which is better - single malt or blended or bourbon and why??

Question

obviously it's all down to personal taste but still like to know what it is you like about your choice

Answer 1

I prefer single malt if I am drinking it straight up. Blended is okay on the rocks and for mixed drinks. I am not too fond of bourbon. Single malt is complex and ruined on ice. Blended is less harsh and tastes great on ice, or in Godfathers. Bourbon is too charcoal/smokey tasting for me usually. It's good with other things, and the right food.

Answer 2

Each has its place depending on what you like. Generally, single malts appeal to the people who savor the purity of the spirit. It's slightly inconsistent from year to year because it's not blended and conditions change from one year to the next. However, each distillery creates theirs with relative uniqueness...both by technique and geography.

Blended whiskies utilize the ability to adjust proportions so that the final result is not only a good blend, but consistent through time. This, in itself can be appealing. However, the flavors might not have the same or as much character as a single malt.

Bourbon is similar to a single malt in that it's not blended, and each distillery has its own technique and geography that affects the final product. It's not "pure" by single malt standards in that they use a blend of grains to produce the final product. It's not generally blended with other whiskies, either.

What I've done in the past is to go to the liquor store and get a few of the mini sized bottles of a variety...a couple single malts, a couple blends, a couple bourbons. This allows you to sample the whole spectrum side by side without having to buy a whole bottle of each.

Answer 3

If you want an adventure, single malt is the best. It gives the character of the distillery, the ground it's standing on and the climate and surroundings it is exposed to. I will start with Highland malts then go to Islay malts. I bet you that your appreciation of spirits will change and your life will never be the same again.

Blended whiskies are fine in taste but stop short of character because you can't determine the origin of the whisky just by taste alone. Plus mostly the high end ones taste good, so it's hard on the budget.

If your purpose is just to get drunk, you can drink horse piss tasting whisky and still call it a nice night.

Answer 4

single malt scotch is in all likelihood what he replaced into speaking approximately. He did no longer choose the mixed scotch (like Chivas Regal). Glenlivet single 18 is stable, no longer my style, yet many like it. Scotch might properly be divided between 2 areas---highland and lowland. Highland scotch is greater amber in coloration and smoky in style; while lowland scotch is lighter in coloration and has a mossy/green style. This refers back to the area the place the scotch replaced into made. My fav is The Macallan 21 3 hundred and sixty 5 days old. i'm optimistic he will rejoice with although.

Answer 5

Single malt for all the above reasons

Answer 6

Single malt, without a doubt. Try Lagavulin. Yum xx

Answer 7

Single malt Scotch is a type of Scotch whisky, distilled by a single distillery, using malted barley as the only grain ingredient.

This is in contrast to a blended Scotch whisky which consists of a mixture of single malt Scotch whiskies and Scottish grain whisky(ies) created from corn (maize), wheat, and/or unmalted barley.

A blend that uses only single malt whiskies is known as a "blended malt", "pure malt", or "vatted malt".

Single malt Scotch is traditionally distilled using a pot still, and must be distilled and matured in Scotland.

Answer 8

Single Malt. It's purity, it you mix gold with tin it doesn't make it better.

Answer 9

man everybodys so technical.......WILD TURKEY 101 put it in the freezer and do some shooters its super smooth and goes down easy, gobble gobble

Answer 10

both good, each to their own.