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>>13032877
Literally babies first islay.
Doesnt tast particularly good. Never been a fan of peat (meme) heavy scotch. If you enjoy that particular whisky I'd reccomend the ardbeg corryvreckan. Haven't had it in several years but I found it a bit more tolerable than the laphroaig 10

>>13032907
I've had Ardbeg Uigeadail and Lagavulin 16. They're at the same level but twice as expensive

>>13032877
I liked jwb but not glenlivit, will I like this?

>>13032927
Islay whiskies are completely different from those two. Much more smoke

>>13032920
You truly are god amongst tastelets. Definitely stick to laphroaig bud. The QC might also be a good one for you. Not complete garbage. Very smoky for your dead tastebuds. Maybe get your hands on some bowmore if u can find it.

>>13032933
like, natural smoke taste or tire smoke because the glenlivit mini bottle i had tasted like rubber tire smoke

>>13032907
>Never been a fan of peat
Thank you for letting us know early on that your post and opinion can be safely discarded.

>>13032877
I love it. I like the Quarter Cask a little better, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouGLEtapOX8

>>13032877
yeah I think that was the first scotch I ever had. It was great

>>13032942
Leave r/scotch, this is a discussion for grownups

I've had 3 bottles of this. But I started with Laphraoigh quarter cask.

>>13033073
How's the Macallan?

>>13032948
No, he's right. If you don't like heavy peat to begin with, you're in no position to have a meaningful opinion of a peated whisky.

does anyone have a light whiskey cocktail they could recommend?

for me, it's the rusty nail.
but it's 35 degrees here and I need something lighter

>>13033276
Can't go wrong with a whiskey and soda in hot weather, as long as it's cheap whiskey.

>>13032907
>Never been a fan of peat (meme)
Ah yes, the classic "thing I don't like is a meme that nobody else actually likes and is just pretending to because there is no way somebody could like something I don't" meme.

I hate you.

>>13032907
Stick to bourbon you soft cunt

>>13032938
Pour half a cup of water into an ashtray and drink.

>>13033168

the worst 230 bucks I ever spent. NEVER buy Macallan. Buy a German Brandy if you want to taste that shit.

Laphroaig NAS taste like ass and have zero finish/aftertaste. Change my mind? 10y/o is perfectly fine.

>>13032920

Ardbeg is more peppery, Lagavulin 16 is leathery. And any asshole who says "meme" when talking about whisky should be taken out behind the garage and have a shovel hammered across his throat. and buried there.

>>13032938
glenlivet make like 6 million bottles a year. treat them like Smirnoff.

>>13033680

Laphroaigh is heavy smoke and peat, very much like drinking iodine. It was my first scotch. I bought 4 bottles, drank them like a college kid drinks vodka. Burnt out all of my phenol receptors. Now I can taste scotch.

>>13033680
>>13033697
Try adding a little water to Laphroaig. I like it straight too but it really does open up when you give it just a tiny splash.

>>13033168

If you want to know what Macallan 15 old oak is like drink this. German brandy isn't as smooth as Courvoisier VSOP but it does taste like shitty Spey scotch.

>>13033713

Yes, the 'tiny splash of spring water'. That's.. fine.

>>13033697
Its possible to burn out phenol receptors? I'm scared now

>>13032877
>drinks A LOT of whiskey
>just tried Laphroag for the first time
pick one

>>13033766

Dude, The first time I tasted Laphroaigh, I thought I'd been poisoned. Yes, YES it is. And you should do it if you want to drink the brown.

>good scotch is good

Holy shit OP, who knew?

>>13033782

I wish I had a keyboard. Stop typing if your brain doesn't work.

>>13033798

You ok there bud?

>>13033805

good scotch is good.. is good with you? ok. .. brother.

>>13033805

sorry, I just thought he was being a cunt. If you're not a cunt go free..

Laphroaig 10 is great. Some say it's too simple and therefore boring but I like how it only concentrates on few flavours, it's very clean. I mostly just get smoke and iodine, both things that I love.

>>13033832
>>13033838

Was being a cheeky cunt. I'm a fan of lagavulin and ardbeg

>>13033859

And Oban if you want something nice but clean. Also been there is was chill and the hebrides are the shit.

Recommend me some whiskey

Current favorites, in order:

Yamazaki 12
Dalwhinnie 15
Hibiki Japanese Harmony
Yamazaki NAS
Jameson
Glenmorangie original
Monkey Shoulder

Usually drink Jameson since its cheap, love the stuff, sometimes drop a bit in my Guinness at the pub its a nice drink.

Thinking about copping redbreast 12 or jameson caskmates stout (or both)

Anyone got any new recommendations?

>>13033864

And Bowmore, if you're not a cunt. Lotta cunts here..

>>13033771
I've tried 11 new scotches in the last month, drank bourbon throughout college

>>13033870

Any dipshit that drinks japanese scotch can get fucked. Go drink your piss made Macallan like the female you are. How do you people live.

>>13033870
I got my first whiskey recently. Arran single malt 14 years.
Saving it for a special occasion

>>13033879

a corn fuck. bourbon is shit. I drank it because motley crue drank jack. don't ever tell anyone you drank bourbon.

>>13032877
I can't even get that where i live.
Can get Ardbeg though.
And now our glorious president, in his unmatched wisdom, will place 25% tariffs on all the scotch i do have available to buy so it'll be even more expensive.

>>13033870
Jameson Caskmates
Its Jameson they finish inside stout barrels.

>>13033870
It's been a long time since I've had some of those but I do know that I like Quinta Ruban better that the original Glenmorangie

>>13033882

>ughh he likes things i like!

First time I drank whiskey was in Japan, thats where I had the opportunity to try a lot of the stuff. I'm new to the drink so i'm still exploring what I like.
Don't regularly drink Japanese since its overpriced for what it is.

>>13033885
You should drink more and different whiskeys before going into 'special' bottles to develop a palate.

>>13033893

Yeah whatever. Just drink other things.

>>13033886
I used to like it but I was also poor back then

>>13033898
Yeah probably, but driving makes me panic with worry so I’d have to convince someone to drive me to one of the good liquor stores and not the local one.

