/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>13474570
yes
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>>13474570
All alcohol is, you're better off pissing in your mouth and running head first into a lamp post rather than paying any amount of money to get drunk.

>>13474580
Do you suggest any good scotch whiskeys that are similar to Green label? My uncle is a bit of a Johnny walker fan and I never really cared about scotch, but after drinking half of his green label during NYE, I can’t stop thinking about scotch. Do you have any links to some good scotch guides?

>>13474589
But I also don’t want to pay over 100 dollars for good scotch.

>>13474589
They replaced Green with Gold. You're better off with Gold or Platinum since they're good without the ridiculous price of Blue.

Gold/Blue Label, definitely. Red/Black Label, not really. The others I'm not sure about.

>>13474604
I can’t stand black or Red though. I’ve tasted green, and it’s ruined Black/Red for me. I kind of just want a cheaper non Johnny Walker alternative that has similar taste notes to a green label.

>>13474613

You might want to check out Talisker; I'm given to understand that it's one of the main components of Green Label and the 10 year is slightly more expensive.

>>13474667
What do you mean “one of the main components”?

>>13474678

Johnnie Walker is a blended Scotch, which means that whisky from several distilleries go into it. By contrast, a single malt comes from one particular distillery and is almost always named after the distillery it comes from; in this case, Talisker is a distillery on the Isle of Skye.

>>13474678
Two types of scotch: Blended and Single malt.

Single Malt is scotch that is from a single distillery (however, it is a blend of multiple 'batches'. This is done to increase consistency of flavor, as any given cask is going to vary a bit from the next). Most single malts tend to have very defined personalities.

Blended scotch is made by balancing multiple single malts. Generally lowers the volume on any particular characteristics of the scotch and achieves a more 'balanced' (some would say bland) flavor. IMO some blends are good in their own right and better than some single malts, but generally much less interesting than the vast majority of single-malts. For example, I think Macallan (single malt) are gross and would rather drink JW black or cutty sark. Those two are par with glenlivet for me. However, if laphroaig, glenmorangie, ardbeg, talisker, bowmore, balvenie, oban, or lagavulin are available, I'll take any of them over the blends.

I haven't had green, but you should try Talisker 10, Old Pulteney, or Balvenie 12. These are gonna be way more expensive than you'd like, and will initially be kinda gross, but then you'll wonder how the fuck you ever liked basically any other whiskey and will start going for more and more islays and WELCOME TO SCOTCH, YOU'RE A SNOB NOW. ENJOY.

or if you absolutely must be cheap, I hear monkey shoulder is pretty decent (though I've not had it.)

>>13474740
Thanks anon. I think I might just stick to beer until I’m no longer a poorfag student. I know how impulsive I get about the finer things in life, which makes me spends a shit ton for prime beef or San Marino tomatoes. I’m going to stay away from Scotch until I get a good job.

>>13474838
*San Marzano

>>13474570
I had a bottle of JW blue over Christmas and as someone that usually hates whiskey, I really fucking enjoyed it.

>>13474850
Well you better enjoy it, considering it’s 250-500 bucks a bottle.

>>13474667
Absolutely based

>>13474580
This

Anyone know if this one's good? I love Lord of the Rings so I got tempted to order it

>>13474570
Green and Gold are better than blue and cheaper

>>13474570
We already got a whiskey thread bro

whisky scotch and bourbon is all pisswater

>>13475477
hehe

>>13474570
Who cares, the company is cucked

>>13474570
yes.
meme whiskey. as are many of them. Scapa is based and alone-pilled way up in Orkney.

>>13475928
>Diageo shilling on overdrive in above thread
>Talisker shilling on overdrive in this thread, simultaneously
$.05 was deposited into your PayPal account, Poodesh.

>>13474600
They brought back Green. I just saw it at Costco the other day.

>>13476496
Good. Green was always the best

>>13474600
green has been a duty free exclusive for a bit but they brought it back
gold replaced gold 18 and seems to be different, just a bit or a lot depending on who you ask
18y/o replaced platinum, different label, same whisky

>>13475986

Anon asked what was similar to Johnnie Walker Green Label, and I answered him. Personally, I prefer Highland Park.

>>13475255
>>13474667
fuck off, talisker is shit, you are a shill

drink glenmorangie if you want something easy to sip and decently cheap

>>13474570
Overpriced. Though I do enjoy standard black

Laphroaig and never look back, Isla whiskeys are god tier.

>>13474570
Yup. My dad drinks a bottle of Jamison ( ya, ya Irish) every day and when he retired 2 years ago I bought him a bottle of Johnny blue for $250 and he won't drink it because it's too smokey. It's still sitting on his kitchen counter

>>13476948
You and your dad both fail, hard.
>spending $250 on JWB when it can be found for $150
>JWB
>too smoky

>>13475912
they're just appealing to 50% of the population

anyone offended by this is too drunk to care

>>13474838
>falling for the prime beef Jew
idot
>he thinks San Marzanos are expensive
ahhhh the retardation is in full bloom
sad!

>>13478758
Anyone who makes posts like this should just stay home and dilate instead

>>13474589
Any of their component single malts might be worth looking at, especially Talisker 10 and Caol Ila 12. If you don't want as much smoke then look at Clynelish 14 which is a good mix of fruity oily Highland style with a light peat touch.

>>13476893
>call someone a shill for recommending Talisker
>recommend Glenmorangie
Commit sudoku for having such trash taste. If you're gonna recommend a Tain distiller at least say Balblair.

>>13476893
> recommending Glenmorangie