Good input, thank you.
The single malt versus blended info is particularly helpful. My friend is not into the snobby thing at all, he is set in his ways and knows what he likes and doesn’t like. Your post was very helpful, thank you.
You’re welcome. The thing about scotch is that dark smoky flavor, and it’s very slightly hallucinogenic from all the weird stuff in it. The blended types are meant to be uniform bottle-to-bottle, so that “oddness” is kind of blended out. On purpose.
And IMO it’s not especially snobby...you don’t have to be snobby to like a good, not even a super-duper steak over a hot dog. It’s simply a much richer experience by virtually any measure. And a nice single malt (almost all of them are) is only a little more expensive than a JW Red or similar semi-premium brand. JW Blue is pretty good, but silly expensive; I’d rather have Glenlivet any day. Cheap scotch, on the other hand, is truly vile swill.