The Balvenie (15 year) Single Barrel Cask #201
Rest assured whichever barrel you are drinking from, it will retain The Balvenie’s signature heather-and-honey flavors, and will likely yield up several fruits and flowers for you to identify.
The BenRiach (10 year) “Curiositas”
The palate is crisp and focused, with a little minerality, very little sugar, and an equal helping of peat and a cereal quality like Mexican beer. Some lime and limestone develops on the tongue, along with a medicinal bitterness. I also taste grape skins or seeds – reminiscent of Grappa.
Lagavulin (16 year)
The sugar of the barley is not forward in this bottle, but the balance between peat and malt, and the smoothness with which it comes off, make this a very satisfying dram.
So You Think Scotch Is An Expensive Habit?
By the math, drinking even a $50 Scotch by the glass at home is equivalent to drinking middle-range wine, and only slightly more expensive than drinking top-shelf martinis. Drinking Scotch is not necessarily an expensive pastime.
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