![]() It’s one of the best gateway bottles I can imagine.Īnother great entry-level bottle, Caol Ila 12 was first launched back in 2002. If you’re new to scotch, you should definitely pick up a bottle of Aberfeldy 12. The finish is long, warming, and ends with a nice hint of candied orange peel. The first sip yields flavors of floral heather, sweet honey, caramelized sugar, and just a wisp of smoke. On the nose, you’ll find hints of creamy vanilla, dried fruits, and rich coffee. The result is a remarkably smooth whisky with hints of clover honey, vanilla, and charred oak. Made in limited quantities, this whisky was aged for 12 years in oak casks. One of the best whiskies for scotch novices, Aberfeldy 12 is well known as the base for many of Dewar’s blended whiskies. If you’re a beginner or someone looking to restock your bar on the cheap, you can’t do much better than Old Pulteney 12. The fish is long, warming, and ends with more sugary sweetness. The first sip is full of sweet cream, rich brown sugar, salty ocean brine, and just a hint of baking spices. On the nose, you’ll find hints of sweet honey, salted caramel, and subtle cinnamon. The result is a unique, slightly salty, mildly spicy, well-rounded bargain bottle of scotch that belongs in your liquor cabinet. Old Pulteney 12 is aged in air-dried, hand-picked ex-bourbon barrels for over a decade. Drop a comment to tell me where I messed up and which expressions I have to try before 2021’s list rolls around. I also didn’t include ridiculously expensive bottles, though I’ve been privileged to sip a fair few. If I missed one of your favorite expressions, instead of roasting me into oblivion on Twitter, just assume I haven’t tried it yet. More even than I could have ever sampled.īelow you’ll find a list of the 30 best single malt scotch whiskies I’ve ever tasted. And while there are scores of well-known blended scotch whiskies like Johnnie Walker, Dewar’s, and Famous Grouse on the market, there are actually more single malts (with new expressions launching weekly). Scotland is currently home to over 130 distilleries. Those are the basics, but from there the nuances and permutations are endless. ![]() ![]() That is single malt Scotch.Ī mini-primer before we dive too deep: To be called a single malt scotch whisky, the juice must be produced at a single distillery, made using only malted barley in the mash bill (hence the phrase “single malt”), distilled in pot stills, and aged for a minimum of three years in oak barrels. We sip it neat, on the rocks, and in our favorite cocktails.īut while we represent hard for bourbon, there’s another style that our team loves with a similar (if not even greater) passion. We love the corn-based whiskey style in all of its caramel sweet, toasted oak, and vanilla-butter glory. Here at Uproxx, we write about bourbon quite a bit. In this series, he cracks open his worn “tasting diary” and shares its contents with the masses. He’s enjoyed more drams than his doctor would dare feel comfortable with, traveled to over 20 countries testing local spirits, visited more than 50 distilleries around the globe, and amassed a collection of bottles that occupies his entire basement. Christopher Osburn has spent the past fifteen years in search of “the best” - or at least his very favorite - sips of whisk(e)y on earth. ![]()
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