Favorite Scotch Whisky Region/Style?

YellowSnow

YellowSnow

Islay

I was thinking of @puppylove_sugarsteel on Sat night sipping on some Laphroaig 10 yr. No there wasn't any Copenhagen in my lower lip and it wasn't 18 yr, but still...

ThomasFremont

Highlands

There can be only one.

LebamDawg

Speyside

glenfiddich

YellowSnow

Islay

ThomasFremont said:

There can be only one.

Few years back I would have said Highlands or Speyside, but my palate has shifted heavily towards Islay lately.

PurpleThrobber

Fuck Scotch

I’m in my Irish whiskey phase right now.

spuden

Islay

I like Ardbeg and Lagavulin, so I’m going with Islay. Lagavulin being probably my favorite.

YellowSnow

Islay

PurpleThrobber said:

I’m in my Irish whiskey phase right now.

You've been watching too much Tommy Shelby lately.

YellowSnow

Islay

spuden said:

I like Ardbeg and Lagavulin, so I’m going with Islay. Lagavulin being probably my favorite.

Lagavulin is tough because they don't play in the $50 - $60 pour people like me price point. Ardbeg and Laphroaig do fortunately.

PurpleThrobber

Fuck Scotch

YellowSnow said:

PurpleThrobber said:

I’m in my Irish whiskey phase right now.

You've been watching too much Tommy Shelby lately.

Aye. And Bushmills is just the right match with the Peaky Fucking Blinders!!!

YellowSnow

Islay

PurpleThrobber said:

YellowSnow said:

PurpleThrobber said:

I’m in my Irish whiskey phase right now.

You've been watching too much Tommy Shelby lately.

Aye. And Bushmills is just the right match with the Peaky Fucking Blinders!!!

minion_doog

Here

minion_doog

YellowSnow said:

ThomasFremont said:

There can be only one.

Few years back I would have said Highlands or Speyside, but my palate has shifted heavily towards Islay lately.

This happens in a session for me. I don't think I've ever started an evening too peaty but often end up there. If I'm only having 2-3 usually hang in the highlands/speyside

dnc

Thread is worthless without @WhiskeyDawg (for AD!)

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

Highlands

I love Islay scotch, but it's difficult to drink with food. The peat dominates the palate. Highlands on the other hand, I find more balanced. You get the peat but also a more smooth finish. I have yet to find a more balanced scotch than Oban 14.

YellowSnow

Islay

minion_doog said:

Here

I tend to play in the bottom half of the field be it peated or non peated.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

Highlands

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

YellowSnow

Islay

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

I don't like to add water, unless it's over 90 proof.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

Highlands

YellowSnow said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

I don't like to add water, unless it's over 90 proof.

Me neither, but it's a better alternative for people that do.

Yousef_#1UberDriver

Fuck Scotch

We must ban PurpleBaze

PurpleBaze

Islay

Yousef_#1UberDriver said:

We must ban PurpleBaze

Fuck off! Stay out of this Scotch thread, you araq-swilling swindler.

YellowSnow

Islay

Yousef_#1UberDriver said:

We must ban PurpleBaze

Don’t make me put on mod fatwa down on you Yousef.

PurpleThrobber

Fuck Scotch

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

I was actually schooled on that in an Edinburgh pub. We bought a couple flights of whisky (as the Scots call scotch) and they delivered it along with a little glass of water and a straw. I’m like WTF is this for? They go on to explain a DROP or two of water is allowable. A DROP!!!

A couple of the whiskys ripped holes in my esophagus but I’d be damned if I was going to pussy out and use the straw dropper.

PandaOrangeChiknDuck

Highlands

PurpleThrobber said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

I was actually schooled on that in an Edinburgh pub. We bought a couple flights of whisky (as the Scots call scotch) and they delivered it along with a little glass of water and a straw. I’m like WTF is this for? They go on to explain a DROP or two of water is allowable. A DROP!!!

A couple of the whiskys ripped holes in my esophagus but I’d be damned if I was going to pussy out and use the straw dropper.

It’s actually a pretty cool party trick, but I agree. I still have more respect for a straw dropper than an on the rocks sipper.

Doog_de_Jour

Speyside

YellowSnow said:

Yousef_#1UberDriver said:

We must ban PurpleBaze

Don’t make me put on mod fatwa down on you Yousef.

@Yousef_#1UberDriver hasn’t chipped in his $129 yet. I say mod fatwa away Yella.

No free beer (or Scotch)!

YellowSnow

Islay

Doog_de_Jour said:

YellowSnow said:

Yousef_#1UberDriver said:

We must ban PurpleBaze

Don’t make me put on mod fatwa down on you Yousef.

@Yousef_#1UberDriver hasn’t chipped in his $129 yet. I say mod fatwa away Yella.

No free beer (or Scotch)!

Everyone gets a free trial period or some low volume alt should they chose. I’m only using my bully pulpit to shit talk the worst offenders.

Doog_de_Jour

Speyside

YellowSnow said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

YellowSnow said:

Yousef_#1UberDriver said:

We must ban PurpleBaze

Don’t make me put on mod fatwa down on you Yousef.

@Yousef_#1UberDriver hasn’t chipped in his $129 yet. I say mod fatwa away Yella.

No free beer (or Scotch)!

Everyone gets a free trial period or some low volume alt should they chose. I’m only using my bully pulpit to shit talk the worst offenders.

You are a fair and benevolent mod.

Tequilla

Highlands

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

No, it means that you like drinking cooler beverages than warmer beverages

There are very few things I have any desire to drink at room temperature

spuden

Islay

Tequilla said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

No, it means that you like drinking cooler beverages than warmer beverages

There are very few things I have any desire to drink at room temperature

Yeah, I’m kind of in the same boat. But I don’t like ice to water down my whisky, so I keep a rocks glass in the freezer so it cools the scotch without watering it down. Not sure if that’s frowned on, but seems to work well for me.

YellowSnow

Islay

Tequilla said:

PandaOrangeChiknDuck said:

I will add, drinking Lowland scotch is like drinking piss.

Never drink scotch on the rocks or with an ice ball. It shows you're a novice, and likely a gigantic wuss. If the scotch is too strong, just give it literally a single drop or two of water. It changes the entire makeup of your pour.

No, it means that you like drinking cooler beverages than warmer beverages

There are very few things I have any desire to drink at room temperature

This issue @Tequilla is that if you like cooler beverages, single malt whisky is not for you. The dilution from ice just ruins scotch simply put. Only exception to this IMO is something like a Japanese high ball- i.e., blended scotch with some club soda.

If you like cold whiskey, best to stick with old fashioned or Manhattan. Or your go to of bourbon and coke.

GrundleStiltzkin

Speyside

I had an outstanding 15 year scotch with my rich buddy last weekend, for life of me I can't remember which it was.