Charlie, could you answer me a question? I'm rather new to whiskey, but I appreciate good spirits. Me being more familliar with rum, would you advise me to try a single malt or rather a blended whiskey?
I am quite interested in Chivas Regal 12 years old, but I don't know if it'll be my taste.
Do you think I should just try it, or would you rather advise me to try a single malt?
"Dear Friend. Rum, malt whisky, blended Scotch, cognac - and all the rest are all excellent drinks...and all different.
"My suggestion is that you go into a well-stocked bar, ideally with a well-informed bartender, with three friends. Each of you order different whiskies. Ask the barkeep to pour into nosing glasses. Smell. Taste. Add a drop of water. Smell and taste again. Discuss. Swop glasses and discuss again...... (cont'd)
Order more until you have discovered your 'whisky of that night', then return next night and do it again-with different whiskies... preferably malts, since they have more obvious flavour differences.
"Why not start with a blind tasting with Chivas 12 against Johnnie Walker Black Label and Dewar's 12.
@SingleMaltTv Thank you very much for your suggestion. I tried half a dozen single malts and two blended Whiskeys. I ended up having two favorites: The 10 years aged Glenkinchie and the Laphroaig of same age. Thank you very much! The Laphroaig tasted more smoky and intense to me than the Glenkinchie, which tasted much sweeter and round in the back of my mouth. I tasted: Glenkinchie 10 Laphoraig 10 Glenfiddich 12, 15 Glenmorangie 10 Glenlivet 10 Chivas Regal 12 Johnnie Walker white. thank you!
@Rivannous You are very welcome and we are glad Charlie's suggestion worked for you.
You certainly chose a good variety for your sampling and your assessment of the differences between the Glenkinchie (being a Lowland malt) and the Laphroaig (Islay and one of the most heavily peated) was very accurate.
We have forwarded your thank you message on to Charlie. Thank you for your courteous note.
Charlie, you may be able to answer a question that I have been pondering for a while. I love Scotch but I want to buy a Scotch and age it myself. Could I buy it myself from the store or do I have to buy it from a certain place and start aging it?
@TheRebelEye You could certainly buy yourself a few bottles at a store and empty them into a small cask for further maturation - the liquid doesn't continue to mature in the bottle, of course. If you then re-bottled, you could not call the juice 'Scotch', however, under the 2009 Regulations! Charlie.
@SingleMaltTv I think i must have commented on the wrong video.Oops! I was referring to buying whiskey, then re-casking it for aging. Wasn't sure how that worked.
@Sirchud68 Some distillers, eg Glenmorangie, use multiple casks to age some of their whiskies, they call it finishing. For example they may age a whisky to 10 years in American Oak ex Bourbon and then finish for 2, 3, +years in European Oak ex Oloroso Sherry, Pedro Ximenez Sherry, or in fact ex wine casks to give the resultant whisky a different flavour profile. Scotch whisky is never aged in fresh oak casks as the oak would overpower any natural flavours in the original spirit.
Tightest regulated? not quite,used Oak casks of practically any other spirit-Sherry-Bourbon-Port ect. use of E150-Caramel colouring
Peated-Unpeated-Heavily peated- Independant Bottlers- Old Malt Cask-Provenence-Duncan Taylor Chill Filtered or not
Vatted,Single Malts,Blends all terms that confuse the customer (unless well informed) Don't get me wrong I love Scotch but lets get real with the holier than thou crap...this same snob attitude created the Whisky Loch in the 1980's
I have just entered the wonderful world of single malt whiskeys with a bottle of 12 year The Glenlivet. Never knew how delicious...
Sirchud68 2 months ago
Charlie, could you answer me a question? I'm rather new to whiskey, but I appreciate good spirits. Me being more familliar with rum, would you advise me to try a single malt or rather a blended whiskey?
I am quite interested in Chivas Regal 12 years old, but I don't know if it'll be my taste.
