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I prefer my scotch either neat or maybe with a cube or two of ice, depending on what I'm drinking at the time. Big fan of Laphroig, picked some up duty-free from the airport this morning actually. Had plenty of others when I lived in Scotland that I'm struggling to remember right now. The older and rarer the scotch better

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I'm with you gents on the Crown Royal, it is my drink of choice as well. They say Scotch is an acquired taste, one which I evidently have still not acquired. I also like a good cigar with my toddy as well.

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I'm quite new to whisky, but I've been enjoying the Balvenie Doublewood 12 year these past few weeks. It's been aged in two distinct casks (whisky oak and then sherry oak). It's smooth, sweet, and it's got that sherry aftertaste. It's very nice indeed.

I also bought the Ardmore 46% recently. It's a peated whisky, so it has a lovely earthy taste. I haven't tasted this one as much as the Balvenie. Might be a good reason to have a few tonight!

If you're not drinking it neat, then perhaps scotch isn't your drink.

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I'm a big whisky fan, have somewhat of a collection (if you can call it a collection when I drink them and then renew the bar content). I have a few barrels myself that are on maturing. My favorite is depending on the mood, but a 25 year old Ledaig (from Mull) or the Double Matured Lagavulin is always a good bet.

Normally I prefer them as they are, but when it comes to cask strength a few drops of water is needed. And as funny as it may seem, when you live in a country where tap water is of higher quality than most mineral waters, it's not really such a bad idea to use tap.

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always neat off course ( exception a Coal Ila 16, its to strong/smokey for me, its like eating raw earth)

my favorites are Islays :
bowmore's, @80 euro's a Bowmore 18 has a good quality/price ratio.

and recently speysides, sherry casked and and min 18y. ( don't find many that are payable)

Yes!

However, i'm going to throw a cat amongst the pigeons here. I will quite happily drink an expensive malt with ginger ale if the mood takes me.......i drank both macallan and bowmore single malts with this over the last few weeks. Give it a shot, you might like it.

Echo earlier sentiments about the islay malts, most too peaty for everyday drinking but nice as a one off. For the record Bunnahabhain is my favourite and very unusual tasting for the island. Laphroiag is muck, tastes like somone emptied an ash tray in your whisky - with the exception of quarter cask, which is actually quite mellow.

Some speysides are very nice too (thinking royal lochnagar), however being a west coast lad i tend to stay with whisky on this side of the country. Having friends in high places in a major distillery helps

Nothing wrong with water in a dram, nothing wrong with ice - do as you please, it's only a drink. I tend to judge people based on how well they handle their whisky rather than how they take it. It is after all the water of life.....

DEFINITELY a case of each to their own here! Seems like you and I like our whiskys very different!

I too like whisky and ginger as a drink, but personally I'd never use an expensive single malt with a mixer - I'd just find it a waste. And I personally love Laphroiag (well, the ones I've drunk, which is the 30 and the 10). Sure they're both very big tastes - smokey and peaty to the point of almost being tarry (especially the 30), but I find them both very complex and just seriously tasty. But then I like smokey spirits such as Bulleit Bourbon which (while being very different to Laphroiag) I find has a great smokey finish to it.

In terms of how to drink it - ice or water or whatever - I agree with you that it's only a drink and do whatever works for you, but for me as I said above, if I buy an expensive malt then I want to enjoy it for what it is, and that means either neat or with a little water.

But as we say - each to their own!

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well said that man!

I have largely the same want to savour something if i buy it, most of my haul comes from freebies so i'd rather see it used than sitting gathering dust in a cupboard.

If I had a few freebies like that then I'd probably be happy to mix 'em too! Unfortunately I have to buy the damn things, so I try to savour every penny's worth!

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Good to see another Bunnahabhain fan!

Cheers!

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Also in Austria, You can drink single malts...

I preferre the Balvenie Doublewood. That is the best I have found so far, and I tested a lot. Spent two weeks in scottland once, visited many distilleries. But I have to admit, I found only one, that I really did not like. It was called Glenlivet of something, the distillery was near the Laphroigh distillery. It tasted like pisswater with alcohol in it.

Personally I prefere singlemalts without any water or ice. Only the ones at caskstrenght (I had a Mcallen 10 years at caskstrenght (57% if I remember right), which tasted great) I sometimes water a little bit.

In the last years I started also some interest in special Calvados, but really good ones are very difficult to get and quite expensive. When I am in Paris, I always have to spend quite a fortune at Fouchon, which seems to be the only shop, where You can relieably finde well aged Calvados.

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