And you should! I follow my grandpa's rule: bourbon and steak require no adornment (save ice or salt/pepper). I'd guess that the smokey flavor of scotch doesn't mix well with anything. Rum & ginger ale, however, is a different story.
maker's mark, my favorite, spells it whisky.
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:17 (8 years ago) Permalink
Whiskey = everything else
― Bad Day At Dadrock (Dada), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:18 (8 years ago) Permalink
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:18 (8 years ago) Permalink
I was seconded to Seagrams and worked at the strathisla distillery for a while, it was fun, and got me into whisky. I couldn't stand the stuff before, but one friday going back to Glasgow on the train, a train in front had hit a cow, so we were stuck and the drinks trolley was out of free drinks by the time it reached us. So my friend got out the minatures she'd brought back for her family, and we had ourselves a wee tasting session to while away the time.
I love whisky macs, but would never use anything other than a blend, and I wouldn't touch blended for any other purpose.
I once spent £37 on a bottle - cask strength from Cambletown. Still got some, it's amazing. Tastes of the sea and smoke.
― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:28 (8 years ago) Permalink
i agree 100%.
drinking hot Scotch in the winter = awesome. this is really tasty and gets into your sinuses.
i guess there's a folk/traditional remedy for colds of mixing scotch with hot water and honey. i tried it on a sore throat and it worked wonders. just the whiskey is good, but the honey gives it a little extra.
― AaronK (AaronK), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:28 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Bad Day At Dadrock (Dada), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:30 (8 years ago) Permalink
J4ck D4niels, however, have me on their marketing mailing list. I have JD mousemat that I use at home, and as of this weekend I have a tiny but weighty metal replica bottle keyring.
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:30 (8 years ago) Permalink
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:34 (8 years ago) Permalink
x-post whiskey is the spelling for irish and american and whatever else, but scotch should never be spelt that way. In fact, I think legally no-one else but the Scots can label it whisky. i seem to remember some furore over the Japanese claiming to sell 'whisky'
― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:34 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Vicky (Vicky), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:36 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Bad Day At Dadrock (Dada), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:39 (8 years ago) Permalink
― nickalicious is from Kentucky, where the horses run fast and the bourbon is yumm, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:45 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Huk-L, Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:49 (8 years ago) Permalink
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:50 (8 years ago) Permalink
― lauren (laurenp), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 13:54 (8 years ago) Permalink
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 00:26 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 01:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Penis, NV (Jody Beth Rosen), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 02:28 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― dabnis coleman's ghost (dubplatestyle), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 02:36 (7 years ago) Permalink
Ewwww. I'm having some Talisker with a few drops of Drambuie on it tonight, as dinner. heh. I've had a cold for a few days, and this will hopefully knock some of it out of me.
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 02:40 (7 years ago) Permalink
Trying to be vodka, yes indeed.
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 03:12 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Ed (dali), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 08:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Mädchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 09:28 (7 years ago) Permalink
― RickyT (RickyT), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 09:54 (7 years ago) Permalink
clearly intended not to compete w/flavor of soda/mixers?
― m coleman (lovebug starski), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 11:30 (7 years ago) Permalink
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 11:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
― We Buy a Hammer For Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 11:35 (7 years ago) Permalink
There was an article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal about "controversial" new products being introduced by Scotch distilleries, but they didn't even mention this abomination. The most controversial was Bruichladdich introducing a blend of three vintages in one bottle.
From your reports I guess the UK launch this past summer did not make a huge splash.
― Paul Eater (eater), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:03 (7 years ago) Permalink
― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:58 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:01 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:05 (7 years ago) Permalink
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― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:13 (7 years ago) Permalink
― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:15 (7 years ago) Permalink
― Jaq (Jaq), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:33 (7 years ago) Permalink
― rrrobyn (rrrobyn), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:38 (7 years ago) Permalink
what up what up what uuuuuuuup
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
hmmm
― BLEAT THE MEATLES. PARADE. (jjjusten), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
probably too hot to even consider this, but rocks approach might
maybe
might have gin in the freezer
― i want to marry a pizza (gbx), Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
rox would be good
― surm, Tuesday, 23 June 2009 03:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
Man charged with drinking http://www.wtae.com/news/local/westmoreland/Man-charged-with-drinking-102-000-worth-of-pre-Prohibition-whiskey/-/10932546/19430164/-/e51nr7z/-/index.html02,000 worth of pre-Prohibition whiskey
― Let's talk more my bunny! (doo dah), Thursday, 28 March 2013 16:24 (2 months ago) Permalink
oh nuts. sorry.
gonna drink about 102000 worth of jack daniels over the weekend tbph. thread needs to allow for economic realities every now and again
rtc, how are you fixed for glenfiddich? one of my faves, and well situated between clean/sweet and smoky/footcheese
― mister borges (darraghmac), Friday, 29 March 2013 04:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
Local store had a Knob Creek / Knob Creek Rye sale. I picked up a case (6 bottles) of the rye at a decent discount and will be splitting it with a friend.
