Friday, November 8, 2019

Best tested: Top 10 whiskeys under 50 euros

Whiskey Suggest you will find almost 50,000 reviews and tasting notes about whiskeys. You can see at a glance which figure real whiskey lovers give to a whiskey and you can just as easily add your opinion to it.

The whiskeys are arranged by taste in so-called Flavor Profiles , so you can easily find your favorite flavors. Whether you are looking for a very smoky or a spicy whiskey; tick your preferences and the app does the work.
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You can even scan the barcode of a bottle of whiskey to see what other enthusiasts think. It doesn't get much easier. Based on the best reviews, Wiep has made a top ten of whiskeys under € 50. It is a small taste of what Whiskey Suggest has to offer.

Highland Park 12 Years Viking Honor

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Highland Park was founded in 1798 on the Orkney Islands (a group of around 200 islands in Northern Scotland), making it the northernmost Scottish whiskey distillery. What makes the whiskey so special? Highland Park malt the barley on its own malt floor and eat the green malt with home-grown peat.
Because of the use of the local peat, this whiskey has its own typical taste. The whiskey has a slightly sweet, powerful and long finish.

Talisker 10 Years

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The Talisker is the only malt whiskey produced on the Scottish island of Skye. The name comes from the Norwegian 'Thalas Gair' which means 'sloping rock'. The rugged island was an inspiration to Talisker and you can taste it, because it is a powerful and smoky whiskey that matches its surroundings.
It can be perfectly combined with seafood, smoked dishes or oysters. 

Blanton's Original

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Bourbon has been made for centuries, but we have only known single barrel bourbon since 1984 and it turned out to be a true revolution in the industry. And of course there is a nice story behind the bourbon that matures in one barrel.
Colonel Albert Blanton once discovered a warehouse where the tastiest bourbon was matured. He was even so picky that he chose the barrels in the middle of the warehouse, or: the center cut. After tasting bourbon from several barrels, he chose one barrel that he liked best and had it bottled.
After this, the Blanton's Original was only intended for dignitaries and friends of the colonel. Today the whiskey is happy for everyone.
You taste a slightly sweet whiskey, with flavors of citrus, oak, vanilla, nuts, caramel, orange and chocolate. You drink this whiskey best on the rocks .

Redbreast 12 Year Old

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A whiskey with a harmonious balance between spices, fruit, creaminess, sherry and roasted nuts. Due to the long finish, the complex and full flavors are beautifully preserved.
This Irish whiskey comes straight from the barrel, is unfiltered and has no water added. You can't get it any more pure.

Glenfiddich Solera 15 Years

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This scotch whiskey comes from the Glenfiddich distillery located in the Scottish Dufftown, in the Speyside region and was founded in 1886. The 15-year-old malt whiskey is aged in three types of barrels: Spanish oak barrels in which sherry was previously aged, American oak barrels where Bourbon was previously aged and in barrels of new American oak. The whiskey is then placed in the Solera barrel.
All this makes the whiskey complex with fruity and spicy notes. The Glenfiddich Solera 15 Years won several awards, including silver at the International Wine and Spirits 

Amrut Fusion

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This whiskey is called 'Fusion' because both Scottish and Indian grains are used. The Amrut Fusion undoubtedly belongs in this list, because in Jim Murray's Whiskey Bible it is rewarded with 97 points.
You can taste oak, coffee and dark chocolate with this whiskey. With a long finish that is sweet, spicy and fruity at the same time, it is a pleasant whiskey to drink.

Laphroaig Quarter Cask

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Laphroaig
This single malt also comes from the Scottish island of Islay. The ripening process of this whiskey is a lot more intensive, because it matures in other barrels. These barrels provide one third more wood contact and that gives the taste a softer and sweeter character.
In the end, peat smoke is characteristic of Laphroaig and it comes back strongly. It provides a powerful and intense taste.

Compass Box The Spice Tree

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This blended malt comes from the Scottish Highlands and is aged in oak barrels from France. You can smell dried herbs, oak, vanilla and spices, with notes of bourbon and pepper. The whiskey has flavors of ginger, toffee, vanilla, spices and pepper and has a spicy finish that makes it rich in flavor.
Compass Box is still quite new in the whiskey world: John Glaser founded it in 2000, after having been in the wine trade for years. It was Glaser's plan to make one of the most beautiful whiskeys in Scotland and he seems to succeed. John Glaser himself is in any case seen as one of the most respected distillers of his time.

The Balvenie Doublewood 12 Years

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Balvenie is a Speyside single malt Scotch whiskey, produced in the Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Scotland. This distillery grows its own barley and malt on the traditional malt floor, employs coopers and a copper smith to maintain the barrels and the industry's longest-working malt master, David Stewart.
The first ripening takes place in American oak and is then placed in European sherry barrels. This makes the whiskey soft and smooth in character with deep, fruity notes.
The Balvenie Doublewood 12 Years won several awards, including gold at the International Wine and Spirits Competition in 2015

Johnnie Walker Green Label

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This blend is a composition of products from all over Scotland. This malt matures for at least 15 years and that ensures a full layered whiskey.
A rich blend that only uses malts from all over Scotland. In this Johnnie Walker you will find tones of freshly cut grass, fresh fruit, wood smoke, pepper and vanilla.