Your Scotch Score

[cainxinth]

@silenus

A quick “back of an envelope” summary puts my score at…Oh, Jeez, that can’t be right…

<bows>

[Bricker]

@Struan

How can you only add 5 points here?

Aren’t the points mutually exclusive? If you’ve been to Scotland, you get a point. If you’ve been to a scotch distillery in Scotland, you get five points.

If they’re additive… then I guess I get another point.

[vison]

@cainxinth

Take the number of distilleries you have sampled (e.g. Macallan, Laphroaig, etc.)

10 or so

Divide by the number of years you have been of legal age to drink, round to the nearest whole number, and add it to the previous total

I am 64 and the legal age when I was young was 21, so that makes 42, 10 divided by 42 is about 1/4, rounded up is 1. Silly number, if you ask me.

10 + 1 = 11

Add the age of the oldest scotch you have sampled

25? 25 + 11 = 36

Consider single malts best? – Add 2 points

Of course single malt is best. Why are there any other options? 36 + 2 = 38

Own scotch merchandise? – Add 1 point

I thought only adults could drink Scotch. What is this, collecting Hello Kitty stuff? Still 38.

Take your scotch neat? – Add 3 points

Yes, neat. With a water chaser, not ice water either. 38 + 3 = 41

Could you tell the difference between Highland and Islay scotches in a blind taste test? – Add 3 points

No, I couldn’t and who cares? Still 41.

Do words like smoky, peaty, and oaky make your mouth water? – Add 1 point

No, they make me want to toss my cookies. Still 41.

Have you sampled every variety of Johnnie Walker, including Swing, and excluding Premix and special editions? – Add 3 points

Johnnie Walker? It is to laff. Still 41.

Do you drink scotch cocktails because they enhance the flavor of scotch? – Add 1 point

:Mr. Gag: Still 41.

Do you avoid scotch cocktails because they mask the flavor of scotch with lesser alcohols? – Add 2 points

No longer stuck on 41. 41 + 2 = 43, as if there was any question.

Purchased a scotch at auction? – Add 3 points
Purchased a scotch no longer in production at auction? – Add 6 points
…and drank it? – Add 10 points
…that night? – Add 20 points

No, no, no, and no. I like to drink the stuff, I’m not a fanatic. I buy at the local liquor store in the common fashion. Still 43 points.

Been to Scotland? – Add 1 point
Been to a scotch distillery? – Add 5 points
Drank directly from the cask? – Add 10 points
Didn’t try any scotch while you were there? – Subtract 1000

Um, no. If God hadn’t wanted me to drink Scotch here in Canada would He have let it cross the ocean? 43, I guess.

Not an amateur, kids. A purist.

[Flander]

Bricker, how was that 50 yo Macallen? My ex got me the 15 yo a few years ago as a birthday present and I still consider that among my favorites.

[jackdavinci]

Umm… zero. :smack:

I’ve heard lots of great things about the Scotch experience but don’t know anyone personally who is into it, and wouldn’t want to blunder into it all by myself. So I’m still a Scotch virgin. Anyone want to take me out and teach me the ropes?

[Sublight]

51, and I just started drinking scotch this year. That trip to Whisky Live really helped.