How do you take your whiskey?

[TimmyBoston]

How do you guys and gals take your whiskey? Neat, rocks, mixed, with water?

[michaelskar]

I voted for neat, but I guess I'm inbetween a drop or two of water and "with water"...I'd say about a teaspoonful of water (maybe a little less).

With scotch just a couple of drops of water

[rikrdo]

"Other":
I like mine "chilled".
Fill a shaker full of ice, add some whisky and go to town.
Strain and savor ! :cool:

[Stecacio]

I voted for neat. I really fall into 2 categories. When drinking Scotches such as Macallan or Highland Park I always take it neat, or with a couple drops of water. I do, however, drink whiskey mixed with soda (I mean Coke here, not soda water) quite a bit when I'm out at the bar with my friends and sometimes at home. In that case though, I'm using Johnny Walker Black or Jack Daniels. It really all depends on my mood.

[Doc4]

I voted neat, but for non-single-malt, I can go rocks, water or soda, or a rusty nail.

[TimmyBoston]

I guess I should have been clearer than I was; Soda on the Poll is Club Soda not flavored sodas.

[180gVinyl]

Only drink malts so I don't have to cross the border into "mixerland"

[navy_shave]

Bushmill's Irish Whiskey, on the rocks. I put the ice cube in first, then pour in enough to just cover it.

[Bovage]

Coal Ila with just a splash of water.

[bababoosky]

I used to love sipping Jameson on the rocks, but I haven't endulged in quite a long time...

[moviemaniac]

Neat or, if required, with a few drops of water, drunk from a real whisky-glass - the Glencairn :thumbup1:

Drinking it on the rocks or from a tumbler kills the flavour :scared:

[boboakalfb]

Neat...or with a couple drops of water. That is unless I m in the mood for a Manhattan.

[Stauff]

Neat or, if required, with a few drops of water, drunk from a real whisky-glass - the Glencairn :thumbup1:

Drinking it on the rocks or from a tumbler kills the flavour :scared:

Ditto. No ice please!

[Greatgoo]

I have never tried scotch straight before. I'm thinking about giving it a try this weekend. What brand, water, ice, soda mixture would you recommend for a first timer?

Be advised that i have never really "sipped" on booze before. :lol:

[boboakalfb]

I have never tried scotch straight before. I'm thinking about giving it a try this weekend. What brand, water, ice, soda mixture would you recommend for a first timer?

Be advised that i have never really "sipped" on booze before. :lol:

Glenlivet 12 is what I recommend...there are some more threads in the Speakeasy related. Very good bang for your buck...and user friendly. Doesn't have huge flavors like the Islay's that you may or may not appreciate...or like for that matter.

[staggerwing]

Single malts only. Neat. Perfer a brandy snifter to any other glass.

Staggerwing

[Greatgoo]

Glenlivet 12 is what I recommend...there are some more threads in the Speakeasy related. Very good bang for your buck...and user friendly. Doesn't have huge flavors like the Islay's that you may or may not appreciate...or like for that matter.

That stuff is like $30-$40. Do they offer it in a pint? I don't want to pay that much for something i may or may not like. You know? :confused1

Also what is the most popular too drink? Whisky, Brandy.. etc?

[boboakalfb]

That stuff is like $30-$40. Do they offer it in a pint? I don't want to pay that much for something i may or may not like. You know? :confused1

I can get it at Bevmo for $22 to $24...another option would be the smaller 50 ml bottles which run $5.99. You could always try different things at a Bar or Restaurant.

[Greatgoo]

I can get it at Bevmo for $22 to $24...another option would be the smaller 50 ml bottles which run $5.99. You could always try different things at a Bar or Restaurant.

Thanks for the help!

Also what is the most popular too drink? Whisky, Brandy.. etc?

[thmsmd]

You're in the great city of Cleveland... shot and a beer

Go with a shot of Jack black and follow it with a beer chaser.

[Greatgoo]

You're in the great city of Cleveland... shot and a beer

Go with a shot of Jack black and follow it with a beer chaser.

Ha! Tom that is how I'm living my life now! :lol:

I'm looking to become more refined! :a8:

[Greatgoo]

Maybe i'll get a brandy as well! :blink:

Any starter recommendations?

[netsurfr]

If it is a single malt, I drink it neat. If it is something like Wild Turkey, I may drink it with a couple of cubes of ice.

