Whiskey / Whisky thread

[Anonymous No.8276281]

About time we had another of these.

Bought some Ardbeg 10 a few days ago, it is every bit as good as people would have you believe.

Getting into bourbon recently, love Bulleit and Makers Mark is pretty good. What is pic related like? It is on offer in my local supermarket, worth getting?

[Anonymous No.8276288]

>>8276281

Pick it up, compadre. I also recommend Eagle Rare as a good selection.

[Anonymous No.8276299]

is this stuff considered good?

[Anonymous No.8276308]

>>8276288

Eagle Rare is expensive (£34) compared to Woodford (£22) and Bulleit (£20), is it worth it? Happy to pay if so, but its top money for bourbon here.

Will get some Woodford tomorrow if you say its good, starting to really like bourbon

[Anonymous No.8276313]

>>8276299

It is very smooth and easy drinking. Nothing wrong with it, but nothing exceptional either. For context, it is £25 a bottle in Scotland so $32 USD. Worth buying at that, but wouldn't pay much more

[Anonymous No.8276325]

>>8276308

£34?! Uh... Well, I really like it but I don't know if it's worth £34

[Anonymous No.8276336]

>>8276325

Not worth the jump from Bulleit / Makers? Shame.

What would you recommend as a step up from these? Amazon is pretty well stocked!

[Anonymous No.8276413]

I'm about to buy my first Scotch tommorow. What should I go for? Single malt? Blend?

If single malt which one? Keep in mind im on a budget.

[Anonymous No.8276417]

Dunno what to drink, got these

>suntory blended
>jim beam double oak
>eagle rare
>evan williams bonded
>old grandad bonded
>teachers blended scotch
>bulleit rye

[Anonymous No.8276474]

>>8276413

Highland Park 12 is an affordable introduction, or even >>8276299

If these are a stretch, then Johnny Walker Black is fine

[Anonymous No.8276478]

>>8276417
>>bulleit rye

That is surprisingly good shit

[Anonymous No.8276484]

I like suntory. Am I a pleb?

[Anonymous No.8276489]

>>8276474
Thank you. What is it really that separates the blends from the singles in terms of taste? Why are singles kept in higher regard and all that?

[Anonymous No.8276491]

>>8276308
Im from lexington kentucky.

Yes.

[Anonymous No.8276591]

>pleb question
how does one enjoy whiskey without the harsh, paint-thinner aftertaste? Surely there is a way to cope.

[Anonymous No.8276600]

>>8276281
>mfw I'm drunk and just broke the cork off and it fell in my bottle of bulleit rye

[Anonymous No.8276610]

>>8276591
That's why you add a little water and leave it to settle, or add ice if you prefer.

[Anonymous No.8276623]

>>8276591
grow up

[Anonymous No.8278731]

Just bought an Ardbeg Uigeadail bottle, did i do good?

[Anonymous No.8278798]

This shit is delicious, add a little lemon juice to it for even better results.

[Anonymous No.8279018]

I dont usually drink whisky but I love this

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[Anonymous No.8279127]

I got a sample of some Benriach Solstice to try for Friday.
>>8276281
Look into Buffalo Trace OP, if you like oaky, spicy scotch you'll love BT.
>>8276299
The Original is watery trash. If you want a good experience with Glenmorangie try the Quinta Ruban.
>>8276308
Eagle Rare is fantastic stuff but you should start small and work your way up.
>>8276413
I'd say go for Glendronach 12 if they have it. Its affordable and very easy to get into, plus its a quality offering from an independent distiller with NCF and natural color.
>>8276591
Add some water if you can't deal with the alcohol, it helps to bring out the flavors as well.
>>8278731
How much did you pay?
>>8279018
Lot 40 are one of the few great up and coming Canadian rye distillers. I wish they'd put out a limited run cask strength bottling but Provincial regulations fuck everything up.

[Anonymous No.8279149]

>>8278731
>>8279127

I payed €49,95

[Anonymous No.8279162]

>>8276281
>Makers Mark is pretty good
If you like MM then you will like anything. Literally everything is better than MM.

