How much do you drink and how often?

by **Tyson** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:38 am

Just trying to get a feel for the overall consumption level of my fellow whisky lovers. I'm at 3 drams, each about 35ml, or 105ml total a night.

by **bond** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:21 pm

180-240 ml a night

by **hpulley** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:23 pm

Usually 1-3 a night, average 40mL each. Not all nights though.

Harry

by **bamber** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:27 pm

I was drinking around 125 mls a night before my month lay off. I have now (theoretically) cut back to 75 - 100 mls 4 nights per week (although I'm not drinking very much at all at the moment, in preparation for JM's tasting tomorrow

).

I feel this amount can be drunk without long term side effects, but who knows :?:

by **Dan G** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 5:52 pm

Whisky, one big dram (in the range of 100-125 ml, I don't measure) 2, maybe 3 nights a week. Might cut down the size a bit as right now I'm drinking Abunadh.

Probably 4 or 5 beers each week, usually weekend afternoons.

And a bottle of wine most weekends, split over 2 dinners (either Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun).

And then about night each month I will drink the equivalent of all the above combined at a dinner or party.

by **Tom** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:37 pm

Usually 15 cl a day. Sometimes less, often more. Usually I try to pitch any malt against another to find comparisies or experience how age evolution influences the taste. so its rare to have only one dram a day.

by **Lord_Pfaffin** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:39 pm

bond wrote:180-240 ml a night

A 750ml bottle is 3 or 4 sittings over a week or less, but not every week though. Anyhow, it's for medicinal purposes only! :wink:

by **Habanero** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:31 pm

Whisky - during the "Christmas season" three glasses a night (about two American shots per glass).

Beer - happy hours with the boys, I can go through five/six beers without batting an eye. Weekends (particularly during college football (American) season - I can go through a 12 pack of beer during the course of the tailgate, game, and after party.

Wine - two/three glasses a night before, during, and after dinner. (when I'm not drinking something else).

I typically only drink whisky during this time of year, then put it down until next November-December.

by **Lord_Pfaffin** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:23 pm

Habanero wrote:Beer - happy hours with the boys, I can go through five/six beers without batting an eye.

Yeah, but not without a trip or two to the loo. :lol:

by **Admiral** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:09 am

I must confess, I'm a little surprised at the large quantities you guys are throwing down!

If I was to average my week out, it would probably work out to be 30-60ml per night, which is a far cry from the 125ml to 240ml many others seem to be consuming.

Must be a climate thing :wink:

. (Bond excluded!

)

Cheers,
Admiral

by **Badmonkey** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:40 am

75 ml per night is my average. I really should push that up a bit.

by **Nock** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 10:07 am

My average is about 20oz of beer a week
and about 90-120 mL of whisky per week
(very low I know :cry:

)

The nice thing is that I go through bottles VERY slowly

Or is that a bad thing

Nock

by **wilsona** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:43 pm

I'll have two or three drams (~5cl each) every other night or so.

by **Habanero** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 4:17 pm

Lord_Pfaffin wrote:
Habanero wrote:Beer - happy hours with the boys, I can go through five/six beers without batting an eye.

Yeah, but not without a trip or two to the loo.

True - and once you break that seal - it is like Niagara.

by **Tyson** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:43 pm

Good, I don't feel like quite so much of a lush anymore

Although I'm going to cut down my drinking to every-other night. I find if I drink even a small amount more than a couple of days in a row, that I lose some of my ability to really taste and nose as well. When I take a break, the flavors come back in full force. Anyone else notice this with their tastings?

by **hpulley** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:44 pm

Yes, I notice the desensitization, especially of peat smoke.

Harry

by **bernstein** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:20 pm

...and of course the sting of alcohol.

by **hpulley** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:25 pm

bernstein wrote:...and of course the sting of alcohol.

Indeed. I drink CS straight most of the time but after a layoff it can be a bit too much, even for me.

Harry

by **MGillespie** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:50 pm

My average is one dram a night, maybe two on the weekends...perhaps a beer at dinner if it makes sense. I'll occasionally have more than that, but I want to savor each dram (and drinking too much will cause problems with the women who let me live with them).

Mark

by **JWFokker** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:14 am

I couldn't say exactly how much I drink a night, but not much usually. I do like to savor it. Each bottle lasts quite a while.

Though lately, I've been trying to broaden my horizons and imbibing other alcoholic beverages that are NOT scotch whisky. I generally consume more of those a night, but only because they're considerably cheaper.

by **Jens** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 8:08 pm

How much...hmmm. Well, usually, I try to ban alcohol during the week. Makes me go crackers during training. Though the occasional dram in the evening after a boiling day at the office is always happily consumed. A beer or 2 in the weekend, or a dram or 2 in the week-end, just the same. Being at a party though alcohol level can go up a bit. But I'd prefer "enjoying" the drink, than having my lights go out until the break of dawn of the second day sequel to the alcoholic apocalyps

by **bond** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 10:36 am

Admiral wrote:I must confess, I'm a little surprised at the large quantities you guys are throwing down!

If I was to average my week out, it would probably work out to be 30-60ml per night, which is a far cry from the 125ml to 240ml many others seem to be consuming.

Must be a climate thing . (Bond excluded! )

Cheers,
Admiral

Should have believed my wife when she said I drink too much. I shall now de-tox and abstain for 48 hours.