/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>12452439

Depends on the blended, depends on the single malt. There's probably a million whiskeys world wide, so it's a pretty stupid question tbhfam

>>12452439
Youre the one making up facts, you tell us

>>12452444
>so it's a pretty stupid question tbhfam
It's not a stupid question since it's the public opinion single malt is better than blended.

>>12452439
Blended is better. It's been taste tested and tweaked for a consistent brand flavor or for what was missing.
If they manage to make the damn thing without blending and it came out delicious it's a rare thing that is a miracle. Let's pay more for that. So to answer your question, many people think single malt is better because it costs more. Adulterating something natural at the end seems like tainting it, but it's just standard practice. A little bit of the old aged stuff from that 30+ barrel does add good smoothness right at the end.

Shop your own palate, and not the label. If drinking whisky is some religious experience for you, and you want to think of the miraculousness and skill of a producer to have made something perfect 12 years ago, buy what you want. There are more expensive past times than $15 servings of alcohol as you decant that zomg $150 bottle at home. Big whoop, it's the same price some bars will charge for a glass of well swill. It's all relative. Enjoy your life!

I'm actually a fan of Jameson a lot of the time, minus the smoke, minus the peat, plus the sherry and wood sugar smoothness, tyvm, It's delicious aged 12-18 or more!

>>12452450

Public opinion can duck my fucking cock. Just to break it down, since you seem to struggle with simple concepts: some single malts are cheap and bad. Some blended whiskey is not cheap and not bad.

In general, expensive whiskey is better than cheap whiskey. Blended/single malt is a matter of personal choice.

>>12452439
Generally blended is made to be smooth and easy drinking. Good if thats what you want. Single malt is generally made to display specific flavors like peat or smoke or honey or whatever. Good if you like subtle nuances or just analyzing flavors. There are obvious exceptions to the rule.

>>12452444
This. It entirely depends on the quality involved with the blend and the single malt being talked about. In my opinion there are a lot worse blends then single malts but lately the number of craft single malts coming around has skewed this argument a lot.

Also >>12452460 what most people don't get is that "single malt" is almost always a vatting of barrels that were made at the distillery and may have differing profiles based on the distillation run, yeast affect on the wash and the specific cask used. Unless it's a single cask then it follows that argument, however single casks are always monitored until they get to a desired profile that the distillery manager likes.
Also smoothness is a buzzword that means nothing. Adding a 30 year old barrel in the mix that's still rough won't change the mouthfeel of the blend, especially if it's just a teaspoon which most distilleries do that claim that a $30 blend contains some 25 year old whisky. Look at JW Blue Label, that shit isn't smooth at all when it basically tastes like burnt cereal.

If you want to be able to get the full picture of the differences from single malts from different regions of Scotland then go for single malts. There is nothing wrong with blended malts however single malts will show you the true characteristics of that region. With blended malts the distilleries will try and be consistent year on year with what they are producing.

>>12452439
>flooding the food board with liquor threads

>>12454434

Liquor threads are still /ck/ material as long as we keep the alcoholics out and just talk about them the same way we'd talk about any other beverage.

>>12454434
Would you prefer another six Jollibee threads instead?

Whiskey is Reddit alcohol

>>12454837
>Calling whiskey reddit tier
Anon, you need to leave /ck/. Not kindly leave but jump out of a burning building on the 12th floor and land through a glass ceiling leave.

>>12454837

Things don't become bad just because people we don't like think they're good.

>>12454837

I'd slap the stupid out of you but there are more pressing matters to attend too.

>>12454837

For me, it's anything but Talisker 10, which tastes like typhus-infected rat vomit.

>>12455238

Considering Talisker is a partilarly islay-esque whisky, trying to talk shit about it like that is actually kind of an endorsement. Laphroaig has an entire ad campaign about how bad people describe the taste.


And besides that, how have you become so upset over one guy's repeated opinion that you feel the need to attack him on a Tibetan programming forum with no identities?

>>12452439
Isn't all Japanese Whisky really just mostly transplanted scotch re-barrelled in Japan?

>>12452450
The public at large is fucking retarded.

>>12455922
t. Alex Jones fan

>>12452460
Jameson is beautifull, soft, fruity, deliciousness. Because it is young and mass produced it is snubbed.
I have gone full circle on whisky and after many years dont spend nearly as much as I used to and now appreciate the "generic" stuff much more and leave the rare and expensive chasing to the others.

I will also smash a Johnnie Walker black without hesitation, on sale the value for money is impossible to beat.

