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For around £40 I would suggest
Balvenie Caribbean cask (for the last part of Maturation they use casks that used to hold rum. Gives it a pleasant fruity taste.
Glenfarclas 15 year old is a wonderful Speyside matured in sherry casks, giving a heavenly sweet sherry flavour to the whisky.
Glendronach 15 year is also a Speyside sherry cask whisky but the sherry influence isn't as prominent on the palette as the Glenfarclas.
Glenmorangie quinta ruban has been part matured in port pipes and is sweet and fruity.
Jura 16 year is one of the 'Island' whiskies a well balanced whisky, not to sweet, and has a nice spice warmth.
Moving away from the sweet but still not peaty I would suggest Old Pulteney Navigator. Has a briney salty hint to it (the distillery is on the coast) which makes for a wonderful dram.
Highland Park 12 year is a well balanced whisky, with a smokey hint on the pallete.
For something different I would go for a Japanese whisky, Nikka 'Whisky from the Barrel' a 50cl bottle for around the £40 mark. Not a single malt but a blended whisky. But what a whisky, it blows loads of single malts out of the water. Sweet and spicy this is often in my whisky cabinet.
Bourbon? There are some fantastic bourbons out there.
Four Roses Single Barrel is one of my favourites, neat or on the rocks.
Eagle Rare 10 year old Single Barrel is another.
Hope that helps.
Balvenie Caribbean cask (for the last part of Maturation they use casks that used to hold rum. Gives it a pleasant fruity taste.
Glenfarclas 15 year old is a wonderful Speyside matured in sherry casks, giving a heavenly sweet sherry flavour to the whisky.
Glendronach 15 year is also a Speyside sherry cask whisky but the sherry influence isn't as prominent on the palette as the Glenfarclas.
Glenmorangie quinta ruban has been part matured in port pipes and is sweet and fruity.
Jura 16 year is one of the 'Island' whiskies a well balanced whisky, not to sweet, and has a nice spice warmth.
Moving away from the sweet but still not peaty I would suggest Old Pulteney Navigator. Has a briney salty hint to it (the distillery is on the coast) which makes for a wonderful dram.
Highland Park 12 year is a well balanced whisky, with a smokey hint on the pallete.
For something different I would go for a Japanese whisky, Nikka 'Whisky from the Barrel' a 50cl bottle for around the £40 mark. Not a single malt but a blended whisky. But what a whisky, it blows loads of single malts out of the water. Sweet and spicy this is often in my whisky cabinet.
Bourbon? There are some fantastic bourbons out there.
Four Roses Single Barrel is one of my favourites, neat or on the rocks.
Eagle Rare 10 year old Single Barrel is another.
Hope that helps.