Advice for a scotch noob?

[Anonymous No.15243826]

For context, I'm a bourbon drinker (though not too experienced as a whole) who's used to Wild Turkey, but I wanted to try scotch--however, I didn't want to immediately jump into a single malt that would be either too expensive for my budget or too complex for me to actually appreciate, so I did some research, watched some reviews and picked up a 750ml of Johnnie Walker black label for about $35, hoping it would be a respectable starting point. I would have gotten Glenfiddich 12, but the price at the liquor store I went to (which had a depressingly small scotch selection) was a little steep on it.

To be completely honest, I found the nose to be a bit small compared to bourbon, and the palate was nothing spectacular either by comparison, and the aftertaste reminded me of the way bandaids smell. It made me nauseous for the first few sips, but after that, I found it kind of interesting, if a bit bracing, but it'll definitely take some getting used to.

My hope is that, since I'm used to the bold, ham-fisted flavors of bourbon, it's hard for me to pick apart the flavors of scotch and, as a result, I can't appreciate it properly. This could possibly improve with time and exposure to more of the scotch, and to other scotches, I hope.

Or did I just fuck myself and buy the Jack Daniels of scotch?

Please let me know, and if you have any advice, send it my way, it's always appreciated.

[Anonymous No.15243833]

This is the only respectable choice to start with.

[Anonymous No.15243840]

>>15243826
Monkey Shoulder is a better blended scotch to start with.
Don't believe >>15243833's lies.

[Anonymous No.15243858]

>>15243826
Johnny Walker is a cocktail whiskey, you live in burger your country is synonymous for whiskey.

[Anonymous No.15243870]

Glenmorangie 10 year is a good little starter scotch. Highland single malt. Mild and easy.

[Anonymous No.15243893]

>>15243833
Sir I'm just new to scotch, not a complete fucking nimrod

[Anonymous No.15243939]

>>15243840
For some odd reason I was avoiding monkey shoulder, something about it seemed weird to me. Didn't see it at the store anyway.

>>15243870
I looked up Glenmorangie 10, the price isn't too bad on that. I'll have to keep an eye out

[Anonymous No.15243979]

>>15243939
I like the Glenfiddich and Glenlivet 12 yrs as my cheap easy drinkers for scotch. For my nicerish bottles I prefer the peated islay ones like Laphroaig 10yr, Ardberg An Oa, or of course Lagavulin 16yr.

[Anonymous No.15243992]

>>15243870
I second this lad but also want to add Glen Grant 10

[Anonymous No.15244000]

OP if you want to start your scotch jorney you better buy a proper glass and I meam the copita nosing glass

[Anonymous No.15244022]

>>15244000
I respect the blessed trips but I just can't get into the idea of that

[Anonymous No.15244108]

>>15244022
Then Richard Paterson will jump out of the nearest mirror next time you pour a single malt scotch into your rocks glass and will choke you to death. Buy copita glass and get his holy bless already

[Anonymous No.15244149]

>>15244108
I'd choke that nigger back for being a posh cunt, tossin whisky on the floor like an ingrate.

[Anonymous No.15244167]

>>15244149
Kek, but really, copita is the ultimate scotch glass and opens up the aroma as nothing else.

[Anonymous No.15244180]

Don't drink scotch

It's terrible

[Anonymous No.15244196]

>>15244180
Fucking die you telling piece of shit. /ck/ is shit because of dick trolls like you

[Anonymous No.15244213]

>>15244196

Bourbon = Great
Irish Whisky = Good
Canadian Whiskey = Good
Tennessee Whiskey = Good
Dog Shit
American Blended Whiskey
Scotch

[Anonymous No.15244219]

>>15244213
Bourbon is a fanboy fad for faggots.

[Anonymous No.15244230]

this is getting out of hand

[Anonymous No.15244275]

Just drink Famous Grouse like a normal person. Don't drink some gay 18 year aged shit.

[Anonymous No.15244277]

>>15244219

Have you even been around Scotch boys?

Bourbon is overmemed because $40 buys REALLY good bourbon and le John Wick.

Scotch is overmemed by distilleries to make people thinking whiskey poured over peat is good.

