/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Gotta agree op. I get this and J&B for scotch but only cause Mack drinks it in The Thing. Love buffalo trace.

Why does whiskey only come in single serving bottles? What kind of nonsense game is this?

I prefer Woodford Reserve or ER 10 (readily available where I am) at near the same price point. I stray away from soft/grassy flavor profiles.

>>14316486
>Only price competitive in USA
>Consistently cheap taste, regardless of cost
>Holds up well to coke (nothing holds up well to ice)
>All alcohol goes well with meat and snacks

Bulleit comes to mind.

>>14316578
>*bulleit*

Put one in your brain shitstain

>>14316499
I have to admit, I drink Jack occasionally when I get a Shining feel and I’m up alone late at night.

>>14316486
just picked this up for $22
sip'n neat.
it burns a bit if you don't let it breath.

>>14316486
BT and 4Roses Small Batch are probably the best $25-30 bottles that you're gonna find. I personally like Evan WIlliams 1782 too and it's only $15 around here.

>>14316486
daily reminder that this stuff is almost constantly on "sale" at whole foods for cheaper than at liquor stores and the supermarket.

>>14316640
E dub is based. Affordable and only gets better per $5 increase. Four roses always comes across to harsh for me compared to others at a comparable price:

>>14316638
Wow. Thats cheap. Im surprised that Australia has higher rates of alcohol abuse than the US considering we have an alcohol tax and booe in your country is cheap.

Is this a meme boys?

>>14316654
How else would you poor bastards cope with the horror that is Australian climate and animal life?

All jokes aside I think it has a lot to do with our country’s freak city on the hill Puritan aversion to alcohol. Goes to the core even in the most alcohol obsessed parts of the country

>>14316649
>Four roses always comes across to harsh for me
I've never had regular 4Roses since the Small Batch is only like $2 more here. It's pretty smooth, but not as smooth as BT. The EW 1782 is extremely smooth. It's not complex at all, but it's a great sipper and great for the price.

>>14316507
Top kek. I once had an entire bottle of whiskey and 3 arbys roast beefs. My food for.the day

>>14316638
I'm cautious of all these new brands that are popping up like weeds nowadays. Whiskey has turned into a hipster meme and a lot of these small brands are just sourcing from major producers like MGP and slapping a snazzy label on it and calling it done. Not saying that some aren't actually working hard toward making a good product, but when you look at the economics of the distilling industry, the upfront investment before you have a sellable product that you can call your own is extremely long. Those first 5-10 yrs are basically gonna be reselling 3rd party products with your own name on it.

>>14316655
101 is not a meme. It's much better than regular WT and makes a good mint julep.

>>14316655
Doing shots of that now. Excellent bang for the buck.

>>14316693
>>14316687

>grow my own mint out back just for juleps

Currently enjoying a Wyoming Whiskey small batch julep. Haven’t had turkey 101 in a while, can’t get it where I live in Washington. Will need to keep an eye out for it.

Any other budget bourbons that folks would recommend?

>>14316654
ironically all the best whiskey is produced in dry counties.

>>14316712
>”You’re gawddam right it is anon. Nah get the fuck out of here and buy it from Chicago where you belong.”

>>14316687
I am not going to talk shit about hipsters. They're literally the greatest class of entrepreneur this country has seen in a century.
Sure, they're responsible for a lot of fuckups, but that's what happens when you take the risk of trying to accomplish anything.
As for this bottle in particular, it's pretty meh. I'm only on my first glass. But it's about right for the price.
It's on the spicy side, so it's going to be best for cocktails rather than neat.

>>14316708
Rittenhouse ain't bourbon, but...

>>14316687
>Whiskey has turned into a hipster meme
“Hipster” is a term co-opted for use as a meaningless pejorative in order to vaguely call someone else’s authenticity into question and, by extension, claim authenticity for yourself.

It serves no conversational function and imparts no information, save for indicating the opinions and preferences of the speaker.

Meanwhile, a market myth has sprung up around the term, as well as a cultural bogeyman consisting of elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).

You can’t define what “that kind of behavior or fashion or lifestyle” actually is, nor will you ever be able to. That’s because you don’t use “hipster” to describe an actual group of people, but to describe a fictional stereotype that is an outlet for literally anything that annoys you.

