Whiskey - how do you drink it?

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 02:47AM #1

Do you put ice in? Coke? Or take it straight. Personally I opt for either. Whatever I'm feeling like at the time. If I'm just after the flavours I might add some ice, if I'm looking for a sharp sting I'll go neat.

What brand do you prefer? JD single barrel is my poison.

Richard Hillman · 14-12-2016 02:50AM

Straight with 1 cube. If it's too cold you can't taste it but the one ice cube keeps it cool. Don't mind it neat either.

I wouldn't waste it with a mixer.

I'd drink anything but my preference would be Irish Whiskey. Not a great fan of Scotch. The American ones are ok but that's it

Jesus, I'd love a whiskey right now

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 02:52AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Straight with 1 cube. If it's too cold you can't taste it but the one ice cube keeps it cool. Don't mind it neat either.

I wouldn't waste it with a mixer.

Jesus, I'd love a whiskey right now

Depends how strong to be fair. I have the single barrel and maybe it's just me, but two cubes and Coke and I'm only getting the whiskey flavour - just not as much heat as I usually would. I'll be back in 20 minutes speaking nonsense in slurred text.

Grayson · 14-12-2016 02:53AM

by the bottle

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 02:54AM

Grayson wrote: »

by the bottle

That's disgraceful carry on.

I like that.

KungPao · 14-12-2016 02:58AM

It tastes like poison.

I'll have a beer, thanks.

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 03:02AM

KungPao wrote: »

It tastes like poison.

I'll have a beer, thanks.

I can't hack the taste of beer. Whiskey has such a plethora of flavours but beer always just smells and tastes like piss to me.

endacl · 14-12-2016 03:02AM

Deep breath, pinch nose, throw it back.

buried · 14-12-2016 03:03AM

Jameson or Powers. Just with ice. Can't be dealing with mixers like cola defiling it, ends up tasting like sugary sockwater.

dodderangler · 14-12-2016 03:04AM

Only talking bout this in pub earlier. Drink it straight with no ice. My gf who is from Philippines has 3 uncles who would put any Irishman to shame with whiskey. They drink it like two shots in a glass and take a small sip of coke after it. Ordinary glass of coke would last the night and 4 jack Daniel bottles gone in a night

Peregrinus · 14-12-2016 03:06AM

Straight, no ice. Ice and mixers are for people who don't like whiskey but want to be seen drinking it.

Arghus · 14-12-2016 03:07AM

Usually drink it neat. I might have a tiny bit - like a drop or two - of water, depending on the whiskey.

KungPao · 14-12-2016 03:07AM

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

I can't hack the taste of beer. Whiskey has such a plethora of flavours but beer always just smells and tastes like piss to me.

I'm the opposite. Beer is smooth, drinkable, and hits the spot, whiskey is just like drinking nail polish remover to me.

I tried in my younger days (last orders, let's get a whiskey wahey) but it's just horrible to me.

I take it as a blessing, I only like beer...I'd end up in the Betty Ford clinic otherwise.

14-12-2016 03:10AM

"The best way to drink whiskey is the way you enjoy it the most"

Source: Denartha Senior, Master Distiller.

Personally, and it depends on the whiskey, but I mostly drink Irish and I generally add water to it. A stronger tasting Bourbon, I like some ice in it. Scotch I'd add some water to as well.

I'd murder a wee dram right now.

RayM · 14-12-2016 03:13AM

With boiling water, lemon, cloves and a bit of sugar.

Noveight · 14-12-2016 03:15AM

Stout is my tipple of choice and after 4 or 5 pints I'll take a whiskey neat on the side. I like to sip it alongside a pint, a nice mixture if you take your time.

A slow dram of Greenspot or Black Bush in between pints of Murphy's is a real treat

Academic · 14-12-2016 03:34AM

Scotch, straight up, preferably in a brandy snifter with a glass of ice water on the side.

It's an after-dinner drink for me, not a down-at-the-pub drink. For the latter I'm a Guinness guy.

HenryHill · 14-12-2016 03:40AM

Dont know how anyone could mix whiskey with cola, tastes rank.

Cutty sark or crested ten for me, neat

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 03:43AM

dodderangler wrote: »

Only talking bout this in pub earlier. Drink it straight with no ice. My gf who is from Philippines has 3 uncles who would put any Irishman to shame with whiskey. They drink it like two shots in a glass and take a small sip of coke after it. Ordinary glass of coke would last the night and 4 jack Daniel bottles gone in a night

That's a better idea than mixing. Occasionally I like the sweetness hit but mixing isn't great bexuase I sometimes get bored of the Coke and just want more whiskey.

bodhrandude · 14-12-2016 03:47AM

Neat for me, will be bringing a bottle of Laphroaig back from Scotland after the Xmas and probably some of that Polish Absinthe from Sainsburys.

Outlaw Pete · 14-12-2016 03:47AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18jBLKZ5pc

Stigura · 14-12-2016 03:53AM

I'm a straight man, myself (Is it politically incorrect to say that, these days

)

Jameson. Bog standard Jameson. In my glass. Sipped. It's f**king gorgeous!

Now; I do know a lad who's a right connoisseur. Genuinely. And he knows when and how a drop of water should be used, to do things with a given whiskey, to bring out what the Distiller would wish ye to taste.

Fine. But, bring water anywhere near My f**king Jameson? It's gonna get 'Emotional'!

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 03:55AM

Stigura wrote: »

I'm a straight man, myself (Is it politically incorrect to say that, these days )

Jameson. Bog standard Jameson. In my glass. Sipped. It's f**king gorgeous!

Now; I do know a lad who's a right connoisseur. Genuinely. And he knows when and how a drop of water should be used, to do things with a given whiskey, to bring out what the Distiller would wish ye to taste.

Fine. But, bring water anywhere near My f**king Jameson? It's gonna get 'Emotional'!

PUT IT DOWN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH

_Jamie_ · 14-12-2016 03:58AM

Hot only. Don't really like the stuff.

Lukker- · 14-12-2016 03:59AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

Straight, no ice. Ice and mixers are for people who don't like whiskey but want to be seen drinking it.

Wow man, you're so edgy and cool!

One single big ice cube so it melts slower. Ice helps you actually taste the whiskey by taking some of the heat away.

Stigura · 14-12-2016 04:02AM

Atari Jaguar wrote: »

PUT IT DOWN YOU HAVE HAD ENOUGH

Wow! Says the man roaring and screaming at me! :eek:

Bed, my friend. Go to bed

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 04:03AM

Stigura wrote: »

Wow! Says the man roaring and screaming at me! :eek:

Bed, my friend. Go to bed

I can't find it

Jimmy Garlic · 14-12-2016 04:41AM

I like Jack Daniels and George Dickel.. With ice. Don't really like Irish and Scotch whiskey.

Atari Jaguar · 14-12-2016 04:53AM

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

I like Jack Daniels and George Dickel.. With ice. Don't really like Irish and Scotch whiskey.

Had a bit of Jameson's last Christmas, not for me either tbf

*incoming attack for being to Americaniesed*

entropi · 14-12-2016 05:22AM

Neat usually. Sometimes I'll add a few drops of water to enjoy the flavour a bit more.

tuxy · 14-12-2016 05:37AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

Straight, no ice. Ice and mixers are for people who don't like whiskey but want to be seen drinking it.

Sometimes a small drop of room temperature water can bring out the flavour. But yes definitely no ice, it dulls the taste.

Edit: entropi got in just before me.

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