Bourbon/Whisky/Whiskey/Scotch General
What's your favorite, what are your questions, and what do you like to mix it with?
crown royal with coke or pepsi
>>7189153
About the only way to drink Crown, that's for sure.
alberta springs 10year, with a dash of soda water. so nice.
if i'm feelin higher-shelf, the laphroaig triple wood combines peatiness and sherry-cask fruitiness nicely.
Tonight though -- bushmills black
Brandy
>>7189169
I also like brandy, which is why I like Auchentoshan
>>7189169
I've never had a good brandy. Recs?
>favorite
Jack Daniels Black Label with Pibb Xtra
>what I'm drinking
Jim Bean Honey w/ whiskey sour
I'll admit, I haven't had a ton of variety. Most of the ones people speak the most highly of, I've only had once or twice. But, my go-to is Bulleitt Bourbon.
>>7189132
the first peaty scotch i had was Ardbeg Uigeadail. The first sip literally brought tears to my eyes. Then, I added a couple of drops of water and took another sip. Those couple of drops literally turned my opinion of smoky scotch around: it tempered it just enough to make it enjoyable. Since I enjoy cigars, cigarettes, campfires, etc. anyways, I found that I really enjoyed the smoke. Laphroaig is a nice choice if you don't want to spring for the bottle of Ardbeg.
>>7189282
Ardbeg 10 is better than Laphroaig.
>>7189340
A bit better and a bit more expensive.
Though, they're moderately different. Laphroaig has more of a mariney iodine seaweed and mineral-y ness, Ardbeg is to my nose, heavier on citrus (lime) with hints of tar that, with water/oxidization, approach chocolate.
>>7189340
Define "better." When you're looking at the decent stuff, you're simply looking at different experiences that you select depending on your mood and preferences. Neither of them taste trashy.
>>7189132
Generally like it with a single cube, as per pic related, albeit with a preferably smaller cube than my fridge makes.
Scotch is a mystery to me. I've never really had the money to explore it too much. I've had nice smokey scotch, I believe peat is the correct way to describe it, but mostly I just get the taste of iodine. Anyone more educated care to educate me?
I don't mix brown liquor often. But, in the winter, I do sometimes keep a tall glass of whole milk with a couple ice cubes to sip at as a chaser. Everyone reacts like I'm nuts when I tell them that. But, brown liquor is something I only really have in the winter, when I also crave richer tasting nonalcoholic drinks like milk.
Nothing like when it starts to snow on your week off, the sun has set, no responsibilities tomorrow, and I can just drink on a pint of whiskey, a few glasses of milk, and enjoy some fried ham or bacon in front of a space heater with a long playlist of TV shows and a sleeping cat on the floor.
I'm fond of Irish whiskeys. American rye whiskeys are pretty good too, though they tend to be hard to find where I live.
Smoke and peat is where it's at, so Caol Ila would be my go to drink
>>7189132
Scotch and water is delicious. Just discovered it after years of drinking Jack Daniels and bourbon. Now JD tastes like charcoal to me.
However, I don't like Scotch in mixed drinks. That's when I turn to Jameson.
>>7189132
20 year Ararat
Pampero
Jack Daniels Single Barrel
Jim Beam Honey
>favorites
Ardbeg Corryvreckan
Redbreast 12 Year Cask Strength
Don't really like bourbon and I haven't had brandy except Remy Martin 1738, I'd like to try more.
>>7189366
>more expensive
Where do you live? Here in New Jewsey the Laphroaig is a couple bucks more.
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On my second bottle of this guy. Good juice for the value; I either drink it with a couple ice cubes or make it into an old fashioned.
>>7190375
This is now "liquor bottles with cute old granddads on them" thread
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>>7190375
However, my favorite is probably Booker's. I either get it neat and drop water in till I like it. Or I pour it over a single large ice cube and it'll be perfect by about the 3rd sip.
My parents were gifted some woodford reserve and I've been drinking it since I'm home for break and they don't like any whiskey at all. It's alright, call me a pleb all you like but I prefer wild turkey. Woodford has a strange almost acidic taste that's offputting.
>>7189132
Basil Hayden or Blantons in an old fashioned
>>7189132
This is what I got in the rotation atm, don't get much into scotch. Anyone have any love for rye? It's what I drink to switch up from bourbon. Knob, rittenhouse, sazerac and wild turkey are all solid ryes
W.L. Weller vs Maker's Mark?
thoughts on Buffalo trace?
