I've tried pretty much everything the last six months and keep coming back to Dalwhinnie.
It doesn't seem to be that popular, which I find incredibly hard to believe.
Is it a marketing / awareness thing, or is it genuinely not seen as up there with the best?
The other one (budget) to try is currently being sold at my local Sainsburys. A blend (!!!) called Baillie Nicol Jarvie. At £12 a bottle it beats most whiskies costing twice that. Nice as a second / third drink of the evening...
OD
Well, most people here I expect would find your dislike of other malts you mentioned in the other post incredibly hard to believe!
In my opinion it's a fine dram, but nothing too special. Ardbeg, Talisker and Laphroaig Cask Strength *are* definitely among the very best!
In my opinion, Dalwhinnie is a nice after-dinner malt.. quite sweet. Very acceptable but not exceptional.
You call it a blend... that means it's probably a blend of malt and grain whiskies. Perhaps it's a vatted malt?
Does it have an age statement? To me the whole point of drinking SINGLE,malt whisky, as opposed to vatted malts or blended is that you can understand and appreciate what you're drinking. Blends are safe, but unadventurous.
Roger
BNJ
Its a blend from Glenmorangie and its very good. Prolly some of the best value for money to get
MacDeffe
Well now, that is most definitively a matter of taste. Personally I prefer Dalwhinnie over Ardbeg and laphroaigh.... or any Islay whisky for that matter. Talisker on the other hand, wins it from Dalwhinnie. For me, that is.....
~~~Frans~~
That's a hell of a lot of whisky. It took me over 20 years to get hold of a bottle of malt from all current distilleries, and with the plethora of different ages, and different independent bottlings there's an almost limitless variety available. I'm beginning to have a lot of sympathy for Odie's liver.
Roger
I fully agree with your estimate of the aforementioned whisky's Fredrik. All three are on the absolute top of my list with Talisker being number 1.
Which once again only goes to prove that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, whether we're talking about women or whisky!
Sympathy for his liver, perhaps, but a definite jealous streak for the apparent size of his wallet!
A superb, smooth malt more complex than at first might be imagined. If you like it, I'd recommend the Balvenie Doublewood.
I'll give it a bash.
£25.99 at the local Sainsburys - the 10 year old Balvenie is £6 off at the moment - will wait until they knock something off the Doublewood.Dalwhinnie still £20 a pop though - couldn't resist...
OD
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