Which Bottle Have You Laid To Rest?

[Trey Manthey]

Polishing off an L6 bottle of Lagavulin.

I'm going to get my hands on that Bere Barley. I can't resist something new and different.

[tanstaafl2]

Polishing off an L6 bottle of Lagavulin.

I'm going to get my hands on that Bere Barley. I can't resist something new and different.

Even though I don't drink a lot of scotch I am trying to broaden my horizons and the new and unusual always appeal to me. So I was considering trying to find that one. Would be curious to hear what you think of it if you find it!

[dohidied]

Polished off The Speyside 12 this fine day, my first and only bottle of scotch. Enjoyed it more and more over the last few years since I opened it. I seem to recall drinking some scotch years ago that had too much peat for my taste, but this seems nearly free of it. Does anyone have a suggestion for another mellow, malty Scotch? Should I stick to the Speyside region? Glenfiddich? The Glenlivet? Trader Joe's Speyside 18yr?

[Wall Eye]

Dohidied - You will get wide variety of answers to your question - but imo if you just want some nice, mellow, malty scotch, I enjoy Glengoyne 10 or Aberfeldy 12. They won't break the bank ($39ish) but are just nice, basic, tasty single malts. (No peat, no smoke, no sherry, etc.) And if you can find Tomatin 12 - it's also very nice and even less expensive ($29ish).

I always enjoy Johnnie Walker Black as well - a 12 yr old blend but a tad less expensive and more available than the other three...

Hard to go too far wrong with any of these.

[dohidied]

Thanks for the suggestions, Wall Eye. I'll be on the lookout for those. Looks like my local BevMo has the Tomatin for $27. Nice!

[SFS]

I strongly second the Tomatin 12, though part of my enthusiasm is that it's only $22 here.