/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15214869
12>uigaedail>>>16

>>15214869
reminder that you don't know how to pronounce that word properly

>>15215426
Scots know English. If they wanted it pronounced differently then they would spell it differently.

>>/ck/thread/S14932242#p14950090

Reminder that literal Diageo salesmen post on /ck/. Reminder that Lagavulin is a Diageo whisky.

>>15215596
/ck/ is a Brown-Forman and Heaven Hill board.

Spiced Jim beam

>>15214869
I mostly drink Johnnie Walker Red. Rec some other good scotch at a similar price point

>>15214869
because ron swanson likes it :]

>>15214869
This thread yet again, piss off.

>>15214869
Johnny Walker Blue

>>15216436
um sweaty its also good because $100 so um like all your pooor friends cant even look it i bet they dont even watch rec and rec gufaah

Ardbeg Uigeadail

Why is sherried whiskey not so popular anymore? Everyone going for peaty whiskies, are they really better?

>>15217079
peat/smoke is an acquired taste whereas most people can enjoy nutty/fruity-ness

>>15217098
Thought so, plan on buying someone a bottle of something sherried for Christmas but really have no idea about whisky desu. Trying to avoid anything that isn't single malt as you might as well be drinking anything at that point it seems, but some whiskies are also matured in multiple casks. Are these a hard pass like a blended malt?

>>15215567
What's that got to do with anything? You posted scotch, then added an 'e'.

Me on the otherhand, I'm ready for Christmas, picked up these two from the local distilleries.

>>15217079
a lot of my favourite whiskys have both - uigeadail, kilkerran 8 cs oloroso, kilchoman sanaig etc

>>15214869
isn't this the most entry level whiskey you can buy?

>>15217079
Honestly I can't stand peaty whisky personally, just can't get into it. A relative got me a bottle of Lagavulin and it tasted like liquorice, horrible stuff. I'll stick to Glen Fiddich, Glen Morangie and Oban Little Bay

>>15214869
Except it do be like that

I am trying to stay away from drinking for a day. It kinda sucks tbqh senpai. I feel anxious.

>>15217079
Sherried whisky is trash. Especially when it is unsubtle and washes over your mouth like cheap red wine.

>>15217111
depends on the quality of the casks used really. good quality pretty much makes it a no brainer. after that simply depends on your palate, prefences and purchasing capabilities.

Blended malts I wouldn't say you should turn your nose up at, even general blends can be pretty tasty. Glendronach 12 is a nice entry point for sherried as its plentiful, and moderately priced(some even say a bargain under $60). If you can find The Revival 15 or Allardice 18, those are even better but also have a Macallan tier price and are pretty hard to find right now.

Ardbeg has a set that comes with a 750ml bottle of Ten and 2 smaller bottles of Corryvrecken and Uigeadail for not much more than the normal price of Ten. that would be a good place to start for the marrying of sherry and peat, plus Ard 10 is good winter dram.

>>15217485
post the Aberlour bottle please. I thought all their bottles were shorties.

I know bookers is a meme but it's so good.
It's like bourbon concentrate

Are we talking favorite whiskeys to buy or the best you've had, because these three are significantly better than anything I've ever bought before but are pretty much not purchasable anywhere.

>>15215567
You say that, but then you walk into a store and ask for a bottle and they will pretend not to understand until you repeat after them the wrong way.

>>15215596
Name the cheaper 16 year old single malt though.
Or any similarly aged islay for that matter.
Big whisky sooking comes after money and flavor.

>>15217079
Sherry is dying. And with it the high quality barrels available to the whisky industry.
You can tell when a company makes their own sherry to reseason a barrel, only to pour it into the next barrel for reseasoning when it's done, ad infinitum. You get shit like Glendronach which is 100% sherry matured but less fruity than a two year Glenmorangie finishing.

>>15214869
Pappy Van Winkle 20yr. Used to pick it up a few times a year for $75 (seemed like so much money), can’t bring myself to pay $1,000+ for it now.

>>15217111
Blended malt is a soft pass. A do your research first kind of thing.

The only thing to look out for with maturation is that you should count ex bourbon maturation as less than zero. Ex:

The Macallan Triple Cask Matured 12 Years Old sees the expert marrying of a series of single malt whiskies. These have been crafted in a triple cask combination of European and American sherry seasoned oak casks and American ex-bourbon oak casks.

So it is a blend of regular scotch whisky (ex bourbon) with some American sherry matured and some European sherry matured whisky. Which would be worse than a blend of just the latter two. Personally I also think it'd probably be worse than just finishing the whole lot in the European sherry casks, but that's very much personal preference.

>>15219668
Is sherry even good? Where do I start with it?

>>15217594
I've not had much luck with both. I find that the peat overpowers the sherry in most cases. I was recently disappointed with Laphroaig PX.
Though I didn't have such a problem with Talisker Distillers (less peat). Next up I'll give Bowmore Dark & Intense a go hoping for the same (not that I was impressed with regular Bowmore because of the lack of intensity).

>>15219548
The price makes me not want to drink it, so it may as well be disgusting at that point.

>>15219738
I've only tried port because I'm Australian. Good for desert, but tastes a little cheap. Even 10 year olds, not that I've had more than a couple.

>>15219668
Nah, Solera barrels used for aging sherry are inactive and were never used for maturing whisky.

Lagavulin has changed too much over the years to keep up with volume demand. It's not the same whisky.
>>15215596
None of the south islay distilleries are independent.

>>15219854
I'm not talking about Solera barrels, I'm talking about house sherry that is never drank by anyone that is used to restore multiple barrels, removing the need to rely on a sherry industry at all.

>>15219914
>t.

>>15219947
You mean that high quality barrels = solera barrels? what a load of shit.

How much would you expect to pay for Talisker 10? My local has it for $90 and I was advised that was way too high. Should I start looking around elsewhere and what's my price point?

>>15219962
No, I'm saying your whole take is retarded. Can you even read? Stop being a moron on my internet.