The twist, of course, is that if it weren’t for your own insecurities, nothing that a “hipster” could do or wear would ever affect you emotionally. But you are insecure about your own authenticity - “Do I wear what I wear because I want to? Do I listen to my music because I truly like it? I’m certainly not like those filthy hipsters!” - so you project those feelings.

Suffice it to say, no one self-identifies as a hipster; the term is always applied to an Other, to separate the authentic Us from the inauthentic, “ironic” Them.

tl;dr: if you believe hipsters exist, you are a plebeian.

>>14317593
i'm gay btw if that matters

>>14317593
>elusive white 20-somethings who wear certain clothes (but no one will agree on what), listen to certain music (no one can agree on this either), and act a certain way (you’ve probably sensed the pattern on your own).
It's almost as if hipsters sprung up organically in different cities with different influences despite trending in a similar arc.
A Williamsburg hipster is not going to be exactly the same as a Portland or a Seattle hipster, and let's not even get in to the fixie bike crowd.

my goddamn cork broke off

>>14317593
Sorry bro, I started reading your post but after 5 words I realized you probably like cock.

>>14317528
I just bought Rittenhouse rye BiB, looking forward to giving it a try later

>>14316486
Elijah Craig is my go to, then bulleit, then Buffalo Trace, then old grand dad BIB. All are affordable and great bourbons. George dickel has the best mid shelf rye as well

>>14317593
They could probably use the term Millennial, or Gen Z, or something like that because they are actually trying to indicate an age group. But that isn't exactly right. They also want to indicate an age group that still has a chip on their shoulder of insecurity, and a immature frontal lobe of judgement. There is a young drinker that falls victim to wanting to belong to something new and exciting. They want to identify with something, and are into fashion, trends, and APPEARING to be a certain way. A society that lives on social media, where trends spread like wildfire if they are known to you first and you can appear novel or enlightened.

Insecure people rush to drink what they friends will approve of first. Then, they collect it. It's pokemon cards, hot sauces, tiki shirts, whatever. In the 80s, men collected beer bottles of shit they tried and put them up on the wall of their man cave. Grunge kids in the 90s wore very worn-out clothing and did greasy stuff with their too long hair. At the very same time, other kids were wearing pants on the ground or shorts that went beyond their knees with stupidly expensive sneakers that weren't Vans and weren't brushed off clean each day. So when you talk about Millennials, you have to clarify "hipster" to decribe a subset of the age group, the kind that listened to Metric or The Killers, because that's what their parents played, and gets off on being novel, a bit of a social media whore, and I-found-it-first and it makes me special mentality. Hipster is mostly a scathing pejorative term, not a self-identify term because it'd be an oxymoron to pick on yourself and have self-esteem. You'd be too sensitive.

>>14316499
Word up, totally awesome movie

>>14317980
great recs, Elijah Craig doesn't get the recognition it deserves.

I tend to prefer Old Grand Dad 114 than the other versions since it scratches that high proof itch at a great prices.

>>14316741
you wouldn't understand the ocean. it's too deep for you.

>>14318004
CARLOS!

>>14316486
I love BT, but it's over $40 here in Texas. For my budget bourbon I usually go with Evan Williams black. I can get that for about $12 for 750ml. That's the cheapest I'll go. For about $6 more my go to is Jim Beam double oaked.

>>14317999
114 is solid and very reasonably priced. Better deal than wild turkeys rare breed and similar quality

>>14316486
Never had an old fashioned before and tried making one with BT but i thought it was disgustingly sweet. Pretty sure I measured everything right too

>>14318039
Can you explain those huge price differences? Always thought that bourbon is dirt cheap overall in America, but 40$ in Texas makes absolutely no sense, when i can get BT for 24€ here in Europe.

>>14318051
>similar quality
No

>>14318132
Yes

>>14316486
Recently got this and can confirm it's great. Hint of citrus and very smooth. I use it for my whiskey sours.

>>14316486
I got Woodford Reserve and Knob Creek recently. Didn't like either of them at first, but after some air got into the bottle, they really opened up. Love them both.

>>14318167
If you think Rare Breed and OGD 114 are anything alike you might as well save yourself some money and get Rebel Yell or Evan Williams instead.

