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Though when people say smirnoff is "high end" I die a little inside...
Currently have a bottle of stolichnaya elit sat at -5 degrees C, is pure bliss.
Why don't I like whiskey?
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Though when people say smirnoff is "high end" I die a little inside...
Currently have a bottle of stolichnaya elit sat at -5 degrees C, is pure bliss.
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That's also the Irish spelling....PS, out of here with your dodgy American spelling "whiskey".
Put a tiny amount (1-2 teaspoons) or water in your glass with the measure. It'll take off the harshness.
Saying that if you don't like the stuff there's no point in forcing yourself
Probably not the best place to start. Cask strength is turning it up to 11.
Try with a glass of water on the side and take alternate sips.
Hi Alex btw
Haha hey! I didn't know you used these forums too
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Jack and coke. Problem solved.
Man of Honour
Very much depends on the whisky - the Islay whiskies such as Laphroaig are at the peatier end of the scale but there's a huge variety in taste with some being much milder than others.
Two quarters of water? That's an awful lot of water to dilute the taste - I know a few people who drink their whisky with lots of water but it's rare to add that much. Generally with a strong whisky adding a few drops of water to open up the flavour is reasonable but it's very much a matter of taste how far you go in terms of adding water.
I tend to take my whisky straight but it depends what it is, if it's a reasonable single malt or a good blend then I'll drink it unadulterated. If it's a cheaper blend then I'll mix it with coke or something like that.
It's not worth forcing yourself to like whisky (or whiskey) though unless you've got a special reason for doing so, I'd suggest just drinking something you enjoy.
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Your not alone op, both my dad & younger brother are whisky drinkers, & try as i might, i just cannot stomach whisky at all. 
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This.
An incident involving 3/4 of a bottle of Glenmorangie when I was 16 kinda did it for me...
(Hated it then, too. Just wanted to get shedded. And oh my, did I get there.).
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semi-pro wrestler said:
I've always read as a 'rule of thumb' you want to aim for about 35% ABV minimum (40% whisky? Add one or two drops) if you're going to add water. A couple of teaspoonfuls of water in a cask strength dram wouldn't be inappropriate in that case. However you normally only do that after trying it neat to 'open up' the flavours.
It's like adding salt to food. Try it first to see if you need it.
Only the cheaper blends. Mountain Dew was originally designed to be mixed with whisky.
I have tried to like it, I've tried a cheap one, and one that could be used as a house deposit and neither were nice to me. Only one I quite enjoyed was some cask strength stuff, when you opened it, it smelled like smoked/charred wood and burned when you drank it. I could drink that one again, think it was an Irish make, began with an L.
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I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that perhaps you don't like whisky because of the association. Try the whisky whilst having a gam in Amsterdam or something.
The taste for whisky needs to be acquired over time by picking a particular brand and sticking with it - allegedly it takes 1/2 a litre over a few weeks for your taste buds to become accustom with the taste or 1 litre over a few hours so your taste buds are wasted 