>>15214869
Ardbeg 10. I tried Lagavulin 8 and 16 but didn't care much for them.

>>15219964
I can get it for $80 maple bucks so you should look for $60.

>>15219964
I don't know about expect but it's worth $10 at best.

>>15219964
Lol, i can get it for 30 euro. Imagine being an American.

>>15219548
>Port Ellen
>40% on the dot

>>15220071
It was very nice, even if it did smell like dead seabird.

The glenallachie was easily the best of the three.

>>15219964
$80AUD

>>15219976
Oh. You're just fucking wrong then. What got you so triggered, it wasn't an opinion.

Posh faggots next time you drink a whisky drink one that doesnt drink like wood flavored water

>>15220558
Yes instead drink one that doesn't taste like anything.

>>15220823
It faintly tastes like Redbreast severely watered down by grain alcohol.

>>15220823
Jameson has way more flavor then any posh whiskey ive ever had ive noticed the more coveted the whiskey is by normies the more it tastes and drinks like mildly flavored water
i still need to try those high end Japanese whiskeys though

>>15220996
>complaining about mildly flavored whiskies while complimenting Jameson and saying you need to try Jap whiskies
>pretending to be retarded

>>15221014
Jameson is a full bodied whiskey imo
and what does me wanting to try japanese whiskey have to do with anything

its me admitting while ive tried just about every high end whiskey out there thanks to rich family members ive yet to have anything japanese so it may actually have flavor

Taiwanese whiskeys are better.

Polish whiskies are awful because everything coming from Poland is steaming hot garbage.

>>15214869
arranged music and played a gig pro bono in Canada for a friend from Franklin, TN, and she got me this as a gift. Easily my favourite now, but damn expensive up north.

>>15216434
literally anything else. I drink nearly exclusively bottle shelf scotch and Johnny red is the worst I've had

>>15221089
polish sluts are always fun though little blonde masochists

>>15219235
Was looking at the Glendronach 12 but it's out of stock everywhere here unless I want to start driving 30 miles for a single bottle. Just started looking at the Macallan 12 in Sherry casks but it's pretty expensive, looks good though, that or maybe just some 12 year old double cask finished in Sherry or something that's a bit more reasonably priced.

>>15217485
Let me know how that Craigelachie is

>>15221051
Jameson is very light and mainly useful as a mixer. Even among Irish whiskeys, it's pretty mild and underwhelming, and Irish whiskeys are the mildest of the mild

Curiosity got the better of me and I grabbed a 375ml of this stuff. It's been over a decade since I've had anything JD, but is their stuff always this thin as far as mouthfeel goes? No legs running down the side of the glass, no oiliness to it, it just kind of evaporates on the tongue. It's okay otherwise, but I'm glad I didn't get a fifth.

>>15220558
>Triple Distilled
Why they do that?

>>15219312
Booker's is outstanding, not sure sure what makes it a meme aside from being a Beam product.

Came across this fine whisky at a funeral reception probably the most smoothest whisky I've ever had went down like water and left a lovely oak flavor that gently swirled around the pallet sucks that it cost about 600$ bottle

>>15221900
>the most smoothest whisky I've ever had
I'm convinced there isn't a smoother bourbon, it is incredibly mellow. I bought a bottle for $50 about 10 years ago, well before the hype kicked into overdrive.

>>15221473
Anon, its worth the drive, literally "Dude trust me" but unironically. Also Macallan is out-fucking-classed by ~$40 Loch Lomond 12. Macallan hype is all, I repeat ALL about making a statement regarding your financial situation. There is even a saying in the World of Scotch "Everyone starts at Macallan and goes to Glendronach". Save yourself the first step and just start with Glendo instead.

>>15217079
Forget sherried whiskey. There is incredible value in sherry and anyone with the money should be hoarding good sherry like BTC in 2009

Hey you guys got any BLANTON'S :^)

>>15222043
Yeah. It's decent

>>15219312
Actually just picked up a bottle of this and Yippee Ki Yay the other night.

>>15222013
Alright I wont get the Macallan but I'm not driving 30 miles, just can't justify it. Guess it'll be the Aberlour Double Cask if the Glendronach 12 isn't in stock again by Christmas

Redpill me on peanut butter whiskey. Is it the wild card choice for true whiskey coinesseurs who drink for taste and not image?

>>15222317
It's strictly for women and baby-palate plebs. Nice try though.

Two questions:

Who actually drinks American Blended Whiskey like Seagrams Crown 7?

Should I buy Old Forester 86 or 100 Signature?

>>15222326
Or is that what we say in public while we privately sip from our collection of fine PB whiskeys, hoping not to raise their prices?

>>15222372

>>15222372
OY VEY, DON'T LET THE GOYIM KNOW

>>15222216
there are delivery servies that will bring the bottle to you as well. I dont have experience with Aberlour, but Ive seen a few people post here about batch variation so you may want to do more research about that before committing.

>>15222360
I drink blended Canadian, does that count

>>15215659
>Haven Hill
Yes good goy, keep buying our kosher whiskey

>Welsh Irish whiskey

>>15214869
Bartender here. For me, it's Elijah Craig. Far and wide the best bourbon under 30$.

>>15222317
It's a meme. It's usually just sweet as shit and has. A mild nutty flavor. It's not bad, but ultimately you're paying for the sweetness. You'd be much better off roasting your own peanuts, grinding them into a peanut butter, then mixing it with equal parts everclear to make your own peanut butter bitters; you could add sea salt and honey if you wanted to go deep.

>>15222798
And course you'd want to steep the peanut butter with the grain alcohol and shake it every so many days, then strain it at some point, but it's pretty straight forward.

>>15214869

>>15222926
>Macallan still sealed
whats the plan, Anon? are we to assume the Ardbeg and Laphroig are empty as well?

