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Scotch advice for my father

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billbixby

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I like to get my father a good bottle of scotch for his birthday and/or Christmas. If you asked him to name a favorite he'd say Glenfiddich, probably followed by Johnny Walker and then Glenlivet. I got him a bottle of Laphroaig 15 yr and he didn't care for it at all. The strong peat really turned him off.

I got him a bottle of Macallan, which I really enjoyed and he said he liked it more as time went on (thought it was so-so at first but it grew on him). Recently I got him a bottle of Johnny Walker Gold and he really enjoyed it, so much so that he stashed it away for special occasions. I also got him a bottle of Glenlivet Nadurra for Christmas but have yet to hear back on that.

Bottom line, he doesn't seem to like the peat too much and is more into those "Sam Adams" scotches like Johnny Walker and Glenfiddich. He also enjoys a rusty nail - a product of his cheap scotch-drinking heritage :whistling:

So any suggestions on the next bottle along those same "accessible" lines? I was thinking of Blue Label, but that's $100 over Gold and would he even notice? I'd like to find something really great along his taste lines. But if I'm beating a dead horse hoping to find something he'll really appreciate, well, then at least I know to save my money and get that 1.75 of 12yr Glenfiddich next time.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
 
There's a member here who knows a whole lot about Scotch, his screen name escapes me at the moment :whistling: :laugh:

Now, I would recommend the Glenfiddich Ancient Reserve 18yo which should be around $60.00 OR if you REALLY want to impress him, get him the Glenfiddich 30yo but I think you've got to spend about $250.00+ for that bottle. :0

I am NOT an expert so I don't know if you should listen to me but I do like Glenfiddich. I have never tried the 30yo but the 18yo and the 21yo are FANTASTIC! :thumbs:
 
The Balvenie Portwood 21 about $100, Johnnie Walker Green Label about $45, Dalmore 21 about $75 or Highland Park 18 about $75 all should do the trick
 
coventrycat86 said:
There's a member here who knows a whole lot about Scotch, his screen name escapes me at the moment :whistling: :laugh:

Now, I would recommend the Glenfiddich Ancient Reserve 18yo which should be around $60.00 OR if you REALLY want to impress him, get him the Glenfiddich 30yo but I think you've got to spend about $250.00+ for that bottle. :0

I am NOT an expert so I don't know if you should listen to me but I do like Glenfiddich. I have never tried the 30yo but the 18yo and the 21yo are FANTASTIC! :thumbs:
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Thanks for the ideas. Since my father and I aren't experts either, any opinions are welcome.

Kinda funny story. I got him the 18 Ancient a couple years ago. The conversation went like this:

"So what did you think?"

"It's good, very good."

"Yeah, but how about compared to regular Glen?"

"Huh?"

So, who knows? Maybe's he reached the top of his mountain. I guess that's a good thing if your mountain doesn't set you back a bundle. ;) Although, the gold label did put a twinkle in that old fart...

They had the 30 yr at my local BevMO, but yeah, that price is not to be taken lightly.
 
AVB said:
The Balvenie Portwood 21 about $100, Johnnie Walker Green Label about $45, Dalmore 21 about $75 or Highland Park 18 about $75 all should do the trick
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Thanks, AVB! I'm making a note of your suggestions.

I think next year I might take a different strategy. My father is also a prime rib fanatic. A night at Morton's, or another top place in the Bay Area, followed by a sample of several different choice varieties of scotch? That might be the ticket.

Your reviews are excellent, by the way, and you seem a natural writer. You might consider writing a book if you have the time.
 
The Chicago guys here all rave about Morton's but I have never been to one. I did find out recently that we have one here in Hartford, CT so one of these days, I've got to try it out!

Sounds like a great idea Bill! :thumbs:
 
coventrycat86 said:
The Chicago guys here all rave about Morton's but I have never been to one. I did find out recently that we have one here in Hartford, CT so one of these days, I've got to try it out!

Sounds like a great idea Bill! :thumbs:
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Coventry, if you get around to it, a review would be great. I get around to the Boston area now and again (lived there for 8 years).

I went to the Morton's in Minneapolis back in my Consultant days (around 2000). My coworker read in the in-flight magazine that it was rated as one of the top-ten steak houses in the country and insisted we go there. Our clients typically paid for our meals, so I never had that kind of audacity, but... I think we went early in the week (maybe a monday or teusday) and the place was fairly empty.

I distinguish great restaurant service as being effective, yet never intrusive. Morton's was a new experience for me. In our case, the waiter literally stood about ten feet from our table and the one other table he was resposible for. Having worked fine dining places, usually the waiter gets three or four tables (which requires some serious hustle to pull off).

When a dish needed clearing or our bread went low, anything, he signaled to a busboy, lingering out of site, who came over and took care of it. You never thought to yourself, "I'll ask for more of this when the waiter gets back". You just looked over at the waiter and he knew he was needed, asked you what you wanted, signaled, and it was there in seconds.

The service was so consumate that I felt totally out of place and even uncomfortable! I was completely under-dressed for the place, for one. I was just a 25 year-old consultant at the time.

But what can you say, it was top notch. And we paid for it, too. Between the meal and a couple bottles of pretty good wine, the bill was 450 and the tip another hundred. Not exactly an everday meal. But if you want to impress someone, particularly a lady, well, they do not mess around and the night seemed quite assured.

That was a few years ago so who knows how Morton's is now, but if you want a one-of-a-kind way to eat you won't forget, Morton's might be the ticket.

Not to mention, my dad says the prime rib is excellent. I'm a New York steak man, myself. You'd assume the food would be excellent at 80+/plate but you never know.

Cheers
 
Another vote for Morton's. I've been there twice and it is an exceptional expierience.


You are to kind Mr. Eddie's Father. It takes me an hour just to write my little reviews, a book would kill me.
 
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