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Jack isn't that great and the honey variant is far too sweet. Next time grab some knob

>>11152113
That stuff needs to be chilled. Either that or cut 1:1 with straight whiskey.

>>11152144
they keep it at room temperature for tasting at the distillery, if you chill it the flavor gets subdued.
Which is fine if you don't like the taste, but why drink it anyway if that's the case?

>>11152113
I mean, you can chill it. Whiskey is best the way you like to drink it, regardless of what you put in it or how you drink it. It isn't like standard jack is particularly nuanced anyways.

>>11152130
>grab some knob

ha

>>11152113
Syrupy sweet garbage.
Give it to a girl. Do not drink it yourself.

I never tried honey jack, but I'll give you my advice for all whiskeys/ bourbons. Put it on ice and sip it. It's okay to water down your alcohol slightly. Not beer, of course.

I love that whisky burn when I'm taking shots, but drinking it on ice allowed me to truly appreciate the flavor.

>>11152113
>Don't worry I'm not stupid enough to chill it
That stuff is good cold, shots. Big chug of honey, no burn.

I can't imagine anyone would sip that or use it in a recipe. Maybe some kind sweet tea thing, but not much else.

>>11152216
Because you're not drinking it for the quality.

Stuff is really sweet and in my humble opinion tastes better chilled.

Im like 1.5 hours away from JD, and its strange their black label is better than any of their premium offerings.

>>11152113
Gonna be real sweet. Try mixing it with some lemon or some shit

>>11152113
Maple syrup and honey. Every Jack offering is going to be maple syrup plus whatever gimmick they have for that bottle.

>>11152113
It's going to taste like whiskey, but for faggots

>honey jack
>whiskey
That is not a whiskey
That is a whiskey liqueur.

If you've never had whiskey before then try a standard entry level one, not some flavored stuff.
Jim Beam white label, Evan Williams black label, Old Forester 86, Wild Turkey 81, Dewar's 12, Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12, Jameson, Bushmill's, Crown Royal, Johnnie Walker Black,or actual Jack Daniel's

any of those will be a decent introduction to whiskey.

Paying the premium for Jack is retarded, I used to do that in my 20s. Now Evan Williams is my go to

>>11152113
bought this and haven't gone back to jack/jim bean since
highly recommend it op

>>11152113
whiskey is for plebs.
drink rum.

>>11152113
This is the only Jack I enjoy. Good choice OP.

>>11152113
>I'm not stupid enough to chill it
Well you were stupid enough to buy it.

>>11152113
>Don't worry I'm not stupid enough to chill it

No but you are stupid enough to think that's the kind of whiskey people drink neat.

>>11153807
based bulleitposter

try the rye too if you haven't

>>11152113
Idk, I love Tennessee honey. It introduced me to whiskey. I need to get a bottle one of these days.

>>11153811
Any suggestions for good, sweet rum? Preferably with some brown sugar flavor.

The only rum i've tried was The Kraken black spiced rum, recently. I loved how sweet and smooth it tasted but i'm guessing sweet rums are frowned upon?

>>11154845
best to get a clear rum and mix it with fruit juice.

>>11154020
>No but you are stupid enough to think that's the kind of whiskey people drink neat.

The only way to properly consume Tennessee Honey is with Mountain Dew.
https://youtu.be/HneO4tT-Yy4?t=579

>>11154845
Gosling's Black Seal rum. It's amazing quality, especially for the price.

Is this the current whisky thread?
I'm at an airport and have time to kill and the only stuff at te duty free that's actually cheaper than in the supermarket is "Jura the road".
If I like Laphroaig, sould I go for it, or is it crap?

>>11154852
who the fuck is that?

>>11152113
You were stupid enough to buy it.

>>11152812
Haha

>>11153807
This.

Legendary stuff. It has even overthrown Gibson and Jameson for me.

>>11154819
yeah ive been thinking about trying it
whats the difference

Honey Whiskey is fireball tier hot garbage

Buy an actual whiskey, I won't even give examples because anything is probably better than this shit.

>tfw love the taste of whiskey and love the buzz off it but whenever i have it or any alcohol i spend the next day in convulsions in the hospital until they pump me full of benzos

thanks alcoholic parents.

>>11156249
Yeah no, your alcoholic parents are not causing this. Go see a doctor, retard.

