Whisky...

Tashyboy said:
Hmm Glayva.

thing is with whisky as I was told by a massive sweaty sock in Pitlochry one year is. My mother asked me to bring her a bottle of whisky back from Scotland years ago. I went into a shop in Pitlochry and was just lost. There were hundreds of bottles. Anyway this massive Scottish guy could see I did not have a clue, and asked me what I was after. I told him it was for mother. He asked what other drinks she liked which were Drambuie and southern comfort. He asked what I was looking to pay. He showed me two bottles. One in a presentation tin and one just a plain bottle. He said the one in the plain bottle was far superior and was two quid cheaper. But tourists liked the presentation tin. He said there are thousands of whiskys and there is one that is very bespoke for your taste. It's just that a lot of the time you can pay a lot of money supping foul tasting whisky before you find your Xanadu.

for the record me mam loved her whisky which lasted a week.

PS, for gods sake don't ask if it should be supped with or without water coz it will proper kick off with the whisky connoisseurs.
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Without!
 
Lot of malt being wasted if ye ask me. ;)

BTW, does the whisky and ice not make the coke too wet to sn...........oh hang on.......Cola, yeah? :)
 
c1973 said:
Aberlour is very good, wouldn't break the bank either.

As suggested, it is all down to personal taste, what I like might not be to your taste. Speyside malts are as good a starting point as any, a bit smoother imo, but again it's all subjective.
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Just bought my dad one of them for his birthday he likes it

And it was only £27 from sainsburys
 
Cragenmore - can't stand the dark medicinal peaty jobs.


Ideally in a tall glass and filled to the brim with lemonade.........









/bringiton
 
CMAC said:
Cragenmore - can't stand the dark medicinal peaty jobs.


Ideally in a tall glass and filled to the brim with lemonade.........









/bringiton
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When I want to get in touch with my feminine side I occasionally like a whisky/green ginger/lemonade combo, only with the cooking whisky though. I would never spoil the decent stuff.
 
Wow well I thought it was a big subject but now feel as lost as a blindfolded man in a pitch black cave labyrinth that he's never visited before :)

Though I liked the Auchentoshan it wasn't blow me away amazing but did change my perception of whisky. When my brother started telling me about sherry casking etc that grabbed my attention hence the Ardbeg recommendation.


I think I'll follow the advice on the miniatures front I guess I naively hadn't realised that whisky was as varied as wine, ale or golf balls!!!!! Thanks everyone for your advice building a little list of whiskies to try. This could be rather fun :)
 
Val said:
Beat me to it ;)

No such thing as Irish Whisky
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Next time we're out mate, I'm gonna bring a bottle of the Suntory Hibiki 12.. You will be very very impressed..

After that, you can bring the Suntory Yamazaki Mizunara.. A bargain at £750 a bottle
 
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