Not a fan of the scotch....it may be an acquired taste, but I don't think I will ever get it, and have never
felt the pressure to do so, given that there are so many other liquors out there. If it was ever the ONLY
libation out there, I would learn to love it, but until that day, nah....you guys can have it.
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I can take scotch on occasion, but not a regular drinker. And then, only if it's the "good stuff." Because that usually correlates with the "expensive stuff," it's a good thing I'm not a regular drinker.
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I love scotch and I don't remember working hard to acquire my taste for it. I wouldn't try too hard if I were you - you already have at least one expensive vice you obviously enjoy.
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I've always enjoyed whiskey and scotch, I did start out drinking it mixed and on the rocks and have moved to drinking mostly neat. Every so often I'll dump a single ice cube in a triple scotch on a warm night
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Ironically it's the fumes that I dislike more than the taste, and that's supposed to be one of the great features....
Esters I guess they call em.....hell I don't know.
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I've always loved scotch, ever since I snuck my first sip out of my old mans glass when I was around 6 or so.
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I definitely agree with Colin. I just started trying a whole bunch of different ones, and I haven't really found a single malt scotch that I would turn away.

And it is not like there is some requirement that you need to like scotch. If someone gives you grief for not enjoying some scotch you most likely don't want to have them as drinking company. As always taste is subjective, so drink what you like :-)
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I love scotch. Scotchy scotch scotch. Here it goes down. Down into my belly.


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Seriously though, haven't tried much of the stuff. I prefer vodka. Or if I want to drink brown liquor, just give me some Woodford Reserve on the rocks with a splash of water, and I'm a happy guy.
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You take that back, how dare you insult alcohol :-)


Liquor in general can take an acquirement period but, in my eyes, Scotch maybe more than others. I have been known to have a drink of whiskey here and there and I almost always enjoy it neat; however, the peat taste in some Scotch can be overwhelming for me.

A helpful tip, I learned somewhere, is to smell your liquor three times. This actually works with any alcohol, beer included. The first sniff will only bring the smell of alcohol, but each sequential step your nose will get used to the alcohol and start to pick up other aromas and flavors. Then as you start to sip you will most likely pick up more of those flavors on your palette
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I would try Johnnie Walker Black to start off with. It's No. 1 for nothing. Very easy to drink and then branch out from there.
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I have always loved scotch, bourbon, or any whiskey, brandy, rum, gin, vodka, etc.
Everything except tequila, well, some really good tequila is all right.
Always neat. I don't remember ever mixing to get used to liquor.
I remember not liking beer at all. Not one bit. Probably cuz my dad drank Oly. It's the water, y'know. I love it now. Not Oly, beer.
If you don't like scotch and don't think you ever will, try rum. I like rum WAY too much. So much so that I rarely buy any. Hard to stop with just one glass. Good rum that is. Not Bacardi, which tastes too much like vodka. Check the rum thread.
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It was my first experiance with anything other than beer. So, I guess I'm just not used to the full on alcohol taste.

Eh, I'll try it a few more times and if nothing happens...it is what it is
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:-):-)

Contemplated posting that on here!!
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You've been drinking that clear stuff so long, you have lost all tatses for anything that doesn't start with vodka!!!:-):-):-)

On a serious note, I'm a BIG bourbon fan. I've tried probably 25-30 different scotches. I can count on one hand (with fingers left over) the scotches that I have actually enjoyed! But haven't enjoyed any of them enough to put the bourbon on a back shelve! I would not just give up on scotch. There are as many different scotchs as bourbons. The few I find drinkable have a decent smokiness, but lack what I can only describe as a drink straight out of an iodine bottle!!! I can pop a cork on a bottle and smell that iodine, and I just put it right back down! Watering down, adding ice.... Might help you, but to me it just tastes the same as straight, only watery. Adding water or ice, for me, never helped me pick out ant different flavors, it just muted the flavors I did find. I understand that it is recommended in many cases, but it just has never worked with my taste buds. I've probably burned out my buds smoking cigars and drinking bourbon!!!:-)

Oh yeah, Tom...... I like vodka, but it stop liking me about 20 years ago. It was a staple as college student (yeah, high-school also), but many years ago, it started giving me intense stomach pain when I drank it!
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Funny thing is, Cliff, I have been drinking a lot more tequila and rum the past several months than vodka. I actually can't remember the last time I drank vodka....
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Don't want to alarm anyone but I think this could be one! :-)

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:-):-):-)
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No, he said he can't remember the last time. Which means he probably put down WAY too much and woke up on the bathroom floor.
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Must have been the roofies.
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You all Mistah Funny Guyz! :-)
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