So I certainly plan to get a few more cheaper bottles before diving into the arran

>>13033900

I was poor back when I drank bourbon. We'd pool 10 bucks for a few kids to drink junk jack daniels. I can't stomach garbage anymore and Corn whiskey is fucking junk. It's corn syrup. Grow up and drink real scotch.

>>13033885
I'll check it out, hopefully newbie friendly.
>>13033890
yes sir
>>13033892
That's sherry finish right? Never tried whiskey like that but i'll try get a sample.
>>13033899
Im definitely open minded to any type of whiskey atm. Although I don't know if i'm too keen on bourbon I've only tried woodford reserve and eagle rare. Woodford was alright but the eagle rare was far too woody for me, but I see the appeal.

>>13033910
Jack daniels is not bourbon kek

>>13033911
Quinta ruban is port finished

>>13033276
Whiskey smash on a hot summer day is really nice

>>13033922
You a know a spirit is high quality, if you have to filter it through charcoal first, then let it sit in caramelized wood to "mellow out".

>>13033870
Why don't you actually try a scotch with flavor? All I see on your list is fucking water.

>>13033922

I love people that pretend. Do you know what sour mash is? Have you made any form of whisky? Do you know what the set back is?

>>13033922

Sour mash uses the last "head" off the top of the cask to flavour then next batch. It's a legacy bourbon.

>>13033922

Look up Uncle Jesse's Sour Mash if you want to learn about bourbon and how it's made.

>>13032877
I went off Laphroaig 10 after puking on a bouncer’s shoes. Never neck it back.

Caol Ila (any) is my favourite Islay malt and Balvenie Doublewood my favourite whisky full stop.

>>13033910
A great bourbon is a beautiful thing. I would take a glass of this over any single malt and I am Scottish.

Sadly it became a meme and now it goes for several grand a bottle but at least I discovered it before this happened.

If you haven't tried this yet you should. It's been one of my favs after learning about it here. I gave a bottle as a wedding present recently to great acclaim.

>>13034157
Describe the Doublewood.

>>13034413
Caramel, vanilla, spicy (cinnamon), raisins, orange peel. It’s mildly sweet as it is matured in bourbon then later sherry cask but it still has a slightly bitter kick from the alcohol.. It’s just delicious mate, also quite reasonably priced.

How do you get into this shit? None of you liked whiskey on your first sip, and probably your next 100 too. I've tried good whiskey a couple times (maybe 50-100$ a bottle), but at no point in that experience was I thinking anything other than I just want to get it down asap, and some bad feeling in my body. Sure, I can appreciate they taste 100 times better than 10$ whiskey, but 100 times better than shit is still shit.

>>13034454
I honestly did like whisky from about the age of 16, it didn’t take any effort. I got a bit obsessive and wanted to try a single malt from every distillery, I did not too bad before I got bored and just started ordering ones I like.

If you don’t like it don’t drink it?

>>13034454
I got a kick out of the burning sensation the first times and then started to be able to taste and enjoy the flavours after a few times

>>13032877
>But I just recently tried this stuff and its the fucking bomb. Anyone else agree?

I don’t drink liquor but I’ve still got a bottle of Laphroaig in my kitchen cabinet that’s now 30 years old, since none of my whisky drinking buddies will touch the stuff as they say it tastes like Liquid Smoke.

>>13034454
I liked beer a little on my first sip, but VB is mediocre and I don't want to drink 10 in a row. So when I started drinking regularly with friends I got them to all to buy something different. Eventually we tried every beer so we gave spirits a go. I wasn't much impressed until I hit Ardbeg.
The other path, the one my uncle has taken, is to drink Beam and cokes. One day it'll just be Beam at which point it's very easy to justify something better.

>>13035474
When I was younger I used to be a snob about it but Jack Daniels, plenty ice, a squeeze of lemon and coke is a thing of beauty,

For me, it’s Glenfiddich 18 year old.

>>13033885
>special occasion
Just drink it. Celebrate life. I'm going to enjoy a glass of Glenlevit myself.

>>13033904
>driving makes me panic with worry
Holy shit. Wait until your balls drop before you start drinking you fucking bitch.

>>13035474
VB is a mediocre beer precisely because it is made to be drunk in large quantities. Flavoursome beers become overwhelming over a long session.

>>13033675
>230 bucks for the macallan 15 year

nigga wtf
I can get the dalmore king alexander III for that much

>>13033870
Try Kavalan, they make very good whiskeys in the same vein as yamazaki, but more fruit-driven and less woody, also way easier to find and considerably cheaper

Got a free shot of Laphroaig 27 in Hiroshima. Tell a bartender in Japan you are Scottish and they will instantly fall in love with you and talk about whisky and the Highlands.

>>13035714

What if I can't talk like an asshole? I have all my teef.

I’m actually drinking a glass of port tonight but here’s all the scotch whiskey I have on hand, rate my collection. So far I’ve gravitated toward the Islay stuff cause I love the flavor but for my next bottle I was looking to either try a good speyside or pick up a bottle of Nikka FTB which I’ve tried a glass of before and liked.

>>13035849
>hating Scottish people
>drinking our whisky

Shove it up your arse Americuck. :)

>>13035959
I also wanted to ask, what’s your favorite scotch from each of the regions? I’m my limited experience I would say
>islay: Lagavulin 16
>Speyside: Aberlour “millennium”
>Highlands: Glenmorangie 10
>Lowlands: N/A

>>13033922
>Jack daniels is not bourbon kek
Tennessee whiskey is just a marketing term pushed by Jack Daniel's. TN whiskey meets all the requirements to be called a bourbon, and the special charcoal filtering thing they do is done by a lot of bourbon distilleries. It says "charcoal filtered" on Evan Williams bottles, for instance.

