Whisky

[moanjam]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

Has been asked a few times and the same suspects keep getting mentioned which you cannot go wrong with if your on a budget , arran 10 , bunnahabhain,12 glengoyne 12 or edradour 10 and I'd agree with Dennis above on the bourbon Woodford is a canny sipper for the price, and Japanese on a budget would for me be nikka from the barrel or coffey malt

 

[Old Prestonian]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

Welcome. I am also a novice. It's rather a case of trial and error but the easiest drinkers tend to be those from the Speyside region.

 

[shakerman]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

Whatever you buy, don’t be afraid to add water if you’re finding the alcohol overwhelming even if it’s something with a 40% abv. Additionally, on your initial sip, swill the whisky around your mouth both to maximise the flavour and to coat your mouth. If you do this correctly, you shouldn’t get any burning sensation on subsequent sips.

The alcohol is rarely well integrated into baseline whiskies which is why they tend to be rougher to drink.

 

[FN-2187]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

I thought Ben raich was very mild.

 

[black-cat]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

Arran 10, Benromach 10, Bunnahabhain 12, Tobermory 12.

4 amazing drams that suit any palate whether beginner or not

 

[I am Boss]

Don’t take the piss out of me please. I’m an absolute novice with Whisky. I’m looking to find a nice one to have straight. I find JD too harsh to drink straight. I love the taste of Jameson’s with a coke.

I have a few Jim beams, Johnny walkers and Japanese ones to stick in the cabinet.

What would everyone recommend a novice like me to have for drinking straight that will be smooth and not harsh or as I say ‘ like petrol ‘? Cheers

Ben Bracken Speyside from lidl. Low cost but offers a lot of taste and a very smooth drink. It was the recommendation in this thread earlier this year which really big me back in to whisky

 

[A Teenstone]

This Mannochmore is widely considered the worst scotch ever. While I’ve not tried the Crabbies it would have to go some to be worse than that. It’s truly atrocious.

Ive just gotten a bottle of the Lock Dhu due to it's rarity. It's pricey apparently but as you say, nowt owa to drink.

 

[shakerman]

Ive just gotten a bottle of the Lock Dhu due to it's rarity. It's pricey apparently but as you say, nowt owa to drink.

Available for around £200. It truly is bloody awful.

 

[A Teenstone]

Available for around £200. It truly is bloody awful.

I'll leave the top on then

 

[Dennis]

Ben Bracken Speyside from lidl. Low cost but offers a lot of taste and a very smooth drink. It was the recommendation in this thread earlier this year which really big me back in to whisky

Wife's just brought me a bottle of this, will have some tonight, heard it's canny

 

[A Teenstone]

Wife's just brought me a bottle of this, will have some tonight, heard it's canny

Ive had one recently. Wife bought me one as well. It's ok, just ok mind.

 

[I am Boss]

I've seen in the new year with a couple of Glengoyne's, a few Monkey Shoulder and many Whyte & Mackay/Ginger ales.

Any new drams tasted this evening?

 

[moanjam]

All the best whisky lads

 

[roppa]

Opened a macallan 18yr old tonight, absolutely shit hot , slurring just a bit

 

[moanjam]

Opened a macallan 18yr old tonight, absolutely shit hot , slurring just a bit

Lovely enjoy mate

 

[FC United of Manchester]

Been on the peated tonight. Started with a Longrow 18yo, then a bottle kill of a lovely Glenglassaugh rum cask that was an exclusive Loch Fyne bottling, on to a Ardbeg Blaaack and finishing with a Laphroaigh 10 cask strength.

Happy new year to my fellow water of life drinkers

 

[stephen1]

Thanks to a recommendation on here got me an Arran 10.
Bloody lovely

 

[FN-2187]

On antibiotics.

No whisky for a fortnight. All the best for the new year. Roll on the 12th and I can have some.

 

[Cee Jay]

Peated night last night....

Dry jan and possibly Feb...but drinking only, buying still allowed

 

[shakerman]

Happy New Year folks. Cracked a couple of new Campbeltown bottles for NY but didn’t really drink much.