Your personal favorite single malt scotch

[The Soup Dragon]

I was lately in the Toronto area for a conference, at which an Irishman, a New Zealander, and myself conspired to drink a bit of the pure in company with some graduate students who needed some introduction to the secrets of academic life.

While the torch was being passed in that fashion, the Kiwi offered some sage advice to the younger generation: "When you drink whisky, take water. When you drink water, take whisky."

So I think you're very much on the right track.

Ha ha ha wonderful advice! I have plenty of time at 24, and two years of law school to get up to drinking whisky neat. I can say reading at night does seem a tad warmer and more enjoyable in cold nh.

[Old Hippie]

Ha ha ha wonderful advice! I have plenty of time at 24, and two years of law school to get up to drinking whisky neat. I can say reading at night does seem a tad warmer and more enjoyable in cold nh.

From my undergraduate psychology class (in 1979): "State-dependent learning depends on the observation that things learned in a particular mental state or condition will best be recalled if the subject is in a similar condition at time of recall."

Translation: If you're drinking whisky and studying, you'll remember better if you drink some whisky before the test.

[Nerts]

Glen Breton Rare. It's the only single malt made in Canada. An it is divine.

http://www.glenoradistillery.com/glenbreton.htm

I can't wait to find some of this stuff!

Now on to business! My favorite whisky is Penderyn (http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/home.html). It’s a wonderful single malt welsh whisky that goes down beautifully!!

Enjoy!

E.

[ziggy]

I can't wait to find some of this stuff!

Now on to business! My favorite whisky is Penderyn (http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/home.html). It’s a wonderful single malt welsh whisky that goes down beautifully!!

Enjoy!

E.

Awww, my roomate had some penderyn, from BC actually, (we can't get it in NB) and I concur, it is nice stuff.

[ForresterModern]

From my undergraduate psychology class (in 1979): "State-dependent learning depends on the observation that things learned in a particular mental state or condition will best be recalled if the subject is in a similar condition at time of recall."

Translation: If you're drinking whisky and studying, you'll remember better if you drink some whisky before the test.

Yup, that is what I learned in school as well. Probably why I throw darts better after half a dozen beers, golf better after a wee nip of "swing lube", and have more luck picking up women after a few scotches neat. Needless to say, my wife makes sure to limit my public scotch intake nowadays.

[Jack Daw]

...While the torch was being passed in that fashion, the Kiwi offered some sage advice to the younger generation: "When you drink whisky, take water. When you drink water, take whisky."

Oh, I take water with my whisky, but not in it.

[ForresterModern]

I cannot remember who told me to remember that only two things should ever touch fine whisky---a glass and your lips.

No water for me---not even a back. I like to let my whisky live in my mouth, tastebuds, and memory for as long as I can get it to linger there. And sometimes I help it stay there a wee bit longer with a second dram.

[Old Hippie]

I cannot remember who told me to remember that only two things should ever touch fine whisky---a glass and your lips.

I tend to take most spirits neat though I will, in the interests of science, allow a few drops to dilute a snifter of cask-strength.

[socalferg]

Laphroaig 10 year Cask Strength
Laphroaig 15
Lagavulin 16
Nadurra 16

[Eric Schutte]

Well as a newbie to single malt scotch, I must say that on a budget, I have tried 2 types:

1) Tamnavulin
2) Glenfiddich

And I believe I would rate them in that order but as I say I know ALMOST nothing but I am willing to learn.

Thanks all,

Eric