Use them to make infusions! Vinegar, vodka, oil, whatever!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
(wash first though)
ever have interest in making infusions or liqueurs or something? take the labels off and they would be good for storing those.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
xp great minds etc etc
mother's day presents?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
infusions a good idea!
― mh, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
four thieves vinegar is perfect for spring
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
also warding off witches/plague
http://nourishedkitchen.com/four-thieves-vinegar-recipe/
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 18:04 (twelve years ago) link
<i>Don't know where you all are from, but in general American spirit tastes tend toward the sweet. Hence our national distrust of bitters, which abound in Europe (there's a good chapter on this in Jason Wilson's "Boozehound"). Not that scotch is bitter, but our tastebuds I think gravitate toward the caramel sweetness of bourbon. Also, made in America, USA USA USA!</i>
uhhh i am not familiar with this bitters hate. and i don't like overly sweet bourbons! i just like bourbon better. and rye. rye is my answer to wanting something a bit dryer.
― tehresa, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
some day i will learn bbcode and not rely on remembering to "convert simple html to bbcode"
scotch tastes kind of 'thin' compared to bourbon, for me at least
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
nikka from the barrel is sick (as is ardbeg 10)
― byan wein (cozen), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Yep. My favourite blend and my favourite malt.
― Une semaine de Bunty (ShariVari), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
tried the nikka yoichi tonight, it was really nice. yamazaki is another great japanese whisky obviously but whatever you do, never drink 10 year old isawa single malt. literally tastes like an old bike shop.
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Fighting Cock 1st impressions: this is good, not as complex as I was perhaps hoping for, but not thin like a lot of what i consider 'bland' bourbons. Would buy again, and at $22/liter it's affordable.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link
also re: bourbon sweetness. i think it is the sweetness in some bourbons that put me more into the rye train tbh--i find things like makers, beam, turkey, even knob creek, can become a bit cloying after a few drinks.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:47 (twelve years ago) link
i find knob especially to be pretty sweet
― tehresa, Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:02 (twelve years ago) link
yamazaki is another great japanese whisky obviously
obv
― truth fromgbs (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:03 (twelve years ago) link
Buffalo Trace is the best default bargain whiskey, methinks. A bit of space, nice and flavorful.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
Posts taken out of context...
― nickn, Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
heh
― deconstructive witticism (darraghmac), Thursday, 15 March 2012 00:31 (twelve years ago) link
Buffalo Trace OTM, big fan
the last 24hrs worth of posts make me wish I could share this wonderful birthday bourbon I got, the stuff is srsly sublime
― dan m, Thursday, 15 March 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link
i think people misinterpreted my "sweet" description of bourboni am only talking about tastebuds and physical reactions to certain tastes (taste being a neutral/scientific word here)how one reacts to a certain taste sensation is to a certain extent up to genetics(although cultural influences cannot be dismissed i guess)
i certainly don't think people who like bourbon are into sickly sweet stuff, rather their tastebuds respond to a different end of the taste(bud) spectrum. and yes, single malt scotches are well beyond my income comfort-zone for the most part which is why i like irish whiskies as they seem to hit a nice "sweet spot" between bourbon and scotch and are affordable.
― buzza, Thursday, 15 March 2012 08:32 (twelve years ago) link
also i am in no way averse to sweet-tasting alcoholic drinks but i prefer to control the ingredients that go into the drink as opposed to starting out with a base-level sweetness with the main ingredient.
― buzza, Thursday, 15 March 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, March 14, 2012 6:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the bottling proof of most scotch is one thing that is to blame here
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2012 12:13 (twelve years ago) link
Scotch is best neat or with only a tiny splash of water in most cases, though. If I'm going to drink bourbon straight, I usually throw an ice cube in.
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:19 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i never put ice in bourbon pretty much (unless it's an old fashioned obv) so i get used to the higher abv
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:31 (twelve years ago) link
i like both scotch and bourbon but prefer bourbon. And i dont think it has to do with any relative sweetness, because i dont have a sweet tooth at all.
― You're a notch, I'm a legend (Bill Magill), Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:33 (twelve years ago) link
or doesn't have any teeth at all...
― Mark G, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
Operative word being "relative" sweetness. With bourbon you get hints of caramel. WIth scotch you get hints of, dunno, dirt, I guess. More vegetal vs. spice.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:50 (twelve years ago) link
i mean this all comes down to personal palates but i've had sherried scotches (balvenie doublewood, glenfarclas 12) that seem so sweet to me!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
I have a bottle of rum barrel-aged scotch stashed at a friend's place that is pretty good but not all that sweet, comparatively
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:00 (twelve years ago) link
buzza otm, thats why i don't really enjoy drinking something like makers mark str8 up, its got that cloying aftertaste
― am0n, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
makers is kind of...not great though
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
makers is the attempted platonic ideal of "bourbon." no one is going to say it's the best, no one will say it's the worst, no real complaints from serving it, and it meets all definitions of a reasonable product
― mh, Thursday, 15 March 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
also available most places and not embarrassing to shout for across a noisy bar
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:00 (twelve years ago) link
it's also in the $ sweet spot, too. it's not swilly, but it's not something you're gonna get docked for financially. kind of the '90s RHCPs of bar drinks
― aka vanilla bean (remy bean), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
bottled by anthony kiedis
― am0n, Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:14 (twelve years ago) link
sealed with a waxy flea kiss
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:17 (twelve years ago) link
served in a sock.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
Triple sock filtered.
― nickn, Thursday, 15 March 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
tried the bulleit rye 95 - pretty sweet tbh
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
sweet sweet?
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:34 (twelve years ago) link
sweet sweet
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
i often find cognacs a bit sweet
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
scotch prices in america are alas far more reasonable than those of fancy non-EU liquors here, else i would try more
― The term “hipster racism” from Carmen Van Kerckhove at Racialicious (nakhchivan), Sunday, 18 March 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Has anyone else been following the ongoing Buffalo Trace insanity, not just the Van Winkle stuff but the so-called "Antique Collection" as well? Prices have gone utterly bonkers.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, I think it'll sort itself out in the same way Lagavulin did - it gets talked up in a lot of circles, novices seek it out as collection worthy or a name thing, price makes the former core audience move to other comparable products, prices level back out.
Unfortunate that a product with a 4 to 23 year production cycle is so fundamentally ill equipped to ride out supply/demand cycles.
― I DIED, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 18:46 (twelve years ago) link
to be fair to them, whiskey production has ramped up in the last few years since the trend was anticipated, but demand for bourbon in 2012 is still outstripping the supply
― mh, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 19:02 (twelve years ago) link