Scotch whisky bring out a real you.

Dramatic is a classy word for being stupid.

Whisky, gambling and Ferraris are better than housework.

Life’s too short for this shit,’ he had announced to his empty apartment, and that had been the end of the great whiskey experiment.

Sabes quais são as três coisas melhores que há no mundo? As três coisas melhores que há no mundo são o whisky primeiro e o cigarro depois.

After all, Christmastide is the time of year for warming brandies, for assertive burgundies and meaty Medoc wines, and for gladsome whiskies. And an Islay malt: well, this is the octave of St Andrew, and you will doubtless recall that he is not only the patron saint of Alba, of Scotland, but was also a fisherman. How better to toast my favorite apostle (he being all the things I personally am not, starting with humble and self-effacing) than with the sea-salty dram of an Islay whisky?