# I Am Drinking Chivas Regal As I Write This. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 27, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253 "2017-07-27T09:41:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jim\_B](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jim_b/32/4338_2.png) [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/1 "2017-07-27T09:41:42Z")
I have to tell you all. I do kind of live on a fixed income. But this week I had a small surplus. So I bought some 12-year-old Chivas Regal scotch. I am glad I did. I have always been a fan of it. I have had a couple of other drinks I enjoy too. Wednesday is my drink day. I drink on no other day. Seems to work for me in any event. Anyone else a fan of Chivas Regal? I am drinking it on-the-rocks. How do you enjoy it? :):)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Art\_Rock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/art_rock/32/525_2.png) [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/2 "2017-07-27T11:30:58Z")
Yep, but pure for me, no water, no ice. I usually have the 12 y old as well, but I have a bottle of 18 y old waiting to be opened for my brother to drop by (he gave it to me). Aged single malts are often even more attractive, I find. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2017, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/3 "2017-07-27T12:02:58Z")
I went through a scotch phase. Chivas Regal 12 year old was my go-to. Then, someone gave me a bottle of the 18 year old stuff. Made the 12 year old taste awful in comparison. I remember wishing I’d never tried the 18. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/4 "2017-07-28T03:16:55Z")
My Old Man was a Scotch drinker, and favored the premium blends in his latter drinking days…Chivas and Bell’s. Over a couple of ice cubes and with a splash of plain water. This was before the single-malt surge. I’ve always preferred Bourbon and Irish, with ice and a little seltzer. Spent a couple weeks in Scotland a few years back – Edinburgh, Skye, the Highlands, and the Orkneys – and did my best to enjoy the variety of whiskies of the different regions. It was fun, but I went back to Bourbon and Irish after I came home. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/5 "2017-07-28T03:20:34Z")
How much is a bottle? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/6 "2017-07-28T04:11:15Z")
Interesting. Wednesday is my “not drinking” day. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/7 "2017-07-28T07:46:49Z")
**I Am Drinking Ripple as I Write This** It’s my go-to apéritif before and after breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner and midnight snack, Monday through Sunday. And, I don’t swig any of that old, stale stuff; vintage 1-month is my preference—I have standards after all. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-drinking-chivas-regal-as-i-write-this/792253/8 "2017-07-28T11:38:11Z")
Of you are going to indulge then be indulgent. That being said, I like a good scotch on special occasion but my go-to whiskey is Jameson’s. I learned to appreciate it with a wee dram instead of straight up. The touch of water really does release a nice nose.