but i think bourbon tastes super sweet and lacking compared to the ryes i like! for complex and not very sweet, alberta premium 25 year is what i'd pour you. 100% rye grain. complex. farm yards and sawdust, burnt sugar, wintergreen copenhagen, unripe kiwi, spicy as fuck. a perfect mix of wood/water/grain. or wiser's 18 year, which is amazing and full of character and has a subtle, pleasant sweetness balanced by peppery rye spice and a deep, mean pungent bottom end.
― dylannn, Saturday, 27 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
*takes notes*
― ljubljana, Saturday, 27 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
A good rye whiskey made in canada is ok by me. It's the stuff that gets labeled as "canadian whiskey" I was downward thumbing.
― Aimless, Saturday, 27 October 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
black velvet still one of the top-selling liquors in the state
― d-_-b (mh), Saturday, 27 October 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
ban black velvet
― Aimless, Saturday, 27 October 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Suggestions of good shops in San Francisco (or maybe San Jose)?
I will be without a car and rather short on time though, so easy access suggestions may have to trump all else. I'd like to pick up a bottle of something...
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 09:40 (eleven years ago) link
there's a K&L in sf, i'd check that out
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 11:48 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks, that looks good.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 12:12 (eleven years ago) link
I would still drink whiskey over beer though since no carbs in whiskey.
― 乒乓, Wednesday, October 24, 2012 9:13 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Good point. In my Irish family, whiskey is a household necessity, like gauze pads and sewing thread - even though I don't like it much on a regular basis. It's for occasions like when your grandmother has cancer and stuff.
It beats the shit out of Bailey's though...I love it when I go to my non-Irish side of the family and they offer a Bailey's like it means anything.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Magical Imaginative Ingenius Wonder Wo (Mount Cleaners), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link
I just bought a bottle of Redbreast 12, which is a pretty easy, flavorful sip. But I only bought it because I couldn't find the cask strength at the time, and when I did come across one I didn't want to buy it and have another bottle of Irish whiskey (which I don't have a lot of use for right now).
Recommend this as a Bailey's alternative:
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― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 14:08 (eleven years ago) link
Like drinking melted ice cream.
hey! some people love to drink melted ice cream (but not me)
― Aimless, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
OMG it seems like a pretty bad thing that the most exciting thing happening in my life is that Dickel Rye is coming soon...
Had an impromptu taste test between Old Grandad and Old Overholt last week at a party. Overholt wins IMO.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
overholt was my hurricane drink when the beer ran out no hangover!
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
krakow - the whisky shop on sutter at stockton is practically a whisky museum. cask on market and 3rd is good too - more bourbon (whisky shop is almost all scotch).
― eh mec, elle est ou ma caisse? (ytth), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks! Leaving early in the morning. Excited!
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
helped my friend get a bottle of george dickel, think we paid too much though. o well! it was the only store in the area that had it (wburg)
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
how much?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:45 (eleven years ago) link
been repping hard for jim beam black lately
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:48 (eleven years ago) link
$33 for a liter : ( xp
― 乒乓, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm all about the Wild Turkey 101 for casual drinking these days (nights). Bargain considering the quality.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
the new dickel rye, or their classic tennessee whiskey?
turkey 101 is classic
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
#12
― 乒乓, Thursday, 1 November 2012 14:58 (eleven years ago) link
that's way overpriced, man :(
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
all american whisky seems to be stupidly overpriced here
i think even a lot of supermarkets sell jack daniels 70cl for over £20/$35ish
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
and Jack is terrible! I can't imagine what they are gouging you for something like Maker's Mark.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
lmao it's £24 in sainsburys, you can often find laphroaig for less than that
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
jd that is
makers mark is about £26ish?
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Dickel is the better Tennessee whiskey, partially due to the fact they haven't progressively watered it down like JD has been
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
XP one more pound for one more ton of quality, IMO.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
er, two rather. It's early hear, the counting part of my brain hasn't kicked in... I need some whiskey...
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
lol nor has the homophone distinguishing part. *here
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, November 1, 2012 11:14 AM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark
whatever I had some sweet dickel in my mouth last night
― 乒乓, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
hehehe. It saddened me when they changed the shape of the bottle.
― Frobisher the (Viceroy), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
I hear you. I was way guilty of drinking at hotel bars due to laziness during travel in the past year and spending way too much on whiskey
― d-_-b (mh), Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
Last night on the phone, my dad cautioned against "getting Dickeled" when drinking the 12 year.
― dansplaining (dan m), Friday, 2 November 2012 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
Canadian Club Sherry Cask, good stuff. Sort of my way of not spending the extra 30 odd on sherry cask Scotch.
― Josiah Alan, Sunday, 4 November 2012 01:01 (eleven years ago) link
Rye + sherry flavoring makes for an interesting mix, sort of smokey sweet. Slightly metallic but still enjoyable.
― Josiah Alan, Sunday, 4 November 2012 01:02 (eleven years ago) link
tangle ridge is the most over the top rye + sherry mix. i swear it has to be 10% sherry.
i'm trying the limited edit gibson's grey cup edition that has the slight slight slightest hint of maple syrup/maple sugar in it. super wooddy finish is where the maple makes an appearance.. (tastefully done "flavored" whiskey blend compared to ... also picked upa bottle of wiser's vanilla and it's liek wiser's with vanilla sunlight dish detergent absolute shite.).
― dylannn, Sunday, 4 November 2012 03:36 (eleven years ago) link
jim beam black seems to be p popular among hipster atm
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 04:23 (eleven years ago) link
the last time i poured pappy 20 was when the patriots lost the super bowl
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
Really nice whiskey. Being Scottish this is one hellova find! Now one of my favourites. My wife bought this for me on a trip to Dublin - all because I like breasts and the colour red! Little did she know she found an Irish gem of a whiskey!!!
- Neil, 29th April
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
乒乓, really? I'm the only person I know who's been saying much about it locally, and mostly tried it because it was on sale.
I guess I am independently emulating the hipster lifestyle
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
― 乒乓, Tuesday, November 6, 2012 11:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this feels v. sensible to me--somewhat forgotten and fairly priced. it's decent stuff for sure.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
still so sad I didn't buy them all when it was on sale for $16
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Is there any bourbon at that $25 or so price point that is not decent? Seems like, in the midst of this golden age, that you have to go really cheap to go really wrong.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
i don't think there's a product from one of the big kentucky distilleries that's bad at that price point, no.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
What's Devil's Cut at, still closer to $30? I like that, but some have mixed opinions
― d-_-b (mh), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:01 (eleven years ago) link
not sure if it's quite that much around here. that's prob too much for it but i do like it.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link