/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18220914
>Why does /ck/ always praise this so much?
We don't?
>Is it anything special?
No.
>How does it compare to other bourbons?
Less flavor because low rye content.

>>18220923
>We don't?
It's very often spoken highly of, it doesn't matter that you're not one of them.

>>18220914
>How does it compare to other bourbons?
Sweet, smooth, and inoffensive. Great if you want something reasonably priced and smooth.

>>18220914
One of the better tasting bourbons in its price range. That's pretty much it.

>>18220914
Dude just drink water

>>18220914
Haven't had it in a while, but it's a pretty solid bourbon.

>it's smooth
>I want something smooth

I like the one with the pewter horse on top

>>18222748
Not many people want to stick needles in their tongues

>>18222755
NPC "thoughts":
>this whiskey is smooth
Human thoughts:
>this whiskey is delicious; it tastes like X
Also, almost all whiskies that normies commonly describe as "smooth" are relatively light on flavor.
Actual humans who enjoy actual flavors don't describe whiskies as "smooth."

>>18220914
Nice orange flavor, very good at retail price which I get since I don't live in an urban shithole. Anything marked up or driving around multiple stores for it makes it immediately not worth it. It's good but the lack of supply makes people jerk off to it and because it's hyped fags will find any reason to complain about it. It's nothing special, doesn't have deep oaky, spicy, herbal, flavor but at the price it's pretty good.

>>18220914
It costs $20 and tastes better than Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. It's not the greatest bourbon money can buy but it wins in its price range.

>>18222748
>>18222781
Not everyone has to be challenged with everything they consume.

>>18222901
Where I live (not US) a bottle of Buffalo Trace costs 50$ and a bottle of Jim Beam costs $40

>>18222963
You live somewhere where bourbon isn't a viable option then. Part of the appeal of bourbon is that it's cheap and that even the cheap stuff can be good. Once it reaches $40-50, you might as well just get some mid level scotch.

>>18220914
it's good, don't be a faggot (>>18220923) about it

>>18220914
I'll never understand people who get all uppity about expensive alcohol. It all does the same job and you stop tasting it after youve had enough

>>18223028
Because some people actually enjoy different flavours and enjoy alcohol for more than the inebriation

>>18223012
Scotch is the same price

>>18220914
remember:

bourbon is piss, even the cheapest blended scotch is better than that swill

>>18223149

its the best as far as cost/quality goes.
Its not gonna win any competitions, but if you just want a cheap tasty bourbon to use for whatever, its a good choice.

>>18223012
Where the fuck do you live where you can get bourbon for $20 a bottle? Reddit has been inflating the price of whiskeys for years

Whats a good rye to get from here ?
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/whisky/whiskystyle-rye-whiskey

>>18223464
Both state monopolies having insane buying power and private liquor stores in heavy competition combined with low taxes in a given area for either make it so bourbon is cheap. Virginia is one such shithole. Primo bourbon runs around $35 and there are plenty of deals that taste just as good.

>>18223464
>Where the fuck do you live where you can get bourbon for $20 a bottle?
Evan Williams, Old Crow, the list goes on...

>>18223488
even ignoring the fact that most of these are rebottled MGP or Alberta Distillers blends, they're all absurdly overpriced.

>>18223160
i'm not ashamed of having taste buds that work

>>18220914
It's dogshit. I don't know why anyone like Buffalo Trace. I think it came up in threads because it used to be 15-20 bucks a bottle so it was on par with baby's first bourbons like Maker's Mark, but then the price went up so people just assumed it was a high end bourbon. Pro tip: it's not.

>>18223918
it's AUD

>>18223950

>>18223986
I know.

Buffalo Trace is better than 90 percent of bourbons below 40 dollars. Makers mark is terrible it has the same consistency as cough syrup and is just about as sweet. Bourbon overall is garbage, real men drink Rye. My nigga George Washington was making 1100 gallons of rye a year at Mount Vernon.

>>18220914
I think it's super overrated. The only reason it exists was a PR move from the distillery and the only reason it's popular is because that distillery also makes pappy and stagg. It was also dirt cheap when it first came out. As another anon said it has a lower rye content and there's no age declaration. So even though it's supposedly 8 years, I doubt it.

Better Options in that price range
>Evan Williams
>Rittenhouse Rye
>Four Roses
>Old Forester


The list goes on. It's the world's most boring bourbon, and almost without fail anyone that claims it as their favorite is someone I don't like. It's like whenever some wants a scotch suggestion and you have all the le reddit herd screaming Lagavulin 16 at the top of their lungs while holding up effigies of Ron Swanson. It's a very mediocre whisky that got wildly hyped for no reason from marketing. Atleast Lagavulin is actually pretty good, though overhyped/priced.

>>18224053
then where are you buying thats so much cheaper? I just want a suggestion on what to buy not whats the best value

>>18224561
I wouldn't buy any of those, being as they are rebottled MGP and Alberta Distillers spirit.

>>18224636
kill yourself retard

>>18224682
it's hardly my fault that your commie state in the middle of nowhere has obscene import fees and sky high taxes.

>>18220946
It's a key intro bourbon. Affordable price, well tolerated flavor profile if a bit sweet. A good starting point for someone who isn't an alcoholic yet.

>>18223460
>best as far as cost/quality goes
That's Wild Turkey 101 or Old Grand-Dad 114.

>>18222753
That one is about 3x as much.
>Blanton's

>>18224682
>>18224636
Just tell me what rye to buy FFS

>>18225139
Based

>>18224137
>It's the world's most boring bourbon
2nd most. Maker's Mark is definitely more boring.
Wheated and low-rye bourbons are boring as fuck.

>>18220914
It used to be good and cheap. Now it’s like $30 a fifth. Might as well get good shit at that price

It's good for the money if had at 20 bucks
unfortunately the blantons/pappy dickriders have pushed the price of all buffalo trace products into the stratosphere
sidenote, weller green label is very mediocre even at retail, I'm honestly shocked people shell out for it

>>18225267
None of those.

>>18225267
>best one price notwithstanding
Michter's
>best for the money
Wild Turkey
>least spicy/"softest"
Sazerac

>>18220914
My dad creams his pants over Buffalo Trace, I really don't get it.
/ck/s bourbon of choice was always WT101

>>18222963
Australia?

>>18225672
>michters
literally 42%

>>18223028
this is the perspective of a simple and uneducated young person who still lives under the influence of their parents.
you will hopefully come to understand the nuances of life as you grow older and gain some real life experience

>>18225864
>muh proof
get knob creek then

>>18225904
ok