[Graham]

If I am drinking single malt, it has to be neat, with blended Scotch I like Canada dry.

[KenS]

I usually like to have my whiskey as a shot, with a beer chaser (aka boilermaker). Scotch, or Irish I'll often take on the rocks. I'll never make it as a Redneck, but the phrase "Git Er Done" comes to mind.

[TromboneGuy]

Thanks for the help!

Also what is the most popular too drink? Whisky, Brandy.. etc?

That's a personal taste issue. Personally, I like small-batch whiskey or bourbon and single-malt scotch or irish whiskeys. I'm not a big brandy drinker. Definitely, though, if you're not sure you're going to like something go to a bar and ask them what kind of scotch they have. They should have either Glencairn, Glenfiddich, or MacAllan - try one of those on the rocks. (If you've never tried drinking liquor unmixed before I would definitely try it on the rocks first. If you like that then pick up a bottle - once you get used to drinking it on the rocks, try it neat (no ice) with just a splash of water in it.

EDIT: I had a friend one time that was ordering Scotch and just pointed to the bottle. the bartender (assuming a guy from Baton Rouge didn't know any better) said he could have the first one free if he pronounced the name correctly. Little did the tender know the guy's last name was McLean - one good pronunciation of Glenfiddich later and he had a free drink.

[ratcheer]

I didn't vote. I like my whiskey all of those ways. :tongue:

Tim

[luckysealy]

i like my scotch neat and my bourbon on the rocks. i would like to also like to state the obvious. never try to shave after havibing a few drinks i tried once. the feathers where very unforgiving. lol

[boboakalfb]

i like my scotch neat and my bourbon on the rocks. i would like to also like to state the obvious. never try to shave after havibing a few drinks i tried once. the feathers where very unforgiving. lol

Have you had a drink today? :lol:

[htownmmm]

Mainly neat, but sometimes on the rocks-shaken, not stirred. :biggrin:



Marty

[DUQ]

Straight up neat.

[TimmyBoston]

If I am drinking single malt, it has to be neat, with blended Scotch I like Canada dry.

Graham, what blends do you like?

[tim8557]

I'm a "Non-Practicing Alcoholic" these days, but when I did practice, it was always straight up. Of course, the fact that I always had to have 12 to 15 "straight-ups" led to the Non-Practicing stage of my life.

[galpman]

I voted for neat, but I guess I'm inbetween a drop or two of water and "with water"...I'd say about a teaspoonful of water (maybe a little less).

With scotch just a couple of drops of water

Is their any other way?:001_tt2:

[Jfala]

For single malts, I agree with some other comments, I drink it neat. No reason to dilute all of that single malt goodness. With Johnny Walker Black or Red I mix a little club soda and a twist of lemon.

Jeff

[jkroll]

Depends on the alcohol content and the type. A drop of water for single malts bottled at 40%, more for cask strength. One ice cube for blended scotch, bourbon and rye; even malt if you just want a "drink" (though I would agree it would be a waste of 30 y.o. Talisker). For those afraid of diluting precious single malts, remember that a 40% malt is already diluted down from about 60%, so as long as you're using decent (filtered or spring) water, you're not doing anything other than adjusting an arbitrarily fixed alcohol content to your taste.

[Straight Arrow]

I prefer to take my whiskey orally.

[Mottern Man]

Neat mostly sometimes a few rocks

Sometimes soda.

[BenWorld]

The Single Malts I usually have Neat. Same goes for Bourbons. On occasion, I will experiment as suits my fancy. Sometimes, to blaspheme, I'll mix the best with Coke. [God forgive me...]

[Risky]

At the moment: The Glenlivet at home, Glenmorangie at my father-in-laws, neat or water.

The way it should be. Anything else is blasphemy with a single malt IMO.

[azbanbo]

Hey all what the heck does a drop or two of water do to your wiskey? Never heard of this before. :huh:

[mjrtoo]

I guess neat or on the rocks could be the same thing, depending upon how fast you drink it!

But I'm a rocks guy, love the coolness along with the smoothness of my Crown Royal.

[HoustonianYankee]

Neat. I also like some of the malts that are aged in either Port or Sherry casks. Regardless...neat.

[Risky]

Hey all what the heck does a drop or two of water do to your wiskey? Never heard of this before. :huh:
The same thing adding water to any other liquid does. Dilutes it. Also means there is slightly more actual liquid to drink, so it lasts longer.

