Non-scotch single malts that took me by surprise.

I just tried the Canadian Glen Breton Rare 10 and the Irish Bushmills Rum Cask. Both are singles. I purposely decided to try some other nation's single malts and was so pleasantly surprised. The Glen Breton was very much like a scotch whisky. It's a peated malt and has a character all its own. The Bushmills blew me away. I had no idea an Irish single would be so different from a Scotch single.

My notes:

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What do you all think of non-scotch singles? I'm going to try a Japanese next.

Colin.

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ColinL
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I have a bottle of Connemara peated single malt (Irish) open at the moment. It's less complex than most of the Scotches I like, but very drinkable. A quiet pleasure.

bill

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bill van

If you're going Japanese, try Yoichi.

Dominic O'Donnell

(Whilst on an Irish theme, look for Green Spot ... avoid the Welsh Penderyn !)

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Dominic O'Donnell

"ColinL" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com:

If I could find and or afford the Yamazaki 1984. Mmmmm...

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Bland Allison

Green Spot is nice enough. I have a bottle of Redbreast open here at home. Very nice. Also the Conemmarra cask strength. Decent enough.

Peace,

Jock

The Step-We-Ceilidh Band.

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boudinman

It appears that the Glen Breton has improved since it's first release. I have a bottle of their original release and it resembles moderately used engine oil. In taste there was nothing bad really. The flavour was there, but not much of it. Hardly worth the price they were charging for it at the time. Glad to hear it's improved. May have to try it again! WRF

"Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again."

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rfranklin

rfranklin wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

The Glen Breton has improved. Although its still a bit bitter its complexity has deepened since its first release (the blue bottle I'm sure is what you are refering to).

Fool

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Whisky Fool

Clear bottle, blue label. No dates, no age, just the appelation, "Rare". Rare, indeed, and thankfully! Still, they had to start somewhere, so I might give them anothe shot. rf WRF

"Nooooooo! Stop me before I build again."

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rfranklin

I remember hearing an interview of the distillery owner talking about the 8yr. They did it cause they simply needed to generate the income :)

Col> On Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:21:01 GMT, Whisky Fool

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ColinL

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