whiskey advice

iambrazil

Hi all,

Could someone recommend the best whiskey out of this lot? I have a gift voucher to use up and this small list is what I have to choose from. I've only just discovered that whiskey can be as enjoyable as craft beer so I'm fairly clueless...

Bushmills 10
Black Bush
Glenkinchie 12
Talisker 10
Caol Ila 12

Thanks!

buck65

iambrazil wrote: »

Hi all,

Could someone recommend the best whiskey out of this lot? I have a gift voucher to use up and this small list is what I have to choose from. I've only just discovered that whiskey can be as enjoyable as craft beer so I'm fairly clueless...

Bushmills 10
Black Bush
Glenkinchie 12
Talisker 10
Caol Ila 12

Thanks!

First off not an expert just enjoy my whiskey.
Bushmills 10 is a nice unpeated malt with plenty of fruit and spice flavour and an oily taste , a bit like apot still! and would be my choice of the Irish. Black Bush is a fine blended whiskey but the 10 yo malt is just that step ahead in nose and finish which for me are as important as taste.
Of the Scotch I have only tried the Talisker 10 y-o. It is a lovely whisky, peat and light smoke elements here. Very flavoursome and a good intro to Scoth malts.
A toss up between the 2 for me.

Brockagh

They're all good. Personally, from that list, I'd go for the Talisker 10.

AkiThePirate

I'd highly recommend the Bushmills 10 and the Talisker 10.
Black Bush is also delightful, but not as much so. If you're interested though, O'Briens are selling Black Bush for €20 a bottle. I've been through two since Christmas. It's a great whiskey to have a couple of, IMO.

iambrazil

thanks for advice all. I went for the Talisker. Looking forward to trying it!

IrishWhiskeyCha

Good choice and there is a lovely Pepper kick there to tantalise the taste buds, enjoy.

I would of gone for the Blackbush second which to me is a much richer and interesting whiskey than the Bushmills 10yo which is more of an easy drinker.

Antigrav

Blackbush is aged in sherry barrels where the Busmills Single Malt and Old Bushmills is aged in bourbon barrels.

This gives the difference in colour and taste.

I'd always go for the single malt myself ;-)

Brockagh

The Bushmills 10 is mainly matured in bourbon barrels, but it has some sherry too, I think. The Bushmills 16 is matured in bourbon, sherry and port barrels. And the Bushmills 21 bourbon, sherry and maderia casks. The 16 and 21 are finished in port and madeira, respectively. Not sure there's any Bushmills single malt just matured in bourbon, apart from some single cask versions.

Brockagh

And I think the Blackbush has some bourbon matured whiskey in it. The grain whiskey is likely to have been matured in bourbon barrels anyway.

Dave D

Ive taken a liking to Bushmills 10yo lately when the wallet has a few extra euros, But if not then I usually go for the Blackbush.

IrishWhiskeyCha

And for any Single Malt snobs out there ... Blackbush has over 70% single malt content so has possibly the highest single malt content of any blended whiskey or whisky in the world.

buck65

How much pot still content has Powers btw? To me Powers isn't far off Redbreast in flavour would be interested to hear if I'm on the right track here!

n0irin

I really like Blackbush but I think I'd have gone for the Bushmills 10, to try it. Interested to know how the Talisker goes as I've never tried it, I hope you enjoy it!

IrishWhiskeyCha

buck65 wrote: »

How much pot still content has Powers btw? To me Powers isn't far off Redbreast in flavour would be interested to hear if I'm on the right track here!

I think it has slightly more PPS content than Jameson but there is a slightly different make up to the actual potstill whiskey used. Also there is more bourbon barrel matured potstill whiskey used in Powers than say Jameson and it is spicier ... to me anyway.

hypermuse

If you really are cluless then I'd advise at least getting a taste of scotch and Irish whiskeys in a pub before getting a whole bottle!

I LOVE Irish whiskey but scotch not so much!!

I would defo pick the bushmills!! Its a lovely blend.. has a nice kind of subtle woody undertone in it!