Scotch for Scotty from a modern bar

[SithHappens]

The one I liked the most back when I drank Scotch was Speyside Arbelour A’bunadh. I bought that one a lot. I thought Glenlivet was overrated, barely better than a well made blend, and I didn't buy it again. I tried Laphroaig, but the peat taste was too much on that one. I never did register for my plot of land at their distillery.

Laphroaig I really dislike

 

[The Salt Umpire]

Laphroaig I really dislike

Mine got added to eggnog and Coke. Still tasted peaty. I didn't buy it again.

 

[PCz911]

Laphroaig, Belvanie, etc. Assuming he likes the taste and not merely the effect.

Scotch is definitely an acquired taste. A bartender friend of mine used Scotch Presses (a coffee-scotch drink) to ease people into it. Have you drunk any whisky?

All Scotch is whisky, but not all whisky is Scotch.

I would not steer a new scotch drinker to the isle whiskys as they are heavily peated. I love my laphroaig and lagaluvin but I wouldn’t give it to someone tasting whisky for the first time. A good sherry cask macallen is always a good call.

Take it neat, in small doses, and enjoy the bouquet! Smelling is as good as drinking.