whiskey

And you should! I follow my grandpa's rule: bourbon and steak require no adornment (save ice or salt/pepper). I'd guess that the smokey flavor of scotch doesn't mix well with anything. Rum & ginger ale, however, is a different story.

maker's mark, my favorite, spells it whisky.

Whiskey = everything else

I was seconded to Seagrams and worked at the strathisla distillery for a while, it was fun, and got me into whisky. I couldn't stand the stuff before, but one friday going back to Glasgow on the train, a train in front had hit a cow, so we were stuck and the drinks trolley was out of free drinks by the time it reached us. So my friend got out the minatures she'd brought back for her family, and we had ourselves a wee tasting session to while away the time.

I love whisky macs, but would never use anything other than a blend, and I wouldn't touch blended for any other purpose.

I once spent £37 on a bottle - cask strength from Cambletown. Still got some, it's amazing. Tastes of the sea and smoke.

i agree 100%.

drinking hot Scotch in the winter = awesome. this is really tasty and gets into your sinuses.

i guess there's a folk/traditional remedy for colds of mixing scotch with hot water and honey. i tried it on a sore throat and it worked wonders. just the whiskey is good, but the honey gives it a little extra.

J4ck D4niels, however, have me on their marketing mailing list. I have JD mousemat that I use at home, and as of this weekend I have a tiny but weighty metal replica bottle keyring.

x-post whiskey is the spelling for irish and american and whatever else, but scotch should never be spelt that way. In fact, I think legally no-one else but the Scots can label it whisky. i seem to remember some furore over the Japanese claiming to sell 'whisky'

Ewwww. I'm having some Talisker with a few drops of Drambuie on it tonight, as dinner. heh. I've had a cold for a few days, and this will hopefully knock some of it out of me.

Trying to be vodka, yes indeed.

clearly intended not to compete w/flavor of soda/mixers?

There was an article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal about "controversial" new products being introduced by Scotch distilleries, but they didn't even mention this abomination. The most controversial was Bruichladdich introducing a blend of three vintages in one bottle.

From your reports I guess the UK launch this past summer did not make a huge splash.

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hmmm

probably too hot to even consider this, but rocks approach might

maybe

might have gin in the freezer

rox would be good

Love the peat, my go to for intense flavor is Port Charlotte. Laphroaig for something a bit lighter.

Working through a bottle of Ardbeg 10 yr right now, which is surprisingly mild.

laphroaig so good

fuck me, just looked at what springbank costs. i swear they used to have normal-ish bottles for sale!

I got a bottle of craft-distilled rye as a gift. I'm a bourbon drinker typically, and I take it meat. Do ppl drink rye neat? I always thought it was more popular in cocktails.

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it's worth a shot! there's a pretty broad range of ryes these days taking all the craft stuff into account.

I got a Writers Tears Copper Pot Irish Whiskey for xmas, not sure if it gets more hipster than that, but it's good. Rather mellow with a slight honey tone. Sweeter and 'warmer' than I usually enjoy, but it's a good one.

Its excellent

One of those that emerge every year or so to muscle in, and like the irishman has been very good at making the most of the cheaper end of the market (tho writers tears have quickly ascended, deservedly so imo)

Very representative of what id consider irish vs scotch too- clear, sweet, warm, spiced, hits quite high quite early, no peat

Someone picked well for you!

Ashamed, upon reading the thread back, to admit that ive been enjoying sipping neat makers mark this winter.....

Was on islay in the autumn of 2019 and really enjoyed it. I think there's 8 distilleries there (or possibly 9) and with the isle of jura and it's distillery just across the way would be cracking for a whiskey tour.

I think there's a couple non-peaty whiskies on the island, bruichladdich definitely.

Did the ardbeg tour - not out of a preference, the laphroaig tours were full for the day iirc - and it was decent, the grub in their cafe was not bad too.

Weather was atrocious the 3 nights we were there but it's a lovely wee spot

Nice, that sounds the ticket

It was the missus, Deems! Admittedly, it was the hipster component that made her (not a connaisseur by any means) pick it, it came in a Ulysses-inspired festive packaging. I'm really pleased w/ it though, it's very warm and spiced indeed.

I'm def gonna get the Currach. Trying more/different whiskey is a good new years resolution imo.

As someone from the bog, admit to being slightly upset that peat is Scotland’s flavour, not ours.

That cannot stand. And I say this as someone from a bog myself.

I think I'm right in saying a large proportion of the island of Great Britain is peat bog.

Blanket bog mainly rather than raised bog iirc?

We *can* do it (Connemara a fine example) but whether through history or tradition its never really been a characteristic of what we produce (possibly because production of the initial spirit was geared for blending as a major feature of our production process back at the peak of the industry, not sure tbh)

I poured a little rye, neat. It's pretty good! It's from 11 Wells, part of the Minnesota rye trend, I guess? https://www.growlermag.com/a-pocket-full-of-rye-how-a-lowly-northern-grain-is-mounting-a-comeback-through-whiskey/

I have had Roknar once before, I realized after reading that article. It was $50+ at the store though.

the classic laddie thenight. an islay but not one of the better ones

I've been curious about that because I like Port Charlotte. Not too great?

... only for an islay. when your peers are ardbeg, lagavulin, caol ila, laphroaig etc, it's a tough gig

Finished a Glenlivet founder's reserve (which i don't think I'd mentioned above) and the gap annoyed me so I took a chance on Teelings small batch trusting that the rotgut theyd sold me when they first started out would have improved with time, experience and the few awards id seen them garner

Very typical irish pot still to start, maybe not as gentle as the others, but where its quite notable is that it doesnt come sweet at all despite a long enough finish. Cant see it becoming a favourite because i like em sweet, but certainly in no way a bad effort in the thirtyish quid bracket

Couple of sips later and i take it back about the sweetness, tho not as deep or rich as youd be used to

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