Which Scoth is best?

[Captain Fishpants]

An affordable goodie.....Dufftown Glenlivet......very nice thankyou very much.......and it's sacrelidge to dilute a good single malt....I shall have to go and have a lie down in a darkened room now

It's not necessarily wrong to add a splash of still mineral water to a single malt. Ideally, the water should be taken from the same burn as supplied the distillery, but that isn't always practical. The water helps release a few of the complex flavours and subtleties of the drink.

It is wrong to use tap water or any other chlorinated water, though. The stench and taste of chemicals simply drowns out any other flavour and ruins what should be the king of drinks.

Likewise those who add ice to malt whisky (or whiskey, if your taste runs to the Irish) should be pelted with mocking comments until they desist or leave the company of civilized beings.

As to what might tickle your Scotch-thirsty pallete, allow me to recommend the Edradour, a splendid dram from what is supposedly the smallest distillery in Scotland or (and here I advise you to sit down when the demand for payment arrives) the 25-year-old Macallan. Admittedly, I was drinking this in a 5-star hotel in the middle of Brussels, but it was still a little pricey.

[Duke Malcolm]

People put ice in their whisky? ugh...

I have to say, tap water works well with most single malts I've tried, but that might be because my tap water comes from the Highlands and is the second cleanest in Scotland (and our tap water is remarkably clean) and without chlorine and chemicals...

[Kagemusha]

Nothing to my scotch.except more Scotch.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Any of those from Orkeney.

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

ok, Gawain, what's your Orkney deal?

I've been wanting to know for a long time.

Go on, share.

Edit: what do people think of Highland Park, Old Pulteney and other Northern Isles whisky?

[Ser Clegane]

As to what might tickle your Scotch-thirsty pallete, allow me to recommend the Edradour, a splendid dram from what is supposedly the smallest distillery in Scotland or (and here I advise you to sit down when the demand for payment arrives) the 25-year-old Macallan. Admittedly, I was drinking this in a 5-star hotel in the middle of Brussels, but it was still a little pricey.

Hmm ... earlier this year I had the opportunity to try an Edradour (10y, cask strength) at a whiky tasting ... yummy

Drinking a great whisky at a hotel bar is somewhat decadent though - the prices tend to be really obscene.

Edit: what do people think of Highland Park, Old Pulteney and other Northern Isles whisky?

Highland Park is quite good ... I did not get too excited about Old Pulteney though