Glenfiddich 12 year single malt - Page 2

Schöneboom · 11-25-10, 12:55 PM

Aye, Glenfiddich 12 is always a fine choice and relatively easy to find. If you have a good selection in your area, I can recommend the Balvenie Doublewood. Aged first in bourbon oak, then sherry oak. Smooth, mellow, marvelously complex. Shopping around, you might find it for about $37 for 750 ml. Special occasions, naturally.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Penguin · 11-25-10, 01:03 PM

The 12 yr old Glenfiddish is a good choice in the lower-price segment of the Single Malts. Here we pay ~20 € per bottle; for comparision: Jack Daniels goes for about 16, and Jum Beam for about 13 euros - all prices for 0,7 liter. I wonder how much it is in the Republic of TX?

I tasted the 18 year old one once and it is a good one, but not really worth the extra charge. For the price of the 18yr old I would go with some other Singlwe Malt, what Bilge Rat wrote: Glenmorangie is a great choice!

I am a drinking barbarian, in no way an expert, but I made for myself the rule that you can't go wrong with a malt that starts with "Glen-". I hope the experts won't beat me up me for this - or put a kill team on me

.

I can't tell anything about which drink is good with a cigar, as I usually always smoke when I drink.

Rockstar · 11-25-10, 01:55 PM

Preferred Johnnie Walker's Blue Label which I would on occasion purchase at the NEX for 120.00 a bottle. Went well with a fine tobacco, it was the only thing I could stand to combine with a great smoke.

Glenfiddich is one I always enjoyed with company and a helluva lot cheaper to boot.

clive bradbury · 11-25-10, 04:08 PM

Glenmorangie is a nice choice - very light - and a good introduction to the water of life. For those who prefer more complex flavours, may I recommend the Islay malts - Bowmore, and the greatest of them all - Lagavulin.

antikristuseke · 11-25-10, 04:19 PM

Caol Ila is the greates of the Islay malts. I offer to do violence upon any mans body who disagrees.

Bilge_Rat · 11-25-10, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clive bradbury

Glenmorangie is a nice choice - very light - and a good introduction to the water of life. For those who prefer more complex flavours, may I recommend the Islay malts - Bowmore, and the greatest of them all - Lagavulin.

I will have to give the Lagavulin a try, although it is can. $ 114 for the 12 year old here.

scotch is an expensive habit..

antikristuseke · 11-25-10, 04:35 PM

Cheaper than cocaine though.

jumpy · 11-25-10, 07:31 PM

Much preferred Glenlivet myself.

JScones · 11-25-10, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockstar

Preferred Johnnie Walker's Blue Label which I would on occasion purchase at the NEX for 120.00 a bottle. Went well with a fine tobacco, it was the only thing I could stand to combine with a great smoke.

Glenfiddich is one I always enjoyed with company and a helluva lot cheaper to boot.

I used to drink Glenfiddich about 20 years ago, but now JW Blue is the only Scotch I drink. Not cheap here at around $260+ a bottle, even moreso when I go through a bottle every week or two, but it is one of my few indulgences...

GoldenRivet · 11-25-10, 09:40 PM

Thanks for all the input guys. Seems like a good drink. I'll have to go pick up a bottle soon.

Lots mentioned cognac. Any recommendations?

Takeda Shingen · 11-25-10, 10:50 PM

A friend of mine loves Delamain Vesper, but it is pricey. Sorry that I can't be of more assistance. I don't care for the brandys.

Schöneboom · 11-25-10, 11:18 PM

Some of the finest brandy on Earth is made here in California: Germain-Robin. Their Craft Method Brandy, aka Fine Alambic Brandy, is about $43 for 750 ml; their XO Brandy is about $100. Look up the reviews, I'm truly not kidding -- if Churchill were alive, I wouldn't hesitate to serve him this.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-01-2...y-coale-brandy

Herr_Pete · 11-26-10, 02:19 AM

Black Grouse is my firm favourite at the moment. Smooth, Aromatic with Peaty flavours. Made by the same company who make Famous Grouse. For every Black Grouse bought a donation goes to preserve these rare birds. Not entirely sure if Black Grouse is available in the States but if it is I would certainly give it a try.

