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- We’ve all seen the videos about the only 5 bourbons you need. But what about scotch? There are a seemingly infinite number of scotch releases on the shelf at large liquor stores. But what bottles of scotch whisky would you get if you could only have 5?
Scotch is where I started my whisky journey so I love these videos
I love that you’re finally doin’ a Scotch episode, great choices. Finally raps it up (so far) 👍🏼
I was introduced to Scotch through Lagavulin 11. Strong smoky peat taste, but I loved it. It was so different in contrast to bourbon I was used to. Now I am experimenting with Glen Fiddich and Balvenie and others.
I bought some Balvenie 15 yr Sherry Cask. Was expensive, but man it was eye openingly delicious.
@@Cerberus.TX.1836 You got the single barrel Balvenie 15 Sherry? Yeah, that is a winner hands down (assuming you get a barrel you like). It's in my top 5.
I love that you are jumping into Scotch. Looking forward to it with you.
Do not buy a bottle of whisky just because someone else likes it. Go to a bar and try it first
not always the case. This is a good rule of thumb for cheaper whiskies. But once you get into the expensive stuff it makes no sense. Whiskey bars will charge you $50 for a little dram of balvenie 21 portwood for example. The bottle cost $250 - $300 . Youre literally paying 1/6th of the bottle for that little serving. No thanks. Might as well buy the damn bottle.
My husband has been on the fence about buying a 60$ bottle of scotch bc he has never tried it and is afraid it will taste no different from the crown he occasionally drinks
Nice idea but dependant on where you live, I have to go into London as I live in a whisky serving pub wasteland
😂 i am glad i bought my macallan 12 year double cask single malt scotch directly. A nip would've costed me 30 Swiss francs, while i now bought a whole bottle for 89 swiss francs. It doesnt always make sense.
@magensmith8791 it will taste completely different
As a british guy i would recommend bourbon drinkers go with glenallachie 12 or 15 year if u want sweeter and sherry whisky . if u wanna go with more sweeter but high cask strength go with Glenallachie single cask sherry/port/oloroso/px cask version . more sherry choices are glendronach 15 /12 year but 18 and 21 are on higher price side , try tamdhu 15 year its great , try glen garioch 12 year another good one , try arran 10 year , deanston 12 year these are all non peated and mostly sherried or mixed sherry casked scotch and usually at good value . If u want to try non age stated but good sherry cask strength scotch try glendronach cask strength / glenallachie cask strength / tamdhu cask strength / glengoyne cask strength / glenfarclas 105 / aberlour a bunadh , balvenie tun . For the peated scotch fans best options are lagavulin 16 yr / ardbeg 10 / talisker 10 and caol ila 12 yr . i am personally a huge fan of glenallachie , glendronach , ardbeg and lagavulin .
Highland Park 12, basic, is so great and so clasic.
Great choice. Dipping my toes into scotch, and this is my first bottle. Love it.
@@Crookedriverhooligan Try Arrayn 10. If you like Highland Park you will love this scotch!!!
Dude thanks for the Scotch love!!!
Nice video!!!
Aberlour 12 started my Scotch journey followed by Highland Park 12 and the Classic Laddie! Now I’m all in Peated is awesome
Johnny Walker Red with a splash of Mt. Dew was my jam for long bike rides in the 70's.
That sounds terrible, yet interesting at the same time lol
@@Christian3174 Take a hard pass if you ever think about trying it.
Malt lovers- don’t miss out on the Arran range while it’s still affordable- superb craft presentation
i like the classic laddie for a budget scotch. it helped me jump that hurdle from $30ish to $50ish prices. going to give oban 14 a try. oban 18 is a little pricey for me.
Love the channel! In the future can you add pics of the bottles you suggest? I find it helpful. Great work!
I was going to comment same. Plus a caption of same.
Probs. feeling a little pissed from the presentation.
Dang it, missed the premiere… great vid tho, Drew. I need to find a break in the bourbon fever to step out and buy one of these bottles!
Very educational. Didn’t know they use peat to smoke the barley but totally makes sense.
Gotta go with balvenie 12 doublewood for a speyside
Great shoot. I like all the bourbon you do, but also appreciate your views on things like Scotch and coffee, etc. Oban 14 was the first Scotch I loved. Right now the Talisker 10 makes me sufficiently happy in the lightish peat lane. Lagavulin 16 is a classic and similar to entering the Matrix. Glenmorangie Quinta Ruben 14 is damn tasty. Love it, truly. For the Balvenie, I only have the Doublewood, not the one you mention. Yours sounds great. My budget has typically been blends like JW Black or Monkey Shoulder, but I will take your tip and try Deanston.