[Anonymous No.8279305]

I get this for like $18 bucks in california. This brand is great for the money, but don't expect it to compete with Macallan.

[Anonymous No.8279500]

>>8279149
Good price then, the Uige is pretty tasty.
>>8279305
If its better then shit like McClellands and Grants Id drink it.

[Anonymous No.8279526]

Scotch amateur here. Bought a bottle of Balvenie 12 doublewood based on last thread. Pretty impressed with it, thanks for the recommendation.

I wont be finished with this bottle for a while, but any recommendations for an Islands/Islay single malt? I'd like something where the peatiness is present but doesn't overwhelm the other flavors in the whisky. Budget around 40-70 USD.

[Anonymous No.8279887]

>>8279526
I'd say go for a Campbeltown single malt since the peat is more subtle and complimentary, Springbank 10 is a good start.

[Anonymous No.8279922]

Girlfriend's dad is a massive scotch fan. Her family is old money and very, very well off.

I'm probably going to meet her parents soon, so what scotch should I bring for him? I don't want to get something for him for him to laugh at me and go "HAHAHA FUCKING PLEB" I'm already planning on bringing a bottle of wine for dinner.

[Anonymous No.8279964]

Help my uncle let me try some of his Macallan 18 and now everything else is a disappointment what do?

[Anonymous No.8279975]

>>8279922
Given that he's rich, and a scotch man...
Unless you plan on spending well over two hundred bucks, don't try.
That being said, you're going to look like an idiot buying him a nice bottle of scotch unless you make a decent living yourself.
If you really want to impress him, ask your gf what brand he usually drinks and buy a bottle of something one step up.
ie. if he drinks macallan 15, buy him macallan 18, etc

[Anonymous No.8280000]

>>8279975
>If you really want to impress him, ask your gf what brand he usually drinks and buy a bottle of something one step up.

That is not a bad fucking idea! Thanks, man.

[Anonymous No.8280005]

>>8279922
Gonna have to go against >>8279975. A slightly older bottle of something isn't necessarily a better purchase. There is no 'upgrading' in terms of age, it all depends on what you like the taste of.

For example, if you like strong peaty whiskey in general the younger stuff has more of a kick to it than the older stuff. I'd take a bottle of Laphroaig 10 over a 15 or an 18 any day.

If you're looking to impress, just remember that a lot of it is all marketing, the fancy bottles, boxes, wax seals and certificates are usually useless blather to a new buyer.

Snoop around his collection if you can, and see if you can find out if he has a preference without asking him. Jot down the names of shit he's into and look them up online and see if there's a theme. If he goes for peat, or heat, or fruit etc.

If he is big on scotch and rich, the best thing you can get him is something he hasn't had before. Find a bottling by a company he owns shit by but hasn't tried. For example if >>8279526 likes Balvenie 12 doublewood, maybe don't get the 17 doublewood (if he's rich he coulda bought that) but maybe get the Carribean Cask (it's still a 14 year so slightly older but it's a different line). People who are into scotch tend to value drinking as many varying types and having variety about. Even a scotch that isn't to your taste is expanding your taste profiles.

That being said, buy him a laphroaig. It'll put hairs on his chest and make it look like you can drink scotland itself.

[Sage No.8280134]

>>8279964
If you can find it Macallan Cask Strength is amazing

[Anonymous No.8280185]

>>8280134
>>8280005
>>8279975
jk she literally just broke up with me

[Anonymous No.8280902]

>>8280185
Bitches aint shit but hoes and tricks

[Anonymous No.8281009]

>>8279526

Highland Park 12 is a great place to start for island stuff, and it is pretty cheap too which helps.

If you want to get into Islay stuff I would recommend something like Ardbeg 10 or Lagavulin 16 depending on pricing as they give you the peat but are still very flavoursome.

Laphroaig 10 is incredible, but very much a love hate thing as it is quite intense so puts a lot of people off. I wouldn't recommend that as your first foray into Islay malts.

>>8279964

Glendronnach and Aberlour are in a similar ballpark but more affordable. The age statement Macallan stuff is lovely though.