>>13035991
middle-class-richfag here
>islay: adbeg supernova 2015
an absolute trip, stupidly concentrated smoke and peat, but opens up to a whole mess of sweet and savory spices/herbs. I have to work my way up to it with laphroaig 10, but it's something special
>speyside: Longmorn 16
I've probably had slightly better, but for the price it's a goddamn miracle, toffee, leather, sweet oak, and golden fruit. Best 16 yr out there imo
>highlands: glenfarclas 25
I'm a sucker for the fact that it tastes like a chocolate-covered orange and that it's only like $150 for a 25 year. Honorable mention to Glenmorangie Signet.
>Lowlands: glenkitcshe 24
Admittedly not mine, but I tried a friend's whose tolerance for sweetness is basically 0. Pretty good, but all savory/salty. Not much of a lowland guy myself, but I could see the appeal.

Bonus:
Redbreast 21 -- if you live in a state where you can import it, absolutely worth the 150-200 bucks. Not quite worth 300, but it's fucking gooooooood.

>>13036322
>islay: adbeg supernova 2015

Kinda jelly, that sounds pretty amazing. I could probably find somewhere in Edinburgh that sells it by the glass but the price might make my testicles retreat.

>>13036429
They're doing a 2019 release this winter, I'd recommend snagging a bottle. If you're bored/don't like peat, you'd probably be able to resell it for double the value a year later.

>>13036452
Honestly the most I would spend on a bottle of whisky these days is £50. I used to be into my fancy and rare booze but the law of diminishing returns applies quite heavily in this area. I’d be more inclined to splurge on champagne if celebrating, I am a sucker for a good champagne.

Besides, my favourite whisky is pic related as posted earlier. >>13034437

>>13033680
>Change my mind?
Nah, you're right. 10 year is my favorite Laphroaig that I've tried, and one of my favorites period.

>>13034454
I went to Scotland and tried different ones at bars and liked almost all of them from the beginning. Give it a few tries, but if you really don't like it then why force it? Find something else you like.

Are scotch prices in the US really going up 25% soon? Is there anything I can do about it besides force myself to pretend I like bourbon?

>>13036487
Balvenie is good but it's too soft and uniform, and it's gotten too expensive recently, and it's proofed at 80 which sucks.

Give BenRiach 10 a try, it's good and has a similar character.

Glenlivet was my jam when I was drinking on the reg

>>13036594
I dunno, I can’t find fault with it, it suits my tastes perfectly (which is subjective at the end of the day). Price for Balvenie hasn’t changed much in Scotland either, it’s pretty popular here. The one you suggested clearly has a similar maturation process so if I see it I will try it.

If you like well aged whiskies for a bargain price Tomintoul (Speyside) is a pretty good one, I bought a cheap taster pack of miniatures that included the 25 year old if my memory serves me correctly. Looks like it has gone up a bit in price since then but not as crazy as Macallan etc.

>>13036645
Ah, it was the 27 year old Tomintoul, now out of production but used to be the price of a 15 year old for more well known brands.

>>13036602

of all the shitty blended scotches Glenlivet is the budwieser, acutally it's the coor's lite of scotches.

>>13035690

Mighta been 180. Yeah, I keep inflating it because I feel so fucking ripped off. I goddamn fucking hate the entire Macallan distillery because of of that bottle.

i've only had this. drank the whole bottle in a couple of days..

>>13037196

That's a decent bottle. I've have Brauchllladuiichhhh whatever the fuck. It's pretty decent as well.

>>13032877
I love Laphroaig

>>13037134
It's not a blend. The 12 and 18 are fantastic.

>>13037134
Strong bait

For some reason all non-Islay taste like vomit to me. Even fucking highland park 12 is like monkey shoulder's vomit taste with a little bit of smoke to make it bearable. No idea why.
Probably because I don't like apricots and cherry or something, I didn't like regular woodford reserve either. But double oaked woodford was like futa jesus cum in my mouth, yes please! So oily!
Maybe I don't like Sherry? never had any so idk. But I love Jameson tho. Only had the cheap one but good bang for the bucks allright. I knoew there are other versions, is there any without the metallic taste, more depth and with the edges anded off?
More like an Eagle Rare but irishey? Ah shit I need to find somewhere that sells maker's for cheap too I just love wheaters but they are so expensive in yurop because of the low barrel production every-fucking-thing is twice the price it;s insane. I'll be honest tho Larceny best whisky I ever had, the bastard is so hard to find I feel like getting sober tho. Send help.


>>13032907
Dude just imagine peat is succubus leather panties asscrack sweat condensate. Then you'll realise peat, bacon (actually saltyish deli meats in general) and hard cheese (more floral than soft cheese) are awesome in their own way. Kinda tastes like anus juices too so that's a bonus if you're into that. I tried to recreate the anus juice flavour and it's something like this: smoked ham, mushrooms, yellow bell pepper, red wine, onions, some light soy sauce (the good stuff tastes just like armpit sweat with sugar notes) and hard cheese. I just considered using peaty whisky and it seems like it would fit for an anus sauce.
Oh yeah and for those unfamiliar anus juice doesn't taste nothing like poop. And no homo. Well maybe a little but only for 2D traps.

So what's the better version of ja,son because I ran out and why scotch is so vomit-tastinmg?

>>13034454
Lmao look at this fucker. When you're poor and sip on shitty lowest tier possible cooking-grade black rum then whiskey is a godsend, especially things that are simple like jeam beam so yeah, there are whisky where you're like FUCK and it tastes nothing but alcohol but then there;ssome with FLAVOUR that you don;t even know you drinmin alcohol at all.
Then maybe you tried the wrong kind thheres ton of difference so yeah hit or miss but maybe you like women shit like martini or baileys or muscat more? because it tastes like actual man semen or something idk enjoy your bitch cotckail

>>13034454
t. Tastelet

>>13038735
leave him the fuck alone. The first time I drank laphroaigh I thought I'd been poisoned. It takes 4 full bottles before you burn out your phenol receptors.

>>13032877
Does it get you drunk? That's the only thing that matters desu

>>13038785
lmao if it takes more than 3 glasses and if you don't feel like drinking more despite how unfamiliar taste is then you;re some tryhard ledditor le desu. end life prompty.

>>13038733
>hit or miss
I guess they never miss, huh?

>>13038809
read what you just typed and tell me you'd think you aren't a dumb child....desu. who fucking types desu.

>>13038914
Im a smart kid and fuck ur mom

>>13033876
t. Cunt

>>13033882
t. Zhan

>>13033899
Yeah whatever. Just keep being a cunt

>>13035714
Did you drink it from that beer glass? How did it taste?

