A whisky for a bicycle tour

Personally I wouldn't take anything too extreme along for the ride, no peat monsters or sherry bombs. For some reason I imagine it wouldn't sit so well after day-in-day-out cycling.

I'd still want something that keeps my interest though, Springbank 18 year old is a lovely dram and comes nicely within budget.

For the celebration dram I think you could go with something rich and luxurious, how about picking up a nice single cask GlenDronach?

On the tour, I'd say take something easy drinking like a Lowland or fruity Speysider. As for celebrating afterwards: anything goes!

Having done some long-distance cycling, it's easy for me to suggest one for the ride: Arran Machrie Moor. And to celebrate your accomplishment: Glenrothes 1985. No matter which whiskies you pick, enjoy the tour.

@two-bit-cowboy, yes, just about any Glenrothes would probably work well for the bicycle tour.

Oh man I'm so jealous. I use to live in Bonn and biked along the Rhein to work, a tour along a good length of it would be awesome. I've got my Brooks saddle and Ortlieb panniers all ready for it. but in this area, I'd have to settle for the C&O Canal Path to Pittsburgh, PA.

I know it is blasphemy for this webpage but don't know if I would do whisky on a Rhein tour. If I was doing a biking tour of Kentucky, I would do bourbon, of Belgium, beer. So along the Rhein, I would stick with the Riesling Kabinetts or Spaetleses or a Kolsch beer. If I HAD to go with a whisky equivalent of that type of German wine, I have to agree it would be something with a lighter, fruity profile, probably a Speyside.

For practicality, if I went with a Glenrothes, I would decant into a flask, hand grenade shaped glass bottles and bike panniers don't go together.

At the end of a long day in the saddle, a nice refreshing, appley Glengoyne might be just the ticket. The 10yo is good value and the 12yo cask strength would put the "oomph" back in your legs, ready for the following day.