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#MONKEY SHOULDER WHISKEY NEAR 80905 PLUS#

A wonderland of tarry, peat smoke, burnt toffee sweetness, citrus zestiness, and pepper spice WJ.

It comes in at a good price point and is a whisky that I’d encourage you to spend some time with if you have not already. It may have but one note, but it plays that note very well JR.Īrdbeg 10 Year Old–A highly touted and awarded ( World Whisky of the Year in 2008), solid example of Islay whisky. Monkey Shoulder – This should be your go-to blended scotch for mixing. I’ve indicated Jeremy’s picks with a JR at the end of the descriptor and mine with a WJ. Enjoy. So, without further ado – here is part one of Twenty Whiskies for the Shelf. Just to put all of these bottles into context – based upon current pricing in our area you could pick up all 20 bottles for less than $1,200 total with the average bottle coming in right at $58. Or for the cost of one outrageously priced bottle on secondary – you could nicely stock a bar.

It is interesting to note how close many of the scores are with completely different groups tasting. The whiskies are sorted within the category based upon price. The scores received on ModernThirst are included, if reviewed, with an MT indication, and if the Proper Pour Whisk(e)y Club has reviewed the whiskey, the group average score from multiple tastings ( in most cases both known and later blind), are indicated by PPWC and the rating on a 100-point scale. The pricing of the bottles will be broken down into 3 categories: $$75 ( the prices are based upon averages of what we can find the bottles for in our area). If the bottle has previously been reviewed on ModernThirst you can click on the name to go to that review. Part 1 will cover the 7 scotches and 3 Irish whiskies and Part 2 will finish with the 8 American bourbons, ryes, and single malt + the two world whiskies.Ī few notes on the listing below. In looking at that breakout it makes sense to split our Twenty for the Shelf into two parts. When compiling our notes into one we ended up with 7 scotches, 4 bourbons, 3 ryes, 3 Irish, 2 world, and 1 American single malt. When comparing the two lists we had only ONE overlap – which made for a nice 20 whiskey listing to have on the shelf ( a couple of my honorable mentions were also on Jeremy’s list).

#MONKEY SHOULDER WHISKEY NEAR 80905 PLUS#

When we each submitted our lists – Jeremy had narrowed his to ten ( plus one honorable mention) and I narrowed mine to eleven ( with four honorable mentions).

The overall bottle cost should be $100 or less with a wide variety of price ranges included in the individual listings.

The selections should cover a variety of whisk(e)y styles and regions ( no preset numbers required per category – just based upon what you go back to or recommend to others).

The whiskies should be generally available ( although a few listed are more challenging to find – I’ve found each of them on the shelf in CO in the past couple of months).

Here were our ground rules – as we created our separate lists. Jeremy and I have been talking for some time about creating a listing of whiskies to have on the shelf. We’ve tasted lots of whiskey and own hundreds of bottles – but what about those go-to bottles that we replenish when the bottle is finished or that we recommend to others? When giving those bottles some thought we felt it a good idea to share with you some of our favorite bottles that we usually always have on hand.