What whisky

[mcxuk1]

Looking to buy a decent bottle of whisky to enjoy on NYE however my previous experiences have been JD or Southern Comfort so I'm looking at trying a nice malt. What do you guys recommend as a nice one to start with?

TIA

[bga]

A Highland Park 15 or 18 is a very nice place to start IMO.
Johnnie Walker Green or Double Black always goes down well with friends who are starting out on their scotch journey (albeit the JW's aren't single malts).
Something smokey from the likes of Laphroig or Ardbeg can be fabulous but are an acquired taste especially if you are coming from a sweeter bourbon.

[CrabDan]

Glenfiddich 12 is a decent start. Some would say it's too obvious a choice, but to my mind JD is not a whisky and Southern Comfort certainly isn't, and the 'Fiddich is very easy introduction to "actual" whisky.

JW Black, as mentioned earlier, is also decent.

[a boardman]

Where abouts in north west are you.

You could pop in here.

http://fishermansretreat.com/whisky

[mcxuk1]

Cheers guys.

I'm about a mile and a half away from the Fisherman's Retreat... might give that a whirl

[a boardman]

mcxuk1 said:

Cheers guys.

I'm about a mile and a half away from the Fisherman's Retreat... might give that a whirl

My works about same distance away, only been for a works christmas meal food was good aswell.

[Garym85]

bga said:

A Highland Park 15 or 18 is a very nice place to start IMO.
Johnnie Walker Green or Double Black always goes down well with friends who are starting out on their scotch journey (albeit the JW's aren't single malts).
Something smokey from the likes of Laphroig or Ardbeg can be fabulous but are an acquired taste especially if you are coming from a sweeter bourbon.

Keep any green you have....production of this has stopped.


For a malt, I'd recommend a glenkinchie as a starter. Failing that, a bushmills malt. Ok it's an Irish whiskey and not a scotch whisky but still.