>>13038914
>>13038785
See:
>>13038735

>>13038713
nigga

Tl;dR

>>13038980
No of course not! He gave me a wee shot in a clean glass. I thought he was just showing me the bottle at first, came in a fancy white box that he had hidden in the back room, then he poured me one. Afterwards he told me it’s normally 5500 yen a glass, which is a lot.

I was pretty drunk by this point but I remember it tasted extremely good. Very smooth, mild hint of smoke and peat but had developed into a quite fruity and spicy taste you would expect more from a Speyside.

Was one of the comfiest pubs I have ever been to, and most certainly the smallest.

>>13039000

You made me read all your bullshit and wince. Congrats at wasting my time. God, you fucking people need to walk into traffic.

>>13034818
>30 year old Laphroaig
Put it on Ebay. You’re sitting on a goldmine

>>13034818
>I’ve still got a bottle of Laphroaig in my kitchen cabinet that’s now 30 years old, since none of my whisky drinking buddies will touch the stuff
>sitting on an open bottle of 80s Laphroaig
What the FUCK are you even doing?

>>13039074
t. trafficlet

>>13038713
>I tried to recreate the anus juice flavour
What the fuck

>>13039207

Anus juice flavour is no flavour at all. If you've taste an asshole. Asshole are generally clean as hell. Sorry, I just love assholes.

>>13033168
Not the guy but I own the Macallan 15 Fine Oak. Only got it because it was under priced at the liquor store and I got an extra 20% off anyways.

It's pretty good... which isnt what you wanna say if you spent a ton on something. There are far better scotches available for a fraction of the price. Hell, I like the Macallan 12 Triple Cask more than this

>>13039215
nonono anus juice, or more properly "intestinal mucus" or whatever definitely has some flavour dude /ck/ out of all the people ought to know this

Only real ones have the knowledge.

>>13033870
Highland Park 12
Redbreast 12
Clynelish 14
Dalwhinnie Distillers Edition
Glenrothes 12 or 18
Balvenie 14 Rum Cask

>>13034287
I think I was the anon that recommended it. My liquor store was meant to get the 15 and 18 year in I was told but they keep telling me "next shipment for sure in a month"... and now I drank all of their Glendronach 12 up

>>13039311
Thanks bro.
Folks are pretty much wanting to kill each other in here but it's always good for a recommendation

>>13032877
Im from the south so i like bourbon

>>13039295
>anime mug guy is also a cigar fag but also drinks whiskey
I'm honestly not sure how I feel about this, other than being certain of the fact that smoking cigars indoors is disgusting.

>>13039286
I own the 7.1 edition, it's absolutely incredible. Just saw the announcement for the new editions that were drastically lower in peat levels so that's disappointing

>>13039286
>700 ml

fucking why
even if it was GOAT my autism wouldn't let me buy it

>>13034454
I had developed a taste for smoked tea before, so to me it wasnt that big a leap.

I also usually drink mine with a single big icecube and fuck what everyone on here thinks. It's far easier to enjoy the variety of flavours when you're not tapping room temp 40%+.

>>13040364
>I also usually drink mine with a single big icecube

>>13033886
Found the virgin

I drink Makers Mark with Pibb and through the shadows I have found enlightenment

>>13041415

i almost wish that. 11 years of marriage convinced me of celibacy.

Okay I'm gonna be that guy.
What's a good Canadian Whiskey.
I've tried Bulliet and Knob Creek Bourbons and didn't really care for them. I've a bottle of Shieldaig 18 yr and a bottle a Laphroaig select. I liked the Shieldaig. the Laphroaig tasted like a burnt log and it would not be my go to Scotch or whisk(e)y. I'm kinda just buying what looks interesting and testing the waters

>>13041466
Ur mom's urine you fucking retard

>>13041466
Try Lot40. If you don't like that then Canadian whisky isn't your thing

>>13041466
Try some Eagle Rare then, tastes like berries, much more fruity than what you'd expect from a bourbon so you'll probably like it.
Or try one of the wheaters, they tend to be smoother.
Get either Connemara or Highland Park 12 as they are only lightly smoked. Or keep at that Laphoraig, by the third, fourth glass I became accustomed to it and enjoyed it; though if you don't find yourself intrigued by it and coming back to it naturally then you might just want to skip that, some flavours you can never make peace with no matter how much you want to.

You can also try the double barreled stuff like Woodford double oaked or go irish with Writer's Tears I think is regarded as a solid choice? haven't tried that one yet think imma order a bottle right now.

I know it's from the same distillery and all but isn't Buffalo Trace just some unaged Eagle Rare? Taste's about the same, just slightly roughed.

>>13041470
*cums in u*

What now bitch?

>>13039074
See:
>>13039139
>>13039000

>>13041466
Simplest answer, especially if outside of Canada, is that Canadian whisky fucking sucks and move onto highland scotch or irish for something nice and lighter.

If you actually want Canadian whisky, you have to be there because the only stuff getting exported is assortments of rat piss bottled under names like Crown Royal, Canadian Club, Alberta Premium or Wisers. Don't bother even wasting a dime on these companies, even if they do actually have decent to good albeit more expensive options in their portfolio. I was in Western Canada for a few months and I got to try a bunch of different whiskies but I only took note of a few good ones. Recommendations for Lot 40, Forty Creek or Gibsons aren't necessarily unfounded but I felt they were underwhelming, could have been my expectations being set a little too high but oh well. One brand that stood out was Shelter Point. They have quite a few options and I really want to get some more next time I'm back

>>13033276
Mint julep, as light as it can get.

>>13041947
It's not that unusual desu. It's like the difference between Weller and Pappy is just the barrel management and age and that's literally it, all the same juice

>>13042899
I see, thanks for the confirmation.
How about Knob Creek? Kinda falls within the same ballpark, even though it's a jim beam. Or am I mistaken?

>>13039117
> > 30 year old Laphroaig
> Put it on Ebay. You’re sitting on a goldmine

It’s already opened and a couple of shots worth have been drank, plus it’s got a mis-matched cork as the original went missing years back.

