Which Whisky is good enough to drink for health?
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Saint
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Loch Lomond | Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery & Shop | Scotland (lochlomondwhiskies.com)
is Loch Lomond a good whiskey ?
is Loch Lomond a good whiskey ?
It is unlikely that any amount of alcohol is "good for health", and essentially the more alcohol you consume the worse the likely effects on your health. It is conceivable that an argument can be made for some positive health benefits for tiny amounts of alcohol, but what is positive for some aspect of health is likely to be a negative for some other aspect, in this case.
Pinball1970
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Very few units are recommended now by the BMA is 14 units a week which is 7 pints of beer.
A stack of issues associated with alcohol and disease.
Here is one.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24719202/
Because when beer first became a thing that was the only sort of vessel they had. As time went on they switched to steel (MUCH better.) But some people remembered the flavor that the oak barrel imparted and wanted to keep that, so nowadays some beers are still conditioned in wooden barrels.
Westerners also like bacon, Krispy Kreme donuts and Coke. None of them are good for you either.
exchemist
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Ah dinna ken exactly but ah hae ma doots. It's produced in Alexandria, which is an urban location just north of Dumbarton.
I prefer to buy Scotch from the real Highlands. My favourite is Bowmore, an Islay malt but less phenolic and in-yer-face than the better known Laphroaig. But there are lots of them.
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exchemist
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25ml is the standard measure in the UK, representing one 10g unit of alcohol for a 40% spirit, which is what most of them are.
The best way to drink good Scotch whisky is with a little drop of water rather than ice, no more than 30% of the whisky.