IMO it also enables you to taste slightly different flavours in the whiskey which the neat strength sometimes obliterates to the novice palate. YMMV.

Also good if you don't enjoy the strength of neat whiskey.

[boboakalfb]

The same thing adding water to any other liquid does. Dilutes it. Also means there is slightly more actual liquid to drink, so it lasts longer.

IMO it also enables you to taste slightly different flavours in the whiskey which the neat strength sometimes obliterates to the novice palate. YMMV.

Also good if you don't enjoy the strength of neat whiskey.

Especially if you are dealing with Cask Strength Whisk(e)y. For example Bookers is bottled at anywhere between 121 and 127 proof so might be a bit hot.

[TightLines]

Uisge Beathe (Gaelic for "water of life") should always be consumed neat.*

* Adjective - free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted.

TAKE OUT THE FIRE but LEAVE IN THE WARMTH.

[scruffyv]

Single Malt - Neat (Macallan or Dalwhinnie are faves)
Bourbon - On the Rocks
Blended Scotch Whiskey - On the Rocks with a splash of Soda
Tequila - Nooooooo!

I dunno, milder drinks seem to want ice-- Bourbon has an underlying sweetness to it that seems better cold. Single Malt Scotches I think need to be at room temp to savor all of their different notes-- the peat, the oak, the malt, etc..

Vin

[JohnP]

A little of everything.
I voted "neat" because if I'm going to enjoy a nice single malt or bourbon, etc. I don't want to mess up the flavor by adding too much "stuff" to it. However, I am not above drinking 'Turkey and Coke, either.
A buddy of mine who I was renting a room from drank a whole bottle of MacAllan 18yo I had stashed, MIXED WITH 7-UP!!!!???!!! (I don't mind sharing, but 7-Up?)
John P.

[TimmyBoston]

Hey all what the heck does a drop or two of water do to your wiskey? Never heard of this before. :huh:

Opens up the nose and can release some hidden flavors. A common practice with Single Malts.

[TimmyBoston]

A buddy of mine who I was renting a room from drank a whole bottle of MacAllan 18yo I had stashed, MIXED WITH 7-UP!!!!???!!! (I don't mind sharing, but 7-Up?)
John P.

I would have punched him in the face.



:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

[TimmyBoston]

I dunno, milder drinks seem to want ice-- Bourbon has an underlying sweetness to it that seems better cold.

Vin

Wild Turkey Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell, prefers to store his bourbon (notably his Wild Turkey Rare Breed) in the freezer and drink it very cold, but undiluted.

[JohnP]

I would have punched him in the face.



:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:

:biggrin: It crossed my mind, but I was not there when it happened. Apparently my whole bottle of MacAllan was the drink dujour for a drunken night of video games.
Oh so wrong.
Ahh well. Learn who to share with I guess...
John P.

[Mama Bear]

How do you guys and gals take your whiskey? Neat, rocks, mixed, with water?


Jack, straight up, room temp, no water, no chaser. Sometimes in a shot glass, sometimes in a waterford crystal rocks glass or snifter, sometimes in a paper cup :biggrin:

Edit, Actually I once made a homemade stout with jack daniels in it.. I made 3 gallons and poured a pint of jack in there during the second fermentation. It was pretty strong.... not for the faint of heart...

[Mama Bear]

A buddy of mine who I was renting a room from drank a whole bottle of MacAllan 18yo I had stashed, MIXED WITH 7-UP!!!!???!!!
John P.

I would have shot him.... :eek: :rolleyes:

[TightLines]

A buddy of mine who I was renting a room from drank a whole bottle of MacAllan 18yo I had stashed, MIXED WITH 7-UP!!!!???!!! (I don't mind sharing, but 7-Up?)
John P.


Blasphemer, heretic, sacrilegious, off with his head.:behead:

[boboakalfb]

A buddy of mine who I was renting a room from drank a whole bottle of MacAllan 18yo I had stashed, MIXED WITH 7-UP!!!!???!!! (I don't mind sharing, but 7-Up?)
John P.

No doubt that was enough reason to move...:cursing:

[JohnP]

No doubt that was enough reason to move...:cursing:

For sure. Such occurrences seemed a little too frequent...
That was a few years ago; one of these days I'll buy another, however I'm not big into drinking by myself, I feel Scotch should be enjoyed with friends, stories (and lies-the bigger the better, extra points for believability) and perhaps cigars or something, even though I know very little about those...
John P.