>>14316486
I like bourbon because the flavor actually improves if you slightly water it down. Gives you something sweet and delicious to have after work and doesn't have a shit tonne of calories like beer or soda. Keeps you from getting drunk while still giving you a slight buzz so you can relax and get to sleep without subjecting yourself to a hangover the next day.

>>14316708
Not sure if you'd have it in WA, but Henderson is pretty cheap for how good it is

>>14317941
americans, it's always something with these guys.

>>14318126
some brands have better presence in certain regional markets than others do, which leads them to only sell BT in the Midwest and some other places

>>14317941
>Cork breaks off
>Use cork from one of the empty bottles laying around
You know, I'm somewhat of a genius myself.

>>14318112
An old fashioned is always sweet. Imo not even worth the effort. Nothing beats a Manhattan when it comes to whiskey drinks.

>>14318661
To be fair, I bought the bottle years ago so it's probably my fault.

Do you see the "E" at the end the batch number? It stands for "export" and most Bourbons I've purchased were marked with it. I wonder according to which criteria they sort out the barrels that get shipped off as export bottles.

just had some evan williams(plus whiskey in general ) for the first time, and it's actually good, how much better does it get than this brand wise?

>>14318655
Bro you don't need all those tools to remove a cork.

>>14318664
Yeah I much prefer Manhattans. What Rye do you use?

This thread could use a little more wokeness, good thing there's more courageous boards who are not afraid to lead by example.

>>14318628
Didn't say they were alike they're just both good quality bourbons. The last time I had rare breed it was 30$. Now it's 50$. It's not a 50$ bottle. OGD is still around 30$ though and worth that. Rare breed id spend 40 tops.

>>14316624
seething little gayboy

>>14318949
>The Coopered Tot article is one of a 3 part series looking at how minorities, women, and gay men have been portrayed in whiskey and whiskey advertising.
>3 part series
ngl, that's some powerful shit right there. gonna have to switch to canadian club from now on, i'm afraid.

>>14318126
Supply and demand (mostly demand). Bourbon has gotten very popular around here and prices have risen accordingly. I used to be able to get Evan Williams single barrel for $25 and now it's upwards of $40. Same thing for other brands like BT. Beam has kept it's prices steady, though. Probably due to their high volume production.

>>14318901
Than Evan Williams? Better by leaps and bounds if you're getting their standard bourbon. That's not to say Evan isn't good, in fact for the price point I haven't found anything that can compete. But you get into the $50/bottle range and you'll get some very good bourbon. I've been nursing a bottle of Angel's Envy and it's fantastic.

>>14318901
Their Single barrel is godlike for the price(no more than $30 where I live.) Everything else is just acceptable.

>>14316499
>>14317990
It’s also the preferred drink of Patrick Bateman, in the book that is. I don’t remember him drinking it in the movie.

>>14319752
Good catch.

https://youtu.be/DhBdEEvM9_w

>>14316655
I love it though I'll admit I like to pleb out sometimes and mix it with ginger ale.

Thoughts on Wild Turkey Longbranch?

the bourbon industry was created by big corn as an outlet for flawed raw produce.

Is there a scotchy bourbon? Or just local whisky that has a highland character. Longshot, local whisky that's peated.

>>14316741
>>14317593

>>14316486
There's a good reason 1792 doesn't put their shit in anything less than a fifth.

>>14320266
Wild Turkey for the average person who doesn't know anything about whiskey. Too sweet and too low proof. No reason for it to exist when there's better bottles of WT. It's just something for McConaughey to shill. It isn't really all that bad, but I'd rather just drink something else.

This is what I picked up yesterday. Laphroaig is neat or 4:1 with the Disaronno for a Godfather. Botanist is for 6:1 Martinis or Gimlets. This is my first time trying the High West Rye and I really like it. It's 80% of the quality of my 80 USD Rye for half the price.

>>14320842

>forgot pic

>>14320842
How you mix islay is beyond me but congratulations. Maybe get one too good to mix like Uigeadail or suicide or something.

>>14321038

I had never even considered it but an anon posted about Godfathers in a whiskey thread a few weeks back and I figured I'd give it a try. Very unexpectedly, it's quickly become one of my favorite drinks, and I've found that Laphroaig is absolutely perfect for it. Tried it with other Scotch in the same price range +/- 10 USD and nothing compares.

bump for bourbon

Recent pickup, how did I do?