>>11156163
Rye whiskey is made with mostly rye. Bourbon is mostly corn.

>>11152113
>so I decided to pick up some Honey Jack
It's pretty bad desu

>>11156351
If he was in the hospital being pumped full of benzos then I'm guessing he did see a doctor, double retard.

>>11156249
are you drinking copious amounts or something

a desire to vomit. it's way too syrupy

>>11152216
that's an excellent question

>>11152130
While jack is popular, that doesnt make it bad at all. It has a very nice distinctive flavor.

>>11154845
Best spiced rum is Rumbullion. If youre in UK its easy to find and definitely worth the money.

>>11156597
there's no good reason to get jack when evan williams is considerably cheaper

>>11156438
"Seeing a doctor" refers to making an appointment, making good on that appointment, and consulting a doctor as to any ailments you have had, past or present, triple retard.

>>11152113
>Whisky

That clearly says honey liqueur Anon. Drink real whisky. Like at least some Evan Williams Single Barrel or Makers or something.

>>11156644
evan williams doesn't taste terrible but it gives me a nasty headache the next morning. I'd much rather just spend the extra $5-10 on WT101 and avoid the hangover.

>>11152113
>want to try whiskey
>pick up honey jack
You already fucked up son.

>>11152716
Most people buy JD for the brand anyway. I feel like their marketing is just trying to convince yuppies that blue collar stooges drink JD so its manly.

>>11155247
>The King of concoctions
KCJFS

>>11152130
>grab some knob
hue hue hue
>>11156597
Jack is for people that want to say they drink whiskey and don't want to put any effort into enjoying it. Whether you want Bourbon, rye, Scotch, etc. there is always a better, similarly priced alternative than Jack.
>>11152113
See above. Also Honey Jack is not whiskey.
>Don't worry I'm not stupid enough to chill it
But you're stupid enough to buy it. 750ml Bulleit or Wild Turkey 101 both cost the same as Honey Jack at my local store and are miles better.
And no, don't chill it. You can do an ice cube if you're a pussy. A splash of water improves most whiskey quite a bit, better flavor and smoother. Or just neat if you want to think you're more original.

>>11158735
Pretty much. Wich would be fine if it wasn't over $25 a fifth.

>>11154845
This rum has nice molasses and vanilla tastes to it. its very smooth but not spiced like kraken :)

great entry level whiskey for me:
jameson
bushmils
tullamore

a little bit pricier:
monkey shoulder
black label jw

top tier midcard-higher level:
everything from old pulteney, absolutely love it
highland park 12
connemara if you like something with more earthy peaty flavor but not going hardcore on smoke and challenge in taste
rebreast

bourbons, if it is your cup of tea:
nothing fancy and good are bulleit straight, four rouses single barrel, buffalo trace

if you wanna be all fancy about bourbon, go with angels envy. But for me, I don't see much of a change. Bourbon on itself is harsher, sweetier and more primitive, and angels envy just wants to be a good scotch so bad it is actually kind of funny.

also, jack daniels is shitty, don't go that way, especialy with these laughable honey wierdo blends.

>>11155135
it's not crap, but laphroaig is better.

>>11153811
>never had a good sip of actually good whiskey

Is Maker's Mark considered a good whiskey? I ask because I saw some in the supermarket the other day (I live in Bongland), and I wasn't aware that they sold it over here until now. Might pick some up.

>>11161190
Yes, it pretty much started the premium whiskey craze. Uses winter wheat so it's smooth

>>11161190
it's pretty good.

Personally my favorite whiskey is Jim Beam, it's better than Jack Daniels, way cheaper, and doesn't make you look like a fag.

Mix it with coke

Your welcome

>>11161190
its sub-average. old ezra is better in the 'cheapo american whiskey category'.

all irish whiskies are better

>>11152113
Ovius bate iz ovius

this is the god king of whiskeys

>>11152113
the wild turkey honey is better, if you must drink honey infused "whiskey." But the truth is you're not really trying whiskey, you're trying girly sweet crap.

>>11161775
>Irish Whisky
>Better than anything
Oh my sweet summerchild.

>>11162106

yeah i don't see anyone adding honey or cinnamon or fucking green apple syrup to irish whiskies to make them palatable. american whiskies are nasty and acidic. all you have to add to irish whisky is ice/water.

every other form of liquor has only meme-grade expensive bottles. tequila, gin, american whiskey, vodka, rum, etc etc, an expensive bottle of any of these is silly crap for poor people to feel fancy.

but a 500 dollar bottle of a top shelf irish whiskey is not a meme at all, and it wouldn't get you made fun of in a drawing room.

