davemclaren Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Bruichladdich is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I'm in the mood for some whisky now, only got Grouse in the house so that will have to do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_vlad Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I'm in the mood for some whisky now, only got Grouse in the house so that will have to do! who are you kidding, its the junkie special High Commissioner you have on optics in your house ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 who are you kidding, its the junkie special High Commissioner you have on optics in your house ! Optics!!! Straight out the bottle more like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Its amazing that the rest of the world cant recreate the taste of Scotch given that the production method is simple to copy. Natures gift to Scotland even with lowland whiskies produced in semi industrialised areas I'm told. PS I.m aware that the Japanese, Irish and Welsh are said to come close. The Irish distil the whiskey three times rather than twice, which is why I love Bushmills (plus it is the world's oldest licensed distillery). Tastes like nectar. Americans idiotically only distil bourbon once, so it's rank. In general you are correct, though. It is amazing how the different rocks and soils have managed to make whisky an almost uniquely Scottish thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbie754 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 it's amazing the amount of folk that say The Macallan and Highland Park are their favourites. Don't disagree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cabbie754 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 The Irish distil the whiskey three times rather than twice, which is why I love Bushmills (plus it is the world's oldest licensed distillery). Tastes like nectar. Americans idiotically only distil bourbon once, so it's rank. In general you are correct, though. It is amazing how the different rocks and soils have managed to make whisky an almost uniquely Scottish thing. Don't forget the water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaby Ewing Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Just about to crack open a Bowmore 'Enigma' I picked up at the airport tonight. I'm a tad fecked off I grabbed this one in haste as it's been sweetened in sherry casks -- I generally like my whisky like The Subway West End clientele (rough and about 14 years old). The proof shall be in the drinking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I was always a traditionalist re drinking whisky and took it neat. Nowadays, however, I like it with a spot of water and ( god forbid ) some ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaby Ewing Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Better than I thought :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I always like my whisky... sip then a sip of beer (they seem to "go" with each other with me) I guess it's a nip and beer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Kilpatrick Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Don't forget the water :10900:Yep, it's kind of fundamental! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstyhearts Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I love Bowmore. My dad was born in the wee houses that were knocked down a few years ago in the Dalwhinnie distillery. His dad worked there. So that should really be included in my favourites too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Fredrickson Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Just heard that whilst over at Kilberry next week, my good lady has booked us on a tour of the Springbank Distillery @ Campletown on Wednesday - woo hoo. She tells me it is 10am - boooooo. Is that too early to start on the free samples? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Is Back Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Tell you something Johnnie Walker Blue Label is like drinking juice - way way tooo easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 I've drunk Glenmorangie Rosewood and Madeirawood finishes. Also had a 20 year old Ardbeg which was pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 i like deuchars white label and tallisker. i'll drink almost anything though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 46 now and didnt start drinking whisky until I was 41. I have a taste for the Laphroaig(excuse the spelling) Isle of Islay. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighusref Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Know zero about whisky. Got a good mate of mine an ?85 bottle of "tactical" (I think that was what it was called) one sherry cask that was from x brewers and was numbered. It was worth more than I paid for it before I got home, and was worth three times that when we cracked it open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gentleman Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 18yo Glenlivet and/or Glenfiddich. Drank neat with a glass of Lowenbrau Munchen in close proximity. If Speyside malt is nothing else, it's a safe bet it'll be pretty good. Not a great fan of West Highland/Island malts though - bit too peaty for my taste, but each to their own. Never tried Highland Park mindye; isn't that produced in Orkney? Oh, and (in traditional Scottish fashion) I still 'shoogle' the remains of the whisky into the beer. Anyone who mixes an old malt with anything other than ice/water is wasting their money - might as well just by a cheap bottle of Johnnie Walker Red. Slightly off-topic, but you'd be amazed at the number of Aussies who think whisky matures in the bottle. Duh! Probably because they've all become wine snobs. Ce'st la vie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 My preference is for the Islay holy trinity of Lagavulin, Laphroaig and Ardbeg. Of these, Lagavulin is the biggest-hitting taste in whisky, Laphroaig the most medicinal and Ardbeg, with its fetid-sock aroma, the weirdest. But I'll drink anything. Macallan and anything from Glenfarclas are my Speyside favourites. Elsewhere, Highland Park and Scapa are both great. Clynelish has a lovely, peppery taste and from Campbeltown, Springbank is to die for. My favourite