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It's his 80th, he likes smooth whisky, Glenlivet is a favourite. I'd like to get him something nice. Any recommendations?
McAllan Gold. VERY nice. Only problem I found it does disappear really fast when you have friends about.
Balvenie Double Wood - any version.
If you can find it I'm assured Tamnavoulin is an undiscovered gem. In Asda locally for £20 over the festives.
But for an 80th I'd go back to MacAllan Gold. Buy 2 though or don't tell your friends!
Balvenie is a good shout.
Dalwhinnie too.
Both smooth but interesting.
Dalwhinnie, the 15 year old, not the Winters Gold.
Glenfarclas, age dependent on budget.
Cheers chaps - I'll see if I can get some McAllan Gold
Balvenie is a good shout.
Amusingly, I've just opened a 14yo Caribbean Cask Balvenie, a Christmas present. I'm normally a rum drinker, but seeing the title was about to recommend it anyway. It's rather lovely. Smooth, rich stuff with just enough of a hint of rum about it.
Tamnavulin double cask if he likes smooth would be my recommendation
Balvenie Doublewood is a good call. I also like Aberlour 12, your dad might like it too.
Dalwhinnie, the 15 year old, not the Winters Gold
Winter's Gold gets a lot of love on here. Undeservedly IMO, it's awfy thin. A gimmicky whisky for people who don't like whisky to taste of much.
He's had the Aberlour, I think and liked it.
Can’t get smoother than a triple distilled Irish. Writers Tears from M&S is very good.
The bottle of Glenfarclas 21 y/o I got my old boy for his Ruby wedding anniversary was an absolute delight. Still occasionally kick myself for not buying myself a bottle at the same time while it was on offer.
I like the majority of what's already been mentioned, plus Tomintoul 16 year old. Balvenie 17 has been my biggest treat so far (that's as much as I could justify spending on a single bottle of whisky having a wife and two young kids to consider!).
One I discovered recently that's also smooth, tasty and generally VERY lovely is Dalmore - the older the better (though it gets pricey the older you go).
The bottle of Glenfarclas 21 y/o I got my old boy for his Ruby wedding anniversary was an absolute delight.
Yep, nice present level one that, one of my locals has a bottle which I'm slowly getting through!! The 15 is very resonable too.
Not a bad quick reference here too, which glenlivet does he prefer the 12 or 18?
Auchentoshan my favourite at the minute(canny mind which year, probably just the 12 I think). I also like Oban 14, and the balvenie 17 double wood.
Knockando or tomintoul....
Dalmore is a good shout. They do a nice gift box (available on Amazon) which includes a bottle of the 12 year old and a couple of glasses.
Cheers - wasn't expecting so much help! Now to decide.
Just had a few bottles open over Christmas. Glenfarclas 25 was very nice but not as great as I remember. Highland Park 13, Bushmills 10 were both nice too. One that stood out for me was Woodford double oak - I'd not had it before. Rich and smooth. Its a bourbon though, or whiskey as somebody pointed out in my Christmas thread.
Just to add my £0.02
The Glenkinchie Distillery is a stones throw from my house which has come in handy in the past. I'm not a massive whisky consumer or connoisseur, but Glenkinchie is definitely the smoothest malt I've ever experienced. Light and easy on the palette.
Recommended.
I wouldn't bother getting macallan gold myself. It's a pretty bland no age statement whisky which is on par with other 30 quid no age statement whiskies. Nothing special and probably over priced because it's macallan.
Obviously whisky is very subjective and down to personal tastes.
If he likes Glenlivet then he'll probably really enjoy glenfarclas, as mentioned above. It's another sherried whisky and the 15 year old is really good but if your budget allows they also do 21 and 25 year olds for not stupid money. You could also try glengoyne.
Glenfiddich 15 solera is very nice one of the only non peat ones I drink
All above good. Had a Glengoyne 15yo the other night, very nice and I mistook it for a Speyside.
Dalmore is lovely. Glenfarclas can be good, needs to be 15yo or so to overcome the bitter back taste. Not all Macallan is unaged, it does seem to cost about 30% than I 'd think of paying though..
Others - Tormore, Tomatin worth a look.
Yeah that is kind of the problem 😉 I'd suggest anyone suggesting a distillery rather than a specific bottle should do a single distillery tasting at some point to see quite how wide a range of flavours and styles you can get from a single place.
The Octomore 8 Series being a great example of that, the Port Charlotte MC/MCR releases being another.
https://www.bruichladdich.com/laddie-shop/port-charlotte-gtr/port-charlotte-mc-01-2009/
https://www.bruichladdich.com/laddie-shop/port-charlotte/port-charlotte-mrc-01/