Whisk(e)y? What Colour/Brand takes your fancy?

[Sprucegoose]

Re: Cheap Duty Free Liquor Airports - the JW Black Index

No, just straight. Not really strange because I probably really am a bogan

OT. On some days, drinking decision goes something like this: Does it contain alcohol? If Yes, then drink. I can recall drinking something labelled whisky (or perhaps whiskey ) made locally in Northern Cyprus and purchased in a local supermarket in Girne for about the equivalent of AUD4.50 (700 or perhaps 750ml) and comparing it to JW Red.

Good point. Some are very cheap. Indeed Whiskey can be the drink of the proletariat and beer for the middle classes in some countries I am familiar with.

 

[medhead]

If you want cheap and darn good you can't go past Jamiesons.

Anyway, I don't drink anywhere near enough whisky.

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[Sprucegoose]

If you want cheap and darn good you can't go past Jamiesons.

Anyway, I don't drink anywhere near enough whisky.

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you have a reasonable range for a non-fish....

 

[medhead]

you have a reasonable range for a non-fish....

My comment was reflecting more on the fact that it is still there. I love them all, just don't get around to drinking them. Take all of those with a single block of ice, only because I like my drinks to be cool/cold-er than the surroundings. Love the Laphroaig in particular.

JW red, like my Bundy, would be mixed.

 

[Sprucegoose]

My comment was reflecting more on the fact that it is still there. I love them all, just don't get around to drinking them. Take all of those with a single block of ice, only because I like my drinks to be cool/cold-er than the surroundings. Love the Laphroaig in particular.

JW red, like my Bundy, would be mixed.

are you exNavy?

 

[TonyHancock]

My current preferred tipple is 15 Year Old Dalwhinnie, it is smooth and relatively inexpensive. (Served neat) I have a penchant for Laphroaig too.

 

[medhead]

are you exNavy?

No, can't claim that at all.

Edit: my love of Bundy could be genetic. Besides being a queenslander, my great grandfather came back from WWI with a "love" of Bundy. An uncle tells a story of him taking 3 shots before even having the first sip of his beer at the pub one day.

 

[vitagen]

My comment was reflecting more on the fact that it is still there. I love them all, just don't get around to drinking them. Take all of those with a single block of ice, only because I like my drinks to be cool/cold-er than the surroundings. Love the Laphroaig in particular.

JW red, like my Bundy, would be mixed.

Have you tried using whisky stones? Get a pack from Dans. You cool it down without dilution

 

[Maca44]

Dahl Whinnie (hope I spelt that right)

Correction: Dalwhinnie

Very smooth and easy to drink

 

[samh004]

Love the Laphroaig in particular.

(Served neat) I have a penchant for Laphroaig too.

You'd have both had that offered at the AFF#6 BBQ had you been able to make it

I've tried a few, but at this stage it's not for me.

 

[opusman]

Here's my whisky cupboard at the moment. Maybe you can spot the theme

 

[amaroo]

Remember people.......neither pollute or dilute

 

[NM]

Remember people.......neither pollute or dilute

But the experts tell us that a splash of distilled water is necessary to break/lower the surface tension and release the full aromas.

I use the theory that the whisky was developed in Scotland to be consumed at room temperature, and that their rooms rarely reach the 30 degrees in my room at the moment. So 2 small cubes of ice serve two purposes - to slightly chill the nectar to something closer to a Scottish dining room temperature, and to break the surface tension and help release the aromas.

Now for my favourites - Islay or Speyside are my favourite regions. Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Talisker are among my top picks. But I do like LW Double Black for its smokiness. JW Gold is a good quaffer, but generally over-priced.

 

[Deleted member]

of course the Irish will be different!

i have American Whiskeys that ignore officialdom......they always needed to differentiate themselves from the poms. History is a powerful motivator for word and label construction

I am a complete novice in things whisky / whiskey. So anything I say needs to be researched. Also I don't drink the stuff. ...... Given I like to enjoy some of the finer things in life. I suspect I am missing out on one of life's great pleasures. .

 

[amaroo]

But the experts tell us that a splash of distilled water is necessary to break/lower the surface tension and release the full aromas.

I use the theory that the whisky was developed in Scotland to be consumed at room temperature, and that their rooms rarely reach the 30 degrees in my room at the moment. So 2 small cubes of ice serve two purposes - to slightly chill the nectar to something closer to a Scottish dining room temperature, and to break the surface tension and help release the aromas.

Now for my favourites - Islay or Speyside are my favourite regions. Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Talisker are among my top picks. But I do like LW Double Black for its smokiness. JW Gold is a good quaffer, but generally over-priced.

Same water from the distillery - I agree.

Distilled water......maybe. However, I'd rather leave it as it was bottled.

How to enjoy your single malts

Mixing a fine single malt is IMO an abomination.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I love http://www.highlandpark.co.uk/
The Beer Bar at Glasgow University Union had a million ( seemed like it) Single Malts and tasting them all was part of one's education

 

[AviatorPJ]

Mine's a Glenmorangie 18 - if and when you can find it.... Taste for it, derived from many Wednesday evening gatherings of the Vientiane Single Malt Club (VSMC)

Link relates, https://sites.google.com/site/jbradschwartz/vsmc_home32232

cheers PJ

 

[zig]

There has been some good suggestions made, as also posted each person's taste buds are different. For mine I definitely prefer a single malt and don't really understand the universal popularity of JW

So depending upon what is availlable at the time, I wouldn't say no to Jameson, Paddy, Glenmorangie, Highland Park 18 yo and the Macallan.
For my taste buds Laphroaig is too smokey and peaty.

 

[Sprucegoose]

I love LDA
The Beer Bar at Glasgow University Union had a million ( seemed like it) Single Malts and tasting them all was part of one's education

for some that would have been the education!

 

[Deleted User]

Never really been a JW fan, but this one is pure smoothness that I rate pretty high for a blend...

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