whiskey

blended scotches are ok for mixing?

yes please

I had a friend who used to mix Glenlivet with Squirt and drink it out of red plastic cups. true story.

Pointing out an 11 year old article on Islay single malts Scotch from The Alantic Monthly:

Smoky Scotch, pt 1
Smoky Scotch, pt 2

Its an education, and the adjectives keep rolling...

haven't had enough good bourbon to challenge TRD above, except on 'guttural', really, and i guess everyone's got their own opinions on what works.

will share with thread that as far as Irish is to be distinguished from Scotch, bushmill's black is very much worth a try. neither earthy nor peaty. very smooth and sweet.

Beam White Label is the threshold to good bourbons. Everything less - Kentucky Gentleman, Virginia Gentleman, Early Times, etc. - they all suck much ass.

But Beam White is, relatively speaking, a perfectly fine bourbon.

How does everyone feel about Beam Black?

― Ultraviolet Thunder (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:47 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark

is early times really that bad? the store that used to stock beam black has stopped doing so. considering early times or beam white.

Pointing out an 11 year old article on Islay single malts Scotch from The Alantic Monthly:

Smoky Scotch, pt 1
Smoky Scotch, pt 2

Its an education, and the adjectives keep rolling...

― your message can reach dozens (Sanpaku), Sunday, 12 September 2010 03:58 (2 days ago)

yeah it's a good article, <3 islay malts

the article has convinced me to portion part of my next paycheck for a bottle of laphroaig

glenfiddich more accessible to start just sayin

eh, I've had single malts before - glenmorangie, highland park iirc

think imma try talisker next if i get a good price

ive got some laguvulin at the moment + i would def recommend

think imma try talisker next if i get a good price

― Chinedu "Edu" Obasi Ogbuke (nakhchivan), Tuesday, September 14, 2010 1:26 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

do it

£25 in sainsburys iirc

it's a happy day when you see a legit single-malt for less

Current favourite: Tobermory Old Malt Cash 14 y.o. So salty.

Knobb Creek!

Gorgeous.

Too many b's in my excitement. But, yes, this tastes great.

Gentleman Jack is on offer at Asda for ~£23, compared to the usual £30+ here - worth a punt?

i had three tall glasses of canadian club & soda tonight -- i usually keep the cc around for manhattans, but wanted something simpler tonight. sobering up now.

I'm having those silly thoughts of buying a bottle of Sazerac 18 year old or George T Stagg again.

The thoughts are only silly because they're £100 each here. The desire keeps plaguing me though.

<3 stagg

did you get the gentleman's jack? i've heard it's nice but i've never tried it.

I did, but I haven't cracked it yet as I'm still totally in love with my Knob Creek, which I think is utterly wonderful.

sainsburys have 20% of a lot of spirits inc lagavulin, talisker, laphroaig, balvenie, glenlivet, balvenie :D

last one was sposed to be dalwhinnie

eagle rare treating me well atm.

also got to try the new maker's 46. i liked it a lot more than standard MM, which i'm not a big fan of. smoother but with much more of a finish, and more cinnamon than vanilla. worth a sip

aberlour 10 year. not super into anything peaty but it's got a bit of a sherry whiff to the nose and a sweetness to it.

it's a happy day when you see a legit single-malt for less

On the fucking money.

This is how I've proceeded in educating myself re Malt whisky. From memory, I have tried Bowmore 10yo, Laphroaig 10yo, Glenfiddich 12yo, Macallan 10yo, Bruichladdich (10yo?), Bladnoch (18yo?), AnCnoc, Jura (awful, don't buy it), Bunnahabhain, Glenmorangie and Talisker.

In terms of alcoholic drinks generally, I'm happy to drink almost anything - and appreciate it!

All the malt whiskys I've tried, I've enjoyed (oops - Jura the exception, bit bland) - all different.

I should say that the 2nd bottle of whisky I ever bought (the second whisky I ever tried!) was Laphroaig. Took me some time, but I LOVE it now.

I tried Highland Park a while ago, it was good.

xp wish i had tried that many scotches!

back on the bourbon front, i have a new bottling of four roses single barrel. it's intensely dry and spicy--a tough drink but i can appreciate its qualities.

the bottle of jura i had a while back was bottled mid 90s iirc and was nice

I like Jura & always keep a bottle of the 10yo on the go. Don't anyone write it off necessarily.

talisker is nice, its usp is sposed to be its ~peppery~ aftertaste, which is completely accurate

got a bottle of lagavulin too, neither of which i've had before afaik

with these distinctive single malts i find the first time i try them i only taste the eccentric elements, then the next time it actually seems like....whisky

sainsburys do an 8yr irish single malt which is sposed to rly good and excellent value but they were out of stock

whiskey shopping tonight! i will report.

do any of yall buy whiskies at cask strength? caol ila works out cheaper at abv buying ~£40 cask strength vs ~£30 12yr

you can dilute it too, obv

haha whiskey.xls

i had a rye from NY a couple weeks ago that was kind of like drinking bread. can't remember the name

do any of yall buy whiskies at cask strength?

I always buy uncut/unfiltered if it's an option, as a local bar owner told me, "you can always add water, but you can't take it away."

All the most extraordinary bourbons and ryes I've tasted have been in the range of 120-140 proof.

what do we think of Pritchard's bourbon?

coz i feel like ive been cheated

quick investigation indicates that prichard's is one of those outfits that buys bourbon from one of the kentucky distillers and relabels and bottles it. i guess they're putting it back in barrels for a bit too? not really worth wasting your time with from the sounds of it.

I picked up some beam black and it is very good

I just finished my bottle of that Beam Black 8yo, which is proof positive that I enjoyed it.

Woodford Reserve is finally on offer at Tesco (my waiting was well judged), so I bought a bottle and I'm really quite unsure. It has a great nose, but there's something about the taste that I'm not convinced on. I've only had a couple of glasses and do have a cold at the moment, so I'll reserve (boom boom!) judgement properly for now, hoping that I'll get to grips with it gradually... Anyone else had this?

beam black is what the original ILX bourbon bobbing was done with (diluted a bit)

i know a lot of people love woodford but i've never been a huge fan either, for the price. evan williams and early times are still my faves

It's a bit early here now, but tonight I'll compare it to my Knob Creek to make sure that it isn't just malfunctioning tastebuds on my part due to the cold - I'm not getting what any of the tasting notes online say of it, so this may well be the case. I know I <3 Knob Creek, so if that doesn't taste right then that will explain it.

early times is good? it's half the price of beam black here so maybe I'll pick up a bottle

the early times that they export is a real bourbon and is quite possibly decent. u.s. early times is not quite a straight bourbon and would be low on my list of things to try.

hey, if you've got the money i've got the time

Anybody ever try Hirsch's? It's really good.

re: pritchard's

I have an iphone. I should probably use it for research when making purchases...