>>7191028
They make a lot of great bourbons
>>7189132
>bourbon
Bulleit, that shit makes me wanna fight people and I like how smooth it is
>whiskey
Jameson because it's been in my alcoholic family for a while.
>scotch
I haven't really gotten into scotch and I'll look for recommendations from any of you fuckers
I mix it with camels
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>>7191083
>I haven't really gotten into scotch and I'll look for recommendations from any of you fuckers
The starter choices are Glenlivet and Glenfiddich, both 12yo. The 'livet is all fruit while the 'fiddich ha a touch of smoke.
I'm currently drinking this.
>>7191017
Weller 12 year is amazing and is pretty much the same shit as Pappy, regular Weller is also better than Makers imo.
>>7191158
Good to know, always drank Maker's but figured I should explore again considering I recently had some nicer tier bourbons and kind of feel... odd just drinking Maker's Mark for anything but mixing now.
>>7191098
How can they get away with claiming that stuff is "small batch" when it it comes from like the Nestle of whiskey?
>>7191694
Diageo may own them, but it's not like Diageo is anything but a capital investment firm that owns smaller places.
>>7191703
the whiskey itself is a very mass produced whiskey from MGP
>>7191703
Not that guy, but in my city alone there is enough Bulleit to fill Lake Baikal
I think the other guy's point still stands
>>7191712
http://whiskycast.com/law-firm-targeting-small-batch-producers/
Apparently it's disputable. If a factory that large can make "small batch" then the term is meaningless and anyone could.
Eagle Rare
Bulleit Rye
Balvenie Doublewood 12
Blantons
Favorite
>buffalo trace
Current
>old crow bourbon or dickel rye
Gonna just add soda water, what do?
>>7191083
Scotch. Start with Glenmorangie 10 year. It is a very smooth Highland single malt. You can usually get a bottle for under 40 bucks. Few drops of water, sniff, sip, Heaven. Good starter scotch.
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I enjoyed some WL Weller with coke to watch the historic SpaceX landing
>>7191784
The barrel proof? o.O
>>7191913
No, I wouldn't do that.
I am enjoying it straight, then I'll mix it, then I do straight again, then I have a mixed. Just the "Special Reserve" which is the cheapest they make, right?
>>7189132
looking to buy a bottle of nice bourbon for myself for xmas. budget is $60-80 USD. what should I get? located in northern california if that makes a difference.
>>7191950
if you have a costco membership, they have bookers on sale atm for the holidays for like $49 which is a good deal I think its usually like 75
>mixing whisky
>being a pleb
>>7191950
There aren't alot of bourbons that approach 60-80 usd that aren't special like the yearly limited releases from four roses, e. h. taylor, stagg etc. So I guess something like that.
Glenmorangie in club soda
>>7192536
>not mixing whisky
>being a scrub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG4F0NmGpg4
>$10.99 for 1.75L
>tastes just as good as stuff in the $25 dollar range for 750ml
>>7194699
Where do you live? I mean, yeah, EW is the best price/value, but $10.99 for a half gallon? Add six dollars to that price, before tax. Arkansas here.
I prefer the 10 year. It's smoother and only a few dollars more and still under $25.
>>7194761
socal
I like Elijah Craig.
Pretty damn good bourbon.
>favorite whiskey
Lagavulin 16 year scotch
>What do I drink normally
I take a handle of Rebel Yell and age it myself in a little 2L oak barrel I have on my shelf. Works great.
Recently killed a bottle of this. Soo fuckin' good!
>>7194832
*tip*
I know bonded whiskey is mostly meme marketing these days but I picked this up because it was the newest thing in my local liquor store. Pretty good for $21, definitely better than jim white label. Idk if its better than black label, I'd have to taste side by side.
>>7194699
i'm in socal too, and its usually that much for 750ml.
speaking of EW, I just picked up a single barrel for $25. hopefully it's good.
>>7194960
Idk where you get it, I buy from totalwine with membership card, they always beat bevmo prices as well.
Currently what I have.
>>7194981
>2015
>popcorn ceiling
kill yourself
nice collection
>>7194981
They're all full. Are they just for show or something?
>>7193616
That's blending.
How do you pronounce bourbon?
>>7195015
burr-bun
>>7195015
burr-bn
like there's no vowel between the b and the n.
>>7195015
B-BONE
Like saying 'bone' with a stutter.
>>7193616
Cute GIF, dude.
Laphroaig 18 currently. Still my go to whisky, shame they discontinued it. Anyone tried the FoL 15 year old version they did?
