To Forum Categories  The Lounge    Need Scotch Whiskey Advice
Page 1 2 
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
Need Scotch Whiskey Advice Login/Join 
Fourth line skater
Picture of goose5
posted Hide Post
Highland Park is one of my favorites. But, you will get a slight bit of peat/smoke every so often. You will notice it starting out. Plus, you won't break the bank with a walk in the Park. I always have a bottle on hand.


_________________________
OH, Bonnie McMurray!
 
Posts: 7678 | Location: Pueblo, CO | Registered: July 03, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Blinded by
the Sun
Picture of GA Gator
posted Hide Post
Bourbon and Rye have been my drink of choice since the mid 90s. I have lots of bourbon on hand and bottles of rye. I just wanted to try something different. I will never leave bourbon or rye for very long.

A coworker and friend recommended a bottle. I have to say it's really good whisky (notice I left off the 'e'). Very complex a flavor overload compared to bourbon. Touch of smokiness and peat but subtle. Very enjoyable.

I miss sugar



------------------------------
Smart is not something you are but something you get.

Chi Chi, get the yayo
 
Posts: 4820 | Location: Home | Registered: April 27, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
The Quiet Man
posted Hide Post
Scotch with little or no peat?

Craganmore
Oban
Balvinnie
Macallan
Glenlivet

Or try some Irish
Redbreast
Green Spot
Yellow Spot (spendy, but worth it)
Writer’s Tears (great bang for the buck)
 
Posts: 2704 | Registered: November 13, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
The Quiet Man
posted Hide Post
Or try Ardbeg. You’ll hate it, but after one taste of that peat soaked campfire everything else will taste as light as spring water...

But seriously. Avoid Ardbeg. Or any Islay. That’s where the real peat monsters live.
 
Posts: 2704 | Registered: November 13, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
I'm another one in the Glenlivet camp.
 
Posts: 21430 | Registered: June 12, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
Picture of sgalczyn
posted Hide Post
Gator:
All good suggestions here - but before buying a bottle you may not enjoy(poppycock), find an establishment with a fine selection of scotches and taste test your way thru and find what you enjoy!


"No matter where you go - there you are"
 
Posts: 4695 | Location: Eastern PA-Berks/Lehigh Valley | Registered: January 03, 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Dances with Wiener Dogs
Picture of XinTX
posted Hide Post
A Rye I like is the Ranger Creek.
https://drinkrangercreek.com/whiskey/44-rye


_______________________
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.” Ayn Rand

“If we relinquish our rights because of fear, what is it exactly, then, we are fighting for?” Sen. Rand Paul
 
Posts: 8392 | Registered: July 21, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
Picture of flashman70
posted Hide Post
Tomatin 12 yr old is mild, no smoke. Talisker Skye has very little smoke.


clarior hinc honos.
 
Posts: 365 | Location: Pawleys Island, SC | Registered: April 12, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
Not an expert on whisky by no means, but if you want light, no peat, little smoke I'm partial to McClelland's Highland. About $27 a bottle here.
 
Posts: 3536 | Location: Fairfax Co. VA | Registered: August 03, 2015Reply With QuoteReport This Post
Member
posted Hide Post
Dalwhinnie 15 is a gentle scotch with light notes of traditional scotch flavor. Very very smooth! Usually around your price max.
It is what I use to introduce good friends who are bourbon or rye drinkers to scotch.
 
Posts: 1246 | Location: Moved to N.W. MT. | Registered: April 26, 2009Reply With QuoteReport This Post
  Powered by Social Strata Page 1 2  
 

SIGforum.com    Main Page  Hop To Forum Categories  The Lounge    Need Scotch Whiskey Advice

© SIGforum 2024