There's some really good Japanese single malts.

Nikka Yoichi is one of my favourites.

You wouldn't associate Whisky with Japan, but last year (2015) there were several that were awarded "best in the world":
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/news/best-whisky-in-the-world-prize-won-by-japanese-malt-for-first-time-as-scottish-distillerie
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I don't know anything about the awarding organization or review process, but it was a wide-spread enough story that it wasn't just a marketing blurb.

i bought a bag a few years ago and they were quite remarkable. For me lemons were sweet, malt vinegar became sweet like balsamic and most striking of all it mellowed guinness out to be a very smooth drink.

Malt liquor hits you quicker

Shouldn't Red really be drinking ripple?!?

@enoch, what exactly makes you say this is racist?
Is it because he's black and late, or because he's drinking malt liquor, or something else?
Maybe just the way you wrote the title/description? (not capitalizing his name, but capitalizing Colt) ;-)
I'm confused.

Too sweet for my taste.

And @Sagemind, you couldn't be further from the truth. If getting drunk is your aim, whiskey is one of the most expensive ways of doing that.

As for the video, I'm torn. On one hand, whiskey! and women! I like those things.

On the other hand.... ugh buzzfeed. fuck those guys.

edit: and I've just watched it... sorry @lv_hunter, but that was terrible.
They couldn't have tried more than just JD? No Scotch single malts? No Irish blends?

It's not the learning the "proper way" to appreciate whiskey at its best that's the problem, but the snobbery and scorn poured upon people who like to drink it in ways that the self-appointed cognoscenti don't approve of. It's my single malt, I'll serve it over ice or with too much water or mix it with Mountain Dew or pour it over my cornflakes if I want to.

I don't understand this attitude at all. Why is learning about how to appreciate a good whiskey (or wine or steak or anything) such a bad thing?

If you genuinely like the taste of whiskey and coke (or whatever other mix you want), good for you. Just don't waste good single malt on it.

And that's the point. When you take shots, you are not taking them because of taste. You need a shot of alcohol, fast and taste is there to either mask the alcohol or make it easier to swallow. We taste less when it's chilled. Have you tried to bounce two fingers worth of any alcohol when it's luke warm? I do agree that it's a waste to use good whiskey like single malts (not all of them are good) but hey, if you can afford it, why not? No one should have to sink to bourbon, blended whiskeys are for that use (and are often smoother too, since they are blended)..

When it's time to enjoy the taste, then small sips and around that magical 15C (it gets warmer all the time) it's about aroma and how to maximize what is in the liquid. I would actually prefer the good stuff to be just under 40% alcohol, 35-38% would be better, brandy/cognac can be stronger than whiskey. Whiskey stones are quite neat, specially if the shot is brandy (which i like more and more each year, starting to pass whiskey, lets say brandy is often smoother without it bankrupting you)..

Noooo, Patrick, not Chivas!! Go for a single malt!

Also, glad his checks do the same thing mine do when I pull them from the book: the upper corner always tears.

The problem with chilling whiskey is that you "close the nose". When you chill it, less molecules are released as part of the aroma. A small drop of water (and I mean literally a few ml), on the other hand will actually "open the nose" or increase the aroma.

Ice in bourbon is fine, but you shouldn't really put ice in a single malt. If you are drinking whiskey in a really hot climate, you could try using whiskey stones.

Ultimately, it's down to personal taste of course, and the joke here wouldn't really work if he hadn't put ice in it.

Damnit, now I want whiskey.

Rocketfuel's got tha upstate prison flavor that keeps you ugly all night long. So when you wanna get sick remember, nothing makes yo' feet stank like Rocketfuel Malt Liquor... DAMN! It's crezappy!

Hell yeah. Your dad just learned to read so he could read your lame-ass book.

At the very least, buy him a decent single malt.

Yeah.... nothing brings down genuine human feeling and achievement like being distilled into a fine, malt commercial.
Fuck this.