Does anyone like Whisky? Do you drink it straight or with a mixer?

i like whisky.

i drink it straight. wouldn't think of mixing it with coke or something. but i am reliably informed you are meant to drink it 50/50 with water.

Definitely worth trying it straight first to see if you like it. There are lots of varieties out there OP.
Enjoy

I enjoy a wee dram occasionally. I have a drop of water in it, though not as much as 50/50
Seems the way they drink it in the Highlands - I'm sure they know best!

I'm not really sure which Whisky's are quality Whisky's and which ones are crap

whisky 101 is that single malts are top draw.

whisky 102 is that 101 is not always correct.

you do get what you pay for, but there is the odd jem of a supermarket own brand whisky. you know like sainsbury's don't have a distillery, so one year where ever they buy it from they might happen upon a good one.

my other tip is if you intend to settle in for a session with it buy a nice one and a shit one. after the first glass you may as well drink the piss, you wont be able to tell.

With the cheaper whiskies I always have a mixer but a top notch single malt is a real treat and I like to drink it as it comes.

I enjoy Jura single malt, Old Pulteney malt too from Northern Scotland. You can't really go wrong with the Speyside whiskies too, try Glen Elgin or Glen Moray. Nice. Its all personal preference.
Ones I don't like are Highland Park or Talisker.
Decent blended whisky could include Whyte & MacKay or Famouse Grouse.

I only like American Whisky which i'm sure makes me a heathen or something. Always drink it straight, no ice or anything.

also Bells is indistinguishable from horse piss.

How often do you drink horse piss?

I don't drink it. Same as bells.

I like a nice single malt and drink it on the rocks. As the ice melts, the water brings out the flavour of the whisky.

There is no such thing as American Whisky.....there is however American Whiskey!

As a born and bred Scotsman, I have to admit that I find (Scotch) Whisky extremely unpleasant to drink.

The cheaper blends burn on the way down the throat, and expensive malts taste like you would imagine unleaded petrol would taste.

Maybe as I get older my palate will come to appreciate fine blends and malts, but until then I shall content myself getting sh!tfaced on 80/- and Jack Daniels with ginger ale.

I Like Glenfiddich 12 year old single malt.

nice on it own or you can add a little water/ or American ginger ale to it.

I picked up a bottle of Glenmorangie on the way home this evening. Generally highland and Speyside single malts are nice (I'm not too fond of the peaty stuff) and Bailie Nicol Jarvie is probably the nicest blended whisky I've found, and quite cost-effective compared to the single malts. For Christmas my wife gave me a bottle of 25-year-old Glenfarclas, which was lovely, but too expensive to justify buying regularly.

I was never much of a beer drinker for many years, so drank whisky instead. At first it was whisky with ginger ale and whisky macs. Then I moved on to whisky and lemo. When it came to the single malts, I spent far more than I should have on my quest to try them all.

The two I liked the best were Knockando and Talisker, the latter I'd never heard of until I went round Scotland one summer and spent a week on Skye. Visiting the nearest pub the first night I asked what the local single malt was. When I got back to the bed and breakfast place a couple of hours later, there was a guy having a drink in the bar and we got chatting.

He turned out to be an Excise officer paying a visit to the Talisker distillery and he showed me all his testing stuff and even let me have a very very small taste of overproof whisky, which nearly blew my head off! He fixed it for me to have a tour round the distillery and it was an enjoyable and unique experience for me.

Come to think of it, Glenfiddich's quite nice too and an easily drinkable good introduction to single malts, but not in the same league as Knockando and Talisker in my opinion.

That was the first single malt I tried.

I am also partial to Aberlour 10 year old and Glenlivet 18 year old.

Single malts are at their best if you add just a tiny splash of water, never ice. I use mineral water (still) as it seems daft to spoil something as complex and well-crafter as a good malt with the old rubbish that comes out of taps! My absolute favourite is Springbank but I also really like Bruichladdich, Ardbeg, Bowmore, Brora and........lots of others!

Famous Grouse is probably the best blend and is fine if you want to drink with a mixer. On a cold winter's night there are few better drinks than a whisky mac, which is whisky plus Stone's Ginger Wine.

Worth trying if you happen to see them are Japanese malt whiskies.

I agree, Famous Grouse is the only one of the "cheaper" mass market Scotch whiskies that I can drink. I usually have it neat but sometimes with a ginger beer. Bells is revolting even with a mixer.

Otherwise, malts are entirely a matter of personal taste. I prefer the lighter Speyside ones and can't stand the smell of the peatier types such as Laphroaig.

My two favourite single malt whiskies are Highland Park and Jura, I find the likes of Talisker far too "peaty" for my taste.

Went to the Glen Ord distillery many years ago and did the tour, only got a little left of that though!!

I don't mind a blended whisky with Stones ginger wine, otherwise known as a whisky mac, either.

You get American whisky without a 'e' if that's what you're on about.

Balcones Texas Whisky just won a big award. There's Old Forester, Wasmund's and the odd other.

http://www.balconesdistilling.com/

Enjoy a Single Malt with a drop of water.

Glenfiddich 12, Glenfiddich 15 "Solera Vat" & Highland Park 12 are my favourites.

Glenmorangie or Jura for me, usually 12 or 16 year old, neat but with just a couple of drops of water added to release the aroma.

I spent a weekend at the Glenmorangie house a few years go and they showed us how much water to add to it, if anyone knows, they do

yes, but not in large quantities.

..., also bells in a hot toddy is nice, but thats about all it is good for!