30 Signs You are a Whisky Connoisseur

[sengjc]

Interesting article on the web:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/examviral/real-life/30-signs-youre-a-whisky-connoisseur-347988.html

[Optic101]

Nice read, thanks for sharing !

[garbandz]

Talk about inside my head!!

Guilty of most of these.............

[shlomo]

Haha. Good list!

I don't understand the Japanese hand carved ice reference though...?

[CigarEnthusiast]

Thanks!

[JohnS]

I like the following:

3. You can pronounce an impressive number of strange place names in Scotland.

7. A little piece of your soul dies when someone puts coke in their whisky.

12. You’re able to explain what “legs” are.

14. You get excited about phrases like “cask strength”.

16. You become very particular about the type of glass you drink from and will not tolerate ice in your whisky.

19. You choke when people talk about colour being added to whisky.

28. You know that whisky distilled anywhere outside of Scotland is spelt with an e.

30. You know that other countries make great whisky but it can’t be as good as Scotch whisky… surely?

[NCPANTHERZFAN]

I'm no connoisseur due to having Sinlge Malts with then name "Glen" in it. But I still like My Glen Livet 18!

[Habana Mike]

Over 80% I jibe with, almost one I guess.....

[ralphie48]

I can relate to many. Not all some of them are wayy out

#5 though. I never buy just 2 bottles I buy as many as I can get!! I am definitely a hoarder !!

[sengjc]

Haha. Good list!

I don't understand the Japanese hand carved ice reference though...?

Apparently this practice is linked to some custom of the Japanese Emperors of old. There used to be some dude (or a team of dudes) whose job description is solely to journey to the northern island of Japan just to retrieve a block of ice during the summer time and then carve it into ice ball(s) so that the Emperor could quench his thirst. It was also a really important role - Royal Ice Fetcher/Ball Carver.

I suppose they didn't have freezers then.

[btp1979]

Doesn't #30 conflict with #28? I clearly don't know enough about the topic though lol

[JohnS]

Doesn't #30 conflict with #28? I clearly don't know enough about the topic though lol

In reality, Rule 28 is confined to mainly Ireland and the United States. Most countries that produce whisky outside of these two countries spell the word without an 'e'. (Although interestingly, both Maker's Mark and George Dickel use the word whisky on their bottles)

In regards to Rule 30, there have been some Single Malt whiskies that have garnered significant attention among enthusiasts in the last few years, and they have not come out of Scotland. In 2015, the Taiwainese Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique was awared the best single malt in the world at the World Whisky Awards (in 2014 they awarded the top prize to the Australian Sullivan's Cove French Oak) and Jim Murray, a leading Whisky critic who releases a Whisky Bible annually, labelled the Japanese Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 the best whisky for 2015.

[shlomo]

In reality, Rule 28 is confined to mainly Ireland and the United States. Most countries that produce whisky outside of these two countries spell the word without an 'e'. (Although interestingly, both Maker's Mark and George Dickel use the word whisky on their bottles)

In regards to Rule 30, there have been some Single Malt Scotch whiskies that have garnered significant attention among enthusiasts in the last few years, and they have not come out of Scotland. In 2015, the Taiwainese Kavalan Solist Vinho Barrique was awared the best single malt in the world at the World Whisky Awards (in 2014 they awarded the top prize to the Australian Sullivan's Cove French Oak) and Jim Murray, a leading Whisky critic who releases a Whisky Bible annually, labelled the Japanese Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2013 the best whisky for 2015.

Those are single malts, but not considered scotch since they hail from outside of Scotland

Also 28 and 30 are indeed in conflict due to the absence of the e in whisky

[JohnS]

Those are single malts, but not considered scotch since they hail from outside of Scotland

Good point...I've re-edited my faux pas!

[RWhiz]

About 75% here, not a connoisseur, still love a good whisky.

[bigharpoon]

sign 31: you can recognize how sign 28 and sign 30 conflict without missing a beat, lol.

Nice list, I'm guily of too many of these!

[skalls]

Guilty.

[Mr.T]

Great list to keep on hand for my journey in exploring the wonderful world of Scotch whisky

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[Imjonesy]

Flag! #16 is actually two signs:

16, You become very particular about the type of glass you drink from and will not tolerate ice in your whisky.

There is a discussion of the receptacle one chooses to deliver the nectar, and there is the discussion of bastardizing the nectar with some other type of water (AND possible twice if one were so cad to involve ice, too)!

Completely agree with the receptacle! It works or it doesn't!

[GavLew79]

Haha. Good list!

I don't understand the Japanese hand carved ice reference though...?

They make the most exquisite ice spheres by hand.

[shlomo]

They make the most exquisite ice spheres by hand.

Yes, it was explained to me 3 months ago. Thanks. I'm good with whatever water vapour there is in the air getting into my whisky. That's about it.

[JamesNYC]

Ha! That's a pretty good list- unfortunately (?) I get almost all of them.

But I don't buy whisky to display. Maybe put it away for a few years until I can't resist drinking it.

I guess I do still have a bottle of 30 year old Balvenie at the bottom of my closet that I put there about 15 years ago.

[GavLew79]

Yes, it was explained to me 3 months ago. Thanks. I'm good with whatever water vapour there is in the air getting into my whisky. That's about it.

I need to read the dates on threads!