Whisky Forum - Your Top 10 Whiskies

McKay · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject: Your Top 10 Whiskies

Happy New Year everyone. I thought i would start the new year with a question which i am often asked and often pops up on whisky websites. If you were to name your own top 10 whiskies out of what you have personally tasted what would they be? We often hear what all the whisky writers/authors best whiskies are and we seem to be swamped with whisky awards but i thought it would be interesting to know what other members of the forum thought was good.

Here my top 10 whiskies in no paticular order:

1. Highland Park 18
2. Aberlour a'bunadh
3. Ardbeg Uigeadail
4. Ardbeg Supernova
5. Ardbeg Corryvreckan
6. Macallan 18
7. Ileach Cask Strength
8. Glenfarclas 21
9. Port Ellen 30 (Diageos Special Release)
10. Brora 30 (again Diageo Special Release)

Of course my top 10 whisky list can change almost daily but i just thoght it would be interesting to see what others thought would be exceptionally good and perhaps it will give me some whisky buying ideas for the coming year.

McKay

Calder · Master Of Malts Joined: 13 Nov 2008 Posts: 689

Happy New Year McKay. This is a good idea for a thread as i dont think we have had one like this on here before and as you say it may give others some ideas for what to try in the coming year.

My 10 selections are what i would drink quite regularly therefore they are not overly expensive:

1) Macallan 18
2) Aberlour a'bunadh
3) Glenfarclas 15
4) Ardbeg Uigeadail
5) Ardbeg 10
6) Highland Park 18
7) Balvenie Doublewood
8) Talisker 18
9) Lagavulin 16
10) Clynelish 14

Calder

Bookie · Master Of Malts Joined: 15 Sep 2008 Posts: 945

My personal top 10 in recent months would be

1) Bruichladdich Port Charlotte PC6
2) Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or
3) Balvenie 21 Portwood
4) Highland Park 30
5) Glenfarclas 1970 The Family Cask
6) Ardbeg Uigeadail
7) Highland Park 18
8) Macallan 18
9) Ardbeg Corryvreckan
10) Aberlour a'bunadh batch 26

Bookie

Harvey · Double Malt Member Joined: 12 Feb 2009 Posts: 77

Here is my top 10 at the moment, in no particular order

1. Talisker 18
2. Highland Park 18
3. Aberlour abunadh
4. Ardbeg Uigeadail
5. Glenfarclas 21 & 30 (got them at christmas- love them)
6. Glenglassaugh 21 Year old (another christmas gift- superb)
7. Highland Park 30 (again a christmas gift and it is superb also)
8. Talisker 30 Year old Special Release 2009
9. Benrinnes 23 Year Old Special Release 2009 ( i was surprised just how good this was)
10. Ardbeg Corryvreckan

Happy New Year

Harvey

Fergie · Master Of Malts Joined: 02 Dec 2006 Posts: 1748

OK here is my 10 of the moment.

1. Highland Park 40 year old (my christmas pezzie to myself)
2. Anything from Ardbeg but have a real taste for the Uigeadail at the moment.
3. Any Port Ellen Releases from Diageo
4. Brora special release from Diageo
5. Glenfarclas 15 (went down well over the christmas period)
6. Aberlour abunadh batch 26 another winner
7. Macallan 18 sherried another i enjoyed over christmas
8. Highland Park 18 (will always be in my top 10, quality)
9. Compass Box Lady Luck ( just released last year - excellent)
10. Douglas Laing Port Ellen (had a few different ones now always superb)

Fergie

Big Mac · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:31 am Post subject:

I wouldnt say no to any of the whiskies mentioned so far they are all excellent drams. Some that would be in my top 10 that i have open at the moment, some of which were xmas gifts:

Glenfarclas 30
Glenfarclas 1979 Family Cask
Glenfarclas 1990 Family Cask
Glenfarclas 15
Macallan 18
Aberlour abunadh
Highland Park 18
Glenrothes 1979
Balvenie Portwood 21
and i always have an Ardbeg 10 open.

Mac

sorren · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject:

Sorry i cant give a full top ten but here are my favs..
1 glenfiddich 18 year old
2 glenlivet 18 year old
3 glenmorangie lasanta
4 glenmorangie nector d or
5 arberlour
6 auchentoshan select
these are the only ones i have managed to try so far but i intend to try as many others as i can, they were posted in no order...

Alastair · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 8:51 pm Post subject:

Not really my top 10 as i have more like a top 100. This is just some very good drams which i enjoyed and which stood out for me in the past year. Some where new releases, some just new to me and some which i revisited after a while away.

Longrow CV
Glenlivet Nadurra
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Ardbeg Supernova
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Amrut Cask Strength
Amrut Fusion
Arran Peacock
Laphroaig 18
A few Balblairs - Vintage 1989, 1997, 1975
Balvenie 17 Sherryoak
Balvennie 30
Balvenie 21 Portwood

Alastair

Lewis · Single Malt Member Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 21

I dont really have a top 10 either but there have been a few real crackers mentioned above, some of which are not the most expensive and sometimes get over looked. Such as the Longrow CV or Balblair 1997. I was surprised how good Amruts whisky was, the Amrut CS and Fusion are worth a try if you havent tried them yet. All the Ardbegs mentioned above are excellent drams as is the sherried Aberlour a bunadh and Glenfarclas 15.

Lewis

jeffwhite · Single Malt Member Joined: 11 Jan 2010 Posts: 24

I don't think I could come up with a top 10, but my favourite for a long time was Glenfarclas 21 year old. However, several years ago I bought a 40 year old Longmorn to open on my 40th birthday. I opened it last year and I have to say it's the best thing I have ever tasted that came from a whisky bottle.