[Anonymous No.15244283]

>>15244277
>thinking all scotch is peated
>thinking any bourbon is good

[Anonymous No.15244316]

>>15244283
>All Scotch reviews are dick-riding smokey peat

nah, it's terrible. Non peat scotch is boring Irish whisky.

[Anonymous No.15244320]

Should have known better than to come to 4chan for advice

[Anonymous No.15244346]

>>15244316
Highland scotch is nectar of the gods. Irish whiskey is ass juice for mixed drinks at nigger bars.

[Anonymous No.15244503]

>>15243826
I don't know, but I drink a bottle of Dewars White Label a couple times of year straight, with club soda, over ice, and mixed with amaretto. I actively dislike the more expensive scotches I've tried, but that cheap shit really hits the spot

[Anonymous No.15244507]

>>15244503
Dewars White Label is better than JW Black

[Anonymous No.15244609]

>>15243826
>>15243826
Black label is shit, and scotch is almost always going to be lighter on flavor than bourbon. Find somewhere else to buy booze because $35 for is a rip-off for black label.

Like the poster above said get a copita to smell the scotch better. A glencairn is fine too.

Good starter single malts are glenlivet 12, glenmorangie 10, and glenfiddich 12. Great King Street Artist's Blend and Glasgow Blend are good cheaper blended scotch. Green label is the only good Johnnie Walker.

[Anonymous No.15244633]

>>15244320
what is your quest?

[Anonymous No.15244685]

>>15244633
TO FIND A GOOD SCOTCH

[Anonymous No.15244706]

>>15244685

[Anonymous No.15244789]

>>15243833
This stuff is actually phenomenal. One of the best drams at an organized blind tasting I went to last year. Needless to say we were all perplexed when it turned out to be Johnnie Walker. Not sure I would pay full retail but I'll gladly take a bottle as a present.

[Anonymous No.15244913]

>>15244685
What is your budget?

[Anonymous No.15244917]

>>15244913
Two domesticated rodents and a shilling kind sir

[Anonymous No.15245011]

>>15244789
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/shill

[Anonymous No.15245050]

>>15243826
If you must get blended, buy JW Green Label not Black Label. It's only a bit more expensive for much higher quality.

The best starter single malt scotch is Glenmorangie 10.

[Anonymous No.15245061]

OP here, crisis averted everyone! I'm just a fucking dumbass and tried it after eating and drinking tea all fucking day, but 30 minutes ago I cleaned my palate by swishing water, then vodka, and had another dram.

This time I tasted a lot of malty sweetness, a campfire type smoke, subtle bourbon-y caramel and the bandaid flavor is actually growing on me, not gonna fucking lie. I'm sure there's still much better out there but at least I know that JW black (if it's at all indicative of scotch) is a decent gateway into scotch for me.

I must apologize to all of you anons for causing such a fuss simply because I tried to taste whisky with a filthy mouth. But to those of you who were actually helpful, thank you very much, and as much as I hate this site some of you are decent human beings.

--OP, I shall live to fag another day

[Anonymous No.15245065]

>>15245011
Yes, major companies deploy secret agents to some irrelevant shithole frequented by people who have no money to advertise their product. Fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.15245067]

>>15243826
I think the walker would be a good start. Also try Monkey Shoulder if you can get it, idk what's on the shelves at your stores but i imagine that you'd be able to find that easily.

Since you like bourbon and they tend to be on the sweeter side, not all the time but still. When you're ready to invest in a bottle that's a little more expensive, maybe try looking at a caribbean cask scotch, or a port cask scotch. They'll bring out more sweetness. Obviously there will be other flavors added but it really depends on the product and your palate.

Scotch does vary with the region it's made. You'll have to figure out if you like highland, islay, etc.

[Anonymous No.15245076]

>>15245067
Thank you, the Johnnie is working for me now that I tried it with a clean palate and knew what to expect, but I'll definitely try other things.

Tbh I'd like to try islay but I'm really not ready, so I'll try to work my way up gradually

[Anonymous No.15245078]

>>15245065
Major companies employ people to go around to stores and pour samples for free to build mindshare, they advertise on TV, in movies, newspapers, billboards, and you think they won't throw some third worlder a few thousand dollars a year to troll social media?

