Any Whisky Drinkers out there??

[Skjonne]

Highland Park 12y
Bowmore 12y cask strength
Glenlivet 15y

and then some

[nicky g]

I mostly drink blends - somehow less effort than picking and savouring a malt - and for that I like Irish - particularly Bushmills and Black Bush (slightly better version of Bushmills). Both are much better than Jamesons, although I like that well enough. I also like the ten year Bushmills single malt, although in general I'll readily admit Scottish malts are far superior. Malts I've drunk the most are Cragganmore, the Balvennie and Isle of Jura. All fairly easy drinking.

[Ulysses]

Balvenie 21yo Portwood.

[turnipmonster]

I don't drink water with whiskey, but well water is apparently the traditional way to do it. I know a guy who put a well in his backyard just so he could drink well water with his bourbon.

[jar]

My favorite malt so far is Laphroaig 10yr, but I need to try many more. I especially want to try some other Islay and Island malts, because I like the whole very peaty with a bit of sea salt style.

I'm a huge bourbon drinker, because exploring good bourbon is so much cheaper. My standard midrange flips back and forth between Makers and Knob, depending on mood. Makers Mark is softer and sweeter, mainly because of the wheat in the mash bill. Knob Creek is probably the best place to start, because IMHO, it realy epitomizes the whole concept of bourbon. There are others that are more sophisticated or better in some way, but Knob really says "this is BOURBON!" to me. For a special treat from time to time, I love Bookers. I'm quite sad that Booker Noe passed on before I got to meet him.


edit: Forgot to add, that, if you simply want to get drunk, there's nothing wrong with whiskey and coke, just don't use a good whiskey. Jim Beam white label is perfect for this purpose at a mere $0.01/mL.

[shant]

I do Jack with a splash of water.

I've also doneit with just a splash of Coke and it's good also.

[daryn]

HAHAHAHHAH NICE AVATAR

[patrick dicaprio]

if you like Irish whiskEy have you tried Redbreast? it is as good as most scotch whiskys and i am a diehard scotch whisky man.

Pat

[patrick dicaprio]

for most nosings and tastings they dilute scotch whisky to 20% ABV. so that is basically as much water as whisky. so you may be missing out on appreciating (as distinctly compared to ENJOYING) if you drink at full strength. i am not sure about bourbon but i would presume that similar principles apply.

Pat

[patrick dicaprio]

it should be at about 20% ABV so that is more than a capful! overall Macallan might be the best whisky distillery.

Pat