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Chastown · 09-30-2013, 01:42 PM

I'm a novice, exploring some Scotches and have tried about 15 so far. Shieldaig Highlands is a very affordable peaty Scotch that has been my favorite so far. Anyone else with an opinion on this one?

grtrx · 09-30-2013, 01:59 PM

as a bourbon drinker I can say it isn't anything I want...

Briandg · 09-30-2013, 09:28 PM

Out of the millions of brands, that's one I don't recall ever seeing. I need another bottle of scotch sometime soon.

Briandg · 09-30-2013, 09:32 PM

Apple brandy, and "neutral spirits." Stuff was awesome when I first had it. The fragrance of apples was absolutely intoxicating, but the liquor was a bit rough. It was akin to sipping WT 101.

Current stock seems to be too much spirit and too little brandy. weak in aroma, and just weak in character as well. If I ever can find it, maybe I'll try their straight apple brandy.

Another teenage infatuation shot down with the passage of too much time.

grtrx · 10-01-2013, 04:19 AM

The reviews I read of shieldag are all over the place, it is a love it or hate it spirit... it is a pretty well priced single malt

Chastown · 10-01-2013, 01:32 PM

Shieldaig makes a 12, 18 yr and a speyside, all which cost more than the Highlands (approx. 19.00), but the Highlands beats them all for taste. YMHO.

grtrx · 10-01-2013, 09:46 PM

so its won a tony award?

Chastown · 10-02-2013, 03:39 PM

No. It won a neat Heisman

N99 · 10-02-2013, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chastown

I'm a novice, exploring some Scotches and have tried about 15 so far. Shieldaig Highlands is a very affordable peaty Scotch that has been my favorite so far. Anyone else with an opinion on this one?

Neighbor bought me a bottle and I likey. 25$ roundabouts here for a bottle, very reasonable for a decent scotch.

09-30-2013, 01:42 PM	#1
Chastown Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: SC Posts: 6,366	Shieldaig Highlands I'm a novice, exploring some Scotches and have tried about 15 so far. Shieldaig Highlands is a very affordable peaty Scotch that has been my favorite so far. Anyone else with an opinion on this one?

09-30-2013, 01:59 PM	#2
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	as a bourbon drinker I can say it isn't anything I want... __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

09-30-2013, 09:32 PM	#4
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	Laird's applejack Apple brandy, and "neutral spirits." Stuff was awesome when I first had it. The fragrance of apples was absolutely intoxicating, but the liquor was a bit rough. It was akin to sipping WT 101. Current stock seems to be too much spirit and too little brandy. weak in aroma, and just weak in character as well. If I ever can find it, maybe I'll try their straight apple brandy. Another teenage infatuation shot down with the passage of too much time.

10-01-2013, 04:19 AM	#5
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	The reviews I read of shieldag are all over the place, it is a love it or hate it spirit... it is a pretty well priced single malt __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

10-01-2013, 09:46 PM	#7
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	so its won a tony award? __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

09-30-2013, 09:28 PM	#3
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	Out of the millions of brands, that's one I don't recall ever seeing. I need another bottle of scotch sometime soon.

10-01-2013, 01:32 PM	#6
Chastown Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: SC Posts: 6,366	Shieldaig makes a 12, 18 yr and a speyside, all which cost more than the Highlands (approx. 19.00), but the Highlands beats them all for taste. YMHO.

10-02-2013, 03:39 PM	#8
Chastown Herf Meister Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: SC Posts: 6,366	No. It won a neat Heisman

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