Comment on James Bond is responsible for many wasted vodka martinis

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• kameecoding@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Whisky is good, but definitely an acquired taste

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Gimme a nice peaty Laphroaig. Something that tastes like a tire fire on a football pitch

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    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Islay malts always taste like somebody put a cig out in them. Ew.

      Balvenie 14 year for me, thank you very much!

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’ve had one of those little sample bottles of Johnny Walker Blue. Tasted like 3 feet upwind of a campfire. Flavor profile: combustion.

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    • HelixDab2@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      To me it tastes more like dry-rotting lawn clippings.

      But in a good way.

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      • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        If I’m ever in Scotland I might just take a bite out of the ground to see if I like it

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  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yeah. Acquired from the bartender.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m a whiskey drinker, and this is…accurate.

    Bourbons are often described as having notes of cherry or apple, vanilla and shortbread, like the baking soda tang from shortbread. That sounds nice, like a pie.

    Or they’ll hand you an Irish whiskey with herbal or floral notes. It’s pretty.

    Then they’ll hand you a Scotch and say “This one’s really great, it tastes like peat moss, smoke, iodine and leather” and you hesitantly ask if they’d like to go to the hospital.

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    • JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Definately a wide variety with scotch, tastes and smells with anything from cigar ashtrays, fresh mowed lawn, salty toffee, woody, honey, apples & pears.

      Personally i love a sherry cask speyside. Something non-smokey with nice sweeter fruity notes, something to sip with a subtle warmth as it goes down the throat that makes you feel like you have just walked in from a cold evening and taken your coat off to sit in a nice comfy chair by the fire.

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I’ve found I prefer Irish whiskies or American bourbons to scotch. And you know what I say to folks who like different drinks than me? Cheers!

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      • Urist@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        sherry cask speyside

        Love this as well. There is no shame in being honest that you want something non-smokey, sweet and delicious. Islay scotch for example is IMO for people who are, after years of smoking like chimneys, without tastebuds.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Every bourbon I’ve tried just tastes like corn flakes to me

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  • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Not all of it lol.

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