>>14322319
I've had Weller and it's pretty good but I just don't get this obsession with it. Maybe the 12 or 107 are amazing but havent had them yet and don't really care about running around paying triple MSRP for them

Thoughts on Southern Comfort? I like it for a cheap mix with coke or Mountain Dew.

>>14322418

>>14322129
Wer ist sie?

>>14322418

>>14318949
Yes instead of just posting about whiskey on a whiskey board why not also let everyone know your race and gender because that matters

>>14322418
my go to drink in a bar when I was 20-23 was a shot of southern comfort and 2 coronas. I dont know why I liked that. just thinking of that makes my stomach turn over now.

>>14318949
good thing not everyone cucked out

>>14322633
Truly the pinnacle of the aryan male form

.

>>14316486
quitting alcohol is physically painful

>>14324077
don't quit then?

>>14320462
Legent is scotchy in that its bourbon finished in sherry and red wine casks.

There's a Texas single malt called swift that uses scottish malted barley and exboubon casks. They also have a sauternes cask finish.

I've had the legent and thought it's pretty good. I haven't had swift but I've read it's decent.

>>14318629
My experience with the 95 proof bourbon is strange. If I but just a half mouthful of water into a shot, then it’s perfect. But if I put in any more than that, it starts to lose its flavor really quick.

>>14318949
It's funny, I pretty much only browse reddit for r/cars and r/whiskey, and they've now both completely gone to shit thanks to this garbage.

>>14318949
they banned r/cumtown today so i have no reason to go back to that faggot hellhole

>>14316486
Eagle Rare is only like $3-5 more a bottle, and it's 10x better.

Evan Williams Bonded is the true "budget bourbon".

>>14324831
water is overrated. pour a glass, cover it with a lid and let it sit for an hour

>>14318126
Buffalo Trace is made by the same distillery as Pappy Van Winkle, so NPCs have mad it either scarce OR forced stores to raise the price.

>>14324920
I think Buffalo Trace got scarce because of Blanton's hype. Weller went fucking extinct because of Pappyfags though.

>>14324077
>Quitting
LOL

>>14316486
Evan Williams normally or Wild Turkey 101 when I got to the lake with the thots.

>>14318655
four roses has really turned themselves around, they were straight gut rot for decades

My store is getting knob creek single barrel in a couple days. I've been waiting months.

>>14322410
They aren't amazing, especially for the price. The 107 practically doubled in price last year. Bullshit. "But it's baby pappy!" No.

>>14316578
Buffalo is pretty much unbeatable price-wise in Bongland too. Tescos routinely puts it on sale for £18, far cheaper than shit like JD or Jim Beam.

>>14318664
You should try sperm, not sweetcat all, depending on what your gf's bull has been eating.

i have received memes from overseas today

>>14325707
Is it better than Baker's or Bookers? All Beam juice.

>>14326622
How much is jim beam and jack daniels usually in bongland? Making them more expensive than buffalo trace is retarded.

>>14327424
Mellow corn is good, but unfortunately buying it overseas makes it far more expensive than its worth. I've only had one bottle; I enjoyed most of it, but when I got to the last 1/4 - 1/5 of the bottle it tasted like straight ethanol and I dumped the rest down the drain. Has anyone else had this problem?

>>14328467
I've had issue with the bottom of several bottles being less than stellar compared to the first few glasses.

I always thought it was mental and I was just getting tired of the current whisky and excited to hop into my next bottle.

>>14316486
why do people by jack daniels when buffalotrace is cheaper?

>>14328467
Exposure to sunlight

>>14328758
Marketing

>>14328467
>>14328715
Bottles' flavor can change for the worse as the level of whisky in the bottle becomes lower and lower.
A 1/8 full bottle of whisky has a lot of space inside for alcohol to evaporate into and fill. It all wooshes out of the bottle when you open it and that alcohol is then lost. This can negatively affect the flavor of the whisky.
It is recommended to finish almost empty bottles of whisky quickly for this reason.

>>14328715
>>14328758
>>14328773

I know about the oxidation issue; I usually finish a bottle in a week or two to avoid this. Also couldn't be sunlight since I keep all my bottles in a closet. I guess mellow corn just goes bad fast.

