Another pointless thread

The only way to drink whisky is with just a few drops of water to open up the flavours, a bit like decanting wine. Malts made for the Japanese market, especially from the Ben Nevis distillery are incredibly strongly flavoured to cope with the Coca-Cola the Japanese insist on pouring into them.

I use Ginever for mouthwash, Gwyn.

'All whisky tastes like mouthwash'

Repost when you've tried them all or at least all of them listed below

ABERFELDY
ABERLOUR
ALLT A'BHAINNE
ARDBEG
ARDMORE
ARRAN
AUCHENTOSHAN
AUCHROISK
AULTMORE
BALBLAIR
BALMENACH
BALVENIE
BEN NEVIS
BENRIACH
BENRINNES
BENROMACH
BLADNOCH
BLAIR ATHOLL
BOWMORE
BRAEVAL
BRUICHLADDICH
BUNNAHABHAIN
CAOL ILA
CAPERDONICH
CARDHU
CLYNELISH
CRAGGANMORE
CRAIGELLACHIE
DAILUAINE
DALMORE
DALWHINNIE
DEANSTON
DRUMGUISH/SPEYSIDE
DUFFTOWN
EDRADOUR
FETTERCAIRN
GLEN ELGIN
GLEN GRANT
GLEN KEITH
GLEN MORAY
GLEN ORD
GLEN SCOTIA
GLEN SPEY
GLENALLACHIE
GLENBURGIE
GLENCADAM
GLENDRONACH
GLENDULLAN
GLENFARCLAS
GLENFIDDICH
GLENGARIOCH
GLENGLASSAUGH
GLENGOYNE
GLENKINCHIE
GLENLOSSIE
GLENMORANGIE
GLENROTHES
GLENTAUCHERS
GLENTURRET
HIGHLAND PARK
INCHGOWER
ISLE OF JURA
KNOCKANDO
KNOCKDHU
LAGAVULIN
LAPHROAIG
LlNKWOOD
LOCH LOMOND
LONGMORN
LOWLAND
MACALLAN
MACDUFF
MANNOCHMORE
MILTONDUFF
MORTLACH
OBAN
OLD PULTENEY
ROYAL BRACKLA
ROYAL LOCHNAGAR
SCAPA
SPEYBURN
SPRINGBANK
STRATHISLA
STRATHMILL
TALISKER
TAMDHU
TAMNAVULIN
TEANINICH
THE GLENLIVET
TOBERMORY
TOMATIN
TOMINTOUL
TORMORE
TULLIBARDINE

There are also some new distilleries which have not yet released any single malt as their whisky is so young (Kininvie is different, their owners have just chosen not to bottle it commercially as single malt)
AILSA BAY
DAFTMILL
KININVIE
RED RIVER
ROSEISLE


We shouldn't ignore the distilleries which closed in recent decades but that have been bottled as single malts in recent years. There was a raft of closures in the early eighties and nineties so some are becoming quite rare.


BANFF
BRORA
BEN WYVIS
COLEBURN
CONVALMORE
DALLAS DHU
GLEN ALBYN
GLEN FLAGLER
GLEN MHOR
GLENESK
GLENLOCHY
GLENUGIE
GLENURY ROYAL
IMPERIAL
INVERLEVEN
KINCLAITH
LADYBURN
LITTLEMILL
LOCHSIDE
MILLBURN
NORTH PORT
PITTYVAICH
PORT ELLEN
ROSEBANK
ST MAGDALENE

Finally, leaving the glories of Scotland behind, single malt is produced in many other countries.

AMRUT (India)

BUSHMILLS (Ireland)

COOLEY (Ireland)

EDDU (France)

HAKUSHU(Japan)

MACKMYRA (Sweden)

PENDERYN (Wales)

ST GEORGES (England)

YAMAZAKI (Japan)

YOICHI (Japan)

The worst "whisky" and I use the term only because it said it was on the bottle was Suntory, a Japanese concoction. I was never sure if it wasn't meant to be spelt Sanitory, and only for use in external toilets.

Being married to a whisky buff I have tried a fair few in my time. I have yet to find one I like.

You missed out Frysk Hinder, from Friesland in your list. But nearly everyone describes that as mouthwash.

There is also Millstone, another Dutch offering. Haven't tried that though.

They own a few Scottish distilleries like Bowmore, I think. When they bought out the original family a friend of mine did rather well from it; her dad was head of money at the old company and had bought his kids a small amount of shares as a wee nest egg. After the buyout she moved out of her rented Chiswick bedsit into a detached house in Windsor, traded her 8 year old 2CV for a new 5 Series BMW and bought a big black horse called Diablo.

Are the Dutch ones 'whisky' or 'whiskey'?

Whisky.

As I say I don't how drinkable the Millstone is, but the Fryske Hind tastes like it comes from the rear end of a Fryske Hind apparently.

A very fine list gartmore , when I lived in Scotland in the 1970s I tried a few ,I think Laphroaig is one of my favourites..jeff...

I find whisky hard going and never really enjoy it

That makes my Dad happy as he never has to offer me some when we visit

Whisky is an occasional drink at Hardgravity Towers...

.....There's a certain son who helps me out when the Grouse is in season...

.......he also raids the beer cupboard occasionally as well.

I like 3 day weekends, it means I get to drink beer longer.

Just finished the last Lighthouse, what next?

Just heard eldest grandson has 3 unconditional offers for Uni next year ! And there's still a 4th application in the pipeline !

[quote:3496ace15f="Stuey"]I find whisky hard going and never really enjoy it
You're not suposed to drink it in pints ....jeff...

So that's where I am going wrong

What's wrong with pints?

Is it because the ice has melted long before you finish it