What type of scotch..

[Bun-bun]

I keep the following in stock(or try to.)
Glenmorangie

Glenlivet

Johnny Walker (blue label)

The Glens are for company. No one gets the blue but me.

[CLIVE]

Thanks guys.

I was disappointed when i learned that jameson was a blended whiskey.. because i love that suff.  doesnt mean i love it less, just that its.. well.. blended.

[teddy037.2]

blends aren't necessarily the devil. some of them are mighty tasty.

[Popeye the Sailor]

There is nothing wrong with a blend.


There is something wrong with adding mixers to scotch.

[teddy037.2]

There is something wrong with adding mixers to scotch.

ummm, eww! who does that? they should be shot!

[Popeye the Sailor]

ummm, eww! who does that? they should be shot!

I had some jackass pour coke into a glass of johnnie walker gold I gave him.



I threw him out of the house.

[ducpainter]

There is nothing wrong with a blend.


There is something wrong with adding mixers to scotch.

fixed

[CLIVE]

Has anyone tried laphoraig? its... interesting.

the only thing i can compare it to is chloroceptic. yeah the cough supressant. 

I mean, i like it, and ive got a nice buzz, but i dont think ill be drinking it all night.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Has anyone tried laphoraig? its... interesting.

the only thing i can compare it to is chloroceptic. yeah the cough supressant. 

I mean, i like it, and ive got a nice buzz, but i dont think ill be drinking it all night.

It's a bit on the smokey side. Btw, get yerself a cigar.

[gojira]

My fave is Macallan 25.

Scotch with rocks is debatable to me ... sometimes I go with it and sometimes without ... I think the size of the cubes does make a difference. One nice steakhouse I visit is the only place I know that serves a large single rock instead of little cubes. It melts just right to add that water component to smooth the scotch's bite. And if you let it melt all the way, well, you're just not drinking fast enough! 

[Popeye the Sailor]

My fave is Macallan 25.

Scotch with rocks is debatable to me ... sometimes I go with it and sometimes without ... I think the size of the cubes does make a difference. One nice steakhouse I visit is the only place I know that serves a large single rock instead of little cubes. It melts just right to add that water component to smooth the scotch's bite. And if you let it melt all the way, well, you're just not drinking fast enough! 

You pound beer. Scotch you sip, and enjoy.

[somegirl]

I prefer mine neat.

[CLIVE]

You pound beer. Scotch you sip, and enjoy.

Well thats a WHOLE 'nuther thread.

[m0t0g0th]

Im trying to get into single malts.  Just bought a bottle of laphoraig 10 year... Its not bad but its not what i was hoping for.  Little too spicy.

So what scotch do you suggest?

us too!  me and my M8 have just decided to taste our way through the single malt at a local bar we found with a really nice rack!  we're doing a shot a week, Friday's after work before we leave work-town together for home-town.
i take notes and then forget what i've written them on and throw them away.    last week i washed the matchbook cover we'd written about Balvenie on {chemical up the sniffer, nice taste, peaty and light smoke afterburn.  i DO remember that.}
do you like reading?  Iain Banks wrote the most amazing book, basically a travelogue of Scotland seeking out and trying big names and small. because desired taste varies person to person, one of the best resources in the book has been the tiny pronunciation guide in the back- helped me out, anyway, ordering things.  Whee!  Raw Spirit, in search of the perfect dram.

i'm really against a certain chemical taste i can't nail down except "tastes like 7".  i like smoke and i like peat.  as soon as i can remember what i've tried and what i think about it = whee!  the problem with setting out to learn this stuff is the stupid complicated names, while i'm getting buzzed i'm not going to remember them!

and sometimes i cave and order a mixed drink, Rusty Nail, and don't call the scotch.

... also, every other week i opt for old favorite, Chartreuse VEP.  delays my progress, seriously.

[macker]

+1 for fiddich and walker blue label both very good