unrated or underrated malts are Fettercairn and Ledaig. Mac, how very dare you suggest that Cragganmore and Dalwhinnie are not good malts! Leggy, it's only my choice of what I thing are the weakest of the "Classic" malts, and in my defence, I just had some Cragganmore at a Scottish friend's house which I enjoyed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Partial to a wee glass of Royal Lochnagar,but its getting harder to get a bottle down here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Leggy, it's only my choice of what I thing are the weakest of the "Classic" malts, and in my defence, I just had some Cragganmore at a Scottish friend's house which I enjoyed! I was just joshing, as you know. It's all a matter of taste. Amazing, though, how often the same malts come up in these lists of favourites. Are we simply the victims of good marketing, or do we actually know what we're drinking? I'm wondering how I'd cope at identifying the ones I listed in a blind tasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortyJambo Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Laphroaig, Ardbeg and, for a nice blend, Black Bottle. Had a 21 yr old Benromach "aged in Tokaji barrels" a few years ago and it was fantastic, but very hard to get hold of now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 If we can divert on to the blended road...I've yet to find one smoother than Stewarts Cream of the Barley. Yes, to the 'Is Highland Park from Orkney?' question. Quite like Glenfiddich as well as those I mentioned before (HP and Paddy), but I'm definitely waaaay down the list of folk who know their whiskies...I just know what I like. Mind you, there's dozens mentioned on this thread that I have heard of but not yet tried. Just not a big whisky fan...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Do all Whisky's have that horrible smell like Grouse does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioactive Mince Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 me and sandy if we're having dsome drink macallan. not tonight though. bad juju Anti-semitic post IMO. The following comment (or the previous one for that matter) has no place on this thread, but....I think whisky/ey is pure bowfin', man. Mince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Void_%28Buddhism%29 what the fat bloke meant to say, was that the best single malt is clearly Talisker, and the best blend is Black Bottle in that funny shaped bottle... I need some now:stuart: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Good enough for R.L. Stevenson, good enough for me: Talisker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Le Clos Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 If we can divert on to the blended road...I've yet to find one smoother than Stewarts Cream of the Barley. If it's a blend I like Baillie Nicol Jarvie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Balvenie and Glenkinchie are my favourites although I will drink most Highland and Speyside malts. I find the Islay malts too peaty for my delicate palate and the same goes for Highland Park.Scapa is a nicer whisky IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsychocAndy Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Not a drinker, well almost, now but have had a few good days on Black Bush, a few good nights on Laphroaig and still have a medicinal bottle of Jameson, 3/4 of a bottle now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Just sitting with some bowmore watching 90 goals v hibs. Perfect night, except working tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Does Drambuie count hic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portobellojambo1 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Can't remember this being discussed, and I refuse to believe that there are not a lot of people on here who drink it... So I would like like to know peoples best malt whiskey. My favourites would have to be Macallan and Bunnahabhain, but I have been introduced recently to Scapa and have to say I love it. What are other good whiskeys to try? Sorry, cannot offer you any help, don't even like the smell of Whisky or Whiskey, never mind the taste of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micole Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Sorry, cannot offer you any help, don't even like the smell of Whisky or Whiskey, never mind the taste of it. Traitor hang that man,clap him in irons:10900: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markie Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Sorry, cannot offer you any help, don't even like the smell of Whisky or Whiskey, never mind the taste of it. Hobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 MOre for the Island malts myself Jura, Laphroig, Ardbeg DOnt like Highland Park though Did however get a Glenfiddich 30 year old (for my 30 th) and loved that! Glenmorangie and Macallan are for putting in coffee when the sniffles hits...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portobellojambo1 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 Hobo Traitor I can accept, but that is going over the score. There is just something about the smell of whisky which disagrees with my system. I don't mind one or two of the whisky liqueurs, such as Drambuie (absolutely wonderful if used in trifle as well, soak the sponge in Drambuie for two or three days and it is the business), but just something about Whisky I cannot stomach. Vodka, now that is a completely different matter, I will happily sit and drink my way through copious amounts of that in a session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 i'm a big fan of monkey shoulder (a speyside triple malt). failing getting my hands on that there are a few other speyside malts that i favour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambos are go! Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 Does Drambuie count hic!! IMO yes but it gets you awfully drunk. My Uncle used to say you should stop drinking it when you cant say it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upthehill Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 The Balvenie is my favourite, Tullibardine next in line.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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