whiskey

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:

http://americancraftspirits.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/darkryepic.jpg

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

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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.

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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

oh what it was aged in zinfindel barrels?

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yeah not worth it unless someone offers it to you/is paying

what is drink whisky day

every day is drink whisky day

craving whiskey. I will buy whiskey.

problem. solution.

i like abelour scotch, but why i couldn't really tell you, i don't know much about scotch. and i have to say the reason i posted the hitchens video is that i think johnnie walker black is really good.

Hitchens is notorious for regifting really nice bottles of scotch to his friends & neighbors. Many people know what he's fond of scotch and get him very expensive bottles as presents but he ONLY drinks Johnnie Walker Black and gives away everything else.

that's awesome. i've told this story before, but he's replied to two of my fan emails before within a few hours with a very polite, informative response each time... he is a true gentleman

I got bottle of Compass Box Flaming Heart 10-Year Anniversary as a present for a friend today at my favorite local liquor store. Really gorgeous label:

http://i51.tinypic.com/2z9a79l.jpg

Also, bless that store for carrying 14 kinds of rye.

you are a good friend!

haha I don't think I'd have gotten it for him if I wasn't sure that I'd be able to share some.

X-posts/re: hitchens

Except that, even allowing that its a really good one like Johnny Walker Black, repping that hard for a blended whisky, to the exclusion of all other whiskeys is so weird to me. I look down on it, as surely as I look down on someone who only drank canadian whiskey.

I mean if you don't drink single malts or quality bourbons, you just aren't in the fraternity of whiskey snobs/afficionados, and are hence to be ignored on the subject.

i'm shocked, just shocked that hitch would be stubborn and intractable about something!

what is drink whisky day

a very special day that coincides with the repeal of Prohibition in the USA

(note: if the actual date falls on a week day then the holiday is moved to the nearest following Friday, creating Drink Whiskey Day (observed))