>>13039135
> > sitting on an open bottle of 80s Laphroaig
> What the FUCK are you even doing?

I picked it up years ago at the duty free shop on the Windsor side of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel (along with a case of Bradors, which was the shit back in the day) and as I said, I don’t drink liquor and none of my buddies will touch the stuff.

I have an unopened bottle of Seagram's from 1973. I also found a bottle of Early times from the 80s and a bottle of Canadian club from 1977. They were left by a previous owner of a house my family moved into.

Drank the club and early times, mostly because they weren't anything special aside from the age. Gonna keep the Seagram's a few more years for shits and giggles

>>13042549
I remember you from a few threads ago. You've inspired me to hunt down a bottle of Shelter Point. I'm arranging transport when a relative visits next year. Hope you'll be around for the follow-up.

>>13038713
jesus christ man

I like Jaegermeister on the rocks.

>>13038713
Redbreast and the single pot still releases from Powers (signature release, johns lane and three swallows) are the good versions of jameson. I liked them more than midleton very rare

Recent bad whiskey purchases? I bought 1792 small batch bourbon and it was nothing special, actually pretty harsh

>>13045605
Last year's was gr8, this year's needs an ice cube

>>13045605
I bought it on a whim and regretted it as soon as I tastes it. Not "haha it's not really my dig but you might like it" bad, fucking synthetic aging bad.

Never buy without tasting/researching first.

I've gotten some great recommendations from these threads ironically.

>>13045605
Already posted it above but Macallan 15 Fine Oak. Got it for waaaay cheaper than I should have and it's just not worth it. I've let it sit, drops of water and slightly chilled it but it's just a pretty darn good speyside and that's it. I wouldn't recommend it even if it was on discount like I did.

Even if you disregard the price, Macallan 15 FO wouldn't even make it on my top 10 speyside list

>>13045877
Macallan just seems absurdly overpriced. Like something an idiot with money to blows thinks is the best for no real reason

I'm an American on day six of a fast browsing /ck/ and came across this thread. I love smoky whiskeys but hard to find here. I just ordered 300 dollars of Islay whiskeys plus 100 shipping, did i fuck up?
1 Smokehead $39.38
1 Ileach Peaty $34.90
1 Bowmore 12 Year Old $37.50
1 Laphroaig Select $32.29
1 Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair $40.63
1 Ardbeg 10 Year Old $43.76
1 Lagavulin 16 Year Old $60.46

>>13046484
>browsing /ck/
>smoky
>100 shipping
>did i fuck up?
Oh gee I don't know?

Is this how people mask their alcoholism by buying fancy expensive liquor?

>>13045605
Glenlivet Founder's Reserve
Cloyingly sweet, weak in all other areas except alcohol fume.

>>13046484
Im jealous, thats all ill say.
>>13046833
Alcoholics are about efficiency so they go for the cheap stuff.
You buy cheap so you can buy more and start early in the day or you'll never get through it.

>>13046484
That's some good loot

>>13046484
1 Smokehead $39.38
>just no
1 Ileach Peaty $34.90
>no idea about this one
1 Bowmore 12 Year Old $37.50
>good choice
1 Laphroaig Select $32.29
>pretty good
1 Bunnahabhain Stiuireadair $40.63
>also good
1 Ardbeg 10 Year Old $43.76
>absolutely great
1 Lagavulin 16 Year Old $60.46
>nice and good price desu

>>13046833
My dad was an alcoholic but he didnt give a shit about what he drank, he just wanted to drink doubles of white rum bacardi and Pepsi as fast as possible. I haven't been drunk in years but I drink whisky and/or rum almost every day because I just love it

This any good for someone who's not big into whisky?

>>13033481
Isnt whiskey a type of bourbon?
I'm sorry I'm not a stiller.

>>13033886
>don't ever tell anyone you drank bourbon.
I drank buffalo trace and wild Turkey when I turned 21.
Been drinking malt liquor ever since.

>>13047321
Bourbon is a whiskey that is mostly corn, aged in new oak, made in kectucky

>>13033922
The reason it is not called a bourbon is the additional step that Jack Daniels take when making their whiskey. Before the distillate is placed into barrels for ageing, it is slowly filtered through 10 feet of sugar maple charcoal. ... Jack Daniels is also referred to as a “sour mash” whiskey

>>13047316
What do you not like about whiskey? There is probably one out there for you

>>13034454
You're right I dont like whiskey I like rum.

>>13038795
Ha.

>>13047316
Fuck, forgot image.
>>13047335
Oh, I'm sure there's one out there for me. And I don't particularly dislike anything about them, I just haven't had enough to form an opinion yet. I was wondering if pic related would be good as an entry level whisky as it is sweet and cheap or maybe it's just bad.

>>13043248
I had a bottle of seagrams V.O. From the 70’s and drank it last year, shit was so good.

>>13047374
Larceny is a good one for only 20 bucks. I have read that Jim Beam Bonded is decent but never tried it

Anyone want to share their distiller page? (zadewee)

>>13047374
Jack Honey is just super shitty sweet liquor, not bad at all for mixers but couldn't drink it sweet. If you wanna try a sweet bourbon, go for Bulleit or maybe Wild Turkey 81 or whatever it's called now

>>13047374
Its pretty bad, anon.
It's gotta be mixed considerably. Straight, its vile.

>>13047400
>>13047808
>>13047835
Very well. I'll see what else I can get for tonight. Thanks.

>>13047413
Why don't you have anything in your collection?

>>13033870
Glenmorangie Nectar D'or would suit your taste very well.

>>13048083
I really want to try an unsulphured bottle of this. My bottle of it is likely the most unpalatable whisky you'll ever try.

>>13048099
What is it between Glenmorangie and Glenfarclas where they can release some of the best scotch, and then the next batch they put out tastes like absolute shit which is apparently because of that sulphur issue

>>13032877
For me, its WT 101
There is nothing better for the price, I'd pay double for it if I had to easily

>>13034454
you don't drink whiskey neat, you should add some drops of water, let it oxydate, add ice etc.. There are multiple steps to this. You probably drank it neat.. Wrong way of drinking it

>>13049049
I know you’re not supposed to but I love it neat (obviously not the guy you replied to). I used to have a proper tasting glass and use the water and all that shit but I can’t be arsed anymore, I like the wild kick of it neat.

