whiskey

mark lead for u--federal wine and spirits on state st. in downtown purports to have an excellent whiskey guy who gets a lot of interesting stuff both from scotland and the states. i might check it out on saturday.

jack is the worst imo. beam white is fine for what it is (cheap whiskey you drink with your friends when yer 16.) never tried beam black. beam's rye is "decent" and cheap.

beam neat is very drinkable and has stood me in good stead

Beam rye is really one of the best spirits you can get for under $15/bottle, total steal

had beam rye once and thought it was horrible.

plus i think sazerac is like $18?

overholt?

overholt is like 13 bucks for a 1 liter

i like overholt but don't see it around much--sazerac is good as well but i see that even less frequently.

CAD thanks for the tip - i'll definitely check it out soon

i always see overholt at the store here... i just didn't know if it was good or not bc it seemed cheaper.

i think it's good for old-fashioneds and occasional sipping

it's nothing special but it's a good price for a type of whiskey that isn't all that common. if you want to get a sense of what a rye tastes like and how it's different from bourbon overholt is a pretty good place to start

bourbon, overholt

should use commas more

nah use em less imo

Beam Black is a smokier, smoother version of Beam White. Still got more fire than Jack.

wild turkey's fine if you're having a beer + a shot. I don't think I'd sip on it though.

never had any of these beams. just regular jim beam. oh maybe had gentleman jack once or twice. don't really remember it.

should try some of the Wellers

To a Scotch drinker, Maker's tastes like ice cream.

^^^^^^^^^^^this.

And to a bourbon drinker, a good Islay tastes like really, really good topsoil. I mean that in a GOOD way, as the son of a gardener.

i haven't had scotch in a while now

labor day weekend

almost bought some yamazaki yesterday but trying not to blow through my entire paycheck in 2.5 weeks the month

*this month

yea, right? i keep telling myself "no more whiskey buys til christmas"

I don't even keep it around the house anymore. I regard this as a sad state of affairs.

I may change this tonight.

and i always just put off the really pricey stuff, like "no way am i gonna spend $60 on whiskey"

but then i spend like $80 on two different bottles

just need to suck it up and buy a bottle of laphroaig already. CAD u saying that found it for $40 in NH has prevented me from buying it for anything over $50. hard to find it for less than $55 in boston

I picked up a bottle of Wellers Special Reserve yesterday, and had a couple of pours over ice and found it a bit underwhelming. I figured it might be a change in my palette or it might be product drift. I tried to do some research to see if anyone else noticed anything or had an explanation. Didn't find anything directly on topic, but I did stumble on this discussion of Old Weller Antique 107, which is really interesting.

Sorry. Here's the fixed link.

I don't know why it's not working. Here's the address:

http://www.bourbonreviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6456&sid=f19fd0cc51bf59ff6ecbbaee80f3f3a5

yeah mark i always check laphroaig prices and $55 is abt the best you're gonna do.

oh my god do they talk in code on that bourbon board

cad how much is the yamazaki around your place?

i wanna say it was $48.99?

oh okay that's cheaper than here. I think it's pretty good but dunno if it's worth the price

yeah i will fully admit i'm a sucker both for rad bottles and unusual/novel products

http://www.drinkupny.com/Black_Maple_Hill_Bourbon_p/s0471.htm

GUYS HAVE YOU HAD THIS?

NO IS IT GOOD

YES IT IS SWEET. V V CARAMEL-Y

TELL ME MORE MY INTEREST HAS BEEN AROUSED

I GET IT @ SMITH & VINE IN BROOKLYN. THEY SAY THEY CAN'T ALWAYS GET IT. IT IS A REASONABLY PRICED UNIQUE BOURBON.

IT PLAYS WELL OVER ICE. IT'S A V V GOOD NIGHTCAP WHISKEY BCUZ IT IS SO SWEET

I had Black Maple Hill at Tza's place when she lived in wburg before she abandoned us for the west coast. it was good but I had it on New Years Eve too late in the evening to have a real opinion

swear to god that shit is rufied.

srsly EVERY time i drank from that bottle i got wasted or felt woozy.

at first i thought it was really crazy bc of the nye thing...

but upon subsequent drinkings i felt totally knackered after like 2 sips. i see it in the stores here sometimes but i don't think i could bring myself to get it.

I bought a cheap scotch because i had been drinking bourbon all year and felt obligated to make a change. But there was a valid reason for only drinking bourbon all year: I really really like bourbon. I'll go get some tomorrow.

ha i'm the other way round, usually drink scotch then decided i wanted bourbon for a change but over here in the uk they're abt the same price. so it's like - i could get maker's mark or some single malt... i got the single malt.

Fuck. three Makers Olde Fashioneds. Gonna be a long Friday.