Also going to have a bit of rye this week. Got my hands on a Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye to see what all the hype is about. And my favorite rye Alberta Premium.
>>7194975
bevmo is expensive as hell, and we dont have totalwine around here
>>7194984
popcorn ceiling oh fuck me, good kek right there
Is Glendronach 12 good? The 15 year version is like 2 times more in the shops around my area.
I've been sitting on a gifted bottle of Blue Label for almost two years now..
Don't know what to do with it
>>7195532
Take pictures of yourself drinking it and make a thread here, watch scotch neckbeards shit themselves with rage because someone is enjoying an expensive blend.
>MUH LAFROOG, CAN U HANDLE MUH LAFROOG?
This is literally all these people can say.
>>7195535
Scotch neckbeard here. Blue Label is a very good blend. There's a lot of good blends out there. Blue Label is a tad expensive for what it is, but certainly not bad.
>>7195532
If you're really not into whisky, perhaps selling the bottle on an online auction or somewhere similar is a good idea. I reckon you can get 100-120$ or something for it. If not, go enjoy it, have a dram right now.
>>7195532
mix it with sprite and post in whiskey threads to rustle single malt fags
>>7190837
Eagle Rare. Mein niggah.
>>7195985
>rare
>>7194981
>wasting money on jack single barrel
Fucking gross
>>7195993
my local liquor store did one of those special barrel buys where they get to go to the distillery and pick which barrel smells/tastes the best to them then buy the whole thing to sell at the shop. I thought it was pretty good, and you get a neat bottle.
>>7196001
Yeah JD has terrible quality control, glad they looked out for their customers. Some, and a lot of barrels are just basically same shit as JD, just higher proof.
>>7196005
the one my store was selling wasnt the standard single barrel either, it was barrell proof. The one they picked happened to be around 135 proof I believe. All in all it was worth the $49
>>7196023
Sounds gross. I personally think this single barrel barrel proof shit is annoying. I'd rather have something that is well blended and a drinkable proof.
>>7194981
Which Four Roses do you like more and why?
>>7196425
Doesn't look like he could tell you they're both full
>>7191098
Their bourbon is also very good. For the price it beats out Maker's Mark for me.
Favorite mixes:
Old fashioned (bourbon)
Ginger beer with rye whisky
>>7189526
Comfiest post I've seen in a while
>>7191017
Maker's is groce
>>7191028
Pretty good IMO
>>7191083
>Bulleit, that shit makes me wanna fight people and I like how smooth it is
My nigga.
Old Grand Dad is surprisingly good--better than Maker's, IMO, let alone the other stuff on the bottom shelves.
Also quite fond of Johnny Walker Black, but I've only had it once or twice.
Also, I've been enjoying a shot of Buffalo Trace in a glass of Original Sin cider lately. Very good fall/winter drink, supposedly favored by George Washington's troops after they couldn't get rum from the Caribbean.
>>7196617
Try Johnny Blue
>>7190437
This guy has it - for bourbon Basils or Blanton - Woodford is good but a little sweet
Anyone else like Basil Hayden's here? One of my favorite bourbons.
What are some decent bourbons you can get relatively easily in uk without paying through the nose?
picked up makers cask strength and woodford today, they smell bretty gud
>>7189424
lurking from /g/ and i must say that's really offensive to your computer
frankly i'm surprised it's still running for you
>>7189132
I prefer Fireball Whiskey myself. It's kinda pleb I know, but it's relatively cheap and does its job. Tastes good when mixed with an apple ale like Angry Orchard.
If I like Fireball, does anyone have any recommendations? I have some extra money to spend on experimenting.
>>7196953
Fireball is more of a liqueur, loaded with sugar. I would start with something relatively neutral like a midshelf canadian whiskey. Canadian club, wisers, alberta premium, pendleton
>>7197057
>also forty creek
>rare breed
burns so good
>>7196953
Any honey whisky you can find, if you want to continue on the same track. Jack Daniel's Tennessee Honey is probably the most common one.
half canadian club half canada dry ginger ale
squirt of lime on ice is my drink
>>7197278
why do you have such a boner for canada
Rate my collection
>>7197573
not enough bourbon
diversify/10
>>7196765
turns out it's tasty, that's my official report
Been drinking this, don't know much about whiskeys but I really enjoy it.
>>7197573
Needs more bourbon but that Balvenie Double Cask is the right shit man.
this is pretty dank as well
Anybody else tried Bastille 1789?
