whiskey

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

it was the small batch

as far as i know no one says 'canadian whiskey' here (in canadia, quebec and otherwise), but we do call booze like canadian club 'rye' yeah
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i had buffalo trace for the first time a couple of months ago when friend brought it back from usa, and damn, lovvve it. can't find it on the shelves here :/

my only experience with canadian club was being really confuse when i was like 14 and my aunt ordered a 'cc and ginger' at dinner. but they live in buffalo, which is close to canada.

my good friend has a big bottle of canadian club on hand as a pretty affordable 'house whiskey' but tbh i'm not that crazy about it. i'd rather just have a cheaper bourbon.

tho apparently a lot of the canadian blended stuff is recommended for mixing rather than sipping

we do call booze like canadian club 'rye' yeah

huh! did not know that

the woodford bottle is a little bit too faux-classy for me maybe, i don't know. i still bought it. i was also really tempted to get a bottle of 'jefferson's' and considering what that looks like i guess i can't really talk

bulleit bottle is tip top

the jeffersons bottle has that cool etching of him on it tbf

guys do I go for highland park 12 year or suntory Yamazaki 12 year single malt

have never had the yamazaki (or any japanese whisky) but the highland park is pretty outstanding

good price too for a solid single malt

ha, just about every thursday i find myself up late sipping on whiskey and finishing my homework due at 8am friday morning

I'm leaning towards the suntory cause it's something I probably won't be able to find back in the states

wish I could taste them first :^(

while every reviewer is different and it's no guarantee you'll really like or dislike something, i tend to trust the reviews at whiskymag.com (the famous beer/spirits writer michael jackson has a ton of reviews there)

looking them up, the yamazaki got pretty good to good reviews, the highland park outstanding reviews (is "whiskymag recommended")

but yea you can find highland park basically anywhere. i've never seen the yamazaki in shops before (granted i'm limited to MA shops)

plus it's got a dope bottle:

http://www.antennamag.com/online/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/yamazaki12y_exp.jpg

pick up the yamazaki and then a highland park a few months down the road

btw i think i'm gonna buy a bottle of baker's tomorrow

yea the answer clearly is buy both :o)

free jameson promotion at the bar tonight. nice treat after my burger/beer.

i want to branch out a little - if i pick up the baker's then 4 out of the 6 whiskeys that i currently own will be beam brand. tho i don't really care that much, the baker's was soo good.