There is in my opinion no such thing as a sh## SINGLE Malt, there are a few shirty Pure Malts and Blended Malts, however, as you positioned your question as what I would recommend ... I would have to say the Six Classics as they are sometimes referred to, stand above the rest, them being;
Dalwhinnie - This in my opinion is the smoothest of them all ... it's a subtle, gentle, smooth, did I say smooth? .... O, and it's really smooth, and delicate. It's a malt from the Highlands, with a light honey smokiness hidden in it's wonderful golden glow ... This is one you can serve anytime and to anyone without fear of it not appeasing a palate.
Glenkinchie - A soft, sweetly aromatic malt with some fresh, meadow grassy sweetness hiding in the bottle ... balanced with a warming, dryish finish.
Oban - A sophisticated, rich and full-bodied malt with a mellow fruity undertone, and just a smidgen of the peaty style of the Islay malts, (and make no mistake ALL the Islay malts are heaven in a bottle!)
Cragganmore - An amazingly complex and sophisticated Speyside Malt ... probably the most complex aroma of any single malt in my opinion ... there are some fantastic sweet fragrant notes with a delicious malt undertow ... pure yumminess!
Talisker - The seaside comes into this malt in a big way ... seaweedy taste, and just a little smoky in nose with a deep spicy undertones coupled with an almost sweet malty-ness ... hell man I'm salivating over malts at 8AM jus typing this ... probably be tanked by midday too at this rate
Lagavulin - When you experience this one, you'll wonder if all other single malt distillers used this as their end goal ... It has a distinctive and powerful smoky nose with a peaty undertow, and to coin a vape phrase ... a great throat hit .... and yet is velvety smooth.
It's also used as a flavourant in a number of popular whiskies which you may recognise.
Some advice when tasting any single malt, and contrary to what a lot of so called experts will say, is to serve it at room temperature, with a splash of iced water, (literally half a tot of iced water), added, and then swirled ... and savoured
@Intuthu Kagesi Sorry about that
Thanks for that rundown! Maybe I should ask you to write our NET descriptions
I usually drink my whiskey neat at room temp, when I was younger I would add a small splash of fish sewerage. I'll try again with iced water.
No apology necessary ... I had to refresh my memory / confirm what I had written ya know
As to your NET's ... I have been waiting patiently for peoples feedback / reviews on them, as I make no pretenses that I have, (unsuccessfully), struggled to find a vape compliment for them, and donated many unsuitable juices ... so when a friend, and vaper known to imbibe malts from time to time, @DarthBranMuffin, provided me with very favourable feedback on what he has sampled of them yesterday
, weeeeeeeeell your posting is timeous Also ... as @DavyH is Scottish of decent, and a malt drinker too ... AND that I noted he too ordered a few NET's from you ... I await his Feedback too, to which I'm already leaning towards something great
Now to your Whiskey drinking ... I would highly recommend all six of the malts above, and can safely say that once you've tasted them, well ... blended whiskey is going to taste somewhat like that fish sewerage you mentioned above
@Intuthu Kagesi You should ask @Dela Rey Steyn as well, he's also been trying it. Also mentions single malts, strangely enough 
Seems to be some thread here.
Methinks there's a barter opportunity lurking here somewhere
Seems to be some thread here.Methinks there's a barter opportunity lurking here somewhere
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I have never heard of it before, and at that price, not sure I want to either
I'm wary of "telephone number price tags" ... it may be like them Kopi Luwak coffee beans that cost an arm, a leg and a kidney ... for a bean that's passed through a monkeys sphincter
, and having had literally a sip of it, can honestly say it's waaaaaaaaaaay over rated.As to tasting malts, I don't think they come in "double tot mini bottles", so you'd need to find a friend that has personal stock ... as I don't think there are many bars or restaurants that stock anything worth writing home about to taste ... If it's any consolation ... the six I suggested shouldn't set you back too much
Well, I won't try and match @Intuthu Kagesi's write up, but some I've enjoyed over the hears: Lagavulin for sure. Coal Isla, Ardbeg, Glenlivet. And one who's spelling eludes me... Lophraig or some such... The older and the more peaty the better for me. Hence my love of Latskia and Perique tobaccos as well.
I miscounted when I ordered my batteries, lol, still short one or two so I may get two of those NETs from you when I order.
I miscounted when I ordered my batteries, lol, still short one or two so I may get two of those NETs from you when I order.
Awesome, thank you. No rush at all. Still waiting for payday on my side as well
Been a long, long time since I've had a Net juice.
@Intuthu Kagesi & @Viper_SA, trust me on this, I stake whatever dodgy piece of reputation I have left; get these NET's, they are worth every cent. I love my tobacco juices, but these NET's have that authentic pipe Tobacco taste that lingers on the palate.
If they're half as good as Tark's Rasputin I'll be happy
Some great brands in there
... Caol Ila, Ardberg, Laphroaig, and Glenlivet distill and blend, so they have a fair range to choose from. That said, their Single Malts, Blended Malts and their Whiskeys certainly all share some commonality, (mind you, everything you named shares some commonality), namely traditional peaty, smokey and earthy qualities, (all to greater or lesser degree), along with a good "throat feel", (I kinda like that vaping term as a definition ).
Stoppit now dammit
... this is like a red rag to a bull ... back in ye day, we had a name for woman that did something similar as turn-on's go I am curious tho' ... which Malt(s) and which NET's would you pair?
