You whisky drinking habits - Who thinkgs they drink too much

[albo]

The wee man was up at some ungodly hour last night, 04:38 since you ask. And after I had setteled him my mind was racing with the usual nonsense.

Part of that usual nonsense was whisky.

I was thinking about how much I drink, the frequencey etc, which I thought may make a good thread for the forum. Or it could bomb like most of the threads I think will be a good idea. Either way, it's exciting.

So, I tend to drink whisky mainly on a Thursday - Sunday (though not always). Giving me a steady 3 days off per week.

I also tend not to have that much, between 1 and 3 pours most of those days, sometimes more but only really if I have a vsitor, or something is going down particularly well.

My self pours, I don't think are actually on the large side, which I would imagine is what everyone says, I tend to use a Glencairns glass and pour to about half way up to the widest part. That said, a lot of what I drink is cask strength so there is probably quite a lot of alcohol in there still.

Overall, given that a don't really drink any other alcohol, I don't think my consumption is excessive, or anything to be overly concerend about (*hic!). My doctor may very well agree.

So how do the fine people of the forum stack up?

[minesascotch]

I would like to think that I am well within the RDA of alcohol and only drink Fri/Sat/Sun, Ralfy.com Review No 403 (11m 20s) has a clever idea to check how much you are drinking, I will be giving it a go next week, but I have found that over the years I am now tasting whisky as apposed to drinking it and therefore I am having less but better quality and better nights sleep.

Cheers

[Quaich1]

[Brummie]

I do pay attention to how much i have poured, I have a couple of great Glenfiddich tasting glasses which have a measure on the side of the glass. I dont drink everyday but when do i would pour anything from a 10ml to 30ml measure with no more than 100ml in total and rarely that much. When drinking in company rather than tasting and savouring by my self i may go over this limit but not by much, i dont drink to get drunk.

[Kray]

If at home over the weekend i would enjoy 3 or 4 whiskies each night, through the week 1 or 2 but not every night only if the mood takes me which would be no more than 1 or 2 nights through the week.

[bifter]

I find myself drinking most nights now. I think I probably drink more over the winter though when I'm spending more time inside.

I wouldn't say that I drink 'too much', sometimes just one dram of an evening, usually two, occasionally a couple more. 'Too much' is a relative term but the NHS define binge drinking (for a man) as consuming 8 units of alcohol in a session. Four 35ml pours in an evening of whisky averaging 50%abv would still only be seven units. However I probably do break through the recommended 21 units in a week from time to time.
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[William]

It is not at all a stupid thread albo, it is always good to raise awareness of what we are consuming, it's fine to enjoy a drink but at the same time, we all need to look after our health and well-being and be aware of the amount we consume.
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[albo]

Interesting that none of us think we are drinking too much. Perhaps it's denial or perhaps it's because we genuinely are whisky afficionados.

[albo]

37 people have voted so far on the poll. I don't even think we have 37 regular posters.

Which leads me to the conclusion that the lurkers are voting.

Hello Lurkers

Pop in and say hello, stop being so shy.

[Grant M]

Make that 38, but i am no lurker.

[sorren]

I don't drink as much as I could or should, I drink as much as I do and it's only half as much as I want, but it's more than I would if I didn't drink at all... I think ..

[Lennox]

[Unkei]

Hello All,
I usually have a couple drams a day. I use a Glencairn Whisky glass like the one in the Avatar Gallery. I like it because it allows you to nose the Whisky and you can pour a nice dram that isn't too much for the glass, as when you attempt to fill a regular shot glass too full. My wife prefers rum or vodka, but will often share a dram of single malt with me out of a second Glencairn glass.
Unkei
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"I won't say I've got a drinking problem, but of late, I've been so dry my bones rattle when I walk!"
Unkei

[albo]

[Craven]

I would have 1 or 2 through the week and double that over the weekend, often it would be small measures 15 to 20 ml which allow me to taste a few different malts in the one sitting while not over doing it.