Can someone recommend a good Japanese single malt?
Friend is in Japan and she would buy it for me.
I do prefer something smokey.

Also I bought pic related for very cheap in my local 24/7 store, and this is the best cheap whiskey I've every tried. And yes I have and I love Laphroiag 10. (Quarter cask is trash btw.)

>>13049058
problem with that kick is that your tongue gets numb from the alcohol and you taste half the flavor. Good for bad whiskey but very bad for good ones because you miss the delicious notes.

>>13032877
definitely my favorite as well. I try to savor it and only purchase one bottle per year around christmas time

>>13047948
I usually finish my bottles, they don't stick around for long

>>13049049
What the fuck is this bullshit

>>13049217
great argument, I guess you win

>>13049049
If it was meant to have more water then why don't they just dilute the bottle before selling?

>>13048844
I love that stuff too. But try Larceny its my new fav bourbon

>>13049409
google is your friend

>>13049434
Not argument etc etc

>>13049467
I'm not your teacher or anything, you lazy bum.

>>13047948
Why do you review a whiskey more than once? Is it for different batches?

>some vagina can't handle neat liquor
>Larps about diluting as "right way" to drink

Fuck off. You can drink it any way you want but don't act like you know shit.

>Just Google
What a fucking tool

>>13039117
Whisky doesn't age in a bottle

>>13049626
this
on the other hand a sucker is born every minute, maybe someone would fall for it

>>13049049
>you don't drink whiskey neat
>You probably drank it neat.. Wrong way of drinking it

No one drink Glen Homunculus anymore. Is a small creature growing from your belly that much of a burden?

>>13045605
Glengoyne and Loch Lomond. They both have a discordant bitter note.

>>13049626
>>13049651
True on both cases, but keep in mind that older whisky is sometimes of higher quality compared to current bottlings.

Ralphy had a whole video comparing a bottle of Johnny red from the 70s vs a current bottle and the difference was stark.

>>13049069
Any is the yamazaki or hakushu with age statements

>>13049049
t. Richard patterson

>>13050507

That shit is just weak tea. Why do you like japanese scotch?

>>13050507

Lets get something straight. The only things that matter about scotch are the sea and the malt. If you can't taste smoked peaty malt, or the Firth of Forth. You're making shit booze.

>>13050531

You idiots dont know enough about Scotland to know what I mean.

>>13050414
>Loch Lomond
I need to get my hands on this one, for the sake of reaching back to a different era

>>13049522
Only ones I review more than once are typically ones I own and try it as I buy, around half way mark and nearly finished. I find tastes change as you drink it more and more. Some get better and some don't. Obviously dont mean the liquor has changed but my drinking experience does, it's like I never cared much for bourbon but now I love WT, still dont care at all for Eagle rare though or Blantons

>>13032877
laphroaig tastes like chemicals, i prefer glenmorangie. that said i generally drink bourban because im a poorfag. jack daniels if i want to get 'er done, wild turkey if im doing somewhat okay financially, and bookers once or twice a year to celebrate being a straight white male.

Is WT 81 dramatically different from 101?
Never had either so can I be a cheap ass and get a bottle of 81 yet still know whether I'll like 101?

>>13050517
>>13050531
He asked for a decent single malt from Japan.

OTHER NON SINGLE MALTS FROM JAPAN THAT ARE NOT TECHNICALLY SINGLE MALTS:

NIKKA COFFEY MALT
NIKKA COFFEY GRAIN
NIKKA WHISKY FROM THE BARREL

>>13050910
THiS SHITS are GOOD nigGA a bit PRICEY but THESe NIGS are FUCkED

>>13050531
>>13050517
>>13050517
I like to CUM in ur ASS and have A SMOKE and then SPIT it in uR ANUS is that PEATED enough for you? Ill shiow you miy PETEY WILLEY hahah GET IT it REFERS to my DICK you CIGarette COCK smkoing Wine SCUKING simpy SOY boys if you KNow whats best for you

Take off your trousers
BEnd OVER

LET me insert my CIGAR DICK in your HOOHOO HOLE

And Beg for MERCY as YOU and I CUM to the BUTTSEX of the PEATED SCOTC H you Like SO MucH

BASADO

Scotch is gross, bourbon and irish whiskey is where it's at.

>>13050893
>wild turkey if im doing somewhat okay financially
Where are you that WT is expensive? It is the cheapest bourbon besides Lidl's whatever they call it

>>13051078
canada

>>13051079
Odd, I would assume that you guys have cheap bourbon on that side of the puddle.
In the UK, WT and Buffalo Trace are both £23, but you can often find them for as low as £17

>>13051089
i should have been more specific.i live in northern canada and the work is not steady. i only work half the year so i need to jew my spending, especially on luxuries like that sweet sweet bourbon. i pirate all my games and movies

>>13051099
Ah alright, I get you, been there anon. There's always cheap beer

>>13051104
sad to say, im drinking smirnoff tonight. feel free to roast me, entire thread of gentlemen.

>>13051111
Drink what you like
Just don't be a fag to others like these
>>13050517
>>13050531

>>13051111
No roast for you, quads boy.
Drink plenty of water with smirnoff, thank me in the morning

>>13051111
Checked

What's /ck/ think of this stuff? Bought a bottle last year an enjoyed it. For some reason my liquor store doesn't have it any more.

>>13052712
I think Quinta Ruban is better

>>13052896
Nectar D'Or is the best, you mother living pleb faggit.

>>13052913
If you like vanilla ice cream, I guess

>>13051099

We don't buy things in pieces of eight here. Use pfennigs or kroners.

>>13051111
Nothing wrong with drinking what you want

>>13050902
Apparently they just dropped the 81 because people were thinking it was just a watered down version of 101 which apparently it isn't. It's its own separate product apparently with different flavours. No idea how it is since I just drink the 101

>>13042944
I think you're thinking of makers mark, it's also wheated, though if you like makers mark, larceny is basically the same thing but closer to $20 than $30. a good value smooth bourbon.