>>15222769
Under $30 I would also reccomened pic related

>>15222013
>I repeat ALL about making a statement regarding your financial situation
Mate, you should see the fucking distillery. When I'm taking the dogs for a walk through the woods, you get the occasional glimpse of it. Pic VERY MUCH related. It just lacks the charm of any of the other distilleries in the area, and inside it tries to look like a Bond villain hideout.

>>15222926
Whisky is to be consumed. OPEN IT UP.

>>15220558
I had their Caskmates Stout Edition last year. It was really nice desu

>>15221900
>>15221935
>smoothest
>mellow
>gay homosexuals actually pay three digits for nearly flavorless wheated trash when OGD114 is intensely flavored at under $30

>no drinking all year
>following whisky threads all year
>just discovered scotch last December
>collected picrel largely based on 4chan recommendations and ralfy
>16 more days

I'm real excited guys, thx for being my friends while I waited

>>15222769
Standard Elijah Craig tastes thin and watery. Pic related is the real sub $30 champ. Evan williams bottled-in-bond and single barrel are also honorable mentions.

>>15224037
Did you post wrong pic? That looks cozy. Is it from a bond movie I haven't seen?

>>15224320
Good collection except for the A'bumeme

>>15224329
>Not knowing teletubbies
It just doesn't fit in with the stunning landscape of the Speyside region. Here's the inside.

>>15224425
Absolutely fucking soulless

>>15224485
The very definition of souless. For comparison, I present another local distillery.

>>15224425
Absolutely soulless. This looks more like an industrial chemical plant than a distillery.

>>15224425
alright that does look like a bond lair.

And all I watched in infancy was:
>thomas the tank
>power rangers
>blues clues
>brave little toaster
>the mask

>>15222735
What part of it is Irish?
It's great btw. Penderyn is killing it.

>>15224320
Good collection except for the Talisker; especially the A'bunadh.

>>15222013
>Also Macallan is out-fucking-classed by ~$40 Loch Lomond 12
No it isn't, Loch Lomond 12 is bitter as fuck, and not in a nice way. The 18 is getting more towards bitter in a dark chocolate way (>80% no sugar mind you), but you need to leave the bottle open for a month for it to chill the fuck out. The only really good stuff is under the Inchmoan label but it's hard to get and not That much cheaper.
Not that you should be comparing such vastly different styles.

>>15225736
You sound like a very pleasant and confident person.

>>15221473
See if you can get a Glenrothes 12.

>>15221473
Then buy the Glendronach 15 or the 18 or the 21? They are significantly nicer.

>>15225739
I sound like one of those.

>>15214869
I am forever a slut for Yamazaki 25 nothing fucking compares to it

>>15225736
>nuh-uh
nice wrong opinion. Its not bitter, its mostly sweet with a slightly sour/tart finish. It gets my dick stiff with that almost salty axilla whiff on the end of a class.

Macallan is a bunch of bullshit with their Trust owners. I dont need to to take them down a peg everytime they are brought up because anybody with more sense than money should already know, but it is justified nevertheless.

>moscato
why

>>15217485
Two fifths prepares you for Christmas? I want that family.

>>15225871
I shall now purchase Loch Lomond 12 as a fan of tumaceous female axillae.

>>15222360
>Who actually drinks American Blended Whiskey like Seagrams Crown 7?
When I worked at Bevmo it was exclusively boomers/senior citizens that bought this stuff.
>Should I buy Old Forester 86 or 100 Signature?
The 100, no doubt.


>>15224266
Nigga it's not like nobody has had OGD114 before. It's alright. If Lot B was actually available at MSRP I would pick that over OGD114 every single time.
>YOU CANT DESCRIBE A WHISKEY AS SMOOTH!
Just stfu

For me it's Wiser's
Deluxe only though, anything else they make is swill

>>15226079
>I would pick [wheated bourbon] over [high rye bourbon] every single time

I have no idea what makes a good whiskey, just drink Tullamore Dew until I'm drunk.

>>15226079
The ABC store was out of both OF 86 & 100.

I snagged a bottle of Evan Williams Bonded 100 White Label since /ck/ recommended it and a small bottle of Wild Turkey. The Wild Turkey was decent, but the White Label is surprisingly good.

Next week I'm hunting down Old Forester to see if the 86 or 100 can hold a candle to Woodford Reserve.

>>15226316
>lil bott o WT
81 or 101?

>>15226520
101 friendo

anyone tried connemara turf mor?

>>15225899
Getting laid on the second date

>>15226654
Every time I google the peat levels of a whisky I am shocked. I thought regular Coonemara was as peaty as Ardbeg / Laphroaig.

>>15226727
shocked in what way?

>>15225799
Everything that comes out of Suntory is god tier. The Hakushu 12 ruined cheap whiskey for me.

>>15226742
I can't predict it at all. I'm constantly finding out stuff I would expect to be 45ppm is actually 15ppm even though it all tastes just as smoky to me.
I just looked up that Connemara and found it's different because it's 50ppm, which did not sound very different to me.

>>15223169
Bought this once at random because the bottled on date on the back was my girlfriend's birthday. Absolute steal for the price

I just made an old 16yr Lagavulin bottle into a Canola oil(rapeseed oil) with a shot pourer for stir fry and other. Monosaturated fat isn't going to make you live longer.

Drink 1999 Distiller's Edition Lagavulin.

>>15226818
did you try connemara? is it smoky?

>>15226860
Yea, the regular cask strength. It's very smoky. As much as Ardbeg / Laphroaig / Etc I would have thought.

>>15226766
How does it feel to know that I'll never drink a $200 bottle of liquor? That you're drinking hakushu 12 and I'm drinking the "cheap whiskey" you detest? How does that make you feel?

I like ardbeg... especially their older offerings

>>15214869
because I smoke half a pack of 'boros everyday and I have shit taste

I'm a big fan of benchmark actually, I get that when I'm stocking up it's about 10 a fifth. The cheapest thing buffalo trace makes. I also get wild turkey 101 & sometimes reg buffalo trace or eagle rare. If I'm getting anything more pricey to celebrate or something I'll get redbreast or green spot. Lately I've been getting into calvados, brandy, cognac(always been a yac snob) if I want something fancy. About to stock up for Christmas.

