20 Best Whiskey For $100 (2022 Updated)

Spicy and powerful. Aromas are sweet and floral, nectar like. The flavor profile is off dry, grainy, and incredibly rich with sweet baking spices. Distinct vanilla flavors round out the finish. 47% alcohol by volume.

Silver Medal 2007 San Francisco Spirits Competition. Ardbeg 10 Year Old has deep peat notes, with tobacco and coffee notes. The finish is long and smokey with a sweet malted cereal character. Alcohol 46% by volume.

Johnnie Walker Green Label is crafted from a palette of Speyside, Highland, Lowland and Island malts matured for at least 15 years – all perfectly balanced to bring together the intense aromas of crisp cut grass, fresh fruit, wood smoke, deep vanilla, and sandalwood.

Our only Scotch blended entirely with single malts. Johnnie Walker Green Label is a hidden gem with vibrant secrets to reveal. And with malts from the four corners of Scotland, aged for at least 15 years, it captures the distinct flavors of each landscape in perfect balance.

A whisky that’s in harmony with nature. NOSE The clean aromas of cut grass and fresh fruit mingle with pepper, rich vanilla and sandalwood. PALATE Discover a range of deep wood notes, lush with oak and cedar.

Johnnie Walker Green Label combines these richer flavors masterfully with light garden fruits and tropical, fragrant, floral notes. FINISH A fantastic expression our signature smoky finish, with notes of peat and the crisp flavor of sea salt.

Bulleit Bourbon is inspired by the whiskey that was pioneered by Augustus Bulleit over 150 years ago. Only ingredients of the very highest quality are used. The complexity of Bulleit Bourbon comes from its unique blend of rye, corn, and barley malt, along with special strains of yeast and pure Kentucky limestone-filtered water.

Due to its especially high rye content, Bulleit Bourbon has a bold, spicy character with a finish that’s distinctively clean and smooth. Medium amber in color, with gentle spiciness and sweet oak aromas, the mid-palate is smooth with tones of maple, oak, and nutmeg.

The finish is long, dry, and satiny with a light-tasting toffee flavor that lingers long after the final sip. Simply combine our bourbon whiskey with cloves, lemon juice, brown sugar and hot water for a comforting Hot Toddy.

Bulleit Bourbon is still distilled and aged in the Bulleit family tradition. High rye content gives it a bold, spicy character with a distinctively smooth, clean finish. Kentucky limestone-filtered water provides a foundation for the bourbon’s character, while charred American oak barrels lend a smoky backbone.

The Old Sherry Oak Whisky spends its 12 years of undisturbed storage in Oloroso sherry casks and is the classic of the Macallan distillery. The casks come from the air-dried wood of Spanish trees, which are then filled with the world-famous sweet wine from Jerez for 18 months before making their way to Scotland.

The distillery spares no effort in this regard and spends a proud budget for the exclusive production of the barrels – which also explains the higher price of the Sherry Oak whiskies. Ultimately, it is the casks that transform Macallan’s “New Make Spirit,” freshly flowing from the distillery over the years, into a single malt that comes up with an aromatic mix of dried fruits, oak, and spices.

Making Macallan whiskies taste the way they should is the work of a six-person whisky mastery team led by Stuart MacPherson and Kirsteen Campbell. Female influences are welcome at The Macallan, as whisky experts Sarah Burgess and Polly Logan are also part of the team.

Johnnie Walker Red Label Scotch Whisky is a blend of over 35 different whiskies. This whisky takes you on a journey with its spicy cinnamon and fresh black pepper notes, which are amplified by the warming glow of the deep red color.

It’s distinctive taste is recognized around the world and has made it the best selling scotch whisky in the world for decades. Johnnie Walker Red Label is our best selling whisky by volume, a powerful blend of up to 30 different whiskies.

Created for mixing, the bold flavors are rich and robust.

Lagavulin 16 has a smoky wood smell to the drinker, however the smell turns into a bittersweet caramel dark chocolaty/toffee taste in the nose. A hint of vanilla comes to play due to the vanilla extract that was cooked with the scotch to keep the smoky consistency.

The taste of this scotch whisky is very smooth and cool. It has a little oiliness to it. The taste is more lively of wood burning. The sweetness of the flavors grasp within themselves and deliver a bittersweet taste which people don’t see in many whiskies on the rocks its only smells and tastes like wood smoke.

The finish is ever so pleasing with no burn, fades of sweetness and flavors that keep making you lick your lips over and over again.

Though this new offering meets the technical criteria for rye (a mash bill of at least 51% rye), the sweet, caramelly flavors suggest a high-rye Bourbon-which makes sense considering that Knob Creek is best known for its Bourbon.

Expect bold almond, oak, brown butter and pecan pie flavors. The drying baking-spice finish is more characteristic of rye, and has less bite than might be expected of a 100-proof spirit. A golden amber hue with menthol confectionery notes on the nose.

