/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.13247802]

Calling all al/ck/oholics
What's the most versatile, tasteful, and reasonably-priced whisk(e)y that's available in Europe?
Something for sipping that can also be used for cocktails in a pinch

[Anonymous No.13247805]

>>13247802
>another drug thread

[Anonymous No.13247866]

>>13247805
go complain elsewhere

[Anonymous No.13247879]

>>13247866
Make me

[Anonymous No.13247893]

>>13247879
make me

[Anonymous No.13248363]

bump

[Anonymous No.13248498]

No idea bro I think it’s kinda funny that we take the most basic of bourbons here for granted tho. Eagle rare and buffalo trace is comparatively some pretty good shit but it’s common as gasoline so no one really cares or thinks twice about it here

[Anonymous No.13248716]

>>13247802
Bushmills or if you'd prefer a bourbon, Bulleit.

[Anonymous No.13248791]

For me, it's Woodford Reserve - the best bourbon (for the price)

[Anonymous No.13248798]

Is hot stuff considered cold for super hot stuff?

[Anonymous No.13248799]

>>13248791
for me its buffalo trace which is cheaper and still decent

[Anonymous No.13248811]

>>13248799
buffalo trace costs the same here

[Anonymous No.13249858]

bump

[Anonymous No.13250326]

al/ck/oholic here, cheapest you can get. Real answer, cheapest you can get at the nearest shop

[Anonymous No.13250386]

another question, I remember an alton brown show about vodka and him saying that the difference between cheap vodka and good vodka was 3 or 4 passes through a pur filter. I think he was just dumbing down the concept in a funny and entertaining way for TV, but curious if anyone's actually tried pouring shitty vodka through a pur filter over and over and then compared to a good vodka. Just throwing it out there.

[Anonymous No.13250406]

>>13250386
did it in college but idk if it really made a difference

[Anonymous No.13250433]

>>13250386
There's no way it's actually that simple. Most of the bottom shelf handles advertise on the plastic bottle how it's 8 or 9 times distilled, yet it still tastes like rubbing alcohol compared to the top, and even most of the middle, shelf stuff.

[Anonymous No.13250441]

>>13250386
the difference is mainly branding. also some expensive vodkas are deliberately not the purest possible (absolut). there is nothing intrinsically superior about a pure (i.e. flavorless) vodka either way
>pur filter
never heard of it, but activated charcoal will certainly do it. it's cheap and easy to make a filter with a piece of cloth (or whatever) and an empty two liter plastic bottle, if you want to try it

[Anonymous No.13252084]

>>13250386
no

[Anonymous No.13252110]

any variant of Macallan 12!!!!

>loved by many
>hated by no one
>complex enough to drink alone
>cheap enough to not be a waste to put in cocktails

very accessible flavor. it tastes like fruit, nuts, oak and vanilla. no peat or smoke

[Anonymous No.13252930]

>>13247802
Bourbon or whiskey? American whiskey?

[Anonymous No.13252936]

>>13252930
anything

[Anonymous No.13252962]

>>13250386
Yes, this does really work. It removes any odor or off taste and makes the spirit more neutral and palatable. Can speak from experience

[Anonymous No.13252965]

>>13247802
Honestly I'd go with pinnacle vodka. Decent mixability, and at $10 a fifth you can't go wrong.

[Anonymous No.13252970]

>>13247802
>What's the most versatile, tasteful, and reasonably-priced whisk(e)y that's available in Europe?
>Something for sipping that can also be used for cocktails in a pinch
To be COMPLETELY honest? Glenfiddich 12. Decent and plain. Come at me.

[Anonymous No.13252974]

>>13252965
>ask for whiskey recommendations
>get recommended vodka

/ck/

[Anonymous No.13252976]

>>13252110
>Macallan 12
>cheap

[Anonymous No.13252981]

>>13247802
Gonna need a list with prices for over there

[Anonymous No.13253028]

>>13252936
Evan Williams is a good bottom shelf American Whiskey similar to Jack Daniels. Good for mixing with things like coca cola or ginger ale.

For a nicer bourbon you could probably get where you are I like Maker's Mark. Good on ice or neat and plays well in cocktails like a Manhattan

If you're just trying to get into Whiskey in general and you want something you think you'll like, Red Breast is a good choice. Its an Irish Whiskey but insanely drinkable. Good entry point for a novice

[Anonymous No.13253047]

>>13252981
https://www.vynoteka.lt/viskis
>>13253028
I would say I am more a poorfag than I am a novice

[Anonymous No.13253102]

>>13253047
I’d go with the 1L bottles of Jack Daniels as the hands-down winner from that list. Very versatile and affordable. If you need to meme it up with Scotch (you shouldn’t) then go with Glenlivet or that 10yo Highland Park. Glenfiddich is overrated and only pumped up in price by the Chinese demand for it

[Anonymous No.13253124]

Evan Williams black label is good for the price. I drink it on the rocks, even. But it's cheap enough to justify mixing with.

I'll buy maker's mark or Eagle Rare if I'm splurging.

[Anonymous No.13254183]

If I can get an Aberlour Abunadh batch 63 (61% ABV) for $69 USD
Should I go for it?

[Anonymous No.13254348]

>>13254183
gesundheit

[Anonymous No.13254402]

>>13252976
poor
>>>/out/

[Anonymous No.13254410]

>>13254183
yes, great price.

[Anonymous No.13254455]

>>13254183
Decent price. Go for it.
I was checking my mail order place's prices the other day and I was surprised to find they haven't gone up yet since the scotch tariff hit. I guess stores are still selling the stock they bought before the tariff hit.

[Anonymous No.13254677]

>>13250386
On mythbusters they had a pro vodka taster who was able to accurately order the number of passes cheap vodka went through a filter. So yeah it changes the taste but I never could tell well enough to justify the effort

[Anonymous No.13255898]

>>13252110
>cheap

[Anonymous No.13257254]

>>13250386
It can make some shit vodkas much better.
Not all cheap vodkas are cutting their costs by insufficiently filtering. So not every vodka gains a lot of benefit.
It won't make a bottom shelf vodka into a top shelf one. It also won't improve a top shelf vodka.
But if your goal is a neutral tasting spirit for mixers, then you can save a tonne of money.
IMO Green Mark and Stolichnaya improve a lot.

[Anonymous No.13257361]

>>13253047
That's a good price for Chivas 12. It's a blend, but a decent one.

[Anonymous No.13257395]

If you're from America it's often a wash.
Yes there's lower importation overhead but the Eurotrash sin taxes are usually 3 orders of magnitude higher than ours.

[Anonymous No.13257419]

>>13253047
GLEN MORAY 12 21.99
TENJAKU 26.99
Theses look like the best value there. Each cost about half of what I can get them for.

[Anonymous No.13257486]

what about these award-winning bad boys

[Anonymous No.13257488]

>>13257486
and this

[Anonymous No.13258852]

>>13257486
>>13257488
no takers?

[Anonymous No.13258973]

>>13258852
I've heard good things about the former, but none of that is available here.