Whisky drinkers.

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I need to buy a bottle of whisky for someone who usually drinks Bells. What is a similar type but a bit more high end please? 🙂

Tricky thing with bells it’s a blend. The higher end ones are single malts which have more distinctive flavours. I find auchentoshan is liked by most, I’m not a whisky fan but even o like it

Personally I would say Oban but these guys disagree

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/similar-malts.htm

Auchentoshan Three Woods is gorgeous - it is aged ten years in oak, two years in sherry barrels and a final year in an oloroso barrel, which gives it a rounded smoothness.

A blend my late father liked was Chivas Regal, but I don’t know how it compares to Bells. I’m not much of a whisky drinker myself.

Thank you for the suggestions 🙂 I need to be able to grab this from a supermarket, is Auchentoshan available from the supermarkets?

Failing that, having looked at FeminismIsForALLWomens* list, I may go for Glenlivet. 🙂

Bunnahabhain

Jamesons is a great 'next one up'.

@Squiffany, funnily enough, Jameson was the other one I'd thought about - only because I bought it for a gift for someone else years ago!

Chivas is the only blend I would drink neat. Much nicer-
English whisky is lovely and light and easy to drink.

Yes people who like bells tend not to care so much about single malts...

My husband loves whisky and I read out your post. He said he wouldn't bother getting anything different than what they usually drink.
Fair point.

My dad loves Jameson’s but I often also buy him these tasting sets which have gone down well - www.amazon.co.uk/Drinks-Dram-Irish-Whiskey-Tasting/dp/B00D1SX776/ref=sxts_sxwds-bia-wc-p13n1_0?psc=1&keywords=whiskey+tasting+set&sprefix=whiskey+tast&pd_rd_i=B00D1SX776&qid=1601670779&cv_ct_cx=whiskey+tasting+set&dchild=1&pf_rd_p=1e6cd243-8b7a-40a6-a9d6-1942740d4074&pd_rd_wg=V19XE&pf_rd_r=C172XGB2DMERZWHTH3H7&pd_rd_w=LipOi&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&pd_rd_r=946a8751-d35f-4749-805e-2f64978ae684&sr=1-1-cfcd14ed-bf18-4d6e-aab6-058775eb0602

All whisky drinkers (and practically all drinkers) like 10-year old Glen Grant.

Just remember there’s not much in a bottle, nowadays.

Monkey Shoulder! Delicious! A blend and available in supermarkets.

My dp is a whiskey drinker and if he is feeling a bit flush or i am buying a present it would be haig club or monkey shoulder. He drinks bells any other time

I'm partial to Glen Moray in Chardonnay casks ... a bit niche but divine.

My late mother loved a glass of whisky.
Bells would have been classed as "cooking whisky" in our house, when I was growing up.
I like 10 year old Ardbeg, but it is quite dry and very peaty, so not to everyone's taste.
The reason I like Ardbeg is that is non-chill filtered, and with no colouring.

Haha, so many to choose from! 😆

I'm a bit addicted to Monkey Shoulder. I also like a really peaty single malt, but when you want something easier and more comforting nothing beats monkey shoulder. It's my favourite drink!

Get Bushmills. Definitely a more premium version of Bells. Yum!

Just spoken to a friend of mine who is a bit of a whiskey connoisseur and his advice would be Jamesons if their usual tipple is Bells. He says don't go for a single malt as a) they probably won't appreciate it and B) it will blow their head off!

No idea as I can't stand the stuff - gin on the other hand.........

@Horehound

Yes people who like bells tend not to care so much about single malts...

2 bottles?

Thank you @whojamaflip, I'm erring more on the side of Jameson's. It's so hard, not being a whisky drinker myself - I'm a gin fiend!

You can't go wrong with Jameson's, really. If you'd rather buy Scotch then Glenlivet is a good step up.

Glenlivet 12Yr Old! It's also on offer at Tesco at the moment. Failing that, Balvenie is worth considering.

I'd avoid anything heavy on smoke and peat as they tend to be quite divisive (Ardbeg, Laphroaig or Talisker). They're the only whiskies drunk in our house though.