For all fellow whisky lovers

Yer Maw said:
I found whisky is a drink you force yourself into (for most people) and then once there it's such a great drink with so much variety.
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I kind of get what you mean by this. Im (fairly) young (27) and half of my family are whisky guzzlers! And I always feel a bit of a let down when I go up to visit and struggle to drink whatevers put infront of me!
I'm now on my second bottle, and (most of the time) end up tipping it away! Do I really keep forcing it on myself to see the rewards?
I find an irish coffee picks out the flavours better for me. But i am a novice...
 
Stuart, How do you drink it?
I never drink mine neat except for tasting. For single malts I add water, slightly less than the measure.
Occassionly drink the cooking whisky with equal measures of green ginger and lemonade to make a nice winter toddy.

Did you watch the rugby. The advertising boards were advertising Glen Grant which is the biggest selling whisky in Italy.
Surprisingly Italy buy more whisky than any other nation [exUK]. Very popular with young Italians.
 
Coincidently had a lovely couple of hours with my dad today trying the st andrews old course blended whisky i bought him for his birthday. Very enjoyable with a touch of ice for me, i think it brings out the flavours, but dad insists its better neat lol
Cheers
Pete
 
JPH said:
Bushmills is pretty good havent tried Middletons though , will do now
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I am partial to a drop of Irish whiskey myself, at over £100 a bottle for Middleton, I’ve never tried it either.

The same distillery produce one called Redbreast. I got a bottle from Knock Airport, West of Ireland for about 50euro , very nice too. It’s labelled as Pot Still whiskey, I have not a clue what pot still is. Bushmills single malt is my off the supermarket shelf whiskey of choice. I don’t think I have ever tried a smoother whiskey or whisky
 
Shaunmg said:
I am partial to a drop of Irish whiskey myself, at over £100 a bottle for Middleton, I’ve never tried it either.

The same distillery produce one called Redbreast. I got a bottle from Knock Airport, West of Ireland for about 50euro , very nice too. It’s labelled as Pot Still whiskey, I have not a clue what pot still is. Bushmills single malt is my off the supermarket shelf whiskey of choice. I don’t think I have ever tried a smoother whiskey or whisky
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The pot still is the traditional vessel in which malt whisky is distilled; it looks like a copper kettle with a chimney-like spout. It retains more of the flavour of the malt because of its inherent inefficiency.

Most other types of whisky are distilled in a more modern system called a continuous still which is shaped like a column, so is also known as a column still.

The shape of the still will affect the flavour of the whisky. In taller stills, vapour condenses, falls back as liquid and is redistilled, creating a more refined lighter spirit. A shorter still will produce a richer creamier oilier spirit.
 
Shaunmg said:
I am partial to a drop of Irish whiskey myself, at over £100 a bottle for Middleton, I’ve never tried it either.

The same distillery produce one called Redbreast. I got a bottle from Knock Airport, West of Ireland for about 50euro , very nice too. It’s labelled as Pot Still whiskey, I have not a clue what pot still is. Bushmills single malt is my off the supermarket shelf whiskey of choice. I don’t think I have ever tried a smoother whiskey or whisky
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redbreast sounds good , I'll give it a go if I see it mate cheers
 
A bloke a work is really in to Whiskey. There is huge amounts of money to be made if you know your stuff. There is one brand that releases a Vat each year. The distiller is no longer producing so the price goes up and up each year. £600 a bottle for this years apparently. The bottles increase in value immediately on purchase. Very hard to get them as well. He bought 6 bottles of summat or other two years ago and they have increased in value by 50%. See if the banks will give you that in interest!!!!!
 
CliveW said:
Whiskey is Irish, Whisky is Sottish. :thup:
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I think the Yanks, Canadian's and a few others might have an issue if this the 'definition' of this spirit.

I believe that it's purely a spelling difference and was used by the Irish exporters to distinguish their 'high quality' from the 'very poor quality' Scottish one!
 
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Foxholer said:
I think the Yanks, Canadian's and a few others might have an issue if this the 'definition' of this spirit.

I believe that it's purely a spelling difference and was used by the Irish exporters to distinguish their 'high quality' from the 'very poor quality' Scottish one!
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Canada make some very passable Whisky.
 
Stuart_Wales said:
Tidy! Thanks!

How much whiskey should a novice be pouring?
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Whatever floats your boat, in polite Scottish society a double dram would be considered about right. Not forgetting the small water jug.

As a young man visiting Surrey neighbours for the first time I was given a huge crystal tumbler with about half a pint of good whisky inside. That was too kind!!! They were tea totallers being nice.
 
whisky doesnt agree with me or my pals, we all battered each other one nite after drinking malt whisky all nite. give a nice pint of the black stuff or some quality vodka any nite
 
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