Do you think I should just try it, or would you rather advise me to try a single malt?
Rivannous 2 months ago
@Rivannous
"Dear Friend. Rum, malt whisky, blended Scotch, cognac - and all the rest are all excellent drinks...and all different.
"My suggestion is that you go into a well-stocked bar, ideally with a well-informed bartender, with three friends. Each of you order different whiskies. Ask the barkeep to pour into nosing glasses. Smell. Taste. Add a drop of water. Smell and taste again. Discuss. Swop glasses and discuss again...... (cont'd)
SingleMaltTv 2 months ago
@Rivannous
Order more until you have discovered your 'whisky of that night', then return next night and do it again-with different whiskies... preferably malts, since they have more obvious flavour differences.
"Why not start with a blind tasting with Chivas 12 against Johnnie Walker Black Label and Dewar's 12.
All great! Try and pick out the differences."
Best - Charlie MacLean
SingleMaltTv 2 months ago
@SingleMaltTv
Thank you very much. That is a great idea.
Rivannous 2 months ago
@Rivannous Very welcome. Be sure to let us know how it goes if you take Charlie's suggestion. Cheers.
SingleMaltTv 2 months ago
Rivannous 2 months ago
@Rivannous You are very welcome and we are glad Charlie's suggestion worked for you.
You certainly chose a good variety for your sampling and your assessment of the differences between the Glenkinchie (being a Lowland malt) and the Laphroaig (Islay and one of the most heavily peated) was very accurate.
We have forwarded your thank you message on to Charlie. Thank you for your courteous note.
SingleMaltTv 2 months ago
Charlie, you may be able to answer a question that I have been pondering for a while. I love Scotch but I want to buy a Scotch and age it myself. Could I buy it myself from the store or do I have to buy it from a certain place and start aging it?
TheRebelEye 4 months ago
@TheRebelEye You could certainly buy yourself a few bottles at a store and empty them into a small cask for further maturation - the liquid doesn't continue to mature in the bottle, of course. If you then re-bottled, you could not call the juice 'Scotch', however, under the 2009 Regulations! Charlie.
SingleMaltTv 4 months ago
@SingleMaltTv Interesting. Would that actually change the whisky for the better? Or is it a gamble?
Sirchud68 1 month ago in playlist Whisky U(niversity) English
@Sirchud68 Not sure what you are referring to. Can you clarify and we will shoot back an answer. Cheers.
SingleMaltTv 1 month ago
@SingleMaltTv I think i must have commented on the wrong video.Oops! I was referring to buying whiskey, then re-casking it for aging. Wasn't sure how that worked.
Sirchud68 1 month ago
@Sirchud68 Some distillers, eg Glenmorangie, use multiple casks to age some of their whiskies, they call it finishing. For example they may age a whisky to 10 years in American Oak ex Bourbon and then finish for 2, 3, +years in European Oak ex Oloroso Sherry, Pedro Ximenez Sherry, or in fact ex wine casks to give the resultant whisky a different flavour profile. Scotch whisky is never aged in fresh oak casks as the oak would overpower any natural flavours in the original spirit.
SingleMaltTv 1 month ago
Bourbon is much more tightly regulated.I still prefer scotch though.
busysignal2006 4 months ago
Tightest regulated? not quite,used Oak casks of practically any other spirit-Sherry-Bourbon-Port ect. use of E150-Caramel colouring
Peated-Unpeated-Heavily peated- Independant Bottlers- Old Malt Cask-Provenence-Duncan Taylor Chill Filtered or not
Vatted,Single Malts,Blends all terms that confuse the customer (unless well informed) Don't get me wrong I love Scotch but lets get real with the holier than thou crap...this same snob attitude created the Whisky Loch in the 1980's
Cougar139tweak 1 year ago
"For a blend the age statement states the youngest component". True, but that goes for a single malt aswell. Just making that clear.
bajsbopper 1 year ago