How to drink Scotch

AustinSN · May 4, 2020

Everyone here is right, the best way to drink it is how you prefer it.

Grab 3 glasses, 3 small pours, one neat, one with a couple drops of water, and one with ice.

For whatever reason I can't do ice. I couldn't ever drink scotch because everyone would serve it to me on the rocks. I have a tough time with too much peat, and I sort of realized if you add ice to it, it mellows out the other flavors and it tastes peat forward. Once I started drinking it straight, it was much easier to enjoy because none of the other flavors were held back.

NIXDSG · May 4, 2020

Hummm, interesting.

All, thx for your comments.

AustinJ427 said:
Everyone here is right, the best way to drink it is how you prefer it.

Grab 3 glasses, 3 small pours, one neat, one with a couple drops of water, and one with ice.

For whatever reason I can't do ice. I couldn't ever drink scotch because everyone would serve it to me on the rocks. I have a tough time with too much peat, and I sort of realized if you add ice to it, it mellows out the other flavors and it tastes peat forward. Once I started drinking it straight, it was much easier to enjoy because none of the other flavors were held back.

BlckBox04 · May 4, 2020

be a man and pound that shit straight from the bottle

Double"O" · May 4, 2020

Depends on the scotch

The better it is the less water it needs

Neat for the best, ice for the rest

NIXDSG · May 4, 2020

Someone asked what I have, here's my current Scotch:
Balvenie double wood, 12 year
Lagavulin, 11 year
Laphroaig, 10 year
Talisker, 10 year
Johnie Walker, double black

A few bourbon/other, a few:
George Dickel, Bond and 12 recipe
Angles Envy
Jefferson's, Ocean Aged
Bulleit, Blenders Select and 10 year
Woodford Reserve, Double oak
Bassil Haydens
Woodinville

CompOrange04GT · May 4, 2020

Same thing I tell women on tinder

all you gotta do is swallow

03cobra#694 · May 4, 2020

CompOrange04GT said:
Same thing I tell women on tinder

all you gotta do is swallow

Gotta be 300 plus though...and oh geez.

CompOrange04GT · May 4, 2020

03cobra#694 said:
Gotta be 300 plus though...and oh geez.

something something the big ones put in more effort lol

M91196 · May 4, 2020

I have been using the Distiller app on my apple devices, it lets you scan bottles barcodes to pull up reviews as well as store your wish list of new and different things and your entire collection if you want.

Has the standard marketing stuff the the industry puts out about new releases etc in it’s feed as well.

Beneficial when I travel and try and hunt down hard to find and regional whiskey offerings.

Blkkbgt · May 9, 2020

Can anyone recommend me a good bottle of scotch say around $30? Thinking about trying it out.

MFE · May 9, 2020

If you take two shots of the same scotch, one neat and one with a splash of water, your life will be changed and you'll understand the value of a little water added. Me personally, I like mine on some ice, but that's up to you.

M91196 · May 9, 2020

Blkkbgt said:
Can anyone recommend me a good bottle of scotch say around $30? Thinking about trying it out.

Bourbon and Irish guy so I can only offer this-you may want to do some research and think about what you drink today and how that plays towards a particular scotch.
And your price point maybe a little low for success.

Get to $50 and I bet opportunities open up, $100 for sure.

Go kill time on Amazon Prime and watch the Scotch, The Golden Dream.....

BlackHrtStang · May 9, 2020

Monkey shoulder. It's a blend of 3 different single malts

Blkkbgt said:
Can anyone recommend me a good bottle of scotch say around $30? Thinking about trying it out.

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Uncle Meat · May 10, 2020

If it's the cheap stuff I'll pour it over a rock or two. The finer one's I drink neat with a very small splash of water. Mama bought me a bottle of Macallan Rare Cask for father's day last year. Oh my god was that stuff smoooooooth.

U.M.

Laphroaig, 10 year..... YUCK! That stuff is like drinking bog water from a Scottish peat pit.

prs97 · May 11, 2020

When I was a kid, the Scotch really only came out for holidays like Thanksgiving & Christmas. That was the only brown liquor in the house.

I currently have:
A bottle of Bowmore- Way more smoke/peaty flavor than I'd prefer. The bottle was a gift.
A bottle of Dalwhinnie 15- Still more smoke/peat than I want. Another gift.
A bottle of Macallan 12- Much more my style for a Scotch.

That said, I hardly touch these. I usually always reach for a bourbon or an Irish whiskey before going for a Scotch.

03Sssnake · May 11, 2020

Skitzerman said:
The good stuff, two fingers, slow and easy, all by itself.

are we still discussing scotch!?

03Sssnake · May 11, 2020

AustinJ427 said:
Everyone here is right, the best way to drink it is how you prefer it.

Grab 3 glasses, 3 small pours, one neat, one with a couple drops of water, and one with ice.

For whatever reason I can't do ice. I couldn't ever drink scotch because everyone would serve it to me on the rocks. I have a tough time with too much peat, and I sort of realized if you add ice to it, it mellows out the other flavors and it tastes peat forward. Once I started drinking it straight, it was much easier to enjoy because none of the other flavors were held back.

I don’t enjoy the peaty stuff either...I prefer scotches that aren’t overboard on the peatiness scale. Balvenie 12 year double wood, Cardhu 12, Glengoyne etc....

AustinSN · May 11, 2020

Blkkbgt said:
Can anyone recommend me a good bottle of scotch say around $30? Thinking about trying it out.

Glenlivet 12

RedVenom48 · May 11, 2020

AustinJ427 said:
Glenlivet 12

100000% this. Secret is that they use wine casks to age their whiskey. My God, it's among the finest single malt available.

It's all preference of course, but the Glenlivet consistantly delivers the same experience across multiple bottles across multiple years. The longer aged bottles really are worth the premium from them.

98 svt · May 11, 2020

Can anyone tell me what kind of glass this is called. It has 4 slots in the bottom where you could rest your pinky. I had one identical to this, but dropped it. I bought mine at a comsignment/antique store for $1. It was my favorite, and I'd like to replace it.

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