>>12455337
>Talisker is a partilarly islay-esque

>>12455922
Yes, also the entire industry is run by Japanese organized crime. So I don't know why people are surprised when they realize their "Japanese" scotch is brought in bulk and re-barrelled in Japan. Fucking weebs.

>>12452439
I prefer grain scotch (not made from 100% barley)

>>12452460
What a load of shit. "Smooth" is probably the worst possible word you could use to describe whisky as it basically equates to "bland".
You honestly sound like the sort of person who doesn't really like whisky, but likes to be seen drinking it.

>>12452450
Well public opinion is that the holocaust happened as well

>bought a handle of Black Velvet
>Drank over half tonight
>Still not drunk enough
I need to just skip drinking and jump to the bigg addiction drugs.

>>12457198
Try combining your alcohol with benzodiazepines. 10mg of Xanax with a fifth of whiskey would be a good start. Don't forget to have some speed handy in case you start nodding.

>>12457063

Particularly*

I know it's geographically closer to being a Highland, but it still has most of the characteristics of an islay more than it does any other region.
Try it beside Lagavulin 16 and you'll notice the similarities.

For me, it's Talisker 10

>>12454434
Good Morning Abdul

>>12457193
Makes sense

>>12455236
>When the mup da doo po mo gub bidda be dat tum mufugn bix nood cof bin dub ho muhfugga
Fuck off nigger, this is an english speaking board.

>>12457445
FYI islands are their own region, with Islay being its own one within that. I know what you mean though, it does have a touch of smoke to it the islay ones. I just wish they wouldn't chill filter it and add e150. I had an independent bottling which was only 6 years old, but it was so much better than the stuff in the standard range.

>>12452460
This has always been my intuition. Single malt, especially single cask just is what it is, blended means there's a plan and a goal and expertise needed to execute it. I think snobbery in any field is asinine, so my whiskey culture exposure is minimal.

>>12455337
>$0.005 cents have been deposited into your account, Sanjeep!

>>12457080
My nigga. It doesn't have that single malt palette of flavours, but grain whiskey is absurdly underrated.

>>12457453
Based and Islandpilled.

What scotch do you think would make for the tastiest rusty nail?

>>12452439
depends what you want to do with it. I prefer to use blended whiskey when making cocktails because the flavors tends to be more robust and consistent. It holds up better when mixed with other ingredients. high-end single malts are more subtle and more appropriate for drinking neat.

>>12452460
Single malt IS blended. It does not mean the same thing as single cask. You have no idea what you are talking about.
Single malt just means:
>it came out of a single distillery
>it only uses malted barley
That's it. Even a scotch with an age statement (like 12 year) just means that the youngest whisky in the blend cannot be any younger than the year on the bottle. That means a 12 year might contain some 15 year and so on. In other words, the age statement is a minimum age requirement.
Even if you had a single malt whisky that was 99% 18 years old, if you added one drop of 12 year to it, it legally becomes a 12 year single malt whisky. Further, if you were to add whisky from another distillery down the road, then it would become a blended malt whisky.

>>12452439
For the most part, but this is probably because of all cheap swill bottom shelf blend that exists

>>12457063
It is from the Isle of Skye and not Islay, I believe

>>12455922
No, but there are a bunch of opportunists doing exactly that due to current outrageous prices for genuine Nip whisky.

>>12460869

Is it nicer than Jamesons?

Story time /CK/
>me, visiting my cousin in Philly to meet her fiancé for the first time
>cousin went to uni at St Andrews
>She met this guy there. Nice dude.
>me and the guy get to talking about whisk(e)y
>cousin overheard us and she chimes in
>Willis, give him some of that stuff your grandfather gave you
>Willis shoots his wife, my cousin, a look like “I’m not sure if I should divorce you or throw you out the window”
>turns out the guy’s grandfather is an official blender for several of Scotland’s distilleries.
>they hire his grandfather to travel around and find scotches to buy for blending
>guy goes to some random farm in the highlands
>I hear you have nice scotch please allow me to sample it and if it’s nice I’ll buy a quantity for Johnnie Walker
>farmer pours him a sip
>tears form in his eyes. It’s the best scotch he’s ever tasted.
>it’s the only scotch, after tasting millions of scotches over a 30
Year career, that in his opinion was too perfect to be blended
>buys the entire quantity from the farmer. Just one barrel, and only about half of it remained.
>gives a small bit to his grandson on the occasion of his wedding.
>literally gave him the finest scotch on earth
>it
>was
>delicious

>>12462045
my piss is nicer than jamesons

>>12462093
Make me a Jack and Coke with that shit lol

>>12457069
t. Industry detective

>>12457584
ACTUALLY islands are a subset of the highland region of you ask the official scotch whisky something society council illuminati

>>12462274
Symptom of not having sex because ur mum coughed up my piss after i brutally buttfucked her

This is great

>>12463508
Based and Oakpilled

>>12463508
When you get a good batch, yes.

