whiskey

that sounds excellent

auchentoshan, anyone?

mostly been drinking Elijah Craig lately

bourbon tasting blowout at my house last night:

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l-r four roses single barrel; knob creek single barrel; evan williams black label; elmer t. lee single barrel; old grand dad bottled in bond; maker's 46; bulleit; some johnnie walker black that someone snuck in; and this year's comedy bottle, canadian kappy's royal.

some brief tasting notes 4 u:

evan williams black: plain, functional. would not drink straight but a fine mixer/budget bottle.
old grand dad bib: bready. lots of alcohol. great mixer.
evan williams single barrel (not pictured): retains some of the lightness of the e.w. black with a much more developed flavor. nice.
knob creek single barrel: the richest of all of these, huge rounded flavor with sweetness and depth.
bulleit: start of the sip is weird and boxy--i'm not a fan. the finish is better. too rough.
elmer t. lee sb: whoa, major sweetness to be had here. no idea if a like it or not. made me crave some vanilla ice cream. need to taste again in isolation.
four roses sb: muted sweetness with a huge, spicy finish. nuanced. a winner.
maker's 46: was dying with curiosity about this one. big upfront flavor with wood and vanilla and the typical maker's clean finish. i like it. need to a/b with some regular maker's because i've never been a fan, but if this is maker's plus (which is kind of how it's being positioned), sign me up.

bonus round:
johnnie walker black: had never actually tried this! it walks the other blended scotches i've had with a logical balance of smoke and malt. pleasant.
candian kappy's royal: (nb kappy's is a local liquor chain so this is a store brand. 12 bucks/liter and it's overpriced). smells like a magic marker. tastes like a lemon candy dipped in formaldehyde. avoid at all costs.

nice! i still haven't had four roses. had similar impression of maker's 46, though i remember it having more lingering finish than orig maker's. definitely worth drinking straight.

thinkin about picking up something relatively cheap for manhattans soon...

walker black is nice and does in a pinch but has a weird aftertaste

got a 100% rye... catoctin creek. as rye-y as the NY one i linked upthread. nose is like some kinda old candy, i dunno yet

glenmorangie, glenlivet and laphroaig sittin on my sideboard, will be first time tryin ach iirc. love trips to the north.

nice

enjoying lagavulin a lot right now

i was looking for that specifically but ended up mentally sbanning asda in enniskillen for not carrying any

after disparaging it a bit upthread, i did grow a lot of fonder of glenlivet before i got through that bottle

i think speyside and islay malts have to be judged a lil differently

morangie so far, enjoying the sweetness.

xp out of my depth now, but i like whiskey and drink it w/out mixer and everything

islays like laphroaig/lagavulin just have such a different flavour profile, is all

wont know til near xmas tbph, it's a present for a bro.

talisker only £21 at asda apparently

no sign of it, had this thread in mind alright when browsing. disgustin southern tadhg savages had place long cleared out of crisps, toilet roll and many alcoholic options by 5pm sunday

glenmorangie is one of the best whiskeys i've tasted

anyone had edradour?

islay is its own thing for me. lagavulin is probably my favorite whiskey. caol ila also great, and bruichladdich maybe has the most exagerrated islay flavor iirc.

agree glenglenmorangie is v good and has one of the best names too!

first thoughts on glenmorangie = vv good, but kneejerk prefer glenfiddich. lot of whiskey out there yet tho

I am not really a hard liquor guy at all, but I just bought a bottle of this, which is really nice:

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all this talk makes me want to change the thread title to whisky

Finally tried some Rye whiskey this weekend. Not much different from regular it seemed, a little bit of a different taste and aftertaste. I had hyped it up in my mind as something totally awesome, but it pretty much just tastes like normal bourbon with very slight differences.

Of course I didn't have an especially good rye. Mid-shelf stuff, mind you.

agnostic abt caol ila

a little bit of a different taste and aftertaste

but uh that's kind of the whole thing isn't it?

usually drier than bourbon, less sweet

bought a bottle of Eagle Rare bourbon tonight, fairly low proof but has that rye spiciness

I usually lean toward higher proof and put like one ice cube in but this is good neat

i am NOT loving the maker's 46. it tastes like alcohol. i am not really getting any sense of sophistication from this whiskey. u_u.

glenmorangie really good. eyeing the glenlivet atm tho.

whoah Penderyn single malt

we have a new whiskey bar in town and a friend of mine got that, it almost tasted like a super good tequila! I had Four Roses single barrel.

kicking my ass this morning

wild turkey 101

I have a new found love for Johnnie W. Black - one ice cube (small). Love the strange smoky tastes.

beam tonight, jameson earlier in the week. gonna hike over to the liquor store and get a bottle or two soon though, before the cold really sets it.

rittenhouse & a wild card...

Brought home a couple of bottles of Suntory Yamazaki from japan. Opened the 12 y/o last night - delicious. Better than the glenfiddich I'm used to

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP51NnoVErA

sacrilege or not, made a world class hot toddy with glenlivet last night.

Just a reminder y'all: Drink Whiskey Day is December 5.

wild turkey 101

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holy shit, yes

There's whiskey in the jar-o iirc

i tasted the small batch buffalo trace zinfindel stuff and it's a noble failure.

more info: first taste was bourbony w/ a little extra sweetness on the end which was v v nice and kinda interesting but then it opened up and it became grape juice w/ rubbing alcohol in it and was v v gross.

oh what it was aged in zinfindel barrels?

ewww

So, a friend got me a bottle of Knob Creek over the Thanksgiving holiday, and I had a glass last night in my typical bourbon fashion - one big ice cube in the glass.

I will be trying it neat tonight. Shit was SMOOOTHER than I remembered. Dayum.

eagle rare neat is treating me right

did not mean to be almost halfway thru the bottle but ohhhhh well

and now with drink whiskey day coming up and all ...

oooooh i am looking forward to drink whiskey day