The 3 best drams you have ever tried...

[Quaich1]

We often talk about the bottles of scotch we own or have owned. However, we sometimes have occasion at a tasting or at friends to try a rare single malt scotch. Having said that, what are the 3 best drams of single malt scotch you ever had occasion to try period whether you owned the bottle or had a dram at a tasting or sample or at a pub or with friends?

If I had to pick just three, they would include:

Port Ellen 22 Year Old, 1978, bottled in 2000, bottle #9389, Limited Edition Rare Malts Collection, 60.5%abv. (At a pub)

Bunnahabhain 37 Year, Malt Trust, Cask Strength 45.5%abv, cask#12423, bottle #154, Independent Bottling. (A friend brought the unopened bottle over for me to try)


Highland Park 30 Year Old, Gordon & MacPhail, MacPhail's Collection, matured in refill sherry hogshead, 43%abv, finished in 2008. (At a pub)


******************* I have to add a fourth because it was so very memorable-

Ardbeg 32 Year Old, 1967, Douglas Laing's Old Malt Cask, one of 309 bottles, 49%abv. ( Dram at the pub).
This one goes for $2743.00 Canadian dollars a bottle-I opted for an ounce dram.

What were your 3 best drams?
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[Bookie]

Three very special drams which i have tried which i recall due to their rarity and quality are:

Ardbeg 1977
Macallan Oscuro
Highland Park 1978

[opelfruit]

[whisky_rob]

1 - Glenfarclas 1961 Cask 1324, I believe its still in warehouse number 1 at Glenfarclas - Epic sherry bomb!
2 - Ardbeg 1974 Connoisseurs Choice, easily better than any other Ardbeg I've ever tried.
3 - Glenlivet 1899 bottled in 1914 to be fair not an exceptional whisky but special for so many reasons.

And because Murray can have 4 I've added one too!!
4 - Glenfarclas 1954 again straight from the cask at the distillery.

[TheWM]

As a relatively young drinker and a newcomer to whisky I have not had the opportunity to drink many high end drams. I have several bottles that I hope to open at the right time/place - who knows when. In fact I feel that I am cheating myself into thinking that when I retire I'll have a great collection to plough through, but who knows what tomorrow may bring? Food for thought (for me anyway).

In no particular order:

Bunnahabhain 25
Glenfarclas 21
Glenlivet 25

Seems quite uninspiring compared to those already listed above. Must do something about that. Sell a child perhaps?

[opelfruit]

[TheWM]

[sorren]

Not as easy as one would think to answer this...
My top three whisks would be ...
No order..
Glenfarclas 40 yo, I found this to be a fantastic dram, the nose is just to die for, I could sit and nose it all night and not be worried in drinking it..

Auchentoshan 1979 32yo, it was again just a fantastic all round dram, fantastic nose and a devine drink,

The third choice is the hardest to decide on as there are some great drams to choose from,
Glenfarclas 1966 family cask, I managed to get a sample of this and wow it was fantastic, the nose once again is beyond belief, drams like these make you very happy....

[William]

Murray it is very difficult to pick out just 3 whiskies as I have had the pleasure of many outstanding whiskies over the years. Three very memorable whiskies which I recall are:

Gordon & MacPhail Macallan Speymalt 1938 65 year old, I had the pleasure of a full bottle of this, at the time when I had it, it was the oldest whisky in the world. It was an outstanding rich sherried Macallan and amongst the best Macallan's I have tasted and very memorable because of its age.

Gordon & MacPhail Generations Glenlivet 70 year old, again memorable because of its age, still the joint oldest whisky in the world today. I reviewed it here http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/glenlivet70released.htm Unfortunately a full bottle was a little out of my price range.

There have been a number of superb Port Ellen bottlings but one I recall as being particularly good was the Port Ellen 30 Year Old Special Release 2009, I drunk a bottle of this and I still have an unopened bottle in the cupboard.

I could easily have named some of the whiskies others have mentioned above, such as the Auchentoshan 1979 which sorren mentioned, amongst the best Auchentoshans I have tasted http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/auchentoshan1979.htm
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[Samson]

3 of best drams i have had are:

Glenfarclas 40
Highland Park 30
Ardbeg Supernova 2009

[drPete]

Three very very memorable ones:

Macallan Sherry 30 (Blue label bottle)
Port Ellen 1981 G and M
Talisker 20 1982
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Talisker 18 - the rest are just details

[Brummie]

3 memorable drams for me are:

Glenfiddich 40
Highland Park 25
Gordon & Macphail Glen Grant 50

[Quaich1]

It's comforting as well as encouraging to know that we as a group, Forum members, have sometimes encountered some of the best and most sought after single malts the whisky world has to offer. I have found that over time opportunities present themselves to try some of these hallowed scotches at a tasting or show or even as a gift. It's part of what makes this "hobby" so enticing.
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[sorren]

Totally agree, when you look at some of the whiskes above it makes you drool, what makes it such a good topic is that as we all have different tastes there is a good selection of malts, I must say that William seems to be a very lucky chap,

[STUDOGG37]

Glendronach 1993 21 year, cask 39, bottle.

Glenmorangie 25 year old, bottle.

Glen Moray 30 year, bottle.
(and they do a superb carrot cake in Distillery the shop)


The Macallan 1989 Fine & Rare
(5cl sample)
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