>>12463508
too oaky, you would have been correct if you said the rye or the batch proof

Taiwanese whiskey is the patrician's choice

>>12452439
>a lot of people think [this]
That is true
>single malt is better than blended
That depends on the whiskey in question. An inconsistent, or just generally awful single malt is going to be worse than a blend that's carefully matched for a consistent high quality. Singles tend to be held in higher regard due to the increased difficulty of making a consistently good product, and actually are ultimately more "characteristic" when they're treated with the same care as blends. My preferred Scotches are single malts, but I also like cheap Johnnie Walker and Jameson.

>>12455337
>>12457445
>>12457453

These faglords have ruined an otherwise decent drink.

Anyone got that whisky compass floating about?

>>12452439
Imo a lot of the time yes. Famous grouse, Bell's, Claymore and Whyte & Mackay are all pretty grim. The absolute worst is this though. I would honestly rather even have high commissioner.

>>12452444
If you went to school you'd know there is no such thing as a stupid question.

>>12452439
No.
There are great varieties of both. Same thing with bourbons and same thing for ryes. The 'single malt only people" suffer from the same plebeian mindset as the "I only drink 'white'/'red' wine folks — they haven't tried a lot of different varieties and think their limited understanding should guide them to excluding whole realms of greatly varied beverages.

There are some good resources on both Facebook and BA if you want to get into trying some good Single malts or Blended .

Good luck!

>>12467094

If you'd been to a decent school you'd know there was. But I bet you're proud of your participation trophies anyway, you millennial snowflake piece of shit.

>>12467190
Decent schools do not demean people from wanting to learn. Begone.

>>12467199
BASED
@12467190

Crinfe

>>12466317
If me liking a brand makes it awful, I do pity you

>>12457453
This is a bad tasting whiskey.

>>12467905
What a faggy limpdicked response. Fuck off back to le Reddit.

>>12462093
jej fuck your cousin

>>12452439
To the anon in the last Bourbon thread that advised me on Blanton's Gold:

Finally tried buffalo trace. Holeee shieet, so you're saying that blanton's gold is even sweeter than this?
I might have to reconsider going out of my way to get that bottle.

>>12452439

Is finding Hibiki even possible without using internet, I remember searching for it in Tokyo and it was sold out everywhere, all versions.

>>12468328
They sell Hibiki in Savmart...

>>12462045
i think so, but jameson isn't bad at all

>>12452439

single malt is a joke
tastes rough
always

>>12468610

Don't drink it without water you stupid fucking yank.

>>12468637
>in Europe, watering down drinks is encouraged

Thoughts on aberlour 12?

>>12468664
>1 or 2 drops is considered "watering down"
save the hyperbole for reddit kiddo

>>12468301
Blanton’s overpriced

Neat is the only correct way to drink whisky.

>>12468664

Water releases the flavours of the drink you ignorant fucking puppy. If you drink single malt without a couple of drops of water then you are doing it wrong. If you want to be properly superior and insufferable about it (and I know you do you fucking cunt) then insist that the water be from the same spring the distillery uses.

Fuck these kids and their know-nothing bullshit.

>>12452439
What is the opinion of this? Is it safe to drink? There was a scuffle a couple of years ago, saying it was toxic due to propylene glycol contents.

>>12469641
Also not sure if it can be called a whiskey, tastes like too sweet, like liquor.

>>12469641
It's fucking garbage but hey, you do you.

>>12467920
its not whiskey
its whisky

>>12454613
we need to al/ck/ie containment thread and support group back.

>>12455234
like drinking whiskey and taking selfies for reddit haha

>>12452439
Man, that Taketsuru is pretty fucking good.
Just finished a bottle of Hibiki too, a little over priced

>>12469951
>takes selfie of fucking ur bum for reddit

Say hi to r/ButtFucks! *sips whisky*

>>12469630
>a couple drops of pure water in a glass of 40% alcohol (but mostly water) unlocks flavor
How many points do I have to put into what class to have this bullshit ability, alcoholic fantasy roleplayers?

the most "drinkable" whiskey i ever drunk was in thailand, some cheap shit i bought in a store.
I fucking want it goddamn it I could chug that shit and it tasted great.
I'm tired of only having a glass after work