[Anonymous No.8281032]

Did anyone here win the 37 year old Lagavulin from the Whiskey Exchange?

I didn't ;_;

[Anonymous No.8281139]

>>8281032
I live in the Dominion of Canuckistan so I couldnt enter the contest.
If I could I would have.

[Anonymous No.8281277]

>>8280185
Looks like you're already in the perfect thread.

[Anonymous No.8281489]

Went to Wales to visit an old friend for the weekend, and they took me to the Penderyn Distillery. Pretty fascinating shit, bought a bottle of this good shit after the tasting session at the end.

Penderyn peated edition, aged in ex-laphroaig barrels to get the taste instead of peating the barley because the substances that impart the smoke flavour don't survive their distilling process. Really great stuff, unlike any other whisky I've ever tried. Not better, but really unique.

[Anonymous No.8281496]

>>8276591
make sure you aren't inhaling through your nose as you drink, family, that will really give you the alcohol

[Anonymous No.8282054]

>>8281489
>hmm, sounds interesting let me loo~
>70€
JESUS CHRIST! I will rather continue buying the real deal Laphroaig for less than HALF that price. Thank you very much.

[Anonymous No.8282088]

>>8282054
I can't blame you on the price, but you wouldn't be buying a laphroaig knock-off. It's really nothing like anything else.

It'd be like calling bourbon the "real deal" version of scotch because a lot of scotches are aged in bourbon barrels.

[Anonymous No.8282757]

>>8276491
same. also love Woodford.

[Anonymous No.8282880]

>>8281489
>>8282088
So what about it is unique in taste or nose to you?

[Anonymous No.8282932]

Where should I branch out in Scotch if I really like Laphroiag and Lagavulin? Islays do it for me.

[Anonymous No.8282940]

>>8276281
Is bourbon the same as whiskey?
If not, what the fuck is bourbon whiskey?

[Anonymous No.8282945]

>>8282932
Look into some Island offerings like Talisker or some peated Highland varities. Also check out Campbeltown distilleries like Springbank and Kilkerran for a different kind of peat.

[Anonymous No.8282950]

>>8282940
Whiskey is almost always the spelling used for American and Irish distilled spirits. So technically its Bourbon Whiskey, American Whiskey and Irish Whiskey and then you have everyone else from Scotch Whisky to Canadian Whisky.

[Anonymous No.8283659]

>>8282880
The fact they're unlike any other whisky I've tried. You know how you'd never mistake a scotch for a bourbon, or vice versa? You'd never mistake penderyn for either. It's a different variety of whisky altogether.

Someone who's tried every whisky on earth might be able to draw some comparisons, but in my personal experience it stands well on its own.

[Anonymous No.8283718]

always does the trick for me. keep a bottle on the table next to my bed

[Anonymous No.8283955]

>>8282940
Bourbon is American whiskEy and refers to said spirit specifically from Kentucky.
There is also Tennessee whiskey which is technically not Bourbon anymore but most people refer to it as such anyway.

[Anonymous No.8283957]

>>8282940
Whiskey / whisky is the big umbrella term for distilled spirits using a fermented mash from cereal grains - corn, rye, wheat, barley. Those are the most-used cereals, but distillers are also experimenting with other grains like millet and quinoa. Surprise, they're not real good.

The difference between "whiskey" and "whisky" is entirely cultural; Americans and the Irish call their spirits whiskey, Scots and the Canucks call theirs whisky. They all use different methods and predominant grains to make their particular whiskies (Scotch using mostly malted barley, Canadians favoring rye, etc), but it's all under the same umbrella of grain spirits.

Bourbon uses mostly corn as its grain for mash. For whiskey to be "bourbon", it has to be produced in the US, be at least a 51% corn mash, and aged in new charred oak containers.

So, things like bourbon, scotch, and the like are just "subsets" of the larger whiskey/whisky family.

[Anonymous No.8284160]

>>8276281

Nice choices OP. Bulleit Bourbon is great stuff, their rye is delicious, too.

Ardbeg is one of my favorite whiskys. If you recently started getting into Islay single malts also try the Lagavulin 16, Laphroaig 10 and Caol Ila 12.