Oban, Laphroig, Glenmorangie, and Talisker kept me happy for decades until the pricing closed me out, so I moved to US whiskey. Now that pricing has risen and availability has shrunk, and my old favs have held pretty steady on both, those four are back on the shelf. The needed extra years in the barrel add detail and nuance a sub 10yr whiskey has no chance of matching.
Everyday sipper: Aberlour 12yr double cask - steady and dependable, not going to blow your socks off at 40% abv either
Impress your guests: Arran 10yr - the value for the product is worth introducing others to
Mixer: Nikka From The Barrel - it's actually rebottled Ben Nevis, and probably premixed for you with added colours and sweeteners
Friday night pour: Port Charlotte 10yr heavily peated
Special occasion: Springbank 12yr cask strength/Springbank 15yr
That's a good list, though personally I enjoy the Nikka From The Barrel neat too much to mix. I do love an Ardbeg 10 as a mixer, as it adds a lot of peat to your classic old fashioned.
Old Pultney 12 is relatively inexpensive and pretty good. Along the lines of Monkey Shoulder but can be a little hard to find sometimes.
I would replace the Oban with the Talisker 18 and the Glenfarclas with the Glendronach 15 otherwise solid choices. Auchentoshan American oak was my first scotch experience and is still a solid budget choice.
It's quite hard to pick out 5 whiskies from Scotland when there are 6 regions so.....in my humble opinion...here is my list of 6 whiskies, one from each region, and all of them are great value for the money. So from Speyside I recomend Craigellachie 13yo.....From The Highlands, Clynelish 14yo, From The Islands, Talisker 57*North, From The Lowlands, Bladnoch 11yo, From Islay, Bunnahabhain 12yo and from Campbeltown, Kilkerran 12yo. But I must say...ther're plenty more....cheers
a list would be helpful.
Very helpful
I know what's on my list and I'm keeping quiet as prices go up with the demands going higher
Yes! More scotch videos please.
Picked up the oban 18 after a buddies 30th birthday someone had bought him… I needed it on my shelf lol $128 here in Oregon.
Recommends 5 whiskys. Doesn’t display 1.
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Lag 16 is $110 in Texas.
This is fantastic, Drew!
Three people need long walks in the woods or on the beach.
Drew, you are dope! Love your videos and I like that from time to time you talk about other kinds of whiskey's, like Scotch! Keep bringing it!!!
Why is your clock going backwards?
I said Aberlour to a butcher in Aberlour who was quick to tell me it’s Aber-lougher. So now I take great pleasure in correcting people because I’m a wanker.
I can tell 30 buck a bottle scotch from 80 bucks a bottle but I think above 80 it just becomes a status symbol
5 that you need but apparently you don't have because you don't bother to show the bottles.
Of course it’s not about what you need but how to keep your palate interested.
Some interesting choices I've not tried before. I'm off to the ABC store.
That is your choices per your taste, but many other people have different taste.
1. Ardbeg Uigeadail
2. Laphroaig 10 year
3. Lagavulin 16 year
4. Port Charlotte Heavy Peated
5. Bunnahabhain 12 year
I’ve got a feeling that you like the Islay whiskies.
I’m not a pest guy I have a lagavulin 16 and it is good but it’s at the absolute maximum on peat that I can handle. I cater and grill and ardberg is like chewing on a briquette. Macallan and glenlivet are great.
That’s peat!!
NO scots guy would say you only need 5 scots whiskys
Aberlour A’bunadh… yes yes and YES😎👍🏼
i drink chivas regal, pretty smooth. i want to try glinlivet or johnny walker
Walker Black is a good start. Skip the red imo
Glen Farclas 15 isn't available in the US.
Yes it is
@@Aubrey_Universe Only if you order it from Europe.
@@Vortex1988 I'm not what your experience is but I can get it at my local liquor store
@@Aubrey_Universe I mean, you can get Glen Farclas 10, 12, 17, 21, 25, and 105 pretty easily, but the only way your local store is getting a 15 is if it's specially ordered from Europe.
@@Vortex1988 idk all I know is that I get it regularly as a daily sipper
I enjoy your channel. Scotch has a huge diversity, which is what makes it so fun. My list:
Highland ex-bourbon: Clynelish 14 (you called out speyside, this is not, but I think fits the bill you were aiming at). ~$55.
Lightly peated: Talisker 18, Oban 14 is a nice cheaper option, though the peat is almost undetectable. Cragganmore 12 has a similar level of peat to Oban 14.
Dessert/high sherry: A'bunadh was a great recommendation here.
Heavily Peated: Laphroaig Lore has less of the medicinal peat and some sherry. Really good for introducing people who like bourbon to scotch.
