Poll: Irish Whiskey with...

odyssey06

So, I'm reading Irishology at the moment, and among the mixers for Irish whiskeys, Club Lemon is listed. This is the first I've heard of it... is that a thing???
I decided, time for a poll...

"More than the types of whiskey however are the types of people who drink whiskey and it is easy to identify the type of person you are by the way you drink it: Whiskey… …with lemon.
You enjoy the little luxuries of life, hence your choice of Club Lemon as an accompaniment. You also like to listen to the harp during dinner and bring a hot-water bottle to bed."

And yes, On the Rocks and With Ice are two different options, as are Neat and Straight. This is not a mistake.

Zaph

I was under the impression that that book wasn't entirely serious and was more a bit of a piss-take, no?

Jayop

Irish whiskey with more Irish whiskey.

odyssey06

Not entirely serious, some very funny entries, but it's more about reacting to little things Irish people do, it seemed to suggest Club Lemon and Whiskey was a not unheard of choice...

Zaph

Very odd. Sounds disgusting tbh.

odyssey06

I've put in the same categories as the Irishology entries, though I guess it's missing entries for use in Irish coffees or hot whiskeys or as part of a cocktail.

Lovely Bloke

I can offer an explanation.

A whiskey sour is a thing, right. So, bitter is similar to sour, and someone may have added a Bitter Lemon to a whiskey in an attempt to recreate the Whiskey Sour experience, someone else sees this and thinks Whiskey & Lemon is a thing, and sticks in Club Lemon.

Thundercats Ho

Ginger Ale if i'm having a mixer. Just a drop if water otherwise.

quadrifoglio verde

Neat

Anything else and I'll be in a foul mood

I don't get why someone would take a good whiskey and destroy it with water, coke or ice

odyssey06

This is the full entry: http://irishology.ie/310-whiskey/

I think Baldy Conscience you might be onto something there with the trail from Whiskey Sour through Bitter Lemon to Club Lemon...

And Thundercats- ginger ale should really have been on his list!

irish_goat

I know the difference between 'neat' and 'straight up' but I'm struggling to think what the difference between 'on the rocks' and 'over ice' is.

Anyway, I tend to take mines with 1 or 2 cubes.

Zaph

quadrifoglio verde wrote: »

I don't get why someone would take a good whiskey and destroy it with water

To be fair, whiskeys are often enhanced by the addition of a tiny drop of water. I like my whiskey neat, but I can't drink Connemara that way as it's just too peaty for my taste. Add a teaspoon or two of water to it and it becomes a totally different drink that I'd happily drink all night. But I'm with you on the idea of topping the glass up with water, as I've often seen people doing. I just don't see the point.

Lovely Bloke

Meh, I don't give a fiddlers what anyone else does with what they're drinking.

I drink my whisky a number of different ways, depending on what I'm looking for at any particular time.

That said, I wouldn't put anything more than a drop of water into a single malt. But if someone wants to stick some coke and ice and lemon into their special reserve, 30 year old, distillers choice, cask strength that they've paid for with their own money then who am I to judge the idiot?

testaccount123

What's the difference between straight and neat then?

irish_goat

testaccount123 wrote: »

What's the difference between straight and neat then?

'Neat' is just poured into a glass with no chilling. 'Straight up' means it's been stirred or shaken with ice and then strained into a glass and served without ice.

UnknownSpecies

Struggling to differentiate 'On the rocks' and 'With ice' too. Simply a mistake in the poll?

odyssey06

UnknownSpecies wrote: »

Struggling to differentiate 'On the rocks' and 'With ice' too. Simply a mistake in the poll?

There is an explanation of sorts here, it is deliberate, though I can't promise the explanation will satisfy!
http://irishology.ie/310-whiskey/

Mesrine65

Old fashioned or whiskey sour for me (sans egg-white)

Brockagh

I thought the chaser was a beer, not the whisky.

L1011

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Old fashioned or whiskey sour for me (sans egg-white)

With Irish Whiskey? The former would be extremely odd and the latter still a bit strange...

Mesrine65

L1011 wrote: »

With Irish Whiskey? The former would be extremely odd and the latter still a bit strange...

Different strokes...I likes what I like

L1011

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Different strokes...I likes what I like

I'm intrigued enough to give it a go. Do you use decent quality whiskey or 20 quid bottles?

Mesrine65

I'm partial to Crested Ten when mixing, I find bourbons too sweet for my taste

L1011

Mesrine65 wrote: »

I'm partial to Crested Ten when mixing, I find bourbons too sweet for my taste

Made one today, albeit with Tullamore as it was the nearest open bottle to the front of the shelf. Normal setup I'd do with bourbon - sugar syrup, angoustura, big ice cubes, bit of orange peel

It tastes of sugar, bitters and orange zest. Can't tell that there's enough whiskey in there to put you well over the driving limit...

Not a bad taste itself but its really rather different to an Old Fashioned!

VincePP

Ah whisky / whiskey my favourite topic and currently planning a Scottish road trip starting at Edradour distillery. - Their cask series being my absolute favourite.

The beauty of whisky is you can create what you like and as you get a taste for it, you move upwards to unique malts - on Feb 1st I be opening a very special 23year teeling (not generally available)

Early on many years ago, I mixed with ginger ale or red lemonade - will still do so as a long drink. But for malts, usually its 60/40 whiskey/water and cask strength 50/50, both with a single ice cube.

Oh, Feb 1st, can't wait.

fret_wimp2

For the vast majority of irish Whiskeys that are 40%, neat, no ice, no water, no mixer, warmed in the hand. If its cask strength, then a drop of water can help open it up and make it a little more flavorful, but for regular old 40% whiskeys, you dont need water.

Mixing whiskey with anything else, well then it doesn't matter if its Irish, Scotch, Japanese or any other particular type of whiskey, any nuances and flavors that make that whiskey individual are lost.

theflipdave

Brockagh wrote: »

I thought the chaser was a beer, not the whisky.

Same