Another good option is the Talisker 10 or (if you got a bit more to spend) the Talisker North. Incredibly spicey whisky from the Isle of Skye. You can almost taste the waves of the brave sea crashing against those cliffs. Beautiful!

[Anonymous No.8284994]

>>828293
Octomore...

[Anonymous No.8285007]

>>8276281
Woodford reserve is my go to bourbon because its easy to find and only 30 quid. Its nice

Blantons Gold is the GOAT for me

[Anonymous No.8285015]

>>8276288
> eagle rare
Ew no

I dont like the taste and its still the only whiskey that gives me a terrible hangover, and i drink 60 per cent A'bunadh on the regular

[Anonymous No.8285024]

>>8279922
If tou are a bong then get something not sold in Tescos

Something classic like Bunnhaibhan or Glenkichie, check out waitrose

[Anonymous No.8285035]

>>8282932
Oban
Caol Ila

>>8281489
Standard Penderyn was my introduction to whiskey
My favourite young whiskey

[Anonymous No.8285173]

>>8276308
In Virginia, Eagle Rare is $24-$27, while Woodford Reserve is $35

[Anonymous No.8285252]

Black friday sale at the local CG base tomorrow. It's not all whiskey, but I think asking this thread would pull a better response than al/ck/. Too much self loathing.

Anything interesting? No tax gets added to the prices. Most things on there I haven't tried. Usually just drink Eagle Rare / scotch, but neither are on there.

[Anonymous No.8285255]

>>8285252
2/2

[Anonymous No.8285286]

>>8285252
>>8285255
I don't see anything fancy on there that would be worth the price.
The only half decent thing on that list regarding whisky really is Woodford Reserve

[Anonymous No.8285322]

>>8283957
Thanks for this. I'm pretty new to whiskey in general, and this was quite helpful.

[Anonymous No.8285338]

>>8285173
wow that's reasonable as hell, I love me some eagle rare. It's closer to 40 bucks where I live in oregon though

[Anonymous No.8285343]

>>8285286
I should add that the sale prices are typed in the right column, pencil is the regular price. And I feel the same as you, a couple Woodfords and maybe some Courvoisier. Getting a case of turkey for 144 bucks would be entertaining right until I have to drink the stuff.

[Anonymous No.8285351]

>>8285252
>>8285255
Wish my state had sales like that.
Unfortunately we have state-run liquor stores so thats not happening

[Anonymous No.8285853]

just bought my second bottle of this.

when did you grow out of blended whisky?

[Anonymous No.8285856]

>>8276600
how do you break the cork?

[Anonymous No.8285968]

is richard paterson /our guy/?

[Anonymous No.8286132]

>>8285853
I never grew into it. I got started on bourbon when I was in university, and one of my housemates bought me a bottle of Grant's for christmas.

Compared to the bottle of Four Roses I was going through at the time, it was like drinking a sawblade. Haven't touched blends since.

[Anonymous No.8286142]

>>8276591
Inhale through mouth, exhale through nose.

Water enhances flavor (IN SMALL AMOUNTS) and ice dilutes/dampens it.

[Anonymous No.8286175]

>>8279526
Awesome, I bought a triple cask 700 ml Balvenie16 and two 200 ml Glenfiddich 18s.

BBQ with the boys is gonna be classy.

[Anonymous No.8286221]

>>8285255
Wild turkey 101 looks good for the price. I'd buy a case of it for that money.

[Anonymous No.8286329]

>>8285255

Fuck me Wild Turkey is cheap for you guys! Usually around £22 here and sometimes down to £15 on offer for the 81 stuff, never seen the 101 outside of a specialist whisky shop and they want about £40 for it.

[Anonymous No.8286383]

>tfw bought a bottle of Lagavulin 16 for £60

[Anonymous No.8287044]

Got a bottle of glendronach 15, heard it was pretty good and I loved the 12.

[Anonymous No.8287051]

FORTY CREEK IS AN EXCELLENT CHEAP WHISKY

[Anonymous No.8287067]

>>8284160
Talisker storm is my go to, so comfy

[Anonymous No.8287341]

>>8286132
>like drinking a sawblade
like it was rough? that happens if you're not drinking all malts, might have some grain whisky in it too.

