Comments on: Blends vs Single Malts

By: tux and gnu

tux and gnu — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:00:33 +0000

Surley i liked this articale, gives a clear picture about the signle mail and the blended scotch,

By: Whysky « amateur »

Whysky « amateur » — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:16:41 +0000

To resume discussion « blend vs single malt », I would say that the “whiskyblog” answer is true but very politically correct.
Every kind of taste can be found everywhere and everyone has the right to prefer this one instead of the other. That said, you can prefer McDonald food instead Robuchon food. But you can’t disclaim that single malts whisky have nothing to compare with a blend. Single malt whisky are largely superior. About Johnny Walker Blue Label, if you have 170 € to spend it is a kind “marketing” purchase. You can have largely better for this price.

By: A Man Drinks Scotch « SocialPrimer

A Man Drinks Scotch « SocialPrimer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:42:02 +0000

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By: whiskyblog

whiskyblog — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 03:07:07 +0000

First, thanks for the comment.

I think the aspect I prefer about single malts is that you can get more variety and personality through the various expresions provided by certain distilleries.

That said, there are blends that use single malts across distilleries and there are some very accomplished blends that use only single malts. For example the Johnny Walker Green, Gold and Blue are fine examples and of course are readily available world wide.

Having been in the US for a while I have not had much access to so many outstanding blends so prefer to stick with the single malts, of which there are plenty left to try.

I definitely find a grain/malt blend to be (usually) too harsh for my palate, yet would give a good malt blend the benefit of the doubt. Superiority is also a very subjective thing, and you’ll even find that your tastes and preferences will change over time. Mine certainly has.

By: Tim Nissen

Tim Nissen — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:31:04 +0000

i am curious to know whether connoisseurs agree that single malts are the best whiskies, or whether there are premium blends made using the best single malts that some whiskey lovers consider superior to single malts.

after reading this ariticle i now understand that single malts are also blends, except that the blending happens at one distillery using products of the same age. i am wondering whether any superior blends are made using only single malt whiskeys from different distilleries, and whether any of these are considered superior by consensus.