>>11152113
its my favorite but people hate it, its not wiskey though it more like liquior

>>11162140
You don't see people using Irish whiskey in cocktails? But they do. Often. Not just Irish coffee, either.

>>11152130
> grab some knob
lel

I can't tell anymore if I feel anything our not. maybe I will drink soda for a couple hours.

>>11152113
Jack is pretty bottom tier whiskey

I used to have a roommate that would casually drain a fifth of JD honey throughout the day, every day of the week.

>>11156631
Not sure if i'm looking for spiced rum, though. Not really all that familiar with rum yet but i'm just looking for something smooth and sweet.

>>11160489
That kinda sounds like what i'm looking for. Thanks! Will try it out.

Is there a "premium" version of rum? Like how you have the single malts of scotch and the single-barrel versions of bourbon

>>11162140
Start your damage control now, bitch.

>>11163788
No. There's a few well-respected brands that charge a higher price per bottle and a few micro-distilleries that claim to be a higher quality product with no additives. You're unlikely to ever see a 25 year old bottle of single-barrel Caribbean rum because it would be prohibitively expensive. Three quarters of every barrel would be lost to evaporation. If you buy a bottle of rum with a number on it, it may only have a few drops of rum that old included in the blend.

I tried this as my first Jack while looking for a replacement for Crown Royal Honey. Why does this taste so much like the ashes from a firepit? I didn't finish the bottle. I feel like it might go good in a barbecue sauce, but it may end up just going down the drain instead.

>>11161190
I like Maker's. Don't usually drink Bourbons, but that one goes down just fine.

>>11163823
That's spiced scotch. Not Irish Whiskey. Hell, it even says so on the bottle.

>>11154845
Centenario from Costa Rica always seemed to be a bit sweeter than the other Central American rums, all of which I enjoy (Flor de Cana from Nicaragua and Ron Zacapa from Guatemala).

>>11155485
>Legendary stuff. It has even overthrown Gibson and Jameson for me.
This might be the dumbest shit I've ever read.
You fucking alcoholics don't even try shit past Old Crow so who are you to say that MGP swill like Bulliet is "legendary?" The hypocrisy of fucks like you is annoying.

>>11161190
Maker's Mark is literally one of the worst wheated mashbill bourbons on the market next to some godawful craft shit.
>>11161197
>it uses winter wheat so its smooth
Go back to facebook retard.
>>11161884
Only decent whisky posted in this thread so far.

Just drink it and see if you like it. Whiskey attracts a lot of "I only like my brands so nothing else is good" retards. Just buy whatever and once you start getting into it, buy more expensive stuff. Don't be afraid to branch out into different countries whiskey. I'm fond of Japanese and Scottish stuff.

>>11164426
>implying that MGP means bad by default
Fuck off, you try hard mark

Lets say I want to drink some strong alcohol alone while browsing 4chan and watching youtube videos on a thursday night. What type would you suggest?

>>11152113
Honestly it’s gonna be good if you get a cold, add it to hot tea.

>>11152113
what are you in for? disappointment

>>11152305
this. at least you can fuck her when she's passed out drunk and then she has to deal with The Hangover instead of you

>>11164252
There's quite a few liqueurs based on Irish whiskey, as well. The argument that a type of whiskey is bad because it's used to make liqueurs doesn't hold up.

What are your thoughts on this? And why did it make me sick?

>>11166017
I met my wife at a music festival, I was chilling out on a grassy hill sipping jager on ice watching The Killers perform.
She came and sat down next to me and I offered her a sip, she liked it

great rye for both mixing and straight drinking

>>11166017
You overdid it. Jaeger has one of the hardest thickest hangover syndromes if you go overboard.
And when it's cold and goes with fruit it is really fucking easy to overdo it, but it's syrupie sweet grassy thickness makes morning so much worse

>buy whiskey
>just smell them and never drink them

what's wrong with me

>>11161197
>winter wheat
Bourbon is 100% corn.

>>11167758
No bourbon has to be at least 51% corn.

