whiskey

yeah i don't even care about having different-sized glasses. i like this set of coffee mugs i got from college pottery sale. i could drink whiskey out of them.

yea all it needs to be is relatively small. before i got the ones i have, i used these tiny ceramic mugs that my sister made, they were pretty great

hahah jim that sounds great, how much is it per bottle? xxp

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on the site i c&p'd that info from it says $53, can't remember what it cost me when i got it at the duty free at an airport in Spain, just remember i decided to buy myself a bottle of whiskey that cost almost as much as the bottle of perfume i was buying for my girl.

$53 doesn't sound that bad for what you described imo

wow, this bulleit. sweet and smooth--really really tasty.

yea it's nice and really good for the price imo - usually around $30/bottle

I always thought it was pronounced bull-LEET but I don't think I've ever said it out loud. glad this thread set me straight

buffalo trace is pretty good, ian

I may need to get a bottle of something for my friend's Breeders' Cup get-together next weekend

i've always heard bullet like what you put in a gun

I'm sure that's right. I was only pronouncing it to myself in my head :)

in my head before i heard anyone say it i thought bull-light bc that's how it'd be pronounced in german.

whiskey doesn't really go well with chapped lips :\ stinnnnng

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I figured it was bull-eet, too. And it's $20 at Trader Joe's in So Cal. I'm having the last of my bottle now, thanks to this thread.

in BC, Canada, I can get Buffalo Trace, Makers, Knob Creek, and Woodford Reserve, as far as high end goes. Jim Beam and Jack Daniels are here too of course. Bulleit appeared this summer and i was so excited but i did not like it - tasted too light, too sweet, too rye.

The one that I like for $30 here is Rebel Yell, which I can only get in Surrey. Woodford Reserve is my favourite in the $40-$50 range, which is where everything else(Makers, Knob Creek, Buffalo) is.

Everytime I come back from the States I pick up something different on the way home - Elmer T Lee was my favorite from the summer.

think I'm finally going to pick up a bottle of whisk(e)y or bourbon after a couple years of not having any. looking for a good sipping kind to have on the rocks. any recs or should I just try and see which one of the recommended ones (bulleit, george dickel, overholt, etc) here I can find in HK?

also this post is inscrutable!

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also been entertaining the idea of getting a bottle of rye so I can pretend Im a 1930s detective

i don't think i've ever had rye. Have never enjoyed any bourbon I've tried and Jack Daniels is imo disgusting.

this wouldnt be too bad imo - http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/environment/090909/shackletons-whisky?page=0,0

bulleit love.

superenvious of californians being able to buy for 20 at trader joe's.

yeah what the hell i'm gonna stock up or something when i go down next year!

i loooove rye.

rye is fucking great

superenvious of californians being able to buy for 20 at trader joe's.

yea seriously a good price here in MA is like $30

i'm going home to cleveland in a few weeks, i'm curious to see how prices will compare out there. i might be stocking up on a lot. will definitely at least bring back some beer

Bulleit appeared this summer and i was so excited but i did not like it - tasted too light, too sweet, too rye.

I love rye but I agree with this, Bulleit is a little light for me

The one that I like for $30 here is Rebel Yell, which I can only get in Surrey. Woodford Reserve is my favourite in the $40-$50 range, which is where everything else(Makers, Knob Creek, Buffalo) is.

yeesh that is way too much for Makers imo. I drink Makers a fair amount cause a lot of bars that's the best they have but I don't really get bottles of it anymore. too sweet.

my taste runs toward dry though, I like this kind called Corner Creek as a cheap bottle for home (about $22 in New York) but I was looking at reviews on bourbon sites and most of the comments were "hate it, way too dry."

oh I guess that's canadian dollars. still pretty high though

yeah in CDN. It is high - Woodford, Buffalo Trace, and Makers are all $48. and to be honest I find Makers too thin, almost sharp. Bulleit is only $33, which is why I wish I enjoyed it more!

holy shit i tried baker's tonight at a bar - i haven't tried too many whiskeys but i might say that this is the best bourbon i've ever had

oooh maybe i will try!

i am so bad at drinking now :(

but also :)

they had bakers at the bbq joint where i enjoyed my supper this evening. but i was drinking beer & cider tonight, not bourbon. they have a bonded whiskey bottled in 1933 that i would love to try if it didn't cost $72/glass.

It is high - Woodford, Buffalo Trace, and Makers are all $48.

makers def. my least favorite of those three. although tbh it was sort of the first bourbon that got me into bourbon, back in the day. I like it in Manhattans

really into rye manhattans now

when I was in Savannah GA over the summer we had this funny bartender who had a geographical theory of the Manhattan and claimed if I told him what region of the country I was from he could tell me which liquor I wanted in my Manhattan. but then I said "New York City" and he guessed "Canadian whiskey" (?) so it sorta threw his expertise into question (I wanted rye). has anyone ever had a Manhattan with Canadian whiskey?

xpost - aw yeah

wtf

he wrote it down on a napkin all secret-like and then had a reveal. I'm sure I was o_0

I've been gravitating more and more to Four Roses when I'm on a bourbon kick - I usually drink rye so I'm looking to balance it with something on the smooth side when I switch to bourbon. The Four Roses 2008 Mariage is especially amazing.

Considering switching from Eagle Rare 10yr to Bulleit for cocktails at home, it mixes very well.

Canadian Whiskey is usually shorthand for Rye though, no? Canadian Club, Alberta Premium, Crown Royal - Lighter, more Rye. never drink it myself!

I liked Four Roses, felt I was being gypped paying £23 for a bottle though. Might get a bottle of Woodford today, tempted to go for something with a less stupid bottle though

what?! the woodford bottle is awesome!

http://www.beveragewarehouse.com/images/products/2350.jpg

egh sorry i can't seem to post reasonably-sized images anymore

but anyways yea the baker's was unreal. really really intense, burned like crazy (in a good way) and almost left this numbness feeling on my lips. the bar was pretty expensive (it was $9/glass, tho i guess that's not too rare) but i pretty much didn't care after the first few sips. will definitely buy a bottle of this soon

despite the burn & the numbness tho it was strangely smooth & rich, LOTS vanilla. felt like there were big nutmeg & cinnamon notes on the nose. it was delicious

baker's is great, i like it with a few drops of water

had michter's for the first time a couple nights ago. didn't make too much of an impression.

do you remember which kind of michter's it was?

have been curious about it for a while

while most review aren't critical a lot of them seem lukewarm. the bottle/label design is pretty awesome tho:

http://www.klwines.com/images/skus/1015028x.jpg

I like the Michter's rye better than the bourbon