Port finished: I like the old school Glenmorangie 12 more than the new 14 by a wide margin. For more refined port finish single malt, I actually go to a non-scotch: Kavalan Solist Port Cask. Wow.
I gotta try glenmorangie 12 then. not sure if I like port but I do enjoy glenfiddich (all the way up to 18)
abunadh I'm curious about
clynelish 14 I'm willing to try
peated......you would have to talk me into a lightly peated but I've had monkey shoulder and it was the sherry note which I believe was a blended glenfiddich 12 that was what caught my attention
notes on the glenfiddich
glenfiddich 12: pretty bright and spry taste, very sherry forward for me. not my favorite but a good budget scotch
glenfiddich 15: this is a near-perfect median between sherry and the new bourbon note that I get from the new barrel introduction
glenfiddich 18: much more bourbon note and less sherry but has the essence of sherry twinkling across the palate like a river. this one has become a salacious drink that makes me wanna have it daily.
@@thevashfan12392 to be clear, when I was talking about port finished Glenmorangie, I mean the Quinta Ruban line. It is made by taking the base Glenmo from ex-bourbon and transferring to port casks for the last two years of maturation. Quinta Ruban use to be a 12 y age statement but a few years back they switched to a 14 y. Both are good, but I prefer the 12 y age statement, because of the bottles I had, the younger ones had more pronounced port notes. Both are good, if you like sherry character, trying a port finished scotch is an easy step. For peated, it is an acquired taste, but has a huge diversity of flavors that come with it, so a blast to explore. Talisker 10 and Highland Park 12 are available with mild to moderate peat and a lot of other character; they are good places to start exploring.
Bro i have watched this vid maybe 3 times maybe more great take
So many choices. Hard to level it to 5.
My choice would be glen scotia 15, arran 10, Laphroaig 10, port Charlotte 10, kilkerran 12
lol, Laphroaig is pretty funky. LOL. I love Laphroaig 10. I've tried others, but I like the bite on the 10. That was my go to Scotch for a long long time. I need to get a bottle of that, I might do that tomorrow. I enjoyed the video man. I've tried a total of 44 different single malts. My main problem is they're so damn expensive. They're really proud of their product huh, lol.
Good content. Fun to watch. Surprised you don’t have a 100k subscribers by now! I like bourbon, Irish whiskey (or is it whisky?) and scotch. My question is which to have neat, which with a drop or two of water, and which are best with a bit more water - or over ice. I experiment but could use a bit of direction.
Can you post a list of these?
That would be helpful
Love the scotch content Drew. Next up, top scotches to try before you die 👍🏻
Scotch is where I started my whisky journey and I’ll be fine if that’s where it ends.
For those of us new to scotch would be helpful if you showed the labels. Given that many scotch brands are difficult to pronounce, would help me if I could write down the name.
I thought that the Laphroaig 10 and Ardbeg 10 would be like a punch to my throat but they were not like that at all. The Laphroaig had a nice sweet finish and the Ardbeg was shockingly well balanced. I would say that the Lagavulin 16 is very seductive. It's so easy to drink.
Try those with a good cigar…blow your mind!
Can you add links to these please
Balvineed 21 $250 top shelf
You asked - what bottles of scotch whisky would you get if you could only have 5? ------ My 5 are: 1) Ballantine's 15 y.o.........2) Glenmorangie - Signet......3) Dalmore 40 y.o.........4) Glenfiddich - Snow Phoenix.......5) Macallan Rare Cask
Glenfarclas 15
Oban 14
Abelour
Lagavulin 16
Balvanie 21
The one whisky us Scottish say is pretentious,is Macallan.Now the rich man's Scotch whisky,but they can have it,because there's much better here at a fraction of the price.Springbank, Kilkerran and Longrow,are three top Scotch whiskies from the Campbeltown region.
@whatsMyNameAgainAgain Alot of Macallan pre 2000 is decent and collectable.Macallan churn out to much stuff that is chill filtered at 43% with no age statements,even their 18 year old is overpriced for what it is,whereas if it was 46% it would be a classic.They rely on their old reputation that they had,and there's better whisky out there at a fraction of the price.
I just recently got introduced to scotch with the Glenlivet 21. Any recommendations that won’t break the bank that are similar?
Thanks for the Scotch vid. Perhaps a second channel for Drew P. Whisky?
I love that you didn't go for some of the obvious "usual subjects," other than the Lag 16 (which is absolutely the right pick for an essential peated whisky). Anybody expecting Macallan, Highland Park and Glenmorangie will be pleasantly surprised. (I'd throw in anything from Compass Box as a blended +1.)