>>15225699
It tastes very Irish to me, that's what I mean. Apples and buttery cookies.

>>15227692
You should feel very good because Hakushu is not very good, and Japanese whiskey, in general, is incredibly overpriced. This is especially given the opaqueness of the provenance of their drinks (though Suntory is in the clear for this, at least).

>>15215596
former Diageo salesman here, ama

>>15214869
When I first got "into whisky" I loved Laga 16, I think it was the first whisky I unequivocally decided was real fucking classy and should be my "signature drink" (yeah I was one of those people)

Then I read a long internet article about a pedo who loved Laga 16, I don't remember all the details, if it was boys or girls or what he did to them, but I do remember it went into great detail, and it was way past just "guy with problems and bad judgment", he was definitely a hard core child predator, and his "signature drink" was Laga 16

I think if I wasn't just barely getting into whisky it wouldn't have bothered me, but because of the timing it kinda killed Laga 16 for me. I still think it's great stuff but I can't feel any personal loyalty towards it.

>>15228268

Any dumb shit that looks at whisky like this is an internet mistake. You're a human mistake. Stop having opinions until you can grow out of the net. You sound like a screwed up child.

>>15228281
Yes, I was an immature neckbeard 20 years ago. Luckily I moved past that. I don't even drink scotch anymore.

Perhaps you might grow up too, some day.

>>15228287

Yeah so you missed out on Distillers Edition. I don't care if you understand anything. Booze is 20 years ago for me. You're going to die like me soon. 5 Years. Enjoy it until the end.

>>15228295
Doubtful, I'm in extremely good shape now. I hope you find a way out of your rut, anon.

>>15228302

Yeah, enjoy your collapse of democracy. I'm sure you're in "good shape". Fucking people who never watched Japan die. Are you having kids yet? You know the global birth rate is dying yes?

>>15228302
I love watching kids lose their religion. 7 years, you'll wish you were dead. We're not living in France during Louis the 16th.

>>15228312
>>15228321
Seek help

>>15228324

This is generic bail. You know you're a shit person. Just accept you don't know a goddamn thing. Generic Bail. What a piece of shit you are.

>>15228331
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>>15228312
>>15228295
>>15228281

Are you the anon who got alck general threads permabanned from /ck/ because you pulled this belligerent drunk act on a mod and he got his fee-fees hurt? No skin off my back because I'm not an alcoholic, but you should do a better job looking out for your own community

>>15228358

Are you ok? Jesus Christ, you sound like a mess.

>>15228358

Look, just talk to your family. Tell them the truth.

>>15214869
>drinking scotch in the 21st century

>>15228358

Are you still alive? I'm freaking out here.

>>15214869
Although four roses is pretty good, even their cheapest stuff. Jeffersons aged at sea is really good too, as is Blantons.

I think I just like whiskey.

>>15228392

So you don't give a shit about the jacobites. I love watching these childish threads.

make way queers

>>15228433
I make moonshine, do you?

>>15214869
Famous Grouse is all you need. Anything else is just being pretentious.

>>15228358
al/ck/ was banned when 4chan was sold to Hiroshima Nagasaki and part of it became 4channel, after which the mods started removing the less advertiser friendly content

>>15228534
>rape boards, qanon, nigger nigger nigger, gas the kikes
Wew sure sounds advertiser friendly, remember 4chan is a very respectable website as demonstrated by all the skeezy hentai ads, fleshlight ads, and ongoing promotion of violent racist militia groups. Yup, discussion of booze was definitely banned because of PR and not because a petty loser janny got booty blasted over something trivial.

>>15229173
I don't see the big deal as long as normienet is kissing antifa's feet on a daily basis.

>>15229191
t. janny

>>15214869
Lauder's, because it's made by family and it's what my grandpa drank.

>>15228433
>100 proof
>moonshine
*laughs in Appalachian*

>>15221073
Which kavalan

>>15224513
>This looks more like an industrial chemical plant than a distillery
It's just a tool. And, process and energy wise, probably a better one than any historical distillery. I have no idea about how they use it and what they make out of it, though.

>>15224513
it's almost like scotch is an engineered product made in a huge industry and the "handcrafted" and "artisanal" part is just marketing.

>>15214869
For me, it’s Four Roses, Old Grand-Dad, Jefferson’s Aged at Sea, and Laphroaig Quarter Cask

>>15229173
those are all on 4chan, not 4channel
the point of the split was to make 4channel, aka the sfw boards, more advertiser friendly and confine /pol/ and porn on 4chan
you should lurk for 2 more years before posting again

>>15224524

To put it in perspective this is the outside. It's lit up like a Christmas tree, you can see it all the way down next to the river Spey at night.

>>15228392
Went to a Christmas market at the Glenivet last weekend- it's not my favourite but it's a solid choice.

>>15225911
It's just me, the wifey and our two dogs. A glass or two a night and this'll keep me happy through the next few weeks.

>>15221713
It's absolutely delicious, but I will say it's very sweet. Which might be a bit off-putting for some people.

>>15219260
Here you go, according to the distillery shop, the 10 is going to be discontinued in the upcoming months. It's getting rebranded and is about to become a French Exclusive. It's pretty cheap for a bottle (Seen it as low as £25 in some of the local shops), so I think I'm going to have to horde a few bottles away before they vanish.

>>15228234
Your opinions of Thaibev?

>>15229655
the boog shit started on, and remains on /k/, since way before you first showed up here. /k/, which is on the "advertiser friendly" (as you put it) part of 4chan

you should continue talking out of your ass, it's the 4chan way

>>15228287
>I don't even drink scotch anymore.
Why?

>>15228287

Yet you come across like a child. Stop trying to sound like an adult, you don't do it well.