>>12454382
Regional terroir doesn’t exist for scotch, the only difference will be on the basis of the still shape affecting the distillate character. Most distilleries use the same source for malted barley and warehouse their whisky in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, etc. so they’re almost always very similar. A Speyside like Benriach that’s peated can be easily mistaken for a Springbank or even a Ledaig even by experienced whisky drinkers. Only very few single malts carry distinct profiles across many different releases but that’s more prevelant with Islay whiskies that use their own peat bogs and systems that shape the smoke profile to be more medicinal, campfire, meaty, salty, etc. Whisky regions in general are purely geographic and aren’t a good indicator of style across an entire region given the changes in the industry where some Islay makers do unpeated whisky that could taste like a Lowland and some Lowlands could peat their whisky to taste like an Islay.
If you want an idea of provenance in Whisky look into Waterford in Ireland as they’re actually trying to experiment with crop and season differences with barley as well as yeast interactions and barreling.

>>12456809
That’s literally not a conspiracy though. Most Nikka blends have a shit ton of malt whisky from Ben Nevis since Nikka owns the distillery and it’s stocks. Their Black blend also mostly uses Clynelish, Lagavulin and Ben Nevis.

>>12465660
Kavalan is overpriced and overrated, even more so then Yamazaki.

>>12469641
It's fine, just take it for what it is and don't chug straight it like some college dumbass. It's pretty tasty in a cup of coffee or a pint of Octoberfest. Definitely not the worst liquer out there.

>>12470661
>fireball
>in a pint of Festbier

I'll try it, but my nazi ancestors are screaming at you from their unmarked graves.

>>12452439
What are some decent whiskey glasses? I've seen a few people here order some nice ones. I've gotten to the point where I always have a backup handle of vodka on hand so I can finally start making a nice whiskey collection without having to worry about drinking an entire bottle in a night.

>>12468301
Am that anon, had both a few days ago and yes I can confirm Blantons gold is still sweeter by a large margin

/ck/ recommend me something that tastes like butterscotch.

>>12460869
protestant whiskey

>>12452439
blended is typically more balanced, imo
but if it's a good whiskey blended with shit, then fuck that noise.

depends on the consistency of the distiller.

>>12470845
butterscotch

>>12470845
DeKyuper's buttershots

>>12452439
one of my good recent finds is a single

>>12452439

As a general rule blended alcohol is of inferior quality. Blended wines, blended scotch etc. Tends to give stronger hangovers etc. for the diversity of chemicals the liver has to deal with.

Blends tend to be blends of cheap stuff with slightly better stuff. Therefore single malts are better/more expensive.

>>12470845
Monkey Shoulder or Dalwhinnie 15
>>12471791
Based
>>12472109
I'd prefer to buy almost any 200$ bottle of single malt scotch over Blue label. Not that blue label is bad but it is not worth the price at all

Laphroaig quarter cask is godly if you're a campfire level of peat-fag like me. Octomore is on a whole 'nother level.

>>12470642
>Waterford in Ireland
Seems like the Noma of whisky distilleries.
(in a good way)

>>12472459
>Octomore
Absolutely based, it's expensive but I haven't regretted it at all. It really is unlike any other peat monster I've ever had

>>12472459
Love Laphroaig Quarter Cask. One of the very few I will always have in the house.

I found Jack Daniel's on sale today. Actually never had the stuff before.
It's terrible. I can't even have this in my coffee. I went out and bought some cola to see if it worked as a mix with that and I guess it's passable, but I believe I'll just gift the bottle to someone with no taste. It is a nice bottle, though. I wonder if this piss only sells because of that.

>>12472553
>>12472459
>>12472554
Do you smokehounds drink your peated peats during the warmer months wherever you are?
I live in a tropical country and, though I'm intrigued by peaty scotch, I'm more than a little put off by it in this humid heat, AC or no it makes little difference.
It feels to me that it would be a better drink around a cozy fire with a cold rain or snow or fog or some shit outside the window.

>>12469641
>cinnimon whisky

fuckin disgusting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>12472621
Absolutely. Peated scotch obviously go well with the cooler days but for me, no matter how the weather is, drinking peated stuff always makes me feel like I'm in that relaxed state like I would be in front of a camp fire minus the heat. I do drink the fruity or sherry whiskies too and I do like them but nothing really does compare to pouring out some Octomore, Laphroaig, Lagavulin, Ardbeg or Talisker or any other peaty scotches, recently found Caol Ila and gonna get a bottle asap.

I live in a tropical country where we are going through some heatwaves but still had to replace my Talisker and Laphroaig recently

>>12472621
It definitely is better suited for cold weather, yeah, but I drink it all year.