# How to become a single malt connoisseur

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** liquor-alcohol\
**Created:** [January 31, 2023, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115 "2023-01-31T18:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115/101 "2023-12-20T17:18:41Z")

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If he’s talking about Johnnie Walker Red that isn’t a high bar to clear.

Balcones makes a couple of pretty decent whiskies. They also make a couple that are complete yak piss. Stranahan’s is a component in one of my “Daily Drinkers,” namely Tin Cup. The maker ages MGP, then tops it off with 10% Stranahan’s before bottling.

I shall now seek out a bottle of Westland on your rec.

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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-become-a-single-malt-connoisseur/979115/102 "2023-12-20T18:14:15Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> You could blow a shitload of money on books, travel and bottles of single malt Scotch…or you could go to this website to get a basic understanding of the subject [https://www.thescotchadvocate.com/single-malt-scotch.html](https://www.thescotchadvocate.com/single-malt-scotch.html), then go to a bar that features flights of Scotch and try a variety. I think taking sips of different styles will show the variety more clearly than blindly trying different bottles at different times.

This.

Do not buy a premium bottle of alcohol to sample it. There was a time I would have considered myself a Vodka aficionado and yet I did not care for loads of popular expensive vodka brands and still don’t.

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