Whisky Forum - What to take to a friends' whisky evening.

leg_iron

I'm due to go to a whisky evening in a few weeks with some friends from my archery club. I really like Ardbeg, Lagavullin, & Talisker but the majority of my friends dont like heavy phenolic peaty whisky & they tend to stick with the lighter Speyside malts. Do I take a bottle of a malt that I like or should I get something different like Bruichladdich or unpeated Caol Ila for them to try?

Fightingirish · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:05 pm Post subject:

If it's an evening of Whisky, odds are Speyside will be well represented. I say take what you like to drink to add something different to the mix.

jwbassman · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:17 pm Post subject:

Good question Smile

It really depends how open minded they are, after a few 'safe' Speyside drams, it could be the right time to challenge them with something a bit different.

I've tried a couple of the unpeated Caol Ila's and really enjoyed them and I'm quite partial to a Bruichladdich too.

If you want an Islay malt that they will probably enjoy you could do a lot worse than a standard Bunnahabhain 12, cracking dram, excellent quality whisky, fairly reasonably priced too and I would say a pretty good introduction to Islay.

The Ardbeg 10 is also a great dram but it sounds like they might not be quite ready for that!

Whatever you decide to do have a good night and let us know how you get on Smile

leg_iron · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks for your replies. I think I'm going to get either some Bruichladdich or Bunnahabhain to take with me for people to try. See how they get on with the least peaty Islay malts.

Islay Pete · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 9:47 pm Post subject:

If you don't want to take a heavily peated whisky how about an all round whisky with a touch of peat such as Highland Park.

torcross · Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 6:36 am Post subject:

Why not take a Japanese whisky at a drinkable price, Tesco currently have the Hibiki 12 at a great Â£40 a bottle for 500ml.

Great introduction to Japanese whisky and for the price it is a great dram.

leg_iron · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 7:22 am Post subject:

The person who's hosting the whisky evening does drink Japanese whisky.

opelfruit · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 11:34 am Post subject:

I always like to be the one to take a bottle of something that most will have unlikely tried, or something a little left field from the groups normal selections.

Something like a Clynelish 14yo, or an Arran.
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DsChief · Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2016 2:46 pm Post subject:

something with a different flavor profile, but not heavy & smokey

BenRiach 12 yo. Horizon's or Tobermory 15

leg_iron · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 5:27 pm Post subject:

Went to my friends whisky evening last night. There were about 12 people from the archery club there in total & we stocked up with lots of excellent chilli before hitting the whisky. There were about 16 different bottles of whisky ranging from Speyside to Highland, Lowland to Islay. I took a bottle of small batch Bowmore & 10yo Ardbeg. The Bowmore went down rather well with people who hadn't really tried any Islay malts before & I also converted a couple of people to the delights of Ardbeg 10yo.

I tried Dalmore 12yo, Glenlivet 15yo, Caol Ila 12yo, tomantoul 16yo, Dalwhinnie 15yo, highland park 12yo & finished with Ardbeg 10yo. We will definitely do another whisky evening.

jwbassman · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:41 pm Post subject:

Good work. Sounds like you had a very enjoyable evening and that is what it is all about Smile

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leg_iron · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:57 pm Post subject:

It wasn't a hot chilli. Nice to fill up with before starting on the whisky.