pizzabrat honey, Chivas is swill. Get youself some decent Scotch, MacAllan’s or Jura or Glenlivet, pour a little over some ice cubes, and suck it off of them. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Or maybe what you’re looking for can be found with Tequila.
What…what’re **you ** lookin’ at?
No, No, NO!!! If he is going to put it in milkshakes don’t let him know the names of the good stuff!!! If it is just Chivis we can all snicker behind our hands at him for the skuldugary of adding it to a milkshake, but if he gets near my bottle of The Balvenie Double Wood with that milkshake we might just have to call out the Scotish mafia.
Whats this you say, You’ve never heard of them? Well, they haven’t been as successful as some of the others what with people hearing them coming with the bag pipes and all. But, if they catch up with their intended victim, well, lets just say a caber accident is not a pretty sight.
I am filled with admiration for those who can appreciate Scotch. I cannot. A bottle of Laphroaig that a friend gave me in 1986 is still with me, minus an ounce or so. To me, it tasted like what I would expect if I fell face down, open-mouthed, into a peat bog. That was on fire. But I don’t like Robert Burns’ poetry either, and I can accept that the fault is with me.
I’m pretty sure that milkshakes aren’t the standard way of drinking scotch whiskey. I have found, though, that it’s an okay way to drink rum.
By “what do you expect,” I mean how can you complain about lack of flavor if you’ve drowned it out in a milkshake? Is my point really that unclear?
See, what we have here is differing definitions of “tastes good.” To me, straight-up scotch tastes good. Scotch with a milkshake is a waste of scotch. If you’re going to put anything in a milkshake, maybe an amaretto or kahlua or rum or something.
But if you don’t like the taste of Scotch, it’s okay. Like I said, plenty of other drinks to choose from.
Scotch whisky to me truly is the water of life, up there with good bourbon and rye.
And I beg to differ about Chivas Regal being swill. If you’re going to drink a blended whisky, you can do far worse than Chivas. Some people don’t appreciate single malts, as they tend to be very assertive in flavor, while blends are a little more rounded and easier on the palate.
But if you are going to go single malt, why drink it over ice? This I don’t get. You’re absolutely killing most of the flavor. It’s like serving Burgundy over ice.
The Glennlivet or The Macallan are both wonderful. If you have a hard time with Scotch I suggest mixing it half and half with water at room temperature, and sipping it slowly while you relax. You will eventually come to enjoy the taste, aroma, and bite, because it really is fine stuff.
Don’t do the silly hollywood gimmick of “scotch on the rocks”. The ice really ruins the taste – if you want something on the rocks, try Amaretto for crying out loud, or Bailey’s, or other ice-friendly drink.
The regular Chivas is IMO a fair blended scotch but a bit rough, as is Johnny Walker. For more pleasant experiences with affordable blended Scotch, try Famous Grouse and Ballantine’s, which I find also good for mixing.
Ah, pardon the bump, and please accept my apologies for referring to Chivas as swill. What was I thinking? :smack: Must’ve been the tequila talking.
ON THE ROCKS?
:eek:
Heathen. Watering down scotch.
I’ll admit right off the bat to not being a scotch purist, but I simply adore whiskey on the rocks.
I’m currently working on a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black.
Another of my favorites is Gentleman Jack (I know it’s not scotch - but it is damn good).
Dalmore is an excellent 12-year-old single-malt that’s not as expensive as the delicious Glens and Macallan.
Actually, there is a fairly strong tradition of Italians emigrating to Scotland. And then going back to Italy in their old age. There is a town in Italy where you can get fish and chips, and the locals speak English with a strong Scottish accent.
So, there you have your Scottish Mafia. 
There is a big debate over whether a splash of water is a desirable thing. Some folks claim it’s wrong. Some claim that the water opens up the taste a little. Personally, I like it with a splash of water.
On the rocks is a good way to learn to appreciate the taste; but eventually you have to grow up and get rid of the ice.
… so, go to the next item on the list and try Gin (that, you DO mix)
Next we’ll know, our booze will include an instruction manual.
Sounds about the right reaction if you ask me.
Some of us just plain and simply have some Adult Beverages we can’t really get the hang of – and the congeners in the various liquids affect how we assimilate them, and how we react to them (e.g. the effervescents (beer, sparkling wine, tonic mixes) seem to “go to my head” faster in proportion to alcohol concentration than flat beverages). I know I can’t rely on Scotch for buzzing purposes. The cheap stuff does taste to me like some sort of motor fuel, meaning I can’t ingest it at a rate enough to, er, “summon inspiration”, and the body mostly would turn it into pain and sufferings were I to try; the really fancy stuff I can’t ingest quickly either but then I would not want to, I want to take my time with that.
I always really wanted to like Scotch, but I really couldn’t stomache it.
Now what I do will be considered eeeevil : I drink my Famous Grouse blended Scotch with Coke Light!!
Tastes great, and gives you a good buzz. I know Scotch-drinkers will want to lynch me for it, but I like it.
A splash of water is fine, and this is what I was taught when I lived a stone throw’s away from Oban, Scotland. Some locals said a splash, some insisted it should be no more than a few drops, but nobody said it was verboten.
The problem with ice is not so much the watering down of the Scotch, but rather the coldness killing the flavor. It would be just as bad to keep your Scotch in the freezer.
Drinking your Famous Grouse with Coke is okay. Famous Grouse may be the best-selling whisky in Scotland, but it’s a fairly average blended whiskey. Think of it as the Jack Daniels of Scotland. You can drink it straight, you can mix it, do what you want with it. It is one of my favorite blends, but that’s more nostalgia than actual taste. It’s fine for mixing. Personally, I’d go the Scotch-and-(club) soda route.
flickster- Gentleman Jack is nice. But one of these days you should also try Jack Daniels Single Barrel. It’s an order of magnitude about Gentleman Jack. (Although GJ makes a better “everyday” whiskey). Also, other easy-to-find mid-to-upper-tier bourbons to try are Woodford Reserve and Knob Creek, if you haven’t already tried them.
To further the hijack…one of the best bourbons on the market is Weller Antique. Vanilla galore. Very tasty, and cheap to boot. Look for it.