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Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by Kuytu »

InfinityX0 wrote: post #3
ShardPhoenix wrote: post #2

If you want to drink less, can't you just do it however you want?

Pretty easy to say, harder to do. It's best to set up barriers like this to prevent overeating. Another barrier is eating foods with low calorie density. The barrier here is the harshness of the drink - it is very hard to chug scotch. It is not very hard to chug a beer. When I don't want to eat a lot, I set up barriers. I have literally no food in my apartment. 0. I am a former fat person, who has gotten into shape p…

Also you need to drink beer faster, because it gets warm and stale pretty fast. With scotch (and other strong alcohols) you can take as much time as you want.

Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by rudyfink »

greendestiny wrote: post #15
megablast wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to talk about Laphroaig. Laphroaig is the smokiest whiskey you can get, really nice drop, from the Isle of Islay. Very flavorful. Perhaps worth saying as well, please do not buy a nice whiskey, and ask for coke mixed in. If you tried that in Scotland or Ireland, they would at best refuse you.

Have you tried the 10 year old Ardbeg? That might change your mind on the smokiest.

Bruichladdich Octomore (~130 ppm) and Ardberg Supernova (~100 ppm I think) are way up there beyond the Ardberg 10. Off the top of my head I'd guess the Ardberg 10 is something like 20-40 ppm.

The "ppm", in the Scotch context, is for the amount of peat phenols, which is essentially a peatiness metric, and it is recently a competition metric, for some reason, between at least a few distillers ( http://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2009/03/bruichladdich-octo... as an example article but you can just google scotch ppm and get a ton of articles ).

I haven't had the Octomore but the Supernova is not that great in my opinion. It was interesting to taste a Scotch intentionally that peaty, but I'd consider it more of a novelty than a great taste improvement. That said taste is an amazing thing, so it might be precisely your cup of tea.

In terms of enjoyable smokiness I'm with you on the Ardberg, but in terms of the crazy +peatiness competition in Scotches, it isn't the winner.

Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by sandGorgon »

forsaken wrote: post #5

Last weekend I went out with a flask of Laphroaig (some damn good scotch), and was just sipping that most of the night. I let a bunch of my friends have some, and always came back with some left in the flask. It's a great way to drink really delicious scotch, share with your friends, and drink less.

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Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by dagw »

geuis wrote: post #14

I have to agree 100% with this story. I have recently taken up a taste for scotch. Not only do I drink less, I save money because I'm drinking less. Here in SF a beer or non-scotch drink might range from $5-$10. I can get one scotch for usually $8-$11 dollars, drink it for 2-3x longer than other folks with their beer and cocktails, and in the end save money even if I have a second. I had some Blue label on Saturday.…

Funny, my experience is exactly 100% the opposite. I'm also a a huge whisky fan, and find that if I'm drinking whisky all night I both drink a lot more and spend a lot more than if drinking beer. Even when sipping slowly and taking my time I find that a scotch takes, a best, half as long to finish as my friends spend on their beers.

Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by ZeroMinx »

greendestiny wrote: post #15
megablast wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Came here to talk about Laphroaig. Laphroaig is the smokiest whiskey you can get, really nice drop, from the Isle of Islay. Very flavorful. Perhaps worth saying as well, please do not buy a nice whiskey, and ask for coke mixed in. If you tried that in Scotland or Ireland, they would at best refuse you.

Have you tried the 10 year old Ardbeg? That might change your mind on the smokiest.

also, Lagavulin. Damn good stuff

Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by PStamatiou »

jacoblyles wrote: post #18
forsaken wrote: post #5

Last weekend I went out with a flask of Laphroaig (some damn good scotch), and was just sipping that most of the night. I let a bunch of my friends have some, and always came back with some left in the flask. It's a great way to drink really delicious scotch, share with your friends, and drink less.

I'm just not a Laphroaig guy. Tastes like Bacon. I prefer Balvenie. Tastes like maple syrup and burnt ash.

thats why i like Lapsang Souchong tea- very smokey and tastes like bacon

Re: Scotch as a Diet Hack

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Post by varjag »

russell_h wrote: post #8

Am I the only one who eagerly clicked through hoping that through some scientific miracle drinking scotch could lead to weight loss? As to the actual topic, I'm not sure that its so much that people think scotch has a higher alcohol content, I've always imagined it had more to do with seeming somewhat classier and in control. Sipping a scotch while your companions pound beers establishes you (perhaps on a subconsciou…

Hard liquor abuse actually leads to weight loss. Plenty of alcoholics are dried out like raisins.
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