I am a scotch connoisseur. I drink my scotch neat. Have tasted the best. But definitely my favorite is a great scotch.
Please kindly disclose what you're currently enjoying the most on the daily
I like The Glenrothes 12 for the money.
What about the Oban Distillers Edition
Oban 14 is the best bang for your buck, DE and 18 are both great pours but the price jump (to me) isn’t justified
I love your vibe, but all the throat swallowing Noises Are killing me 😂😅
Very informative
For a peated whiskey I would always have caol ila on my shelf. Peated but still sweet and delicious
only 3 anyone needs is Lagavuln, Macallen and Johnny Walker for Scotch and soda
Facts
i want to keep my whisky at max 5 bottles that are my pics ardbeg 10,lagavulin 16,glenlivet 18,glenrothes,higland park 16.
Dewars rocks splash of soda lemon twist
Would a Deanston 2020 cask be a good investment long term?
FYI- Aberlour is pronounced like the word sour. As in, ah-be-lour.
My 5..
1, Monkey Shoulder. Cheap, tasty. 3 speyside single malts blended.
2, Aberlour 12 year. Cheap-ish, no smoke, big flavor.
3, Edradour. Super unique taste. Thick, earthy. Not too pricey.
4, Dalwhinnie 15. My personal favorite dram. Touch of smoke, smells like christmas, tastes like christmas by a fireplace. Semi-expensive. Worth it.
5, Highland Park. Semi cheap, more smoke than Dalwhinnie, great dram.
Honorable mention;
Glenmorangie 18 year old extremely rare. $100 bucks on sale here. Zero smoke. A bottle of grandma's hugs and her cookies and some decadent candies in there too.
Dessert in a glass.
Love the Glenmorangie 18 year old, Got it for the wedding party when my son got married and it was a huge hit
I like the clock ;)
Thanks.
Dude, I don’t understand how you taste all that? Do you have like some kind of special tasting talent?
I don’t think scotch comes anywhere close to bourbon in terms of snobbery and pretentiousness.
From what I've seen scotch sippers take the cake..
Nice top 5 👍
i actually like a caol ila above a lagavulin in that smokiness range
Come ON! Recommending Oban 14 is like recommending Coke...
SUGGESTION to our host: SHOW THE BOTTLES AND INCLUDE A 6-SECOND CLOSE-UP OF THE LABEL. Please.
i love oban!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry. Can't understand some of the names
Am a glenmorangie guy
is it 1:10 am or pm. what the F is up with that clock?
Could you please give me a couple good recommendations for a scotch to use as a cocktail mixer, excluding monkey shoulder?? Thanks alot.
You want it smoky, or no?
@@DrewPWhiskey I actually wouldn't mind having 1 with a little smoke as some recipes call for it, so maybe you could throw me 1 with a little smoke and 1 without. Thanks.
Get a Bowmore 15 for a slight kick, get a Bowmore White Sands for flavour, get a Laphroig for a sausage in your mouth, get an Ardbeg for sausage and charcoal (and yes, both ARE a compliment), get a Glen Scotia 18 or at least a Dalmore 15 to impress your neighbours and friends. Stay the F away from GlenFiddich and GlenFURselfs since its JimBean in European. There. Don't need 13 minutes to wath, just 30 seconds to read.
If you can read.
The down side to the video is that you do not show the bottle or at least show the spelling of the different Scotch names. Not all of us know Gaelic.
Johnie walker no1 world selling scotch since 1940
Jack Daniels is extremely well selling,and it's a trash.
I got one bottle of Scotch as a gift 25 yrs Glendarclas Scotch whiskey 100 auction bottle
Im a beginner but these are my 5 whiskeys’
Ardbeg an oa
Toki
Green spot
Woodford double oaked
Sexton
But after seeing this I guess I need to to try Lagavulin 16😅
Where do you rank Macallan?
Do Americans really think drinking scotch is pretentious? That’s absurd. It’s a beverage. People like what they like. What’s wrong with America that people get upset what someone chooses to drink? So we can respect people wanting their own pronouns etc, which is very cool, but we get upset when someone drinks a beverage from Scotland?
Oban 18 sucks, it is thin as water
Nope. Watch some Ralfy and try again.
Whisky not Whiskey! Scotland Whisky does not have an e in the spelling!
Drew P Balls, really?
I haven't explored much scotch yet. monkey shoulder so far
Forget everything British and taste Indri.
Someone make a list of his scotches. Not watching
Buzz off geezer
Get to the freaking point
You're already slurring bro, start the vids sober/
Cool how we all have different tastes. Unlike this video, I think Ardbeg is way better than Laguavullen
... What the babbling.....