I've noticed that the effect of air varies between whiskies, and some whiskies spoil faster and worse. The worst I've had was a bottle of aberlour a'bunahd that I left low for a few weeks. By the time I came back to it the flavor was nothing but ash.

>>14328971
>I usually finish a bottle in a week or two to avoid this.
You finish a bottle in a week because you have a problem.

>>14328758
why do people buy hennessey? why do people buy patron? why do people buy johnnie walker? why do people buy anything?

>>14328287
I don't know. I'll find out tomorrow.

>>14330169
There are seventeen neat pours in a bottle. That isn't even bring drinking territory and rather conservative, coming down to two drinks every other day and three on a weekend. Or more likely one on Monday, two on Tuesday and five on a Friday.

>>14330245
Blind tests are fun, I've had a lot of surprises and saved some friends a lot of money.

>>14324928
It was actually youtube fucks and their hidden gems lists and distribution to local markets being fucked. Ironically, state owned monopolies have the buying power of major chain stores and get huge stock at discount. They often get first pick because they can buy bulk and the rest goes to areas where it sells well. The fact that my bumfuck shithole has a case of yamazaki 12 in an otherwise shit store every other week is testament to how it works.

>>14330302
I thought a pour is 10ml

>>14330441
That isn't even half of a shot.

>>14330441
1½ ounces. 750ml divides into 17 and some odd neat pours and is the base for most mixers in a small glass if you aren't getting jewed.

>>14330448
>>14330496
based, now i have a justification to make larger pours and drink moar

>>14330521
Equivocation has always been a brainlet ruse. A bong pint is 19½ ounces, an average 4oz glass of wine can be anywhere from 8% to 24%, good liquor is poured to taste, cocktails are poured into a large glass. I do roughly a two ounce pour and sip carefully until sufficiently inebriated because I bought the shit.

>>14330352
It's good for buying the middle-end allocated stuff, but monopoly states are absolute shit-tier for anything high- or low-end allocated like Henry Mckenna 10 yr or BTAC

Don't tell anyone but this is the best bang for buck out there currently

>>14330872
I once found a bottle of that while helping a relative move into their new house. it seemed to be from the early 80s but there wasn't a date on the bottle. He's sober so he gave it to me.

also found a 1977 Canadian club and a 1973 Seagram's VO. drank the CC and the early times, but I held onto my Seagram's.

>>14326622
JD is usually £20-£25, although sometimes the price drops lower. Over here JD survives on brand recognition alone, since bourbon is a more recent trend and nobody really cared before.

>>14331924
Meant for
>>14328467

>>14328467
In the UK, Buffalo Trace used to be a premium product, alongside the likes of Woodford and Makers Mark, and rarely seen outside dedicated stores. When it appeared in supermarkets, I was surprised to see the price of it. Similarly, Bulleit used to be cheap as they come, but is now far from that.

>>14332248
Same for Bulleit in Germany. It was cheap af and like the only affordable rye out here. Amazon sold it for 20€ and now it's 27€. I blame the cocktail fags that hype rye all the time. Also noticed that for many rums.

>>14332422
>let me hook you up with a mascarpone-parsley-manhattan, bro. i make mine with a tikki twist, you'll love it.

Since this thread seems to have a lot of people who knows their shit about bourbon I feel the need to ask for recommendations.

While I'm not a great drinker by any means and not my main drink to enjoy I do like whisky, mostly scotch. However, I have not tasted bourbon enough to have a reasonable overview on them. The best bourbon I have tasted is Four Roses Small Batch. Liked it very much but maybe it's because I'm not used to it and the novelty kicked in hard.
Given that I'm in Spain and everything is more expensive than in the US, I'm asking for:

- Best bourbon <30€
- Best bourbon between 30-40€ (for instance, Four Roses Small Batch is a little over 30€ here)
- Best bourbon between 40-50€
- Best bourbon >50€

I would rarely consider buying bourbon priced >50€ as I would feel I'm being scammed with the price difference (knowing that is way cheaper in the US) but I can make an exception if it's very well rated here.

Also, please, recommend me some 100% rye whisky as I have never tred it either.

