whiskey

Surprised there's no massive clamor for certain rums the way there is for whiskey, though maybe there is! But rum has been made for a lot longer (than bourbon, at least), in more places, with fewer rules, and ages well (like whiskey), so there must be some really awesome pirate stuff floating around out there.

Bought this from the distillery in Oban, it was a little too easy to drink. Probably the nicest Whisky i've had to date.
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Xpost rum is continually super underrrated imo

the FFC rum was really good, although i'm not a rum connoisseur, so i'm not really sure how it would compare to other boutique rums. you could definitely taste the oak like you would with a very old whisky, but the spirit itself is much thinner tasting. it was neat to try, and it might be super rare, but i'd take a bottle of talisker over it just in terms of taste. plus, (no brag) part of the allure of the rum is that i was drinking it WITH francis ford coppola, so that definitely added to the whole "unique experience" thing.

haha yeah that's pretty rad.

i've never heard of rum aged in white wine barrels! super curious about what they added.

I want a rum aged in FFC's beard.

Guys I'm only one glass in but I think Old Grand Dad might be the new Dickel for me.

which expression are u drinking

100 proof bonded

that's my fav

I could only manage the one glass because it was getting a little late and I'd already had two glasses of wine (plus lol 100 proof), but damn, for $20 and change out the door that stuff's flaovr easily outpaces the $30+ Jefferson's I bought a few weeks back.

http://i.imgur.com/RENFm.jpg

For sure, Old Gran Dad 100 proof, like Wild Turkey 101, is a great deal. I have a bottle of Old Fitz 100 I've been meaning to open, too.

roommate got a bottle of clontarf as a secret santa gift and wow is it not good

Snagged a bottle of 2001 Evan Williams single barrel on sale for $19 at a small town liquor store in MN today, feel kind of irrationally needy and happy about this. Couldn't convince myself to buy the other 3 bottles left on the shelf.

Needy = nerdy

google autocomplete for 'clontarf whis' is 'clontarf whiskey aldi', this is a protip imo

Anyone tried cask strength Laphroiag? Hooboy.

mmmm no but would try! i had to unbookmark this thread for a while because it was making me want to drink whiskey at inappropriate times of the day.

there are no inappropriate times, just inopportune times

3:15 PM in the Midwest? Sure let's test out this bottle that I got while grocery shopping.

And oh my, it's quite a bit stronger than anticipated. Glad I just tasted it.

I was at a whisky tasting a few months ago and got to try a 30 year old laphroiag, it was delicious and I don't even like regular laphroiag much. The harsh peat taste was totally smoothed off. Some might not like that I guess since that's kinda what laphroiag's all about, but for me it was great. But then it bloody well ought to be at £250 a bottle.

Got to sample all the single malts my Dad got for Christmas... Bunnahabhain = delicious.

i have a bottle of bruichladdich 22yr and highland park 30yr on the way from the UK... hoping they don't get stopped in customs.

has anyone tried any of the sainsburys own brand 12 yr single malts (speyside, highland, islay)

kind of tempted to try them at £18

I bought a bottle of the EH Taylor Barrel Proof Uncut & Unfiltered because I'd heard good things. Haven't opened it yet, though. 135 proof!!!

let me know what you think, i'm steering clear of that bottle for now but could be convinced otherwise

Just got a bottle of the EH Taylor Rye! It's a gift for someone though and I don't know if it's going to make it the next two weeks in my apartment.

i have the connemara mentioned above, v laphroaig, ie too peaty, smoky for me, tbrr it tastes like hospital imo.

Bought single barrel jack daniels for a friend who's getting into whiskey, much more my line.

supermarket delivery with coupon discounts seems like the cheapest way to get nice whiskies in the uk

theres a voucher for ocado on ~hotukdeals~ for £20 discount so im going to order a couple fancy bottles of whisky for £60ish

also a tesco £12 off £60 -- couple bottles of cragganmore 12yr and a cheap bottle of wine for £51 delivered might be worth a go

bought grand-dad 114; is there any guide to cutting it w/ water ratios or is it do what u feel

*tastes* I'll be drinking this straight

I would say 1 and 1/4 splashes water

converted a friend to the 'dad last weekend, was pretty proud of myself

yeah I bought it on the strength of the 100, also bad santa

im drinking ardbeg right now

ive decided i like ardbeg 10yr quite a lot

got a bottle of tyrconnell too

It's something of a myth that high-proof whiskeys need to be cut. After all, if you're going to do that, then just buy a lower proof whiskey. One recommendation I've heard, though, is just to let it sit for a couple of minutes first. Also, higher-proof stuff is great for mixing.

re: adding water--do what u feel, and it's great if you can experiment over the course of a couple nights. sometimes i go totally unscientific (the capful is v. common here) and sometimes i try to be a little more precise (mostly with, like, barrel-proof things).

if you do want to bring in some science use the lil calculator here: http://straightbourbon.com/index.php/faq

cool I'll look into tha- *falls over and vomits on myself*

just bought some six year russell's reserve rye

File under non-story clearly written to get free Pappy: http://ideas.time.com/2013/01/25/is-the-bourbon-boom-for-real/

what does ilx thing of tyrconnell anyway

xp for christs sakes basically all american whiskey is sour mash. that drives me nuts (re the first graph).

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heh

omg so many lies in that article

dammit the connemara startin to grow on me

I was drinking tallishker.

After a few weeks off the sauce I picked up a bottle of standard-issue Four Roses today, looking forward to tasting something new (to me).

Standard issue Four Roses is one of those nice mid-priced go-tos of which there seem to be (thankfully) so many these days.