Whisky Forum - whisky newbie or wanna be

jimmy · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2015 Posts: 6

HI all I'm a 31 yr old yorkshireman who last Saturdayawoke with the sole purpose of going out and buying his first bottle of whisky and at that single malt.
Anyhow I could have sat on the Internet all day looking for the perfect bottle but due to ppl tastes differing what the he'llIill browse and pick any. Now I walked away with a bottle of auchentoshan american oak and after the initial disappointment of not liking it one bit (never been a spirit drinker) I've perseveered as I want to be a whisky drinker, I've drank 3/4 of a bottle neat and I'm starting to get certain tastes and sweet after tastes ect.. very exciting time.
well anyways having nearly finished this bottle I'm looking for some direction of where to go next plus I also need something easy on the wallet if anyone has a few suggestions to throw my way that would be nice

Quaich1 · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:33 pm Post subject:

Hi Jimmy. Welcome to the Forum. Why don't you try one of the staple single malts and see if you like them...perhaps Glenlivet Founder's Reserve (about 28 pounds in UK). Here in Ontario, we have the Glenlivet 12 as well as the Founder's Reserve but the 12 year was discontinued in UK.
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jimmy · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2015 Posts: 6

Are all 4 very different or once i ve had one will it be time to look somewhere else, also I know I maybe getting ahead of myself but what should I give a wide birth to really bad whiskies or peaty monsters that I definately couldn't handle

Quaich1 · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject:

Quaich1 · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 6:59 pm Post subject:

Sorry, my post repeated itself.
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sorren · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:32 pm Post subject:

Hi Jimmy, welcome to the forum, the Auchentodhsn is a lovely malt once you get the flavours it is offering, a good step from there as mentioned sbove a the Glenlivet founders reserve( Â£20) in asda at the moment, also aberlour 10 when found can be Â£22, I'm sure I've seen it recently for that price, all the supermarkets do their own single malts in categories... Speyside, highland and Islay, it's worth trying these to see which style you prefer. All supermarkets are putting offers on whisky right up to Xmas so keep checking them out, it's always worth buying a few smaller bottles ( 5,10, 20 and 35cl) to get more varied choices.. Also where in Yorkshire are you, we might be able to point you to more shops that can help ..

opelfruit · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 7:42 pm Post subject:

Welcome.

Auchentoshan is tripple distilled so it's lighter than most styles.

Personally, I always fine a good into whisky is Balvenie doublewood. It's well priced, carries an age statement, good flavour profile without being too challenging and it's consistent.

We seem to be getting quite a few new members recently, how exciting Very Happy

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jimmy · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2015 Posts: 6

Halifax west yorkshire, thanks for all the input everyone

jimmy · Member Joined: 05 Dec 2015 Posts: 6

Open fruit could you clarify lighter?? If you can

opelfruit · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:01 pm Post subject:

The more you distill alcohol the more pure the resulting spirit, vodka is tripple distilled by default and often much more. It results in higher levels of ethanol, but you loose more of the flavour carrying compounds with higher strengths. The resulting spirit is watered down to about 63.5% abv usually be for its out into casks, so it's the same as lower distilled whisky at this point but has less "flavour". Generally it's a more subtle whisky.
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sorren · Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:11 pm Post subject:

Jimmy..
As you may know the Scottish single malts are split into regions, lowland, speyside, highland, islands and of course Islay, each area has a flavour type, Auchentoshan is a lowland malt and is more delicate than other areas, this said the American oak is all bourbon casks and has some bolder flavours than some offerings, you will pick up more floral notes, delicate flavours that a lot of people just don't get..the bigger bold flavours come from speyside, highland and Islay malts, once you get into your malts and your palate starts to pick up other flavours you will notice these delicate flavours in many malts.. The delicate flavours are not to everyone's taste.. Me I love them..

Oakster · Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:54 pm Post subject:

Hi Jimmy. I did exactly the same as you a few weeks ago and I didn't even drink at the time:D

I'm now on my 20th different single malt scotch and I'm enjoying every sip of it! It's great hobby and I enjoy the experience of tasting whisky rather then enjoying the drinking. Have fun out there Wink