Disagree, whiskey diet is my drink of choice, and the shittier the whiskey the sweeter they are, and if you're mixing, you're "killing" whatever quality your alcohol had (I disagree to an extent) but no reason to use higher dollar when you won't necessarily notice the smoothness or all the flavor. Oh, and once you hit plastic bottles you went too cheap, even for a mixed drink. Hell, MD 20/20 comes in glass for $2

Makers Mark 46; however I also enjoy Woodford Reserve and Pappy Van Winkle

Well, if you're mixing it dont bother. I was under the impression we were discussing drinking it straight. It's all the same when you mix it with sodas. Especially diet, since fake sweetener is so overpowering. I've switched to coke zero over diet if I'm going to mix it.

All very good options. There's a lot of really good small batch Texas bourbons hitting the market these days too. 1835 is great and fairly cheap. Red River is pretty good too.

:iagree: 100%

And yep, Coke Zero, but most places don't have that, lol

That's part of the reason I do most of my drinking at home. The other reason is im a cheap bastard. Buy a good bottle for $40 or spent $40 on 5 or 6 drinks at the bar.

Don't know if this is considered a whiskey, but on occasion, Mrs. Mults and I like to sip some Irish Mist on crushed ice. It is a nice "toddy" after dinner and is very smooth. It is a little on the sweet side, but it will give you a nice buzz if consumed at a moderate clip.

We had some out of state company stay with us recently, and they brought a bottle of Woodford Reserve for us. We haven't cracked the seal yet, but will probably do so as we are having more company this week.

only blue straight up. after a good dinner some remy and a good cigar like liga privaola or i had a montecristo 75th annversario desde 1935 the other day that was very nice.

Here is my observation: you know someone knows a LITTLE bit about scotch when they claim they only drink single malts. You know someone knows scotch much better when they recognize the quality and diversity of the flavor of single malts, but they also realize that many of the best (and better) scotches are well crafted balanced blends that will put many brutish unidimensional single malts to shame.

Having said that, and returning to whiskey sensu stricto, I like a good Irish Whisky over most Scotches any day.

I drink like XwChriswX

It's such a waste when people I drink with mix their 18 year old whiskey with soda. I get it, it's an acquired taste, but we all just have to embrace the flavor at one point. Personally, I prefer to drink it neat or on the rocks, depending on the age. Let's face it, I don't think anyone here wants to be the 40 year old that orders Crown and Coke at the pub. I used to love Crown and Coke by the way, but that was over 10 years ago.

Glenfiddich 14 YO is my Favorite!

Love scotch whiskey cant drink the blend whiskey.. if blended, only chasers in a party lol

I was drinking Glenfiddich at my cousin's wedding and as usual, it was pretty good. As soon as the bartender busted out the Platinum Label, I forgot all about ol' Glen.

I think I would of forget about it too haha

I'm no expert, though I did start to explore craft beers about 6 years ago and then wine and more lately spirits. My previous experience was just youthful cheapness, so I wanted to kinda grow up my drinking experience and order less like a frat boy and more like a man at the bar, ya know? Part of of that process is just trying out lots of stuff from mixed to straight drinks.

Lafroig really interests me, and I really want to like it. Otherwise Glenfiddich is good. I really plan to continue to explore single malt scotches over the winter again and get back on track!

Maker's I use for anything mixed, though I won't ever mix it with soda/Coke and the like. I'm not in college anymore! It's pretty smooth and solid for a mix. And just not interesting enough alone. Templeton Rye is a quality local one that I can mix or go solo with.

Really, what got me away from scotch and whiskey a year ago was finding the absolute joys of brandy, cognac, and especially: rum. I had never though of rum as anything beyond Captain Morgans, but since then I've explored various smaller shops and I find a good dark spiced or non-spiced rum to be a pure joy to sip alone and not mixed. My favorite has been Oronoco Rum from Brazil followed by Kraken spiced rum or Rumchata in a white russian. (Yeah, Rumchata is cheating, but it's so good...)

Love seeing other people's tastes and preferences, as that always gives me ideas on what to pick up next!

(Updated just to add some fuel to the always-burning discussion in whiskey circles: I *do* prefer ice with or in place of a splash of water in my drink. Purists bedamned!)