>>13042549
for a while there was a shop near my house that had forty creek for $14 a bottle. I should have stocked up, it was damn good for that price. it had no finish but the initial sweetness I've never experienced in another whiskey and it was quite nice.

I just want to drink some decent whiskey for cheap:
Benchmark, Evan Williams

I want something that actually tastes better than bog standard bourbon but I also don't want to spend much:
Wild Turkey 101/81, Larceny

>>13051111
nothing wrong with that, though I would freezer it and shoot or mix it. a fancy bloody mary can be made with cheap ingredients.

>>13050902
I've seen a lot of bottles where they dropped the "81" branding, it just says wild turkey bourbon, but I'm pretty sure that's just the 81. 101 will always be branded 101.

>>13041442
That sounds nice

>>13047374
George Dickel 8 is a great intro sipping at room temp tenn. whiskey. Very muted compared to its big brother, George Dickel 12, which is my favorite.

>>13054103
>I want something that actually tastes better than bog standard bourbon but I also don't want to spend much:
EW White
Absolute best bottom shelf bourbon. Me and more experienced experts on Proof66.com agree.

>>13052712
I bought a bottle and neither me nor any of my drinking buddies enjoyed it. Eventually someone moved and we had to get rid of the stuff which forced me to give it another chance, and it was quite nice. It just takes several months to "open up."
It's not rich, complex or peaty which is what my friends and I tend to go for.

>>13053861
>It's its own separate product apparently with different flavours
The Whiskey Vault watered down a 101 and apparently achieved the same flavour as the 81. Different flavours appearing at different proofs of the same whiskey is expected.

Just got a bottle of this one today cause it's local and I needed another bottle of rye. I actually like this, I'm not gonna say it's a particularly good value at the price ($45 for 750ml) but it's got a lot of sweeter flavors, a good spiciness combined with a kind of harsh woody finish. If they can tone down the woody finish just a smidge I could really see this brand going places. It's a major improvement on their bourbon which first came out a few years back.

my liver might be failing from drinking i am scared bros

>>13054735

I'm 147lbs at 5'10". All of my muscles are wasting away. Pain every day. If you have pain everywhere and in your lymph nodes, you might be dying.

>>13054746
is that a sign your liver is failing?

>>13054750

Uncontrolled bleeding is a big thing, random bruising. Your liver stops producing clotting factors.

>>13054763
hmm mabe it not failing but might be alcoholic hepatitis

>>13054774

Are you losing muscle mass? It could be nephritis.

>>13054774

It could be nephrotic necrosis. Do you have puffy eyes every day, does your piss smell funny?

>>13054774

More people die from kidney failure than liver failure from booze.

>>13054735
stop drinking so much then dumbass?

>>13054779
not that i am aware i am 360lb 6'1 and if i keep it up quit drinking a few days ago i got my blood test back and i dont like the look of it but i am no doctor so what do i know it could be the start of diabetes or something fuck i need to start exercising

>>13054787
puffy eyes no piss might smell funny if i am dehydrated

>>13054809

creatinine is the big one. if that is out of wack, stop your shit.

>>13054819

Drink a liter of water on a boozing night. It'll help.

>>13054826
mine says CREATININE is 0.74

what is normal btw > 0.60-1.35 (mg/dL)

so i guess it not so bad yet

>>13054840

You're fucking fine. Keep drinking like a fish. Your kidneys are on point.

>>13054840

I'm 47. Keep those numbers up. Drink ALOT of water all the time.

>>13054850
>>13054846
ty

Ok so watch you creatinine levels and your liver enzyme levels and you can booze till the day you die.

If you bleed really bad, get your LFTs tested.

Scotch is disgusting. May as well have a glass of barbecue sauce.

>>13054878
i dont bleed bad but my test says i have abnormal LFTs and glucose

>>13054887

You've never had this.. I gave this to my mother and the hair on the back of her neck stood up.

>>13054846
>>13054850
my CREATININE test was blood shouldent it be a urine test for kidneys?

>>13054904

Does it not taste like barbecue sauce?

>>13054896

So that's pre-diabetes, hypoglycemia. I'm sorry. Do you have numbness in your feet or thick skin on your feet yet?

>>13054911

Your blood is filtered by your kidneys.

>>13054911

The block for your blood filtration is the death of your kidney polyps. That's nephrosis. The death of the kidney.

>>13033713
I concur, Laphroaig in particular but also many other whiskies taste much better with a but of water. Most of the old man pubs here have a jug of water sitting on the bar for this reason.

>>13054914
>numbness in your feet or thick skin on your feet yet

no but my feet get swollen sometime when i drink a lot of fluids if it is pre-diabetes it can go away with exercise and no drinking right?

>>13054939
I hope so.

What's a cheap and widely available scotch? Never had and want to try.

>Try some whiskey
>Don't like it
>Figure I just tried a bad one
>Keep trying different kinds of whiskey and rum to find something that "clicks"
>It never does
>Still keep trying because I'm just too stubborn to admit to myself that I just do not like hard liquor
The only thing I've come close to liking was Kraken because apparently my palette is just straight up garbage, and even then I'd just rather have a port instead.

>>13055364
Johnnie Walker

>>13055379
Me too. Bourbon, rye, single, blended and getting some rum next. Don't worry I am sure one bottle will eventually click one day.
Or die trying.

>>13054046
Nope, I'm talking about Knob Creek because I never had Maker's Mark yet. Have some on the way tho.
And Larceny goes for over 50 euros over here, only a couple of bucks away from a Blanton's original. Actually all of the fucking wheaters are ridiculously priced. Even regular stuff like fucking Evan Williams BiB goes for 36 EUR ffs.

So yeah that's why I drink mostly Knob Creek, Eagle Rare And Rebel Yell small batch reserve, because they're all priced at 35(±3)EUR.
WT 101's also around that price at 33EUR, not sure if worth it, might pick it up.

Imagine paying good money to buy hooch that smells like gasoline
what is wrong with you people? Lay off the sausages and avoid the ham. By that, I mean stop fucking drinking. It's haram, and I'm not even Islamic. That shit carries a false air of class and prestige and basically only braindead suckers pay money to poison themselves. If your want a good time with chemicals there's better substances out there.
Please stop drinking!