>>15230016
Tbh, cool building, just not where i want my whisky from

>>15229420
I think I'm okay with this

>>15230155
I found a gf and started having sex

>>15214869
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>>15216434
this is off topic, the board says food and cooking, not drink
fuck off

>>15230168
no matter how much laga 16 you drink you will never be ron swanson

>>15230497
so we're not allowed to discuss the taste of whisky, but youtube drama is on topic?

>>15227692
>How does it feel to know that I'll never drink a $200 bottle of liquor? That you're drinking hakushu 12 and I'm drinking the "cheap whiskey" you detest? How does that make you feel?
why would anyone detest you for having different taste, or not having tried something better. I can detest you for not wanting to try something better though. Albeit I understand price gauging is an issue for some people who cant afford luxury items

>>15227692
>hakushu is not very good
correct, hibiki is so so below the 18yr and yamazaki 12 is also overpriced, 18yr/25yr/sherry cask/mizunara cask are all worth it in a sense if you can have them at the right price

I went to the distillery and could be glass pours at very reasonable prices

>>15230497
wash out your cunt ya faggy bitch.

>>15230567
>he bases his alcohol on (((television))) characters

>>15230336
Get married and see the reverse happen

>>15219740
yeah i dont find it goes great with laphroaig or lagas peat where its more chemical smelling (not that i dont love that). better with meaty or fresh peated malts
>>15219738
sherry is awesome but comes in a lot of styles so ill give you a quick rundown:
fino, manzanilla: ultra fresh, appley, almondy and salty. drink cold with olives, anchovies etc
amontillado, palo cortado, oloroso: more variety within this lot but generally richer while still dry with nutty, dried fruit flavour
pedro ximenez, moscatel: extremely sweet, sip with cheese or puddings
cream: various medium to sweet blends made generally to satisfy the over-65s

hope you give some sherry a go its a great value drink

>>15219964
normally would be £35ish but its a supermarket whisky so can usually be had on sale for £25 at any given time

Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond

>>15228401
>So you don't give a shit about the jacobites. I love watching these childish threads.

I have no idea what the fuck you are talking about. I am just here to walk about my love for whiskey.

>>15230976
I think it's the guy who derails knife threads

>>15230981
He sounds like the clamp poster from /sci/

>>15222573

>He wouldn't have a token Jew for kosher purposes with the way Jews drink.

I bet you wouldn't even sponsor horse racing as a front to sell bourbon to Arabs.

Whats the best supermarket bourbon I can get? Think my options are

Woodford
Bulleit
Makers mark
Wild turkey longbranch
Wild turkey 101

Im leaning towards one of the Wild Turkey options but I have not tried them before.

>>15231235
WT101 for sure, its good neat, its good in a cocktail, its got the proof, its cheap

>>15229370
>process and energy wise, probably a better one than any historical distillery

It might result in higher production but it definitely doesn't result in better whisky. Most people say that older macallan was better due to its use of pure golden promise barley and a different storage method in it's aging warehouses, and modern macallan isn't better than comparable sherried scotch from other distilleries that use much simpler setups.

>>15229420
I'm not saying scotch isn't an engineered product. All distilleries spend years engineering how they produce scotch to create a specific flavor profile based on the equipment they use, but all of the new equipment in that image doesn't result in a better end product than other distilleries with older setups.

>>15230735
>Get married and see the reverse happen
Only fucking your wife when you're shitfaced enough to get over the stench?

>>15215426
Is it luh Gav ah lin, laga -vuh-Lin, or lagavah-lin

>>15231400
ligmavulin

>>15231400
Lag-uh-voo-lin

>>15231235
Four roses. Get the bottle that's like $30-40. You will not be disappointed.

>>15230760
Thank you, I'll keep sherry in mind.

>>15231400
lagav-uln

>>15222037
sherry doesn't age well though...You don't want to drink old sherry.

>>15231480
Thats what I'm sipping right now

>>15214869
It's pic related you basic bitch

>>15231571
Absoutely love the Single Barrel but this is at that sweet spot for price to quality.

>>15231235
Woodford and Bulleit are similar, Woodford is much rounder, classic bourbon, nothing wrong with it. Bulleit has a bit more bite to it, good for mixing. Makers Mark is kinda bland, even for a wheated bourbon. I'd probably go with 101.

>>15231585
I usually get knob creek but picked up the four roses just to try it out and I think I have a new favorite

>>15231319
No matter how good looking she is, there is someone out there fed up with her shit.

That said I'm drinking Evan Williams BiB and she is having Eggnog with Four Roses this evening, so its not all that bad.

>>15231578
that looks cringe. is it market at hipsters or just pure knobs

>>15216434
Agree with >>15221254. Go for Dewars or Famous Grouse for something miles better at the same price.

>>15231660
It's stupid how good it is for the price. It is easily as good as other bourbons that are 2-3x the price.

>>15230497
You don't belong on this board.

>>15231679
I'd say hipsters, due to the Hulu docu. thing, but the painted bottle is to "keep people from judging the whiskey on its color" since they are typically no coloring added bottlings. that and painted bottles stand out.

>>15231578
>Unpeated islay

>>15233213
>ISLAY (PRONOUNCED EYE-LAH, PLEASE!)
>PEAT

>>15233224
That's kind of the point of Islay, isn't it? If I didn't want strong peat, I'd go with a Speyside or Highland

Does askaig 8 worth 40$?

>tfw finally finished my blind taste testing of 16 different bourbons tonight
Now I can get back to my usual Woodford Double Oaked and Buffalo Trace

>>15233318
Any stand out?

>>15233224
well, yeah. I hate Islay scotches but words should be pronounced correctly.

>>15226316
I haven’t actually tried Old Forester before, is their regular bourbon good? Someone told me it kind of has a banana taste to it.