[Doc4]

For sure. Such occurrences seemed a little too frequent...
That was a few years ago; one of these days I'll buy another, however I'm not big into drinking by myself, I feel Scotch should be enjoyed with friends, stories (and lies-the bigger the better, extra points for believability) and perhaps cigars or something, even though I know very little about those...
John P.

There's a great line in the Stan Rogers song "The Giant", which goes

'young friends and old whisky are burning inside ...'

[azbanbo]

The same thing adding water to any other liquid does. Dilutes it. Also means there is slightly more actual liquid to drink, so it lasts longer.

IMO it also enables you to taste slightly different flavours in the whiskey which the neat strength sometimes obliterates to the novice palate. YMMV.

Also good if you don't enjoy the strength of neat whiskey.
Ok but you don't really mean an exact drop or two of water, right? :blink: It has to be more to make a diffrence, right? :blink: Ya i'm not a big drinker so if anyone has the book Alcohol for dummies I need it right about now :blink: .

[TimmyBoston]

Ok but you don't really mean an exact drop or two of water, right? :blink: It has to be more to make a diffrence, right? :blink: Ya i'm not a big drinker so if anyone has the book Alcohol for dummies I need it right about now :blink: .

Very much a literal drop or two of water only will change the flavor components without much affect on alcohol content. It can open up the bouquet and palate components.

[jimbush]

"When I drink whisky , I drink whisky. When I drink water, I drink water."
"It's a nice steady hand you have there."
"Buttermilk! The Borgia's would have done better!"
"Impetuous! Homeric!"
Any other lovers of that movie out there?:wink:

[ruraldean]

I went for "Neat", which is what I do with my luverlee, luverlee precious single malts. However, I keep a bottle or two of a less expensive blended scotch which I mix with Stones Ginger Wine to make a Whiskey Mac. This is my all day Christmas drink. I'm useless by 2.30. :blink:

[jerry49red]

Either sipped or slammed ... always neat.

[Labarum]

Voted "other". I never drink alcohol. Tastes to me like what it is - rotten fruit and vegetables. As I remember whisky has the most disgusting taste of them all, though I guess some of the liqueurs might be worse - never got that close to them!

(I hope I still have some friend left on this board!)

[Rufus]

Neat all the way be it single malt scotch (with just a wee drop or two of water), blended scotch, Canadian whisky, American whisky, Irish whisky (single malt and blends), Bourbon, rum, vodka (from the freezer), gin, brandy, cognac, Calvados. My only venture into a "mixed drink" is a Perfect Manhattan (Canadian Club only, please) or a very dry Martini (Tito's Vodka preferred; shaken, not stirred).

[ScottS]

Depends what I'm drinking, and where. Single malts, always neat, and with a few drops of water unless it's Lagavulin.

Blended scotches I can go neat or rocks, depending on mood. I like my Red Wax (aka Maker's Mark) and Wild Turkey on the rocks. I like Irish Whiskey neat. Small batch bourbons usually go neat. I like cheap bourbon in a Manhattan

[moses]

Voted "other". I never drink alcohol. Tastes to me like what it is - rotten fruit and vegetables. As I remember whisky has the most disgusting taste of them all, though I guess some of the liqueurs might be worse - never got that close to them!

To each his own. :smile: Heck, if you don't like it, why go there.

Although, the scientist in me just HAS to point out that it is not remotely rotten. Totally different chemical process. Anaerobic respiration and all.

But, if you don't like alcohol, I can see why you wouldn't like whiskey, especially. Btw, an old friend had a theory of how to convince anybody that says they don't like alcohol that they do. Two words: Bailey's milkshake.

As to my vote. I voted neat/couple drops water. That's how I drink Single Malts. And often how I drink bourbons. But I also do often drink bourbon on the rocks. Or, occasionally when out, with coke.

-Mo

[rickw]

Bushmills Black Bush neat.

[Areler67]

hello,

I visited Bushmills factory 5 years ago with my wife! Great memories. I received a whiskey taster diploma !

[ianmedium]

Being a Scot I drink blended with a dash of water and malt straight!

[moses]

However I can get it?

-Mo

[acoldspoon]

I'm going with "other". I'm a "straight up with a water back" kinda guy. Though sometimes a glass of Scotch get a few drops of water, not always.