>>11167758
Fuck off you idiot

>>11161884
It goes to shit once you add water

>>11167856
like almost every bourbon. But as far as bourbons go, it's one of the best and you don't have to pay a fortune for it.
That said
scotch>bourbon>>>>>tenessee stuff

>>11168042
Jd is not near as bad as it's memed up to be. But I get it, it's cool not to like popular things, it's just another form of virtue signaling. Single barrel jack gets good when you add water, it's the exact opposite of 4 roses.

>>11168064
That's not what virtue signalling is. Virtue signalling is treating ethics as a prestige product. Expensive whiskey is literally a prestige product.

>>11168064
>>11168076
Anyone who uses "virtue signaling" as an insult can be safely ignored in this day and age, it's basically a red flag that they learned about the adult world from Joe Rogan

>>11165202
It is when its not from Smooth Ambler or High West because those distilleries actually know how to pick good barrels and don't just make boring trash. Bulliet is bottom shelf garbage and even then every Weller is far better at MSRP then Bulliet is. Hell the stuff is even made at Four Roses which makes a far better product then Bulliet so why are you a cheap fuck when FR Small Batch is 100x times better?
>>11166371
From what I hear some of the newer batches have been disappointing but the last bottle i had last year was pretty damn good, still got a bottle of cask strength lot 40 bunkered away too.
>>11168064
JD is literally only woodsmoke, bananas and burnt corn, even Dickel is better then JD and that's not saying much.
Their barrel proof is okay but compared to every other producer's barrel proof its weak as hell.

>>11152113
If you want honey, drink mead or cyser

>>11152113
>I'm not stupid enough to chill it.
No, but you are stupid enough to buy flavored whiskey.
>Hey /ck/, I'm eating pizza for the first time ever and I got BBQ chicken flavor. Don't worry, it's not cold.

>>11161134
>jameson
don't know why this has a bad rep. been drinking it for years, love it for the price.

>>11168095
Not him but FRSB is 80$ where I am, where as bulleit is $40-50.Only comparable flavour profile in similar price range available is wt101, and thats 55-65ish depending on sales so that puts things in perspective. I think bulleit is a great bottom shelf, atleast where I am, and will happily recommend it to others in my locality until other things become more available/affordable.

>>11152113
It's pretty tasty. Unless you're a whiskey autist I guess. Great for someone who never drank whiskey before.

>>11168377
It's not whiskey, though.

>>11168382
I guess it's a mix with liqueur. You'd still end up mixing whiskeys with something. I don't see someone without a taste for whiskeys drinking them straight.

>>11168360
that's the point. It's super affordable and a quality product at the same time. Sure, It's nothing complex or sophisticated, nothing fancy, but it's easy and has nice simple vanilla caramel notes. Sure as shit beats red label and other similar budget stuff

can someone recommend some entry level islay peaty and/or smokey whiskey?
I want to try something more complex and rich than your standart candy monkey shoulders and black labels, but not go full hardcore laphroaig from the get go.

>>11168631
Glenfiddich is decent for the price. Peaty taste and smooth af

>>11168631
Tomatin or glenmorangie

>>11154845
Bit late to this party but if you want to start getting into some high quality sipping rums these would be my choices

Plantation Grand Reserve 5 year ($20-$25)

Plantation Original Dark ($20-$25)

Ron Zacaoa Sistema Solera 23 ($35-$45)

St.George's Aqua Libre (fucking unobtainable but amazing)

Plantation Grand Terroir Jamaica 2002 ($35)

Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva ($45)

anything off this list would be a good introduction to sipping rums, especially the cheaper Plantations, amazing quality for what you pay

Honey jack is so sweet it makes me gag. Dont know how people can like that shit

Where is my Al/ck/ General?

>>11163889
It's JDs natural smoky flavor that comes from their barrels and filtering process. You can cut it with some water or even cola to make it more accessible.

>>11164947
Underrated post. Just got into Japanese whiskies myself and I've been enjoying them more than America's domestic choices.

>>11167720
It's a developed taste. You should drink a little bit at a time and cut it with water, each time using less water. Your taste buds will adjust, then you'll be able to enjoy your sniff and whiff and the drink itself.

>>11165237
Probably vodka mixed with something. It has the same alcohol content as most whiskey, but it's more versatile and can be hidden easily if that's your thing. I recommend a vodka sprite with some added gin and lemon juice. I had it recently at a party and drank about three mason jars worth and I got got pretty wasted.