Best Whiskey for £50???

[buckley]

Hi,

A work friend who is due to retire next week, and he is a fan of whiskey. I've had a quick whip round and have £50 to spend on a bottle, any recomendations?

http://shop.glenfiddich.com/shop/prod_30_year_old.html



http://www.missionliquors.com/single-malt-scotch/laphroaig.html



http://www.missionliquors.com/single-malt-scotch/glenlivet.html

I'm considering these ones at the moment.


Thanks alot people,


Buckley

 

[Wallenstein]

Tesco Value Whiskey - £6.98

Then spend the remaining £40 on a new hammock and tarp for yourself

 

[scanker]

You've said "whiskey" so are you limited to Irish and Bourbon?

It depends entirely on his taste. I'd go for an Islay for myself, but if you're not into Islay that could be a lead balloon. If you don't know what he likes, probably best to stick to Speyside. if he's a "fan of whiskey", his tastes are more likely to be specific and your guess at what to buy is made harder.

That said, once it's drunk it's gone. Could you get him something to keep, or was the collection on the basis that it was for a bottle of whisky?

 

[buckley]

Apparently he mentioned a bottle of a 'decent' bottle of whiskey so.......

As you have probably guessed I am pretty clueless in the area.

 

[scanker]

I've an idea. http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/ has a great selection and I've used them in the past.

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/LostDistilleries.aspx Lists distilleries that have closed or are currently silent.

There are bottles from Lochside and Rosebank in your price bracket.

One of those would be an unusual bottle for him - you're pretty much guaranteed to give him a bottle that he hasn't tried before and if he chooses to keep it, there's a chance it probably will increase in value.

*I'm not offering investment advice!

HTH

 

[buckley]

Thanks very much mate,

That's spot on.

 

[andy_e]

From your choices, the 30yr old Glenfiddich is a good bet, it'll sit well with almost any taste in whisky (note spelling )

The Macallan is another good choice, though I prefer the Islay Malts myself.

 

[webbie]

my late papa was a whiskey man so will report back with his old favorites to try and help out

 

[buckley]

Thanks for the advice guys,

I've decided to order him a bottle of this

http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-3029.aspx

Like you suggest its unusual and I doubt he has tried it before.

Your efforts are mych appreciated.

Buckley

 

[MartiniDave]

I'd go for 2 bottles of Highland Park, but that's just me being me!

I was once told that if you want to buy a special whisky, don't buy anything you've ever heard of!

Dave

 

[addo]

I like all malts because of all the differences, but my favorite at the moment is lagaluvin 16 year old.

 

[JohnC]

Laphroaig 10yo

 

[a12jpm]

Balvenie Double Wood 12year old - yum yum.

 

[Staghound]

I'm with MartiniDave on the Highland Park

 

[hiraeth]

Edradour ( about £30) and how about a nice hip flask with the change.

 

[lostplanet]

a slightly different angle, we went there for the tour, very interetsting and a very nice selection of whisky's on sale. I knew nowt about whisky, bit late i know but..................

http://www.englishwhisky.co.uk/jobs.html

you could try ringing them for advice if something goes wrong.

 

[SAS_MAN]

That whiskey is 50% alcohol so he had better not smoke after drinking it Now I wonder if you could run a trangia off it.

 

[Celt_Ginger]

Now for something properly different, I'd have tried Irish Whiskey. A Bushmills "Black Bush" or a "Malt Bush", or even something from Jameson's would be very good. Bushmills is the oldest whiskey distillery in the world and Irish whiskey is distilled 3 times instead of the normal 2. And remember, Whiskey was invented by the Irish after all.

 

[w00dsmoke]

http://www.bunnahabhain.com/detail.html?itemId=1&categoryId=1

wow is all I can say

 

[fred gordon]

At the risk of being called a smarty! The Scottish drink is whisky, no 'e'. Whiskey. with the 'e' is Irish.

I would choose The Macallan, or Dalwhinnie. Both excellent malts