GoldenRivet · 11-26-10, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Schöneboom

if Churchill were alive, I wouldn't hesitate to serve him this.

Now thats saying something

11-26-10, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Now thats saying something

Not really as he was a notorious drunk so you could have thrown him a paper cup filled with Buckfast

11-25-10, 12:55 PM	#16
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Aye, Glenfiddich 12 is always a fine choice and relatively easy to find. If you have a good selection in your area, I can recommend the Balvenie Doublewood. Aged first in bourbon oak, then sherry oak. Smooth, mellow, marvelously complex. Shopping around, you might find it for about $37 for 750 ml. Special occasions, naturally. Happy Thanksgiving! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

11-25-10, 07:31 PM	#23
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Much preferred Glenlivet myself. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life

11-25-10, 09:40 PM	#25
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Thanks for all the input guys. Seems like a good drink. I'll have to go pick up a bottle soon. Lots mentioned cognac. Any recommendations? __________________

11-25-10, 11:18 PM	#27
Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	Some of the finest brandy on Earth is made here in California: Germain-Robin. Their Craft Method Brandy, aka Fine Alambic Brandy, is about $43 for 750 ml; their XO Brandy is about $100. Look up the reviews, I'm truly not kidding -- if Churchill were alive, I wouldn't hesitate to serve him this. http://articles.sfgate.com/2005-01-2...y-coale-brandy __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

11-25-10, 01:03 PM	#17
Penguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Rheinische Republik Posts: 3,322 Downloads: 92 Uploads: 0	The 12 yr old Glenfiddish is a good choice in the lower-price segment of the Single Malts. Here we pay ~20 € per bottle; for comparision: Jack Daniels goes for about 16, and Jum Beam for about 13 euros - all prices for 0,7 liter. I wonder how much it is in the Republic of TX? I tasted the 18 year old one once and it is a good one, but not really worth the extra charge. For the price of the 18yr old I would go with some other Singlwe Malt, what Bilge Rat wrote: Glenmorangie is a great choice! I am a drinking barbarian, in no way an expert, but I made for myself the rule that you can't go wrong with a malt that starts with "Glen-". I hope the experts won't beat me up me for this - or put a kill team on me . I can't tell anything about which drink is good with a cigar, as I usually always smoke when I drink.

11-25-10, 01:55 PM	#18
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Preferred Johnnie Walker's Blue Label which I would on occasion purchase at the NEX for 120.00 a bottle. Went well with a fine tobacco, it was the only thing I could stand to combine with a great smoke. Glenfiddich is one I always enjoyed with company and a helluva lot cheaper to boot.

11-25-10, 04:08 PM	#19
clive bradbury Captain Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: stoke-on-trent, UK Posts: 492 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Glenmorangie is a nice choice - very light - and a good introduction to the water of life. For those who prefer more complex flavours, may I recommend the Islay malts - Bowmore, and the greatest of them all - Lagavulin.

11-25-10, 04:19 PM	#20
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Caol Ila is the greates of the Islay malts. I offer to do violence upon any mans body who disagrees.

11-25-10, 04:35 PM	#22
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Cheaper than cocaine though.

11-25-10, 10:50 PM	#26
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	A friend of mine loves Delamain Vesper, but it is pricey. Sorry that I can't be of more assistance. I don't care for the brandys.

11-26-10, 02:19 AM	#28
Herr_Pete Commodore Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 623 Downloads: 102 Uploads: 0	Black Grouse is my firm favourite at the moment. Smooth, Aromatic with Peaty flavours. Made by the same company who make Famous Grouse. For every Black Grouse bought a donation goes to preserve these rare birds. Not entirely sure if Black Grouse is available in the States but if it is I would certainly give it a try.