It's kak, don't make the same mistake I made!
Last night was the test of NET (Fruit Flake) vs Single Malt (Glenlivet 12yr) in the apt Tauren Elite Pro MTL RTA on top of the Hellfire Phantom...
The conclusion.... I NEED TO GET ALL THE OTHER FLAVORS TOO!!!
Even though it is an ALL DAY VAPES juice, it will not be an all-day-vape for me, but paired with a glass of scotch at the end of the day it goes down perfect.
As an ex Camel (plain/filter/mild) smoker that started with Texan and Chesterfield plains (stolen from my dad's stash he had hidden in the garage) the Fruit Flake hits all the right notes, even without a scotch in the hand.
The mouth feel, the flavor notes, it is all just rounded off perfectly. The tobacco hits the back of your tongue and just before you get that raw tobacco burn the fruitiness comes through in a smooth lull over the tobacco. It is also a balanced vape whereby you can switch to another flavor without the NET affecting it at all. It is one of those flavors that even though I won't vape it all day long I want to take another hit shortly after I have put it down.
Not only should all tobacco vapers try this out, this is a juice that vape shops should have on hand in different strengths for the smokers that wants to use vaping to quit smoking as this will be a perfect combustible tobacco replacement in order to wean them off slowly by lowering the nic over time.
Very well done on a great juice line @YeOldeOke! A new order will be on the cards for some more in the not so distant future.
@Intuthu Kagesi I only have two words for you: "GET SOME!"
The conclusion.... I NEED TO GET ALL THE OTHER FLAVORS TOO!!!
Even though it is an ALL DAY VAPES juice, it will not be an all-day-vape for me, but paired with a glass of scotch at the end of the day it goes down perfect.
As an ex Camel (plain/filter/mild) smoker that started with Texan and Chesterfield plains (stolen from my dad's stash he had hidden in the garage) the Fruit Flake hits all the right notes, even without a scotch in the hand.
The mouth feel, the flavor notes, it is all just rounded off perfectly. The tobacco hits the back of your tongue and just before you get that raw tobacco burn the fruitiness comes through in a smooth lull over the tobacco. It is also a balanced vape whereby you can switch to another flavor without the NET affecting it at all. It is one of those flavors that even though I won't vape it all day long I want to take another hit shortly after I have put it down.
Not only should all tobacco vapers try this out, this is a juice that vape shops should have on hand in different strengths for the smokers that wants to use vaping to quit smoking as this will be a perfect combustible tobacco replacement in order to wean them off slowly by lowering the nic over time.
Very well done on a great juice line @YeOldeOke! A new order will be on the cards for some more in the not so distant future.
@Intuthu Kagesi I only have two words for you: "GET SOME!"
For a moment there wondered if I was reading a script for a porno movie
... Thanks for that @DarthBranMuffin ... I'm jus' gonna have to get me some of these after reading your message above Like you, I too was a Camel Classic smoker back in ye day, with a cigar and a malt most evenings ... and that part has been the toughest part of my vaping journey from stinkies ... the flavour(s) to be used as part of my evening ritual(s) to compliment a good malt.
@YeOldeOke, would these NETs be safe to use in "plastic" rta's like the Pioneer?
@Viper_SA I'm pretty sure they are. There's nothing in there that should attack plastics.
Thank you, good to know.
@Viper_SA I like to be precise in the language I use (speelling and gremmer may be slightly off). Which is why, if someone asks me when will they get something, I say 'should', not 'will'.
'I'm pretty sure means' about 99%. I have not tested it as such. But I keep the NETs in HDPE (which admittedly is more resilient against tank crackers than some other forms of plastic, though I had some citrus juices that would badly deform the hdpe bottle in a relative short time) and I know there are no elements in there that I am aware of that will attack or interact with plastics.
So I am pretty sure, until otherwise convinced. But if you are worried about that maybe try it in a tank that you have spares for, and if it happens please let me know and I will reimburse you.
'I'm pretty sure means' about 99%. I have not tested it as such. But I keep the NETs in HDPE (which admittedly is more resilient against tank crackers than some other forms of plastic, though I had some citrus juices that would badly deform the hdpe bottle in a relative short time) and I know there are no elements in there that I am aware of that will attack or interact with plastics.
So I am pretty sure, until otherwise convinced. But if you are worried about that maybe try it in a tank that you have spares for, and if it happens please let me know and I will reimburse you.
I do have spares for the Pioneer and I'm also pretty sure it will be fine. I've had Miss Daisy, Coffee and Tobacco in there with no hassles, so I'm sure your juice will be fine. Just asked incase you might know of something in there. Great offer though and awesome to see service levels like this!
To be precise, for what it's worth, I keep the NETs in HDPE during the development process. During extraction and in stock they're in glass. Just to be sure no leaching occurs.
Coming back to the single malts, I've found a place that sells at quite a bit lower than the general market price. Single bottles, crates, pallets, up 2 u.
Only little thing is you need diplomatic credentials. I've no doubt at least 70+% of their business is shadowy (see lockdown, they do cigarettes n stuff as well), so my guess is these credentials will not be very closely scrutinized. Anyone here have diplomatic ties?
Lagavulin 16 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky Bottle 750ml
R1,399.99
LAGAVULIN WHISKY 16 YEARS 750ML
R 1,074.66
Damn! Last time I bought a bottle of Lagavulin it was R400. Been a while it seems...
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