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Well it really depends on your taste preferences. Monkey shoulder is a blended malt rather than just a blend which implies the presence of grain whisky and in any case the vast majority of scotch sold is still blended rather than single malt although i think the proportion has dropped from 95 blended 5 single malt to nearer 80 20 these. Few people seem to be intimidated by good ole bourbon or humble irish whiskey but single malt is different.

A gentle whisky will contain no peat which makes the dram sweeter and the burn minimal. Posted by 2 years ago. It s reasonably priced readily available in most places and has no aggressive notes to bite a whisky novice. The best way to try new scotches would be at a bar. Hello r scotch just wondering if you could point me in the direction of a good scotch to start out with.

Anything by macallan balvenie aberlour etc. By making one of the following bottles your first introduction to whisky it should act as a warm hug rather than a slap in the face. I have tried a few others as well and enjoy hibiki harmony monkey shoulder but wasn t a big fan of glenfiddich 12. Single malt scotch is often regarded as a rarefied drink something to be approached with reverence. Definitely check out the sidebar recommendations for beginners it gives lots of helpful advice. But for the sake of discussion i d say maybe go with some of the younger 10 12ish speysides. A gentle whisky will contain no peat which makes the dram sweeter and the burn minimal. I d suggest money shoulder as a good approachable beginners scotch. A beginners scotch tasting. It s not much to taste but.

I don t really believe in beginner or advanced scotch s it s all down to preferance.

Hello i would like advice on a scotch tasting to showcase the differences in flavour and help train my pallet. A gentle whisky will contain no peat which makes the dram sweeter and the burn minimal. The best way to try new scotches would be at a bar. I don t really believe in beginner or advanced scotch s it s all down to preferance. It s not much to taste but. Single malt scotch is often regarded as a rarefied drink something to be approached with reverence. Hello r scotch just wondering if you could point me in the direction of a good scotch to start out with. Anything by macallan balvenie aberlour etc. Monkey shoulder is a blended malt rather than just a blend which implies the presence of grain whisky and in any case the vast majority of scotch sold is still blended rather than single malt although i think the proportion has dropped from 95 blended 5 single malt to nearer 80 20 these. Press j to jump to the feed. The scotches i currently have are balvenie 12 year doublecask and lagavulin 16.