>>14332445
I'm not a bourbon expert, but if you can get Lot40 in Spain it's a decent 100% rye

>>14324896
Based Eagle Bearer
It's the same distiller, but an even better bourbon

also shout out to Blantons, shit's never on the shelf or else it'd be my go to

>>14318730
Export batches are often watered down to 40%. Might be EU law.

>>14328758
Because they're dummies who fall for glamorous marketing

>>14332777
Not an EU regulation. They just water down everything. Same with scotch. And if you want the higher proof stuff, you have to get some from retarded duty free shops or other exclusive stores.

>>14327424
Kek, that's a spicy meme.
If you want to try a really good all-corn bourbon, there's a distillery called Tuthilltown Spirits in upstate NY. They make a "Baby Bourbon" you might enjoy.

>>14332753
I can't tell if you're being ironic or not, you posted THE meme bourbon

what are the oakiest bourbons out there? looking for a good wood for buck ratio.

Too bad high proof bourbon and rye that's older then 8 years costs stupid amounts of money.
I fucking love shit like Old Rip Van Winkle, old casks of Wild Turkey and Booker's Rye but yet I'd have to pay a testicle to buy a bottle of either on the secondary. Hopefully a whiskey crash happens to devalue the bottles so I can stock up again.

>>14332445
The ones that get constantly mentioned here should be given a try. Like:

Buffalo Trace
Woodford Reserve
Knob Creek
Wild Turkey 101

I prefer my bourbon on the sweet side so I like Buffalo and Woodford.

>>14332445
>>14334867
Also, I don’t know what their prices are in the EU, but in the US those bottles cost me around $35.

>>14319752
But Bateman drinking it indicates that J&B is an overrated, pleb drink.

>>14334647
Woodford double oaked is extra heavy on oak flavor.

>>14334912
god I want another bottle of this so bad

>>14317593
Seething white liberal bitch

>>14318949
BLM is a terror organization and BLM rioters prefer crack rocks over bourbon

>>14335822
just go out and buy it, that shit's everywhere
I wish the batch proof wasn't 130 fucking dollars though

>>14336364
yeah but its 65 bux at my liqour store and I only have 33 bux left until stimulus 2

>>14334875
Been checking this. Everyone seems to praise it a lot but I'm afraid about the meme bottle.

Opinions?

>>14336997
>Everyone seems to praise it a lot
Literally who? Show me one single review that does.

>>14337072
95.5/100 on Jim Murray's Whisky Bible for example.
Just check master of malt too or check following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkTotyRfNfs

Seems to be quite polarizing. You either love it or hate it.
Also, It's from the same company which manufactures Noah's Mill which is very high praised too.

>>14337108
to be fair jim murray rarely rates anything below 95

>>14337116
Didn't know that my man. Seems to have quite a reputation so I went for the sole number instead of checking other reviews.

>>14336997
Buy it and tell us whether you'd recommend it.

>>14334647
Makers 46 is the oakiest whiskey I've ever tasted. They put oak staves in the barrels so shit's like licking a tree

>>14337150
Most guys, who use a number related rating give everything a hilarious high score and never less than 70.

>>14334891
Blended scotch you can easily get outside of Scotland is an overrated pleb drink. But the 80s was the dark ages for whisky and it's not bad for a well. Better than the literary call out I've seen for cutty sark.

>>14337564
>But the 80s was the dark ages for whisky
>not wanting stupid paxarette whisky

>>14337298
Love tree funk desu

>>14316655
I understand why some people don't like it, but it is a genuinely good bourbon. It just doesn't have many of the friendly flavors other bourbons have. I would put it up against any $60-70 bourbon I've had as far as complexity and balance.

>>14336997
It's genuinely the weakest product in the Willett line. Buy Rowan's creek or Noah's Mill instead.

If you ever find the family reserve rye/bourbon, obviously buy those too.

>>14338275
>obviously
Why obviously?

>>14338298
because they're rare and allocated and high quality
only ever seen em on the shelf once

>>14316655
Not a meme. This is my go-to bourbon for everyday drinking. Absolutely spend the extra few dollars and get 101 vs regular WT like the other anon said.

>>14332753

Liquor store employee here and I hope this shit never comes back to market. I get calls from you fags every day asking for it, some guys will walk in, not even say hi, and ask for it. When I say nope, they pull a 180 and leave.

