Scotch Whiskies to Avoid!

[macshorty]

Scotch to avoid? Here:



There. The thread is over. I win.

Um...I'm afraid now.

[Urchurdan]

I am a poor excuse for a Scotsman. I don't like whisky - in fact, I don't drink alcohol at all. My wife and I visited a Distillery and ended up going round on a tour with a group of visiting Americans. Can I say, I was stunned by their knowledge, I was a bitty ashamed in case they asked me anything about whisky. I know NOTHING about it at all.
When it came to the tasting, I took one, and (I hope) when no one was looking, slipped it to my wife (an American) she knows a good whisky when she tastes one - or so she tells me....However, where she does fall down, is with our other National drink, she doesn't like Irn Bru - Disgraceful.......

[Drac]

I am a poor excuse for a Scotsman. I don't like whisky - in fact, I don't drink alcohol at all. My wife and I visited a Distillery and ended up going round on a tour with a group of visiting Americans. Can I say, I was stunned by their knowledge, I was a bitty ashamed in case they asked me anything about whisky. I know NOTHING about it at all.
When it came to the tasting, I took one, and (I hope) when no one was looking, slipped it to my wife (an American) she knows a good whisky when she tastes one - or so she tells me....However, where she does fall down, is with our other National drink, she doesn't like Irn Bru - Disgraceful.......

Oh my GOD!!! My wife buys me a case of Irn Bru each year for my birthday and I will tell you it doesn't make it to the following year.

[Woodsheal]

On the plus side, I just picked up a bottle of Cardhu 12-year-old (Speyside single malt), which hasn't been available in the States for some years, but is back on our shelves.

Yum...!

[DrumMayer]

Oh my GOD!!! My wife buys me a case of Irn Bru each year for my birthday and I will tell you it doesn't make it to the following year.

I estimate that between the ages of 5 and 15, I drank at least one bottle of Irn Bru a day. On a visit in 2005, tried one for the nostalgia, and found it disgusting. Not sure what this has to do with anything, but I feel so much better for saying it out loud, as it were.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Back in the mid-70s when I was writing for GUNS & AMMO Magazine, I spent quite a bit of time with Elmer Keith, the doyen of handgunners, and the father of both the .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum. Elmer liked his Scotch and only drank Chivas Regal....with root beer. The scary thing was he liked his root beer warm. No ice. Not chilled. Just outta the can. Eeeeeeeew! I still shudder when I think about it!

[Sir William]

Back in the mid-70s when I was writing for GUNS & AMMO Magazine, I spent quite a bit of time with Elmer Keith, the doyen of handgunners, and the father of both the .357 Magnum and .44 Magnum. Elmer liked his Scotch and only drank Chivas Regal....with root beer. The scary thing was he liked his root beer warm. No ice. Not chilled. Just outta the can. Eeeeeeeew! I still shudder when I think about it!

Back in the early 70s, I was stationed at the Marine base at 29 Palms, California. Back then we didn't have the luxury of refrigerators in the barracks so I drank my Dr Pepper at room temperature (which was often in the high 70s or even low 80s (and sometimes even higher than that since the a/c didn't always work). Even after I returned to civilization I drank it at room temperature for some some years to follow.

As for Chivas Regal, I served with a major in the early 80s who thought it was the best Scotch available and he kept it in the fridge to keep it cold. He thought single malts tasted awful. Just goes to show that tastes differ - considerably.

[Bing]

Look at the tartan in my avatar and know how deeply it pains me to say anything negative about anything with the Mackay name.

But Whyte & Mackay? A friend gave it to me for my birthday because of the name and I can't even use that stuff to deglaze a sauté pan when I make scallops with whisky cream sauce.

Not to worry though, winter is coming and I can use it as windshield washer anti-freeze.

[macwilkin]

As for Chivas Regal, I served with a major in the early 80s who thought it was the best Scotch available and he kept it in the fridge to keep it cold. He thought single malts tasted awful. Just goes to show that tastes differ - considerably.

Reminds me of an Expat gent who is a member of our local Scottish society who favours The Grand MacNish:

http://scotchwhisky.net/blended/grandmacnish.htm

"By Appointment to HM the King of Sweden"

T.

[Jordan]

Look at the tartan in my avatar and know how deeply it pains me to say anything negative about anything with the Mackay name.

But Whyte & Mackay? A friend gave it to me for my birthday because of the name and I can't even use that stuff to deglaze a sauté pan when I make scallops with whisky cream sauce.

Not to worry though, winter is coming and I can use it as windshield washer anti-freeze.

Black label ( as its commonly called) is very popular up here, Try it with coke