Yes!!!! And the best part is they sell 4 different kinds of Johnnie Walker!If we're talking bang for buck, tough to beat Costco for most liquor at this point.
people like what they like, blends are generally the most popular in the casual crowd. Not what I am looking for in an experience personally.They do know how to to blend for sure, it's decent quality for a very low price. Can't hate on JW at all. If you are a Whisky nerd and want to try all kinds of different Single Malts, cask maturations, ages, single casks etc. then obviously JW isn't the right stuff. Had the 15 year old blended malt (green) and it was really nice.
Definitely won't hate on anyone enjoying JW.
Best value is Laphroaig 10 imho. I prefer peated scotches and there are quite a few I'd take over Johnnie Walker.
Fuck yes. Found a spot that sells some of the exotic blends and may well splurge on them.Drinking Ardbeg 10 as I came across this thread.
That's been my go-to for a year now.Balvenie double wood is the best bang for your buck if you ask me. Pre-pandemic it was 40$, still can find it for 50.
Most blended scotch tastes the same to me, I usually get J&B
To me some are insanely smokey too, I guess I have to assume some people like that?That's been my go-to for a year now.
When I first started out drinking alcohol, in the late 90's (my early 20s), my first exposure to "Scotch" (and I say this lightly) was Cutty Sark. I about spit it back out. The smoke flavor was gross. "This...THIS SHIT is what everyone is talking about being the best type of Liquor? Fucking trash". I tried it a few more times and then just threw the bottle out and went back to drinking basic-bitch stuff like Crown, Southern Comfort, Beam, Jack Daniels, etc.
Then 5 or 6 years later, while standing in line at a Class-Six (Mil Liqour store) I saw mini bottles of Johnnie Walker (red?). "Hey, cool...let's try Scotch again". And.......my palette rejected the smoky flavor of it immediately as well. "What the fuck am I supposed to like about this bullshit?". It just tasted bad and left a bad taste in my mouth (no pun) for a few minutes. It tasted like I was drinking charcoal water.
Fast forward to 2014, while at an open bar at a Promotion Ceremony (mess dress event), a Squadron mate shoved a glass of Glenlivet 12 into my hand and said drink up. I told him "Nah, I don't do scotch...it tastes like shit". He probably said something about not being a bitch or whatever, so I took some sips (it was on the rocks...something I never used with liquor before). BOOM! Loved it! And we drank that all night and that was one of the worst hangovers I had in my 30's.
As I look back, I think when I drank the Scotch before, I was shooting it like an Irish Whiskey, which was an overload to my palette. Also, I think my palette just got well-seasoned over the years and was now accepting of Scotch
Drank Glenlivet 12 for a few years while sampling other similarly priced Scotches (but never Johnnie Walker), and landed on Glenmorangie 10 as the one that had the stronger flavor that I liked and it was well priced. I don't know how I stumbled on Balvenie Double Wood, but that is now my #1 Scotch at the moment.
I have written down some of the Scotches that people have posted and will try those next. I'm all about trying, but when I'm staring at a wall of Scotch with all kinds of prices and years, etc...It's hard to zero in on anything.
It's definitely an acquired taste, but count me amongst the peat lovers; it can sometimes feel like drinking BBQ.To me some are insanely smokey too, I guess I have to assume some people like that?
Prefer the 10 or An Oa to Uigeadail personally but don't take that as a judgement, just a me thing...especially with a decent cigar after a steak dinner....Team Ardbeg checking in, I always keep a bottle of Uigeadail on hand.
I started liking Scotch with Johnnie Walker Black Label; it's decent and available virtually anywhere that serves alcohol. It's not a bad gateway Scotch, I just hardly find myself drinking it anymore unless I'm at a place that doesn't have some of the other Scotch that I either know I like, or want to try.
When I'm feeling "cheap", I'll usually switch or bourbon or even a Canadian whiskey.
It wasn't my first Islay Scotch, but I learned to love that style with Uigeadail; it's just so rich, bold and savoury, like chewing on a heavily seasoned, fatty piece of brisket. I also enjoy the Corryvreckan, but only really pick it up if a sale coincides with a craving.Prefer the 10 or An Oa to Uigeadail personally but don't take that as a judgement, just a me thing...especially with a decent cigar after a steak dinner....
Found a place selling the Ardcore blend for close to 200...half tempted to buy just for the box
Is it worth it? I'll spend for good shit, but usually only after I taste.