Any scotch drinkers around here?

[Ace309 0]

Anyone like them some scotch? What's your bottle?

 

I keep one of Johnnie Walker Red around for mixing, but I've been drinking The Dalmore's Cigar Malt lately, sans cigar. It's incredibly smooth and has nice little hints of sweetness to it - highly recommended. Of course, only a troglodyte mixes a decent single-malt, and I prefer it neat.

[NoCalMike 0]

I always wanted to try Scotch. Can you recommend anything for newbies, and explain all ther drinking terms.

[the max 0]

[Ace309 0]

I always wanted to try Scotch. Can you recommend anything for newbies, and explain all ther drinking terms.

Not that I'm extremely well-versed or anything, but....

 

It's probably easiest to just start at a bar, so you don't end up dropping a bunch of money on a bottle you'll never finish. First of all, for god's sake, unless you're planning on mixing it, stay away from Dewar's, Cutty Sark or pretty much anything of that ilk. They're okay for mixing, but your best bet is to start with something that has a slightly better flavor for it. Personally, I like Johnnie Walker Red Label - it's got a decent smokey/reasonably bright flavor for drinking straight, and stands up reasonably well to soda water or amaretto.

 

Yes, I've occasionally splashed amaretto into cheap scotch. Fuck you, it's tasty.

 

The reason I say to buy something with a nicer flavor is because you want to be able to taste it straight - neat (no ice), with ice, with a splash of water (which opens up the flavors a little bit), whatever.

 

Just take a sip. If you don't like it, you don't like it, but at least think a little about ways you could describe the flavor. It's a markedly different taste from bourbon (which is sweeter), Canadian or Irish whiskey.

 

Just don't mix it with coke, for god's sake.

[Red Baron 0]

Scotch should not be mixed at all.

 

To me, its the only drink I can drink straight.

[Edwin MacPhisto 0]

I get smaller bottles of The Glenlivet from time to time. 12-year for general purposes, though a friend of mine has a bottle of 18-year a few of us have been working on for the last few months.

 

And no, there's nothing wrong with a little amaretto in cheap scotch. Just use Disarrono so it looks classy.

 

I like scotch, but for overall personal preferences, you can give me a fifth of Tanqueray most days over most anything.

[Special K 0]

Glenlivet's been good to me.

 

Laphraoig if you're hardcore. It tastes like rubber and ashes.

[1234-5678 0]

Never really explored the wonderful world of Scotch. I'm more of an Irish whiskey man (Bushmills, Tullamore Dew, Jameson.)

[Murmuring Beast 0]

White & Mackay Whisky just now.

[Ace309 0]

Never really explored the wonderful world of Scotch. I'm more of an Irish whiskey man (Bushmills, Tullamore Dew, Jameson.)

Jameson's nice... it's got a nice smooth apricot undertone to it that I really enoy. Bushmill's is a bit sour for my taste, but hey, I'm not telling you not to drink it. It's all about sipping something you like.