>>15233371
banana bread, yeah
their regular is just okay, but the 1890/1910/1920 are great

>>15228392
I know Blanton’s gets shit for all the boomers that try to buy it up for their dumb horse collection but I really like the taste of it too, a nice supper club near me had a bottle at their bar and I ended up chatting about bourbon with the bartender over it.
Really a nice one to just chill out and enjoy.

>>15233329
Sample 14 was really nice, I’m not the best at describing my taste/smell sensations with whiskey yet but overall the flavor and the finish of it had a really nice balance of aged oak and vanilla to it.
I’m curious which one it is since there was a sample of Kentucky Owl hidden in there, I’ll have to get the results back from the man who sold them to me tomorrow.

>>15214869
I only drink the finest whisky and that makes you envy me?

Oban 14 is pretty good despite being a Diageo product

>>15233438
I would drink with you anon, nobody likes people who snob out over whisky of all things.

>>15233433
Oh, I should've realized by "blind taste testing" that you weren't aware of what they were

>>15233525
All good
I’d never done a blind taste test with whiskey before so it was pretty fun testing my senses

Has a whiskey ever made you cry?

>>15233643
if by cry you mean puke then yes

>>15231235
Woodford > Longbranch > WT101 > Bulleit > MM

>>15233371
Its like cheaper Woodford and banana is signature of Brown-Forman. The 86 and 101 are good cheap house bourbons.

Whats a good whiskey to get for around the $120AUD mark I want something to sip on christmas eve

>>15230051
no opinion on Thaibev, I didn't even know what it was until I looked it up a moment ago
what does that have to do with me being an ex Diageo salesman though?

>>15234128
Jeffersons Aged at Sea.
Oban is pretty good too.

I dont buy super expencive whiskys but in the middle range it's
- Bunnahabhain
- Bowmore
- Glen Garioch
- Springbank

>>15231550
Old Palo Cortado and VORS sherry are amazing you pleb.
Although I personally prefer Port and Sauternes.

>>15231679
Was rebranded a few years ago. Personally I like it. The Whisky is fucking nice though.

>>15233213
You'd swear it was peated initially, probably due to traces of it in the water they use.

>>15214869
Daily sipping
>Johnnie Walker double black
>Laphroaig Select
A nice starter drink, or feeling good drink
>Lagavulin 16

I'm still a poorfag college student so I can't Daily Lagavulin as much as I'd love too.

>>15221900
My great uncle brought a bottle of this (but 25year iirc). Sadly I got to dinner late, and only got a taste, but God damn that shit was delicious.

>>15228433
>store bought "moonshine"
Pretty sure you're the queer here.

>>15234396
>travel exclusive
can you just go into the airport and buy shit from the duty free shop without needing to have a plane ticket?

>>15234860
I have a close friend who just works in airport's international terminal kek. and no, you cant, if you dont work there or dont have a ticket.

>>15234396
>those hands

>>15235107
whats wrong with em

>>15235330
Nothing. Nice to have you on board, Shrek.

>>15235341
nigger, please.
Im asking you, whats wrong with them

>>15234171
>ex Diageo salesman
>Doesn't know his direct competition

>>15214869
because it sounds like it's from Star Wars

>>15235490
knowing about the competition didn't help me sell more or less bottles, so that's what it is

>>15235473
You're not an emaciated freak, therefor you're fat.

>>15236306
post physique

>>15214869
Octomore, it rhymes with stop being poor.

>>15236326
I don't do shit for skeletons. Eat something before a stiff breeze carries you away.

Suntory the chita
Talisker
Glenfidich 12
Askaig

>>15236828
fatass cope

>>15235473
in case you didn't get that, anon meant to imply that, judging from your fat hands, you're fat, and was subsequently kicking you for asking what was wrong with them
no need to thank me

>>15237048
I supposed that anon was a little bit wrong aye

>>15237048
now, nigger, post your physique

I'm sipping Talisker Storm (had it before) and Laphroaig QC (awesome). I am adding drops of water to bring out the flavour (and mostly to make it last longer) but i kind of hate doing it. Fuck, it is suffering if you love good scotch and you can't go through a bottle every week moneywise. The fact that i can feel the bottle becoming emptier is pure terror. How do you do it senpai?

>>15236840
After going through a bottle of mellow corn and a bottle of suntory chita I've confirmed I hate pure corn whiskey

>>15237038
>seething skeleton
I can hear the rattling from here.

>>15221825
thats such a fucking clean shot man. what phone do you have?

>>15237279
you do boxing? i see those everlast

you all sound like pretentious dumbfuck snobs. whiskey is made to be drank, enjoy whatever youre drinking and drink with friends. stupid dumbfucks taking the fun and enjoyment out of anything in life. you all sound like the people in the wine and the coffee threads. fucking pieces of shit

>>15237765
Wow. So mature.

So far I have really enjoyed buffalo trace andwild turkey 101. Kinda meh on monkey shoulder. Jameson just tasted weaker wild turkey to me.

What should I try next? New drinker

>>15237765
>you all sound like the people in the wine and the coffee threads
so you go in the coffee, wine, and whiskey threads and get upset about it?

>>15237843
>buffalo trace andwild turkey 101
theres a bunch of stuff in this neighborhood thats good, Knob Creek, Russels Reserve, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Weller Special Reserve if you can get it

>>15237843
I'd say depends on what you like. You listed 2 bourbons, one blended scotch and one Irish. Remember that scotch and irish whiskies are usually made from barley and that bourbons are made from at least 51% corn (rest are a mix of other grains).

If you like smokey, look for a peated whisky (scotches from the Islay region fit this bill). If you like something lighter and want to stay in the US, look at more wheated bourbons (Jefferson's is one that falls into this category). Something a bit spicier, maybe take a look at rye whiskies (the High West labels are pretty damn tasty).

