12 | Me and my dram


Me & my DRAM


Can you remember your first whisky? When I was about 14 or 15, I sneaked into the drinks cabinet when my parents were away and drank some of my father’s Haig Dimple. It was disgusting! I absolutely hated it, and for many years brandy was my short of choice.


What made you become a whisky drinker? When you are younger, you drink to get


drunk . It was only in my forties that I really started to drink whisky as a more refl ective experience. It is my wind- down drink. I’ll take 45 minutes over one drink and really enjoy it. I now have 21 malts in my own drinks cabinet .


What do you enjoy about whisky? I love the colours of malt. I used to put four or fi ve bottles on our front room piano , backlit for maximum effect. The


Fife acting legend Clive Russell – aka Brynden ‘Blackfish’ Tully from Game of Thrones – shares his finest whisky ramblings with us


Interview by Louise Gray


bottles seem so alluring, promising elegant Scottish delight.


Peaty or crisp and clean? My favourites are the Islay single malts. My wife Shelagh says they taste like TCP and enjoys something much more smooth, like Dalwhinnie. But I enjoy the smoky beach bonfi re taste.


Favourite whisky? Lagavulin is my present favourite, it has


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