£80....New Malt....

[CGRenn]

Got £80 to spend on a new bottle, Any suggestions? Last 3 bottles I brought are Lagavulin 16 , Bunnahabhain 12 and Glendronach 15 so I like a bit of everything!

Cheer all

[Quaich1]

For something a little different, how about this nice cask strength expression:

Tormore 20 Year Old 1992 (cask 100152) (Berry Bros. & Rudd) (70cl, 51.5%)
Goes for 80 pounds at The Whisky Exchange.
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[Diademo]

Many great expressions at this price range.
Maybe you should try older Glendronach 21 or other sherried malts as Glengoyne 21 but there are many other options for you to explore

[opelfruit]

Yikes, yes there are loads of really good whiskies once you get into that price range. Once you start regularly drinking in the £50-£80 bracket the choice of quality whisky is pretty endless, it's the bracket I tend to sit in.

Need some help narrowing it down mate. Where do you fancy going next for a really good bottle? Peat, sherry or general bourbon'y goodness? If you decide where you want to go to try a really good bottle then here will still be far too many choices, so need to give us a hand
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[CGRenn]

Haha yeah I was being a bit vague! Fancy going towards more Floral type Whiskies. I've had my Peat fix with the Lagavulin and my Sherry with the Glendronach, so I guess that would be my next option. I'm really open to anything, but the floral notes I got of the Glenfiddich 15 I really enjoyed. Hope that helps!

[opelfruit]

Ok, still lots of choice

Glenmorangie 18yo is lovely. Very elegant and tropical fruit driven highlander. Think that's about £80 these days.

You could go for an Old Pulteney 21yo, excellent stuff but it may be a tad over 80 now, not sure. The 17yo if not, but this is only around £60.


Any of the older Balblairs, the 1997 2nd release if you can still get it.
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[TheWM]

If you can get a Mortlach 16 on auction DO IT, JW Green label 15 (again auction but a blend)

If you can't my money would be English Whisky Chapter 13, Hibiki 17 (slightly above your price range), Kavalan single is excellent and tropical fruit notes.

Gosh. So much to choose from thinking about it.

[Grant M]

A few i would suggest are Balvenie 17 Doublewood, Talisker 18, Glencadam 21, Lagavulin 12 Special Release

[sorren]

Balvenie 15 single barrel is just about in your price limit, there are just so many malts out there in this price bracket, but if you shop wise you could just about afford a bottle of glenlivet nadura and a bottle of aberlour abunadh... Enough said .. Also Balblair 1997 is well within your budget and how about highland park origins, at 46.8 it's a lovely sherries offering from hp..

[CGRenn]

[CGRenn]

[opelfruit]

Nope, and if I were parting with £80 for an Indie bottling I'd want to make sure it was a decent one - you never know what you're getting with them.

OP21 is NCF and natural coloured too, at 46%. It's a quality dram indeed.
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[TheWM]

Longmorn is ace - although get the discontinued 15 over the 16. You can still find the 15 in some retail places and like Opel says for that money you want a distillery bottling. I have 2 left waiting my attention as it goes almost forgotten about them!

[CGRenn]

Seen a bit of an odd ball and wanted to see if anyone has given a try?

https://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/ben-nevis/ben-nevis-21-year-old-1990-ruby-port-cask-finish-whisky/

Port Finnish seems really intriguing...

[Diademo]