Chris Lunt is my scotch buddy. He's a connoisseur of single malt scotch, and has even gone so far as to create a "scotch tree". It's a way of sampling a wide variety of single malt scotch and, based on a simple single-elimination bracket, narrowing it down to your favorite one.
Chris recently walked me and a few other guys through the tree. He's quite the font of knowledge about scotch. I think he was talking the entire time we were doing it providing color, background, answering questions, and of course giving his opinions.
I definitely don't share Chris' taste in scotch. He favors a much more earthy, "peaty" flavor such as Talisker. For me, the clear winner was Glenlivet.
Glenlivet was complex, but not as harsh as the other scotches, and had a wonderful buttery finish the quite simply seduces you into taking your next sip. Glenlivet is also widely available, making this recommendation an easy one for me.
The best place I've found to get it is at my local BevMo!. However if you want to order online, K&L has it at a great price.
Chris recently walked me and a few other guys through the tree. He's quite the font of knowledge about scotch. I think he was talking the entire time we were doing it providing color, background, answering questions, and of course giving his opinions.
I definitely don't share Chris' taste in scotch. He favors a much more earthy, "peaty" flavor such as Talisker. For me, the clear winner was Glenlivet.
Glenlivet was complex, but not as harsh as the other scotches, and had a wonderful buttery finish the quite simply seduces you into taking your next sip. Glenlivet is also widely available, making this recommendation an easy one for me.
The best place I've found to get it is at my local BevMo!. However if you want to order online, K&L has it at a great price.
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| Get Glenlivet online from K&L |
Glenlivet is the most popular single malt in America, and represents the "Tangy" group very well. The taste characteristics for this group are "Medium-bodied, medium-sweet, with Fruity, Floral, Honey, Malty Notes and Spicy Hints." Sound pretty appealing, doesn't it?