Which Whisky?

[Brigade77]

On my 18th birthday I fell in love with a much older woman in my local pub who could name any whisky that she sipped. I fell for it & it cost me £££'s, a valuable lesson learned.

I have always preferred the top shelf over the draughts, because in the 1000's of bars I have wobbled at I have only ever drunk beer at 2 that have lived up to their marketing expectations.

I am a whisky snob/connoisseur, call me what you want.

During a road trip around Scoatland a few years ago, we just happened to come across a sign, quite by accident, pointing towards the Dalwhinnie distillery. I have a very vague recollection of this visit, I remember that everyone else seemed to have a Merrykun accent & I remember that Dalwhinnie recorded the lowest temperature ever recorded in mainland Britain. I remember that our excellent guide wasn't actually Scottish & I remember the angels share from the ghost barrel.

What I don't remember is something absolutely fundamental to the whisky connoisseur & that is our most excellent guide telling me the only 5 whisky's worth drinking. Dalwhinnie obviously, & I remember Islay, but I cannot for the life of me remember the other 3.

You are the internets & you are my only hope.

 

[Bosswhite]

All Scottish Whiskies are unique, its down to a matter of taste

 

[sodthisforfun]

What I don't remember is something absolutely fundamental to the whisky connoisseur & that is our most excellent guide telling me the only 5 whisky's worth drinking. Dalwhinnie obviously, & I remember Islay, but I cannot for the life of me remember the other 3.

You are the internets & you are my only hope.

Sounds to me just as snobby as drinking vino! I can't imagine there are just 5 bottles worth drinking out of all the malts in Scotland.

 

[Bodd]

You've not had whiskey until you've has Mekong whiskey.......

 

[conny]

Never been a whisky drinker until I acquired the taste about 2 years ago when I was feeling under the weather and my wife insisted it would help. Can't remember the blend, probably Teachers or Bells, but gradually got to like it. Then at a family party about 6 months ago and I was given an unknown brand for a taster. It was so smooth I immediately loved it. Turned out to be a single malt called Haig Club. At Christmas, without asking, I got 3 bottles of it.

I think taste in whisky, wine, or food is all a matter of personal taste. If you like it then that's all that matters.

 

[EddieM]

Personally can't stand Whiskey / Whisky, but I am told there is a big difference between blended (Bells, Teachers etc) and single malt.

 

[Bosswhite]

One main difference = Whisky is from Scotland
Whiskey is from Ireland .

 

[EddieM]

One main difference = Whisky is from Scotland
Whiskey is from Ireland .

Nearly Whisky is only from Scotland.

 

[ellal]

You've not had whiskey until you've has Mekong whiskey.......

Whisky only in name, and the worst hangover I've ever had!

 

[Bodd]

Whisky only in name, and the worst hangover I've ever had!

Horrible stuff really had to drown it with Coke

 

[ellal]

Horrible stuff really had to drown it with Coke

But when backpacking it seemed like a good/cheap choice at the time

 

[Bodd]

But when backpacking it seemed like a good/cheap choice at the time

I think i pretty much had it every night for a month.

How did I do that.

 

[EddieM]

Whisky only in name, and the worst hangover I've ever had!

*ahem* Whiskey.

 

[SammyInnit]

Glenlivet? Ardbeg? Glenmorangie? Laphroaig? Aberlour?

Certainly vague to say top five as it's all in the palate.

 

[Brigade77]

Cracked it. Extensive research has thrown up the possibility that I misheard the guide & focused on the possibility of only 5 whisky's worth drinking.

The reality is that there are 5 distinct & very different areas of Scoatland where whisky is produced . . . Each area having it's best distillery & subsequently there are only 5 products that a whisky drinker need concern themselve's with.