Bourbon hunters are the scourge of the spirits industry.

>try many bourbons
>seems kind of meh compared to scotch
>try Elijah Craig Small Batch
>absolutely in love

Anybody else try that one? I'd like to try others that are at least partially similar.

>>14338455

>liquor store employee
>complaining about somebody knowing what they want and not wasting your time

How are all those alcoholics & homeless treating you?? Sounds like you might wanna find another job

>>14317593
t. hipster

>>14338650
>knowing what they want and not wasting your time
wrong on both accounts
blanton's is conspicuous consumption for idiots who don't know anything about bourbon besides names
I also work at a liquor store and we have everything allocated in the back for good customers who frequent our store, so when some random fucktard in his late thirties waltzes in and asks, he IS wasting my time.

My pretties

>>14338669
>I also work at a liquor store and we have everything allocated in the back for good customers who frequent our store, so when some random fucktard in his late thirties waltzes in and asks, he IS wasting my time.
Is that you?
>>14338304

>>14338650
there's a million other great bourbons out there

But no, they have to have *Blanton's* because...why? If you're stupid enough to only drink one label you're doing it wrong.

>>14338686
Willett poster here, I know most of the people at my local liquor store and they typically echo the sentiment of
>>14338669

If you drink bourbon even moderately, you'll come to know and recognize many labels other than buffalo trace brands that are better bang for buck, and just flat-out better at times

all these toxic liquorstore wagies acting smug here

What's a good scotch for daily drinking? My go to is Johny black, good neat and not expensive enough
that i feel bad mixing with soda or old fashioned.

>>14340131
You shouldn't be drinking every day, anon.

>>14316486
Picked up a bottle at tesco lad 19 quid not bad.

>>14338455
Same here. We get at least ten calls a day asking about Weller.

>>14339955
/alc/ version of pic related

>>14340147
I'll usually have a dram or two every night or one cocktail. I rarely drink enough to even get a buzz.

>>14340239
same, but I sip my stuff slowly not because I don't want a buzz but because i like the taste so much

>when your palate changes so that bourbon is too sweet and people start giving you weird looks for drinking rye

It's a mixed feel, there are way more great ryes that are easily found than great bourbons

>>14340331
only bourbon that was too sweet for me was old forester 100

>>14340357
Michter's bourbon and Eagle Rare used to be two of my favorites, but I tried them both recently and they're unbearably sweet. I don't even smoke like some of these Malort drinkers

>>14340361
never had michter's and eagle rare (the one bottle I had 2 years ago) tasted like burning honey.

>>14316655
this is the best tasting bourbon hands down

imagine buying something that matthew mconnaghuey advertised

>>14316655

This shit should be illegal.

I love it.

>>14317593
is this pasta?

Can't believe nobody has posted this yet

Drink it daily because I've got demons chasing me, sip of this and a sip of coke, like in To Kill a Mockingbird

>>14341468
there is no reason to drink jim beam when Evan Williams BiB/single barrel/1783 exist

>>14341477
I already tol' you. Demons.

>>14341468
Vile.

For drinking straight, bulleit bourbon or maker's mark? I'm running out of 4 Roses SB and want to try something new. Both are $25

>>14341497
Maker's is wheated, bulleit is not. I dislike bulleit because it's Diageo shit, and am solidly neutral on Maker's

Larceny is the better product

>>14341507
this desu, Larceny is better than Maker's regular and cheaper, I'm drinking the barrel proof right now after its been aerating in the bottle for about a month in a half and its delicious

>>14326622
I'm Australian. £18 would be cheaper than the cheapest available spirit.
It's more like 35£ / $44 USD for the reduced abv version, which is not price competitive with scotch.

>>14341507
My store has few options in that price range. One other is Buffalo Trace, otherwise woodford reserve for a few dollars more.

Or I could say fuck bourbon and get another bottle of Glenmorangie

>>14337298
Didn't compass box do this then blown the fuck out by the scotch whisky association because that's cheating?

>>14341531
On a strictly bang-for-buck basis
Buffalo trace > Woodford > Larceny > Maker's > Bulleit

I like woodford best because it's on the drier side, but I understand why everyone likes buffalo trace

>>14338304
My uncle got a bottle of this somehow. I've never seen it on a shelf

>>14341486
You are a homosexual

What's everyone's favorite drinking glass? Mine is the Arnolfo Di Cambio Cibi glass.

