Tuesday, 5 July 2011

How To find Best Selection Of Scotch


There are a lot of Scotch lovers who keep on trying each and every scotch in order to find the best Scottish whisky. Scottish and Canadian whiskey are spelled without “e”, on the other hand, Irish whiskey and the American whiskey are usually spelled with "e".

If you will ask all the experts on Scotch whisky, they will give their unanimous decision in the favor of Scottish whiskies. According to them, and a lot and lot of people in the world, sccotish whiskies are the best whiskies of the world.  It is because of their distinct smokey flavor. And, when you will talk about scotch, you will find two types of scotch – single malt scotch, and blended malt scotch.

Out of both of these, usually single malt scotch is considered to be as the most sought after whisky having more caliber and more punch. The minimum alcohol percentage (ABV) of Scotch whisky, which has been set by U.K. government, is at least 40%.
Talking of the single malt whisky, Laphroaig single malt whisky is considered as one of the strongest whiskies of the world, and is aged for minimum of 10 years. Though, it also has other varieties which are aged between 15-20 years. There are also 27, 30 and 40-year-olds single malt laphroaige, which are considered as very rare and, thus, are expensive.

It has over 40 to 50 percent of alcohol percentage and is voted as the best whiskey in the champions of whiskies competition. It is the only whisky which has the Royal Warrant of the Prince of Wales, which was awarded to it while a trip to the distillery back in 1994. The 15 year old laphroaig is said to be the favorite Scottish whisky of Prince of Wales.

Those who consider themselves as an expert in drinking Scottish and Canadian whiskey must know that they can either take this drink neat or by mixing some soft water in it. If you are a diehard Scottish whisky lover, then you must have this whiskey in your personal collection.


No comments:

Post a Comment