Is whisky your poison?

Of course I spell whiskEy with the E. wouldn't look right to me without it.

I only drank whiskey for a short time (6 or 7 years...maybe 10), couldn't really abide the taste or the after effects the next day. Clearly there was but one alternative and I moved on to gin. Gin at least gave me some cheerful moments for a time and the following day never was a problem.

As my drinking escalated, I found that gin went well with various juices which meant I could maintain some basic level of health as I was moving towards drinking all day. Gin also went well with Sprite soda and on it's own appeared to only be water. As long as I didn't speak or attempt walking nobody was the wiser (unless I suddenly keeled over, which I did a few times. Likely that happened because the Earth was shifting positions ).

Eventually, gin turned on me and made me irrational and of unknown temperament- I'd be happy as a clam one second and ready to demolish a person the next. Clearly this juniper berry juice was causing trouble.

What to do, what to do? I decided beer chasers with the gin was the natural answer. You can guess what happened next.

Yeah, I had to give it all up and have now survived quite nicely for several years without. Don't even miss it 94% of the time. I refer to the gin of course. Never at all do I miss whiskey, I only drank that at the start because it was free. For those who can drink, good going! Enjoy.

As for brand, I generally went for highest proof and lowest cost (I was a frugal drunk since a school teacher doesn't earn enough for quality liquid to induce d.t.s)

So? You were 6 or 7 to maybe 10 years old when you were a whiskey drinker? Very precocious.

I like whiskey, but after watching that video, I'm afraid that one of its possible side-effects is that it turns whiskey drinkers into insufferable pricks.

I've liked some whisky and whiskey and never manage to remember which comes from where, much less which islands or states matter (somewhat kidding). I can not longer afford the good stuff of either of them, probably just as well.

On my death bed, do I want a Talisker or a Laphroig? Probably neither, so I demand them beforehand.

Whiskey is my sometimes poison. When I lived in Japan in the 1980's there were bars which served nothing else and I developed a taste for it then. I rarely buy it as my family has trouble thinking of any christmas or birthday presents for my husband other than whiskey. So I don't have a particular brand and never notice whether there's an e or not. If I was buying it myself I'd probably go with Johnnie Walker - always seems smooth. I only drink it straight. My husband drinks it with hot water which I think is quite disgusting. I don't like ice either - I can't drink watery whiskey.

oh....my.....god.

thank you sturgis, for my new signature line. that is magnificent.

I like whisky...neat with a drop or two of water.

It's the divil though because it's, alas, poison.

Aside from the pesky addiction aspect of other drugs, they don't leave you with a hangover.

Ahh Talisker...so peaty

I don't drink whisky, not since I was 17 and drank way too much. My father is a single malt man, but really has no time for anything that's not Scottish. I think it's more emotional than anything. I once spent quite a bit of money on a Japanese whisky that had won a lot of prizes but he couldn't see beyond the label, and would have preferred something Scottish and a lot cheaper.

Glad that you like it so much and truly honored that you will be using it.

I rarely drink. Drinking is just not my thing.. but when I do I like some right from the freezer. Right now its Woodford reserve..

Never been big on Whiskey. Nothing particularly wrong with it; I just prefer Cognac and Armagnac.

Sophisticated cat is sophisticated.

A fine burbon but you really shouldn't chill it.

Right now I'm enjoying a glass of slivovitz.

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I normally go for Rye, Bulleit and Ri mostly.