CityOfNoobs said:
Heh, dont worry about it showing your age, if anything it only shows you have good taste. I am in my mid twenties and am also a single malt scotch man. Highlands have been my go to recently but a good Speyside or Islay scotch always hits the spot as well. Grangestone 15 years has been my go to lately, and if I feel like a change I will go for the Glenfiddich 15 year ( very underrated just because its popular imo) |
I cut my teeth on Glenddfiddich 12 years ago and in general, my tastes were developed on various Speysides. And while Glennfiddich is no longer interesting enough for me to stock over a laundry list of more obscure distilleries, I do still enjoy a bottle of the 15 from time to time; more interesting than the 18. Solera vat maturation makes for a different product. A bit mild, like many Speysides, but still pleasant when I want something lighter. Also a great pour to introduce the uninitiated into single malt scotch along with Highland Park 12.
Highlands have the most variety, not surprising given that it's the largest region which makes lumping them altogther for comparison a bit pointless. Aberlour bottles some interesting sherry cask influenced expressions that are a change from Macallan. I usually have a bottle of one of Glenmorangie's standard range bottlings in the cabinet.
But it was right around the time that I tried Laphroaig that I started warming up to peated whiskys and eventually I developed a preference for them with Ardbeg leading the way. Bruichladdich wins hands down for the most variety in Islay though thanks to Jim McEwan.