Grass and peppermint notes on the palate with a hint of dried cherry. The finish is long, spicy and bold. Alcohol: 50. 0%.

Rich, sweet, chocolate and brown sugar flavors mingle in perfect balance with the bold rye spiciness. The boundless finish lingers with hints of cherries, cloves and smokiness.

Johnnie Walker Blue Label is our rarest blend. This isnt a whisky for beginners. It’s challenging and an acquired taste, but like the finest rewards in life, is worth it. Created from the rarest and most expensive whiskies in the world, Blue Label has the authentic character and flavor of a traditional nineteenth century blend, just like those that John Walker and his son Alexander developed for their most valued customers.

Blue Label is made from a few exceptional whiskies with powerful flavours. Each bottle is precious to us and is individually numbered. Each contains a rare taste and gives an intense experience. Aromas are clean and floral, with light brown sugar and biscuits.

Spicy and rich in the mouth with cinnamon stick, nutmeg and clove, undertones of vanilla custard. Sandy texture is consistent and a pleasant match for all the spice.

Crafted from a palette of Speyside, Highland, Lowland and Island malts and matured for at least 15 years, it delivers all the character of a single malt whisky, but with a greater depth of flavor. Johnnie Walker Green Label is a truly unique blend to savor while you sit-back and unwind.

This beautiful malt is first matured in ex-bourbon casks, from a family run cooperage in Kentucky, giving the liquid a wonderful zesty character. It is then finished in new oak barrels, which add subtle spiced aromas to the whisky.

Nose: Heady virgin oak bursting with lemon zest and sweet barley sugar with delicious notes of apple and nutmeg. Palate: A delightful sweetness evoking memories of candied fruits and vanilla toffee balanced with heather honey.

Finish: A satisfying light spice with a rewarding burst of honeyed malt and sweet oakiness.

Scotland- This western Highland malt is said to have been originally founded in 1794. Oban is a true classic with an amber color, an assertive, round nose, and a rich, slightly viscous body. On the palate, it is dry with malty and fruity undertones.

2020 SIP Awards Double Gold winner (Rich, Citrus, Peat, Smoke, Long).

Matured first in ex-bourbon casks from a family-run Kentucky cooperage, this Highland single malt from Deanston distillery is finished in new oak barrels adding subtle spice aromas to the zesty character.

The nose has a heady virgin oak note with citrus, barley sugar, apple and nutmeg. The palate has a delightful sweetness, candied fruits and vanilla toffee balanced with heather honey. The finish has a light spice with bursts of honeyed malt and oak.

A slow-burning fire is the foundation of Viking Pride, an 18 year Highland Park whisky. It’s a complex blend of rare malts created using hand-turned floor maltings before being matured in Sherry seasoned European oak casks.

The result is an intoxicatingly full-flavoured, richly textured single malt which exudes a subtle, fruity sweetness with a salty tang and striking smoky aromas that hints at the ancient peat combusted on Hobbister Moor.

This is an innovative whisky, with the flavour profile of yesteryear. Highland Park Viking Pride 18 year old is matured for over a decade in hand-turned floor maltings and then carefully dried by the sea wind from the North Atlantic.

It is unpeated, but full of subtle smoky notes. Its innovative bottling has received many accolades and prompted some sensational reviews.

This is one of the oldest regular releases from Balvenie at 40 years old. Matured in a combination of sherry and bourbon wood it has a rich intense nose of fruit cake with vanilla, dried apricots, citrus and ginger.

The palate has orange blossom and honeyed sweetness and sherried fruit. Buy The Balvenie Distillery whiskies here.

Redbreast is a ‘Single’ unblended, pure pot still Irish whiskey, triple distilled in oak casks for not less than twelve years. This uncompromising dedication to authenticity and quality gives Redbreast a traditional smooth mellow character and a taste which is full flavored, smooth and assertive.

40% alcohol by volume.

The Glenlivet is the single malt that started it all. It is the oldest legal distillery in the parish of Glenlivet, Speyside Scotland. It was founded in 1824 and has operated almost continuously since.

Glenlivet 15 Year Single Malt Scotch Whiskey The 15 Year Old’s distinctive character is the result of selective maturation; a proportion of the spirit is matured in a selection of French Oak casks for a limited period, so as not to overpower the final result.

The Glenlivet was one of the first distilleries to use French Oak in the whisky making process, a technique that has since been imitated by many others. Limousin Oak, which is cut in the Dordogne region of France, is often used to mature fine wines and cognacs.

In the case of The Glenlivet, its low density allows the spirit to penetrate deep into the wood, imparting the expression’s distinctive spiciness. The French Oak also increases the intensity of the whisky, resulting in a richer and creamier finish.

This is an unbeatable single malt at an unbeatable price. Aged in ex-bourbon casks and finished in virgin American oak, the resulting flavors are vanilla, marzipan, and spice that tingles the palate.

The light color is a sign of honesty, because nothing from Deanston is colored or filtered.

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