Comments on: Spirit Showdown: Scotch vs Bourbon

By: seaweed

seaweed — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:30:12 +0000

I learned something from this, so thank you! I have been drinking Chevas Regal and it's good, but now that I know how it's different from the blended whisky in Johnny Green I will definitely give that a go. Great article for a beginning aficionado. :)

By: samael

samael — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 02:49:17 +0000

ahhh….Oban

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 20 May 2011 09:36:55 +0000

i don't know about the other spirits but i love vodka very much. Quickest way to lose weight

By: john

john — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:16:24 +0000

Oh yeah, Russ, your whisky knowledge is poor at best (also 'The Macallan' not MacAllen, good thing you looked up Bruichladdich!)

By: john

john — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:07:03 +0000

Just a small note, Glenkinchie is distilled 5 miles from my house and I am nowhere near Ireland. Try the capital city Edinburgh or Tranent if you want to be exact. Good to see my personal favourite at 5 though!

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:51:56 +0000

Love your choice of Johnnie Green – definitely more value to the sip!!! Have to say my personal choice lies on the island of Islay…smoke and more smoke. Love the article because I have a definite love for both of these distillations, and yet there must be a vote for the Irish!!???

By: Jim Bennett

Jim Bennett — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:16:19 +0000

I am a bourbon man .I tried Scotch ,but it tasted like burnt wood to me.I think I will give it one more try.I think Irish bourbon is the best but it cost twice as much as my 10 y/o/ charter,lol

By: Ash

Ash — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:30:09 +0000

Perhaps Russ will be less inclined to be so rude next time after your response Andrew. People find it easy to be so rude online.

By: Andrew - Hunter Coll

Andrew - Hunter Coll — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:26:25 +0000

@Russ

These are all from my own tastings, but this is not a list of my personal favorites. This is simply a list of scotches that are an easy switchover, flavor-wise, for a bourbon drinker and vice versa. Were I to list my favorites, I would have to agree with you on the Macallan and the Oban – both great. I'm not a huge fan of Bruichladdich, but that's just a personal choice, not to say anything of the quality of the whisky. However, I must disagree about Oban being the "smokiest of them all"; you must have never tried Laphroaig 10-YO Cask Strength (and Lagavoulin 16 and Ardbeg 10 are damn good and smokey as well).

By: Russ

Russ — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:00:47 +0000

Where the Hell did you get that awful list of Scotch? I seriously hope you ripped it off another site and it wasn't a compilation of your own tastings. Where's the MacAllen, Dalwhinnie, Bruichladdich, and the smokiest of them all, THE OBAN!!!