I rate it pretty good/10
I like glenmorangie and coke or lemonade
>>7197777
Which year of Balvenie is good?
pic related with a small ice cube
>>7197573
Basic bitch/10
I've got a Lagavulin Distillers 1997 open at the moment, a retirement present.
It doesn't make friends easily, but it's pretty damn good, a little smoother than my normal favourite, Lagavulin 16: an earthy smoky, dry-as-fuck Islay malt, so it's right up my alley.
>>7198565
>lagavulin
See if you can grab a Lagavulin 12, I think it's better than the 16 desu senpai
wanted to buy some bourbon today but there wasn't any in sainsburys so i got this
it's p good
>>7198738
>it's p good
would you say that it's...fine?
>>7198865
definitely not
Best whiskey for an Old Fashioned?
>>7193616
Great video
>>7196953
If you're gonna drink fireball just to get drunk, why not just stick to something like marshmallow vodka? At least you won't get acid reflux and burning shits for days with vodka.
>>7198875
Maker's or Bulliet Bourbon. Not too expensive, and they already taste good on their own.
>>7195549
MUH LAFROOOIGGGO
>>7199210
Holy shit. That was epic.
What is the difference between whiskey, scotch, bourbon etc?
>>7199328
Scotch is whiskey from Scotland. Bourbon is whiskey from some specific part of America which I think is Tennessee and is at least half corn.
>>7199347
bourbon can be made anywhere in the usa, just almost all of it is made in Kentucky. Jack Daniels is made in Tennessee
>>7199456
Bourbon can't be made anywhere in the USA because of trademark laws, last I read up on it.
>>7199538
it can, it just can't be called kentucky straight bourbon. They make bourbon in washington, texas, colorado all over really
>>7197949
What's the difference between French Whiskey and Scotch Whiskey? Any difference in flavor profiles?
>>7199596
the french whiskey surrenders so much more flavor on the palate
My goto is Elijah Craig. Bullet bourbon is nice too. Past that I'm good with wild turkey 101.
I just bought this bottle, anyone here tried it?
>>7199649
better buy it up while you can, all their 12yr stock is gone its all going to be NAS now. I was at sams club yesterday and they had half 12yr half NAS on the shelf. I bought 3 bottles
>ralphs has jim beam white label for 7.99 a bottle
I know its just basic shit but I bought 5 just to stock the kitchen for cooking/mixing when people are over
>>7189223
Jim bean honey for me tonight as well. I really enjoy sweetness though that may make me a homo
>>7199596
I'm really not much of a Scotch drinker, so I couldn't really tell you. It's nice and smokey, and about as far from sweet as you can get.
I really only picked it up because I'm a huge Franceaboo, and I wanted a change from rye.
>>7199606
kek
>>7190837
Love a Sazerac cocktail, made in an absinthe coated glass.
I got this as a present from my dad.
Did he do good? I havent tasted it yet.
>>7204208
it's pretty good. sweet, if not a little bland. my favorite thing to do with it is mix it with a little Ardbeg 10 yr.
>>7204216
>sweet
Well I can certainly deal with that. I mostly drink bourbon or sherried single malt. Im not big on Islay. And by that I mean I cant stand it and really dont understand how anyone drinks it. Perhaps I have a childs palate.
Wild turkey 101
Black velvet
Four rose
Jim beam apple
In that order with turkey being #1
Got the yearly bottling of Lagavulin 12 cask strength, but I don't have the heart to open it just yet. Had a sample at the shop and it was great. The peat-smoke is much stronger than the 16 which I'm sure is compounded by being 57%, very thick and Ardbeg-y, and at the same time very bright and fruity in a way that would make me think of sherry maturation, but the whiskey is clear and pale, so that probably isn't right. Fino sherry is pale, but it's also not so fruity. Anyway shit's good, one of the best I've had.
I don't drink alcohol so I don't know shit about scotch, but a co-worker gave me a bottle of Johnnie Walker Platinum, aged 17 years it says
Is that any good?
>>7204447
For the price it's nothing special. That right there is gift whisky. It's enjoyable, and as a non-afficionado of Scotch you might even like it. But nothing to brag to your Islay-chugging friends about.
>>7204258
jim beam apple is a liqueur
pretty good even though the story is probably bullshit
Mixed a hot toddy toddy tonight. Water boiled with a cinnamon stick, JD, lemon, and honey. Feel sick as fuck, this has doing a better job than nyquil.
>>7205190
take some cough syrup with dxm in it after the toddy for dem sleep gains
