How to drink Scotch without looking like a novice

epicurious ^ | 10/21/2017 | By Becky Hughes |

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No sensible jury would have convicted you.

[Codeflier]

I usually just chew on a burned band-aid when I need to replicate scotch flavor.

[SamAdams76]

Anyone who drinks Scots Whisky in a cocktail is...just...weird.

Agreed. It's like mixing a fine wine with Gatorade.

I drink it with a single cube of ice. Maybe two.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Anyone who drinks Scots Whisky in a cocktail is...just...weird.”

When I was in Buenos Aires, I went to a steak house that served something called a Don Pedro. It was a scotch over ice cream deal with a little cocoa powder added. The dang thing cost more than my steak.

[Magnum44]

My favorite part was the scotch drinking classes...

Drinking classes? Wonder if I can deduct the cost as an educational expense...

[dfwgator]

Drinking classes? This guy could use it.

[AZLiberty]

The important question is, How do you politely drink Scotch if you’re really a Bourbon (or Tennessee whiskey) person?

[DCBryan1]

I love the smokey, peaty islay scotches....LOVE Lagaluvin (sp), Laphroaig, Arbegs, etc.

[SMARTY]

neat is the only way

Water and especially cold water seems to denature the taste

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Is it the puss or the blood you like?

[DCBryan1]

There is only one (1) way to drink scotch: neat....in a scotch glass. Add 3-5 DROPS of distilled water per dram:

[DeFault User]

a burned band-aid when I need to replicate scotch flavor.

To me scotch tastes like someone made tea out of peat moss. I'll stick with Tennessee sour mash.

[DCBryan1]

I quit Scotch in ‘98. Diagnosed diabetic...

Hmmmm....my doc told me to quit drinking wine and beer (sugar and carbs) and switch to scotch since it has the lowest calories and glycemic index numbers

[TADSLOS]

👍🏻

[mountainlion]

If you drink enough you can cure a cholesterol problem as cirrhosis of the liver will leave your blood vessels cleaned out.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

... The people living in cardboard boxes under the overpass can attest.

[NohSpinZone]

That, I do not! I keep telling my wife that - how much I do not miss the hangovers.

[drjimmy]

Oban (the whisky) has held a special place in my heart—and liquor shelf—ever since I spent Easter Sunday of 1979 in Oban (the town). I was just a dumb college kid at the time, whose most sophisticated Scotch drinking up till that point was Bell’s. I didn’t get the chance to visit the distillery, but sharing a bottle with my two travel mates over Easter dinner in a local pub was a revelation.

[DesertRhino]

They forgot with 7-up

[mountainlion]

how much I do not miss the hangovers. ....

I quit drinking when the hangovers got to be 3 days. My liver and kidneys have not recovered much.