Whisky / Whiskey / Bourbon

i had my stag do in edinburgh last weekend (don't start, i'm from there) and at one point went on the comically terrible edinburgh whisky experience "ride". a snail's pace ghost train past a hammy out of work actor waffling on a flat screen while light bulbs stand in for "AMAZING!" yeast and "INCREDIBLE!" barley, represented by a wall covered in well, barley. It was total risable bollocks. BUT, afterwards you got really nice little talk about the different regions and characters of the various styles of single malts followed by a tasting and a look round the world's largest private collection of scotch and then into the bar for four free samples and the opportunity to buy more from a menu of hundreds. i ended up really enjoying it.

shame i was painfully hungover over from having rinsed most of a bottle of glenmorangie with a few mates before lunch the previous day.

I did that ride/tour in January of 2006 on my first trip to Scotland. I actually loved the cheesiness of the ride and I bought the tray of samples and then a bottle from the shop.

That was when I really got into Scotch. I'd always liked whisky, but coming from the States mainly drank bourbon and a smattering of Irish whisky.