whiskey

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.

I brought back a bottle of the Black Maple Hill from my NYC trip in the summer and really don't think it's anything special. Sorry, lolbrits etc.

Been working on a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle, aged 10 years, 90 proof. A generous pour with one ice cube is perfect. Caramel, cherry vanilla, a hint of smoke and then a nice slow burning tingle on the end. This is a very good wheater, but lately I've been more in the mood for the intensity that only 107 proofers can offer.

Black Maple Hill has just started popping up on my radar in the last couple of weeks. Something about the packaging made me reluctant to try it though. But it is reasonably priced, so maybe I'll give it a shot next time.

Picked up some Ardbeg in Edinburgh last week. Holy shit my new favorite scotch in that price range.

i am now the owner of a bottle of michter's bourbon, and it's really, really nice

So I went for Bulleit and I am so happy about it. A beautiful bottle too.

oh man guys i'm in deep. i now own this:

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

and this:

http://s2.thisnext.com/media/230x230/Tuthilltown-Spirits-Hudson_489A208D.jpg

have just ummm inherited about 10 bottles of whisky. will upload a picture of them in the morning. and that was just what i could carry, there are like 40 mo' bottles of booze for me to go through. 2010 gonna be looking up.

i thought alcohol was a downer?

ohh those hudson whiskey bottles are the coolest

cad where did you make your purchases?

whisky doing a good job of keeping me warm right now

the michter's came from downtown liquors in somerville. the hudson came from julio's liquors in westborough which stocks just about every whiskey i could think of--lots of four roses (which people apparently like a lot), lots of van winkle, even the old portero and rogue stuff from the west coast. they had laphroaig for $52! massive store and pretty close to my office.

so i know i've been psyched about everything itt recently but the hudson rye is like really, really good. sweet and spicy, lots of complexity, great aroma. i just sipped it neat last night (after almost killing myself trying to get the wax seal off) but want to try making manhattans with it soon. must be used judiciously though--tiny bottle and v. expensive.

BULLEIT

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