For cheap, decent whiskies (no particular order/region ~$50 or less), I'd recommend:

Tin Cup, Eagle Rare, Bulleit, High West, Balvenie 12, Woodford Reserve (pretty smooth bourbon), Laphroaig 10 (is very smoky/peaty/almost leathery), Bushmills 10 (irish whisky). If you might like a bit sweeter whisky, try Crown Royal (not the flavored ones, those suck). Crown's a simple, sweet and decently smooth Canadian whisky but I personally use it as a mixer.

tried some bourbon recently and it's pretty tasty, don't know why people shit on it

Three top sub-$20 bourbons.

>>15238454
Wild Turkey 101 utterly mogs those.

>>15238525
Yeah but I live in a ABC state, and Wild Turkey 101 is $25.
>Knob Creek is $40 750ml
>Woodford Reserve also $40
>State sale this month is EC Single Barrel for $25 from $30 and 1.75L of Woodford for $68.

I would place Wild Turkey 101 well above 4 Roses and slightly better than EW BiB but I'm partial to Old Forester.

I just bought this.
Did I like it?

>>15238719
tiggetty-tongue my anus

>>15235473
This is such an obvious fake hand. I don't understand why people made such a big deal out of it.

>>15237316
Drink slower, pour less, enjoy easier. each bottle is like life and death. you must except its end before the end or else your going be in agony forever.

>>15237749
>DSC filename
>phone
haha

>>15227692
A little buzzed and erect

>>15237279
>>15237282
>being so insecure that you can't handle being called a fatty by a stranger on the internet
>being so insecure that you'd rather turn a /ck/ thread into /soc/ and ask others to post shirtless pictures of them
look at how big kids do it
>post your physique
no
>so you're a skelly lol
no again
there, now since this is the whisky thread you can keep compensating for whatever you feel the need to compensate using whisky rather than your unimpressive build

should I look through each box of Glenmorangie 14 Quinta Ruban to find the oldest bottling?

>>15239795
Fatty detected. He does have skrek hands tho

>>15237757
six years, and then i left, but still mildely training

>>15238719
You tell us, did you?

>>15239795
fatty cope kek

Have any of you eurofags tried this? Ben Bracken 12y.o. Highland Single Malt, from Lidl. Says it's destilled in Cooper pot stills and It's produced by the scottish independent destillers. Is it any good?

>>15237316
buy a proper glass and drink slower, easy as that

>>15239959
cant be bad, just buy it mate (though I kinda cringed if they really mentioned copper stills) buy and tell us

>>15239959
Not tried Lidl's but Aldi used to do a half decent islay. No show stopper but for £17 it was an absolute steal.

>>15239959
the age statement Ben Bracken bottles are only sold in Germany as far as I know
I have two bottles of the blue/highlands NAS, apparently distilled by "Clydesdale scotch whisky Co., Glasgow G2 5RG, Scotland", and it's good for the price I paid, €12 for the first bottle and €10 for the second, though it's colored with caramel
if I could find the 12y/o blue here I'd buy it in a heartbeat
for reference, where are you located and how much is that bottle?

>>15237279
not bad. To be fair though, you do have fat fingers.

>>15237765
>whiskey is made to be drank
right and we talk about which ones we like best, with good-natured ribbing over each other's choices. If you can't recognize 4chan bantz, you're the loser. No one in this thread is bigmad except you.

>>15240103
>for reference, where are you located and how much is that bottle
I'm from Portugal. This is 18.99€

>though it's colored with caramel
At least Lidl is transparent about it. You'd be hard pressed to find budget whisky without caramel coloring. The cheapest here is, iirc, Cutty Sark Prohibition which is like 20€ here (a great blend for the price, try it if you haven't yet. 50% abv, no chill filtering. Nothing like the standard cutty).

>Clydesdale scotch whisky Co
That's whyte & mackay iirc. The same folks who make the Queen Margot blends. The 3y.o one is like 6€ here.

So how would you describe the flavor profile of the Ben Bracken? Speyside, like Glenfiddich?

Eldele'el-Alele
about tree fiddy

>>15219548
>1974
>40%

>>15224320
I'm getting uigedail and abunadh for xmas

>>15231571
BUILT FOR old fashioned

Ralphy was right.. your whiskey palette changes all the time. I used to only enjoy peat but today I enjoy the sherry almost as much.

Tried the left 2 for the first time. Oban is good, Tamna is good cheap option.

>>15240420
Peat and sherry are my two favorites.

>>15224320
now thats a proper patrician choice of whisky, absolutely based (for its price) but need for a few bottle more, Arran and Ledaig, and probably Glen Scotia

>>15240493
For it's price?
Most of those bottles are expensive

>>15224320
..and Bowmore and Bunnahabhain

>>15240213
>portugal
huh, what do you know...
I currently have a bottle of Glen Turner (Glen Moray) 12 single malt scotch that I paid €20 that doesn't have any mention of caramel and the color is believable
the taste is unremarkable, but what can you do
>Cutty Sark Prohibition
never heard of it, I'll keep an eye out
>queen margot
well the last time I got a bottle of that was a few years ago, but the quality really wasn't comparable to the Ben Bracken NAS
>flavor profile
the smell has a bit of lemon, barley, maybe possibly honey and doesn't have much acetone at all
the texture is very fluid, not oily
the taste is quite immediate, with apple, a bit of liquorice, almond, a tiny bit of lemon, a tiny bit of ginger, and there's that bit of alcohol burn that's typical of younger scotch
the aftertaste is alcohol, somewhat dry some more lemon and generic citrus fruit, some vanilla and a tiny teeny bit of peat, it doesn't last long but it's comparable to the lower end of brand name whiskies rather than the higher end of supermarket blends
>spyeside
not necessarily, the blue NAS single malt I have tastes like a lighter highland offering, it's not nearly sweet and fruity enough to make me think of spyeside
Ben Bracken is the independant bottling brand of Lidl's, they offer all sorts of whiskies of decent quality from a number of different distilleries, so there's no specific Ben Bracken character to speak of, the only way is to try them all

>>15240420
whisky jew is that you? also try some rum, bettr jamaican, and start with pi related (Ralphy also have a review on this bad boi). simply best rum for its price.