[Anonymous No.15245080]

>>15245078
Keep coping and browsing whiskybase for "value buys" that offer "bang for buck" you paranoid alcoholic.

[Anonymous No.15245087]

drink as much as you wan't. nobody decides it for you.

[Anonymous No.15245095]

>>15245076
Good point you just stated. Everything will be weird the first sip, depending on what you've eaten or drank beforehand, so after the second sip or the second time you try a product, you'll find what you enjoy about it.

Islay is the biggest hitter in terms of flavor. It's not for everyone but lots of people love it. Surprisingly it's one style that I love the most but i rarely drink it, as i rarely drink whiskey these days. As you probably know, it's peaty, smoky, and salty as a general characteristic of the style. One issue is that i have no clue what brands make an entry level islay scotch. Probably a cheaper islay blend i just haven't tried anything but the stuff that's a bit nicer.

[Anonymous No.15245096]

>>15245080
>lashes out the exact same way any time anyone questions him
>>15244868

Looks like I found the shill
Do they pay you per post or are you hourly?

[Anonymous No.15245108]

>>15243840
Monkey Shoulder has no flavor.
>>15245065
>Fucking
Wow, u mad?
Name the shill and see how he recoils.

[Anonymous No.15245110]

>>15245096
>people like thing = shill

[Anonymous No.15245113]

>>15245110
Not him. It's not that.
We've all seen the long, consistent pattern of Diageo shilling here as of late. It's too obvious and we're not fucking stupid.
Go away.

[Anonymous No.15245120]

>>15245113
>we're not fucking stupid
I'm not so sure.

[Anonymous No.15245127]

>>15245108
Monkey shoulder has flavor. It may not be as complex and bright as whatever you're into but it tends to be the most common scotch whiskey that experienced scotch drinkers have when it comes to bringing out an affordable bottle to share with friends.

Fuck off.

[Anonymous No.15245135]

>>15244789
>didnt know blue label was good
yes blue and I think black are the nicer ones, pretty common knowledge though anon

[Anonymous No.15245146]

>>15245127
>it's good because cheapskates commonly share it with their "friends"

[Anonymous No.15245169]

>>15245146
That's the point you retard. You bust out the nice whiskey to start off with but through the evening you shouldn't be polishing off a $80+ bottle between your friends. Let them have one nice glass and downgrade from there. Go from high end to mid tier to low. After a while they'll be shipping on it to just sip on it, not evaluating flavors and shit.

Or take the last bit out of your whiskeys and create an infinity bottle and use that as the whiskey that'll keep your friends sipping. There's no need to spend $80+ for you to have two or three glasses tops while your friends drink the rest.

[Anonymous No.15245178]

>>15245135
Black is cheap trash.

[Anonymous No.15245185]

>>15245169
>infinity bottle
gay. just finish the bottle like a normal person and stop trying to be "special".

[Anonymous No.15245186]

>>15245146
I have a decent collection of higher end beers, specialty stouts and all that shit. One of my good friends always wants me to bust them out for events for him to drink but he adamantly reps bud light as his favorite beer, he even has a car in the bud light blue for with license plate BUDLGT. Why I'm the fuck would i share my expensive stuff on him when he can't appreciate the flavors?

[Anonymous No.15245192]

>>15245185
You're gay. But still, it may be fun to do an infinity bottle and see where it goes. I've never done it even if I mentioned it in the previous post. I always finish my bottles, because none of the whiskeys i drink would match well when blended. And i don't finish off bottles nearly often enough.

[Anonymous No.15245194]

>>15245169
>but through the evening you shouldn't be polishing off a $80+ bottle between your friends
Get a load of this cheapskate.

[Anonymous No.15245208]

>>15245194
You're retarded.

Again, no one is judging the flavor profile. These are not good times for me, and they've never been good really. Even so I have a collection of maybe $4k of alcohol.

Either way, I know you're baiting you faggot but I'm trying to keep this thread legit and informative for once.

[Anonymous No.15245320]

I stole a bunch of products from my old job. So now I have a bunch of good shit. Suck it faggots.

[Anonymous No.15245385]

>>15245320
very nice. that'll learn em!

[Anonymous No.15245524]

>>15244917
What is the amount a Diageo shill gets paid per post?

[Anonymous No.15247357]

>>15245524
They do for free