― I, rrational (mh), Friday, 12 April 2013 18:39 (2 months ago) Permalink
just finished 21 yr old mystery islay and looking at this cheap 8yr blended scotch from tesco, reliably described on their site as both vegetarian friendly and also
Allergy Information
Free From: MustardInstructions
Standard Frozen Guidelines
No
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:02 (2 months ago) Permalink
lol
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:03 (2 months ago) Permalink
bought some presents for family for my upcoming wedding including Bruichladdich The Laddie 16 and Dickel Barrel Select, totally going to hound ppl about opening them up and giving us a taste
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:15 (2 months ago) Permalink
you buy them presents?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
I thought the same thing at first
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Tuesday, 16 April 2013 15:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
The timing of this event is not at all doable for me, and the price is slightly steep, but it's still interesting: http://americanwhiskeyfest.eventbrite.com/#
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:48 (2 months ago) Permalink
Got a bottle of this as a gift, waiting for a special occasion to try it but by all accounts it's good stuff.
http://www.leopoldbros.com/American_Small_Batch_Whiskey.html
Also tried a glass of Penderyn Madeira Single Malt a few days ago, fantastic flavor for something I didn't expect to like much. Sweetish like a bourbon, no peat. (I realize this will be a turn off for some/most itt.)
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Monday, 6 May 2013 21:27 (1 month ago) Permalink
The attempt to water down Maker's Mark in February did more than garner headlines. It resulted in a 44 percent comparable sales increase for the bourbon in the first three months of the year.Although Maker's parent Deerfield-based Beam Inc. rapidly reversed its decision, it didn't stop Maker's fans from stocking up."This episode reinforces that Maker's is a rare brand that can inspire this rare consumer passion," Beam CEO Matt Shattock said in a call with investors Thursday. "Given the ongoing supply constraint of Maker's, we'll manage growth going forward and we anticipate being able to sustain the healthy sales growth rate for the brand result."
Although Maker's parent Deerfield-based Beam Inc. rapidly reversed its decision, it didn't stop Maker's fans from stocking up.
"This episode reinforces that Maker's is a rare brand that can inspire this rare consumer passion," Beam CEO Matt Shattock said in a call with investors Thursday. "Given the ongoing supply constraint of Maker's, we'll manage growth going forward and we anticipate being able to sustain the healthy sales growth rate for the brand result."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:00 (1 month ago) Permalink
Forgot about the Maker's Mark controversy, I got a bottle in duty free coming back from the US last month. Think it's 45% which is the regular strength isn't it?
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:01 (1 month ago) Permalink
For some reason I forgot/didn't realize Maker's Mark is also owned by Beam. Hrrm.
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:13 (1 month ago) Permalink
xp yes it is
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:16 (1 month ago) Permalink
I just think it's a bit rich for them to cite the bump in sales as a ratification of its "rare brand" rep. They just brilliantly/boneheadedly bullshitted everyone into thinking they would make it more rare, then immediately backed down. But anything sold by the jug in Costco is not "rare," lol.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:20 (1 month ago) Permalink
xpost Fittingly, my friend considers Maker's an "airport" brand. That is, if you're stuck in the airport, and you need a sip of bourbon, you know there's at least Maker's. But neither he nor I have ever spent money on a bottle of the stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:22 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah makers is usually the one ok bourbon at shitty bars and rock clubs
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
btw my supply of knob creek rye is soooo gone. three bottles lasted fewer than three weeks :/
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2013 14:34 (1 month ago) Permalink
I usually get Wild Turkey 101 at the duty free but they had some honey version instead this time.
― Just noise and screaming and no musical value at all. (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 9 May 2013 15:17 (1 month ago) Permalink
Wild Turkey 101 is awesome. Honey version likely not awesome, unless you are a 12-year old girl.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 9 May 2013 16:59 (1 month ago) Permalink
pretty sure the honey version is for SHOOOOTS
― mh, Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:10 (1 month ago) Permalink
Found a quiet city centre bar selling powers 12 for <€5 per shot, quite the result imo
― posters who have figured how to priv (darraghmac), Friday, 14 June 2013 18:15 (5 days ago) Permalink
I was pretty impressed by the wonderfully redundantly named Russell's Reserve Small Batch Single Barrel bourbon. 55% ABV, but not too hot, very flavorful, enhanced by a dash of water. WT101 is such a good deal it's hard to shell out for a fancy bottle with no age statement (rumored to be 7 or 8), but I liked it a lot better than, say, Rare Breed.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 16 June 2013 13:49 (3 days ago) Permalink