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Next Level Malts
Next Level Malts
Alright Scotchit, we’ve compiled a great list of beginner bottles, but how about your
second, third or fourth bottle? You may find your taste buds steering you in a certain direction,
but you haven’t quite nailed down your palate yet. This is the place for you. The following list
consists of a number of readily available malts that will have a bit more of a unique or full flavor
profile. The aim here is to keep all of these bottles less than $200 and have at least a couple
from each subset easily found at your average vendor. Feel like I forgot something? Speak up
and let me know!
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-Cpelletier89 *Caterpillar
Warning: The flavors below represent the major distinct flavor of the dram. Every dram on this
list will have varying levels of several of the options. The first pick will be the most prominent.
Lagavulin 16
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 90.33
● Cost: $80
● Quick Overview: Smoke, peat, malt, sweet, ash, caramel,
coffee, dry, oak, pepper, & vanilla
● ABV: 48%
● Review Average: 92.29
● Cost: $45-65
● Quick Overview: Smoke, peat, vanilla, sweet, oak, campfire,
caramel, fresh, iodine, sweetness, & tobacco
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 88.58
● Cost: $50-60
● Quick Overview: Peat, smoke, sweet,
fruit, honey, sea, dry, smooth, salt, vanilla, & citrus
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Highland Park 15
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 90.5
● Cost: $60-85
● Quick Overview: Smoky, peat, sherry, fruity, honey, vanilla, oak,
brine, floral, malt, pepper, & caramel.
Bruichladdich Octomore
● ABV: 62.5%
● Review Average: 91.9
● Cost: $120-150
● Quick Overview: Peat, smoke, long, sweet, wood, dry, lemon, oak,
pork, charred, earth, & fennel
Highland Park 18
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 87.63
● Cost: $130
● Quick Overview: Peat, oak, smoke, sherry, malt, honey, salt,
caramel, chocolate, vanilla, spices, & sweet
● ABV: 46%
● Review Average: 84.13
● Cost: $50-70
● Quick Overview: Sweet, vanilla, lemon, light, wine, dry,
fruit, honey, oak, smooth, apricot, fruity, & nutmeg
Oban 14
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 84.82
● Cost: $60-75
● Quick Overview: Malty, orange, floral, sea, earthy, pear,
salt, sherry, sweet, caramel, chocolate, & fruity
Glenlivet 16 Nadurra
● ABV: 46.3%
● Review Average: 91.33
● Cost: $110-120
● Quick Overview: Sweet, toffee, vanilla, oak, spiced, spiced,
nutty, honey, sherry, peat, & pepper.
Glenkinchie 12
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 87.33
● Cost: $40-50
● Quick Overview: Sweet, lemon, light, cake, cream, dry,
oak, citrus, floral, almonds, & apple
Glenfiddich 18
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 84
● Cost: $65-80
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 80.17
● Cost: $80
● Quick Overview: Oak, sweet, sherry, warm, fruit, leather, light,
orange, salted, strawberry, & apricot
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 86.33
● Cost: $50-65
● Quick Overview: Rum, spice, vanilla, oak, sugar, sweet, honey,
cinnamon, spicy, crisp, & dry
Glenlivet 18
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 84
● Cost: $90
● Quick Overview: Oak, fruity, ginger, light, spicy, citrus, floral, rich,
strong, toffee, & vanilla
● ABV: 46%
● Review Average: 85
● Cost: $55-65
● Quick Overview: Caramel, peat, sweet, fruity, honey, vanilla, apples,
bitter, briny, cereal, & citrus
Springbank 12
AnCnoc 12
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 84
● Cost: $40
● Quick Overview: Honey, sweet, floral, citrus, lemon, butter, dry, oak,
spice, subtle, & warm
● ABV: 46%
● Review Average: 83
● Cost: $45-55
● Quick Overview: Malt, peat, sweet, honey, sherry, vanilla, chocolate,
delicate, light, oak, & pepper
Aberlour A’bunadh
● ABV: 48%
● Review Average: 94.14
● Cost: $50-65
● Quick Overview: Sweet, sherry, raisins, pepper, cinnamon, fruits,
Glenfarclas 105
Aberlour 16
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 87.5
● Cost: $75
● Quick Overview: Sherry, oak, fruity, vanilla, chocolate,
caramel, toffee, cream, spiced, bourbon, honey, & dry.
Glenfarclas 17
● ABV: 43%
● Review Average: 89.75
● Cost: $80
● Quick Overview: Sherry, fruity, oak, dry, creamy, honey, cake, oily,
vanilla, spiced, citrus, & pepper.