[Anonymous No.8287453]

>>8287051
I honestly don't like it desu, too creamy for my tastes.
>>8287044
Appreciate that shit because they won't be making more until 2018 once the current stockpile goes away.
Also its a big step up from the 12, enjoy that magic.

[Anonymous No.8287485]

>>8287341
Yep.

AllI know is Grant's is the devil's piss.

[Anonymous No.8288366]

>>8287051
Mah nigga, 40 Creek is what got me back into whisky after a year of party college drinking soured me on the stuff.

[Anonymous No.8288373]

didn't read thread but as a long time drinker i'm gonna go ahead and say i dunno if i'll ever buy anything other than bullitt again.

however, i have just discovered scotch whiskey and it's so smooth in comparison to any non scotch

[Anonymous No.8288381]

>>8288373
>long time drinker
>just discovered scotch
>bulleit is the best you've had
Long time drinker of what, exactly? Milk?

[Anonymous No.8288406]

>>8276417
suntory

[Anonymous No.8288412]

>>8288381
it's not the best, it's the combination of the best/price. I have had scotch before but recently "discovered" it meaning started buying and drinking more regularly.

[Anonymous No.8288467]

I'll keep mentioning this until you people try it.

[Anonymous No.8288523]

>>8288467
>ice in glas to dampen the taste
already confirmed trash drink

[Anonymous No.8288576]

>>8288467
> chink whiskey
If i wanted something dead and soulless i would fuck a prossie

[Anonymous No.8288801]

anyone ever try this? Its quite good.

[Anonymous No.8288824]

>>8285853
ITT: children pretending they know jack shit about spirits proven by their unilateral dismissal of blends

[Anonymous No.8288834]

>>8284160
>You can almost taste the waves of the brave sea crashing against those cliffs

how many miles of cock have been in your mouth and ass?

[Anonymous No.8288866]

>>8288824
cheap blends*

[Anonymous No.8288889]

>>8288801
I have and I loved it.

I don't claim to be an expert but my normal favorites are Woodford Reserve and Four Roses Single Barrel and I consider it a cut above those.

Of course for the extra cost it should be.

[Anonymous No.8289012]

>>8288889
how much did you pay for it?

[Anonymous No.8289077]

>>8289012
I think it was $47.00 This was about a year ago.

[Anonymous No.8289904]

>>8278731
Try the Supernova if you can find it.

[Anonymous No.8289907]

>>8280005
Caribbean cask is rum candy garbage. Balvenie in general is basically only good with desert.

[Anonymous No.8289910]

>>8279922
Laphroaig 18. It shows that you're not a wimp or cheap.

[Anonymous No.8289912]

>>8279964
Drown your sorrows in a cask of Lagavulin.

[Anonymous No.8289916]

I should check out /ck/ more often, didn't know there were booze threads.

>>8276281

Regarding whiskey, pic related was my favorite scotch but kind of hard to find at a good price stateside.

For bourbon, I really liked Bulleit. I'm also excited to see microdistilleries popping up but microbarreling is a meme. Also one of my favorite microdistillery that makes some great vodka and moonshine made some really harsh and abrasive bourbon, likely because he only aged it for 6 months before bottling. Cool guy though. Maybe if he lets it sit 2 years it will be calmed down a bit, it was like rubbing alcohol. Strange because his moonshine is incredible and its essentially the same recipe.

Thanks for reading please like and subscribe

[Anonymous No.8289920]

>>8282932
It's counterintuitive, but try Japanese whisky. I also love Islays, and older Yamazaki and Hibiki bottlings are just so well done. They're a nice departure from all the peat without being sweet tooth whiskies that you find in other parts of Scotland.

[Anonymous No.8289928]

>>8276281
>getting sore throat
>still want to drink and smoke
this must be how bukowski felt

[Anonymous No.8290880]

>>8289907
>Caribbean cask is rum candy garbage
closeted dick sucking faggot detected.