>>15240499
I mean you can go further and buy older versions of these whiskys, like absolutely killer Old Pulteney 17 or Springbank 15 or Talisker 18 and so on

>>15240518
Sure. But age doesn't necessarily mean better taste. Most iconic Samaroli bottling a were 12 years old

>>15240510
Yes bro what's up
How do you always recognize me lmao

I'm getting these for xmas >>15240381

Comparatively, how do Islay Gold 10, Isle of Skye 12 and Compass Box Glasgow rank?

>>15240530
it doesnt, but I've named an actual whiskys that are better
>Old Pulteney 17
>Talisker 18

>>15240540
hey mate, well, because Im very good at recognizing patterns kek. and you never recogize me for some reason tho I post similar pictures over and over again.
>uigedail and abunadh for xmas
absolute good choice. pick up a bottle of rum I've recommended you above and you get everything you need:
>peat and smoke Islay
>based sherry bomb
>solid rum to enhance your palate

>>15238719
No, you wish you'd bought Jack instead

>>15240584
What pattern would that be?

What image did you post it?

I've tried sipping some cheaper rums (to my dislike) but never tried sipping an expensive one, perhaps you are right and I should

>>15240584

>>15240381
I will think of you when I drink them anon

>>15240493
>>15240500
thank you for the recs. any particular years/expressions from those distilleries?

>>15240540
happy chanunka, I will think of you too

>>15240584
>solid rum to enhance palate
collection pic guy here, I picked my mom up an el dorado 15, does that count?

>>15237765
You need to go back

>>15240420
Shit mine can change from day to day. Sometimes the only thing I want is an islay, then the next day an Irish, then regular scotch. Usually though my desire for Islays lasts the longest.

>>15240584
One of the funnest parts of going to Belize was the rum. Shit flowed like water. Hope to go diving down there again and enjoy a different rum every day.

>>15240790
>any particular years/expressions from those distilleries?
up to your preferences and what you can get in your stores. just all around good distilleries. I personally like Bowmore 15 Mariner, but their rare releases and old ones (with a seagul on the label) is absolute top tier whisky. And Bunnahabhain.. start with 12yo, its a descent and absolutely must try and have scotch, 46 ABV non colored and NCF.
https://youtu.be/vUYJx2Qlv4g
>>15240790
>collection pic guy here, I picked my mom up an el dorado 15, does that count?
that was me again. el dorado 15 is a solid rum, but more on a.. sweet and tons of added sugar side, women like such rums because of sweetness. but I'd reccomend to my fellow whisky guy to start with Appleton Estate 12, Hampden or FourSquare rums. first two are good for the price and forsquares (all of their rums, they have a cheaper versions like doorleys and so on) are just top notch, but still Jamaican rums have a special funk in it, those are like rums Islay (Appleton and Hampden)

>foursquare

>>15240973
thats a dangerous shit, one may hit his liver way to hard kek
>>15240749
your camera, your whiskys, your background, but this doesnt matter Im just glad I can recon some of the anons I know and glad to chat with. anyway, listen: Appleton Estate 12 isnt that espencive, I belive its lower on the price then most of basic scotches and similar with lower blended ones, but sure it's up to the particular place you buy in. but this rum is waaaaaay better pretty must everything you can come across with rums and most basic single malts. and, as I absolutely agree with Ralphy, the best rum for whisky lovers, because it gives you very similar expirience and solid 12yo age in a good barrel.
>What image did you post it?
I posted my actual picture just a few dozens comments above. in the mirror.

>>15240771
oi mate, closer

>>15241138
ffs. Down the sink it goes.

>>15241138
hmm didnt know that, thanks. anyway jamaican rums are superior and Appleton and Hempden are cheaper and better taste.

>>15233438
Based bellend.

>>15241138
Nothing wrong with any of that though.

>>15220558
Irish whiskey is not as good as bourbon or other whiskies. Not as good as scotch or Japanese whisky. Irish whiskey is the nigger of whiskies which is fitting coming from the irish. Lagavulin 16 is great. I have some already. I'll buy a bottle of Four Roses Single Barrel for Christmas.

>>15221825
I hear jack single b is shit. Gentleman Jack is better??

>>15222769
This one is really trash and i hated it. Old grand dad 114 is better. Old Forester is too. And Early Times bottled in bond was surprisingly better. I'll never buy elijah small b again.

>>15226316
OF 86 is nice and sweet. I finished a bottle of Buffalo Trace last night.

>>15226766
Also have a bottle of Suntory almost finished. I need more.

>>15228392
Jeffersons aged at sea is full meme tier. It is 85 fucking dollars at my store. I sold the boomer Four Roses SB instead and saved him some money.

>>15237843
Great King Street Scotch.

>>15241360
I'd rather give my money to a decent island nignog making a living producing rum than some cuntish white liberal virtue signaling on social media.

>>15241705
btw euros also make rum

>>15241071
nice thanks for the suggestions

>>15241280
>>15241203
is jamaican rum made by jamaicans or european settlers? I've met some jamaicans and they were pretty based and intelligent, ngl.

>>15241555
>nigger of whiskies
sir, that would be Canadian. Irish whiskey is the spic whiskey.

>>15241909
european settlers. it was the britts particularly who build rum industry and distilleries in Jamaica and Barbados. thats why this rum is much better, because they dont use fraud-tier s*lera aging and mostly distill their rums as scots make their whisky: copper stills, proper aging and no deals against the quality. you should really add the rum to your collection, you're the guy?>>15224320 right? buy Appleton estate 12, wont cost you a lot. then come here and make a thread when you crack those babies and start your whisky jerney

>>15241564
It's No7 filtered again.

Great as a mixer, not so much as neat/rocks due to muted flavors. The price point is too high because plenty of cheaper and better whiskeys that shine neat or mixed. OF100, OGD BiB, EW Single Barrel or BiB, EC Single, Knob Creek, Woodford, Memealo Trace.