Which SMSW would 007 drink?

I definitely think James Bond is a Macallan 18 type of guy. A distinguishing drink, luxurious, but not too much, and particular enough to be considered a connaisseurs' choice. He's surely no peat fan.

No need to apologize, I actually think it's pretty fun :D.

@drinix, good call, @drinix. Bond is not a high peat guy. And he has to sound good saying the name of the distillery. Macallan is a great choice. I can also see him as a Glenfiddich 18 kind of guy. He wants his whisky well-proven, but can't have it associated with too much age.

Well it depends on which Bond we are talking about here? Sean Connery probably the most memorable 007 and Scottsman, I reckon would choose a Talisker 18 yo...

I hate to burst your bubbles, guys, but Bond's drink is a martini - shaken, not stirred. Anyway, if he were to drink Scotch, it certainly wouldn't be a Toshan as he'll probably think it's a ladies' drink and he'd have a hard time pronouncing it correctly and in a cool fashion :-)

Talisker has been featured in several films, with both the new M and Brosnan's Bond drinking that brand. Hate to further burst bubbles, but in the Fleming books, Bond was more of a Scotch drinker, and only ordered a Martini once! From the bottle featured on film, it's hard to tell which Talisker thay are drinking, but given Bond's expensive tastes, I'd go with a bottle of Talisker 18 year old.

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Wow, this is truly 'anoraking', isn't it? But what fun. So... in a galaxy far, far away, what would be Darth Vader's fav tipple, eh? Loch Dhu?

@markjedi1 It was only a matter of time...

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@markjedi1 Darth Vader was very very happy when Bruichladdich released the Octomore! The word is, he was particulary fascinated by the bottle's design and its dark force.

@markjedi1 Curiously there is only a passing mention of Martini- they musn't have bid enough for the endorsement! And also it may surprise you to learn that Auchentoshan does indeed get a mention, as the favored dram of one of the "villains" though. I'm not sure what that says....Darth Vader would definitely be a Talisker man i reckon.....

excellent call... Darth Vader, I reckon he'd grab a bottle of Big Peat to knock back after zooming around the cosmos smoking away anybody in his path... and to celebrate particularly special occasions... Ardbeg Supernova

@smokeybarrels : would you happen to know where Auchentoshan gets mentioned in the James Bond canon? That would be a nice tidbit in my Toshan research databank.

@markjedi1 I'm on it- I may have to listen to half the Carte blanche audiobook again but I will get the text for you!

Ian Fleming and so James Bond in the books were Bourbon drinkers.

A blended Scotch I would have thought, Ballantines Finest?

In Live and Let Die Flemming has him up in Harlem drinking quarts of Old Grandad. When I was in the US last year I bought a bottle for that reason alone :)

Thanks to @smokeybarrels, you can now find out at www.markdermul.be/toshanman/20110809.html that James Bond is in fact a Toshan Man!

@markjedi1 Well i guess I answered my own question there! That should shift a few bottles for them :)

The new female M of 007 fame was a bourbon drinker and offered 007 a bourbon in Goldeneye. If he drank scotch I would have to guess it would be a blended scotch available world wide like maybe Ballantines Finest.

@Lars at first I thought you were crazy but then I thought it probably would be a blend . . . considering the time period Bond evolved and all (post WWII ? right?) . . . but what blend would be suave and sophisticated enough for our boy James?

Talisker 18 gets my vote, especially with Connery's accent and diction...it would sound awesome! :)

@Billyboy05055 Not sure but it would have to be available worldwide which is why I figured it would be a blend. Much easier to get worldwide if it was a cocktail like a rusty nail or the trademark martini