>>13055379
It's got fuck all to do with your taste buds, go drink a milkshake and tell me if it tastes bad. Hooch is not meant to be tasty that's just another falsehood

>>13055364
Springbank 10, Laphroaig 10, Johnnie Walker Green, Talisker 10

>>13055364
>>13055552
Oh yeah and Balvenie Carribean

>>13052896
Based
>>13052913
Crinde

>>13048844
WT 101 is great if you're a person who doesn't mind a lack of sweetness. I'm not one of those.

>>13055364
Tomatin12, Speyburn, Glenlivet

>>13055552
none of that is cheap

>>13056315
Talisker is a very bad tasting whisky, as well. That is a terrible suggestion list.

>>13055502
Then what the fuck is up with all these faggots talking about "oh, I taste vanilla and cinnamon and the tears of god with a nice finish of orphan hopes and whale songs?"

>>13055502
The fattest post in the thread

>>13034454

>Parents drink Jim Beam Red Stag
>Like it because I'm a tastelet
>Decide to try normal whisky
>Put some grouse in my house
>Don't like it much, but intrigued
>Try Jameson, feel like I'm getting somewhere
>Tried Glenfiddich 12, been into scotch since

The secret is that you only drink it if you like it and don't believe that other people are wrong for liking different things than you do.

>>13056867
>don't believe that other people are wrong for liking different things than you do.

That's asking too much of most people here, I'm afraid.

>>13056822
Coping and social acknowledgement hunger.
No but really, it's about trying to convey fine nuances. You can't really go in depth with "sugar, vanilla, oak, some cloves some fruit" because that's 99% of the fucking stuff.

>>13056867
>The secret is that you only drink it if you like it
Damn right. All bourbons I tasted were fine to awesome and all scotch I tasted ranged from vomit to funny but overpriced.
No idea why I tried so hard to like scotch, probably because bourbon are so pricey on the less-free side of the pond.

>>13057033
>Damn right. All bourbons I tasted were fine to awesome and all scotch I tasted ranged from vomit to funny but overpriced.
Im the exact opposite. I cant stand bourbon but love scotch. To each their own.

Bought a bottle of Glendronach 18 recently and finally popped it open. Best whisky Ive ever had.

>>13055379
stop drinking/eating sugar for two weeks
whiskey will seem like candy after that point

>>13056772
Dilate

>>13057229

Please stop typing that. You sound like you're actually retarded. Say "Pickle Nuts" if you're this fucking screwed in the brain.

>>13057229

Say Furtnurgles.. I need a really retarded word for people like you.

>>13057229

Hamblesmatch. That's the child word you need.

i'm drinking some blackstone cabernet sauvignon, how long until i feel drunkk? I'm like 33% thru the bottle.

>>13057301
Wine gives terrible hangovers. If you're just trying to get shit-faced you should stick with vodka

I enjoy some JD now and then, don't bother getting anything else. It's cheap, it's quality and it's smooth.

>>13050893
>drinks Jack Daniels

Opinion discarded.

>>13057301
I wouldn't feel 'drunk' until after the whole bottle, and I'm not a heavy drinker. A third of a bottle is like 1 large or 2 small glasses.

>>13058313
>woowweee look I'm an elitist
literal pros can't tell alcohol apart in blind tests
fuck right off with your hooch elitism

>>13058313
Eh, JD is fine sure it's nothing special but it's not outstandingly bad either, good as a mixer.

>>13058267
>Jd
>Quality
Tennessee whisky as s whole is gross, but jd in particular is vile swill and only somewhat palatable when mixed with fucking coke.

>>13058497
>"Literal pros" can't tell the difference between jack Daniels or Laphroaig
[Citation needed]

>>13033870
I really liked the Redbreast 12. Jameson Caskmates was good, but didn’t blow me away.

>>13052712
I like it, probably my favourite regular frontline, non peat scotch

>>13055495
T. Haseem

>>13057295
>>13057292
>>13057274
Samefag Seething

>>13057274
>>13057292
>>13057295
Nice comeback.

IF I WANTED MY CUM BACK, ID WIPE IT OFF YOUR FACE

>>13050565
Kek. Captain Haddock was a retard. Finding gold and jewels in his goddamn castle and still preferring a fucking blended instead of a single malt. Also gave away his land to gypsies kek.

>>13055490
damn that's some fucked up euro pricing. your "regulars" would all be considered the more expensive splurge bottles here. WT101 and Larceny is as basic as it gets at about $20 a bottle. to be fair stuff like willet got extremely overpriced in NA too since the pappy meme caught on. I've seen people charge $150+ for bottles that are supposed to retail for ~$40. luckily I picked up a couple before the prices went to shit.

>>13057301
getting drunk by drinking whole bottles of red is a bad idea. you better eat some food and drink a shitload of water unless you want a hangover.

>>13059587
caskmates is dumb. it doesn't taste like beer, just a slightly off jameson that costs a bit more. I would much rather have some plain whiskey and the beer on the side.

>>13060302
Yeah, that's why I usually get some Jameson that sits at 20EUR.
But I'm just having some Maker's Mark for the first time right now and oh WOW for 25 EUR I did not expect it to taste that close to Eagle Rare.
Sure it's less interesting overall, doesn't have that kickass wild strawberry flavour and smells a little of acetone but it's almost as pleasant to drink for 10 EUR less.

I think I finally found my daily drinker. Sure it's probably more expensive than in the US but that's bourbon for you. Scotch tastes like vomit and Irish whiskey tastes diluted (well, going for writer's tear probably wasn't the best choice for full bodied flavour either). I think I can justify the 5 EUR to myself with it being 5% ABV more or something and stock up.
If I could get some Rebel Yell small batch reserve for the same price I'd go for that instead without a doubt as it's much more complex, so I'd recommend to amerifriends trying that one out.

>>13032877
what's a cheap delicious whiskey I can go to. I'm tired of beer and mead

>>13060885
Evan williams brand, rittenhouse rye, old overholt bonded i dunno whatever you want really