Salty/briny whisky

[Gazrob]

Hi I'm looking for an alternative to old pulteney. I have the old pulteney 12 and 17 already. I'm not a fan of heavily sherried whisky or heavily peated whisky. Can anyone recommend an alternative as that is what I'm enjoying at the moment.

[GregBurnett]

Aerstone 10 YO Sea Cask has a definite salty note to it.

Easy to pick up a bottle in Tesco, although you may want to wait until it is back on promotion at £20! Great whisky for that price.

[davidbe]

Craigellachie 13 I think would be a good suggestion. It's not heavily sherried and I think has a good sweet / savoury thing going on.

[Gazrob]

Thanks guys. I'll have a look for that aerstone. I've actually had a bottle of the craigelacchie 13 and I loved it. I thought it was very rich and different compared to your average speyside.

[MattS]

I felt I got briny notes in Tobermory 10 and it's unpeated.

https://distiller.com/spirits/tobermory-10

[Drame Blanche]

Octomore 7.3. Salt and peat, all day long.

[DanO]

If you are a fan of what Pulteney produces I would suggest looking at Balblair, Craigellachie, Glen Garioch, Oban, Tamnavulin (check out Ben Bracken from Lidl which is reputed to be Tamnavulin) and Teaninich

[TheWM]

Talisker 10 and 57 degrees north? The latter is an excellent dram.

Highland Park and Scapa might also be distilleries to explore further.

[TheMaster]

Anything from Campbeltown; Springbank or Kilkerran would fit the bill, or Clynlish 14yo which often flies under the radar.

Something like a Yoichi is you're feeling a bit more flush and want to go left field.

[Gazrob]

I've got a bottle of Yoichi 10 which cost me £120 I feel like I was robbed it's only worth about £50 for me. I've got Longrow 10 100 proof which is delicious. I've also got the Springbank 15 and I'm very disappointed with it. I'm really looking for something with no peat just something similar to old pulteney something salty briny. Clynelish seems to be popping up a lot but I thought that was just fruity.

[TheMaster]

Yoichi 10 only a £50 whisky, just silly demand that's pushed it up.

Springbank can be a bit hit and miss as it's made in small batches, there is naturally variation between them. I found a few bottles of the 18yo particularly average. The Springbank 10 is, on average, more consistent in my opinion - but the style isn't to everyone's liking. Longrow is heavily peated, so quite different.

Clynlish 14 is a cracker of a whisky, consistent and a very good price.

You could try a Benromach 10, it's on the savoury side of things for a Speysider.

[Gazrob]

Yeah I don't think I'll be buying anymore Japanese whisky for a long while. I've put the springbank away and I'll come back to it in a couple of months. I love the Tobermory 10. I've got the benromach 10 and not keen on it. I get peat and not much else. I've also been thinking about the Inchmurrin 12. Too much choice.

[TheMaster]

Choice and preference; 2 big problems with whisky

Its always hard to recommend whisky to people, I'll taste and smell different to the way you do, and the next person will be different again. Not sure what type of glass you use? There is quite a big change in a whisky just simply in a different shape glass.

[Gazrob]

I mainly use a glencairn but I also have a nice tumbler that I use now and again. I'm not a fan of whiskies like glendronach I'm more into bourbon cask whisky I don't mind sherried finishes. The best whiskies I've had this year are the Glenlivet 18, old pulteney 17, Longrow 10, Edradour 12, redbreast 12.

[arqueturus]