>>14341671
Just pour it in a fucking plastic Cinderella tumbler and drink it

So far I've only drank Bulliet bourbon and loved it

Can anyone recommend higher end Bourbons of the same realm that are similar to it?

>>14341814
>plastic
enjoy your shrinking testicles
>>14341818
I think its a high rye so WT101, knob creek, old gran-dad 100

>>14341838
>old gran-dad 100
I've heard nothing but good things. I gotta try

>>14341850
it smelled like sawdust but tasted divine I cant wait for my next bottle of it

>>14341838
Guys like me with testicles to spare don't worry about "shrinking testicles" or picking out a special faggot glass to fagsip out of.

>mmm, I can, I can taste the, mmmm... notes.... notes of caramel.... *sniff* mmm, vanilla...

Quit fagsipping and just fucking chadslurp out of any container that'll hold whiskey

>>14341887
Plastic shrinks testicles though via xenoestrogens, just pick up a gift set that comes with free glass ware when you see one at the booze store before you become a sissy

>>14341931
*unzips pants*
*SLAMS nutsack on table with a loud THUD*
Does this look like a scrotum that gives a fuck about shrinking? Your balls grow twice as fast by just being a man than any plastic cup could shrink them

>>14341935
I grew my penis 2.5 inches just by drinking lots of water and peeing a lot, i posted it on /v/ once and got banned for 3 days. Everyone was impressed.

>>14316655
its hand sanitizer with a splash of oak, so yes its a meme. get some Jefferson

>>14341538
Yes, they decided it violated traditional practices. It doesn't violate law in the us so it's fine to do with bourbon.
The scotch whisky association also told them to cut it out when they tried to publish the complete information about what they used in their blends. It's illegal to tell people the source, age, and percent of the blend a whisky makes up.

>>14341979
Like if the scotch industry isn't adulterating much more than the bourbon one. Those fuckers should stfu.

Scotch Whisky Association gets a lot of flack but thanks to their autism, whisky is literally the only spirit produced in the EU (with the exception of gin) that is not allowed to be sweetened in order to "round off the final taste". Cognac may contain up to 20g of sugar and producers don't need to put it on the label.

>>14342251
Colouring and the usage of wet sherry barrels is still a huge problem.
I had no problem with adding sugar, artificial colouring, wood chips, typage etc. as long as the distilleries would be transparent about it.

>>14341255
it's a decade old pasta

>>14316655
it gave me alcoholic hepatitis

>>14341887
You seem insecure

Mellow Corn

Just got this today lads

>>14316655
Wild Turkey is the gold standard of midshelf bourbon right now unless you don't give a shit about taste then just buy Beam. Never buy Jack its way overpriced for the swill they put out.

>>14342873
Jim beam black is objectively better than WT and i will fistfight anyone who claims otherwise.
>>14342835
Based

>>14316486

How is Old Forester? Looking for an upgrade from Beam white label.

I'm looking for a low-midshelf bourbon for daily sipping other than Buffalo Trace and Wild Turkey 101. I'm a big fan of Woodford Reserve, so I feel like I might like Old Forester since some of it ends up in WR.

>>14342882
you're gonna fight all the time then, jb is a decent mixer but WT101 is excellent especially for it's price range

Elijah Craig Small Batch or Evan Williams Bottled in Bond are rhebest budget bourbons. Theres your thread.

>>14343005
jb black is not a mixer, neither is devil's cut.

>>14316687
Whiskey hasn't turned into a "hipster meme" it's just trendy is all and if people being sheep and following trends makes them "hipsters" then boy do I know several fucking hipsters. Beer is the hipster meme because no beer snobs I know can agree on whats a good beer they all have their own microbrew brand that they swear is the best. When it comes to whiskey drinkers you can tell who's serious about what they like and who's just trying to fit in. I.e blantons drinkers. Fact is most Whiskey drinkers are honestly pretty cool and are more than content to drink mid to bottom shelf brands. Anybody trying to push Japanese Whiskey on you is probably a hipster though and scotch and irish whiskey drinkers never talk about their shit unless you actually show interest in that field of whiskey.
t. 3 year liquor store vet