/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15273083
I am drinking an 18 year old whiskey right now that has had my younger brothers foreskin in it for about 3 hours.

>>15273101
Well you're off to a better start than the diageo psycho, so how is it?

>>15270945
it's probably just 2 or 3 of us posting a bit more often, though it's a good choice if you like, or want to try more, highlands scotch
>>15271182
I suppose one might call it extremely light if they smoke 1 pack a day and only drinks JW red and Lagavulin 16, yes

>>15273083
>hmmm, yes...

Im summoning this based lad here >>15272538 the one who have discovered single malt scotch little over a year ago, and then participated in all whisky threads but didnt drink himself (for some reason, a pledge ot smth), this legend patiently waited and stacked on a good whisky to crack it open after this NY celebration. where you are, based madlad?

faggot OP next time chose the different pic this one is barely visible in the catalog and doesnt sell the thread at fokin all

>>15273467
I am here. I follow these threads almost compulsively.

What bottles you lads getting from Santa this year?

>>15273895
My dad bought this for everyone but I'm the only whisky drinker so it's effectively a gift for me.

>>15273858
I just wanted to ask a few questions.
1. why didnt you drink through this year?
2. when you will crack on your scotch bottles?

>>15273974
1. My grandad basically never drank, at least as long as anyone remembers (maybe a beer once every 3 years). Said he just didn't like it. Lived to 102. Still there mentally till 101. Built a wooden deck for his house at 87. Died beloved by the whole family.

Had an uncle also beloved by all. Died at 71. Mentally only half-there by 65. Quite weak and rickety by 55. He loved to drink. He was fun when he was drunk. But he'll never meet his grandkids.

I had been realizing I didn't actually like drinking beer other than the flavor and decided to test myself to see if I had the discipline to go for a year, was already kinda giving it up naturally, just not drinking much. Then on a whim I tried some scotch to see what the fuss was all about.

2. It'll be a year at midnight NYE but I'll probably go until the 3rd or 4th. Almost everyone I know is a drinker to some extent and they're gonna pressure me NYE more than anyone has all year. So I kinda want to resist that, because I drink when I want to, not when other people tell me to, even if they think they're doing it with affection. Besides I'm gonna be sharing expensive single malt with them all year so they'll forgive me.

>>15274107
based. dont listen to anyone and only follow your own intents, and againg based you've chosen single malt scotch because it's probably the only drink to appritiate and enjoy taste and flavore other than making yourself boozed (some rare and old rums and bourbons can do similar but over all 2 tiers down and with same attitude and quality and taste and flavore they cost way more). drinking responsibly a few dramms a week will bring no harm to your health but the hardest thing is to maintain this level of cunsumption, but I believe you're gonna make it bro.
>I'm gonna be sharing expensive single malt with them all year
meh, fuck them. good single malt is the drink for a one man only. cuz you can share some shitty blends and they wont spot the difference right away.

How do you guys find hard to find stuff? I dont mean allocated moreso odd stuff like indian whisky or from small distillers. Everything in a 100 mile radius of me is run of the mill.

>expensive = good
worse than any alchy

>wow, just wow
>that peat funk
>it's like george clinton and 70's era temptations are having a jam session in my mouth

>>15274447
>tries to make fun of campbeltown whisky
>picture is Old Grand Dad 114, maker's, jim beam, etc.

Bourbon confirmed soy

>>15274447
Based saltminer

>>15274874
>petty butthurt
Based stereotype confirmer

>>15273467
>Talisker
>good whisky

>At the risk of downvote oblivion, I wanted to share a note I find in Springbank. More specifically and particularly in the 12, the funk is sinfully close the aroma from the dankest weed I've ever encountered. I rarely smoke (whisky is my drug of choice), but that smell is something I cannot separate from Springbank.

>>15275027
I like it. It's overpriced but nostalgic for me, it was one if my first single malts

>>15274177
It very much depends on where you're from. If you're serious about whisky, I'd suggest you look up a club in you area. They'll prolly know where to find better bottles

For me? Its picrel. Yall are FAGGOTS

>>15274447
>>15275205
>mfw my Kilkerran review made this guy THIS MAD

>>15275337
Well he can only afford canadian club, so yeah, it would. Poor fucker must be on unemployment because he's around these threads more than I am and I check... more than I would like to admit.

>>15275602
Ive never posted in this thread before and i posted the canadian club, bro. You sound like a schizo. For the record, being “into” drinking whiskey as a hobby is equally gay as drinking wine as a “hobby”

>>15275287
Unironically thinking about buying that 41 year old Canadian Club. It's only like $200.

>>15273945
That's good stuff.

>>15275612
Go on then

>>15273945
>>15275626
Only bottle of it I ever had was so badly sulfured that even mixing it with Laphroaig didn't mask it, so it ended up being poured down the drain. Just pure rotten eggs.
I hear it's lovely but I won't be trying it again unless it's offered to me for free. I shudder just thinking about it.

>>15275633
Well actually it's $300, kinda of expensive for a novelty.

>>15274447
I tried watching this guy's channel one time but he went on this rant about how alcohol should be restricted and people should get weed instead, I physically cringed and didn't even make it to the tasting, I had to leave

pic related £20 atm. Stocked up for xmas

scotch fags can suck my dick

2 oz. pour of my dwindling OGD114 into my glass that had Ardbeg 10 last night and I taste Smores

>>15276257
I can buy WT101 litre bottle for 14 euros so you can suck mine. and also I can buy Glenfarclas 105 for 20 euros and Glen Garioch 12 for 25 so you better deepthroat and swallow as well.
>paid 75 euros for pic related, delivery included
>unzips my pants
Im waiting sweety

>>15273895
Haven't decided yet. Was thinking Highland Park 18, Glenrothes 18, Kavalan Vinho Barrique, or maybe trying one of the higher end Amrut bottles. Thoughts? in b4 I'm a huge faggot

>>15276434
No doubt you live in some ass backwards destitute country.

>>15276459
>Highland Park 18
if you can find an old label. otherwise its up to price imo.

>>15275651
I've heard glenmorangie really suffers with this issue

>>15276257
Trash bourbon

>>15276468
thats not how the market works you dummie
>cope
Im still waiting

>>15276257
>£
>bourbon
it is Scotch that dabs on you

>>15276434
>Glenfarclas 105 for 20 euros
I am legitimately jelly as fuck.

>laphroig
Id like to like it ... but i cant.

>>15276587
on a massive sale. and I assume soon the price will skyrocket as with most of the whiskys on my shelve.

>>15276614
I'd buy like 10 at that price.

>>15276257
>£
>scotch

its whisky, you spacker. Americans say "scotch".
Fuck!

>>15276614
Glenfarclas 105 won't

>>15276639
who knows who knows.
they used to state age on the label. 8 solid years iirc, now is NAS. so nothing is going to be cheaper and better with scotch for a long time. since.. Id say 2014+- its only getting worse year by year.

Why do all whisky reviews sound like theyre written by the most pretentious dorks claiming to taste a hundred different distinct things in one sip

>>15276860
same reason people larp here

>>15276611
no one is forcing you, least of all yourself. start with the flavor profiles you like and expand from there. I personally really like Laphroaig but it really isn't for everyone.

>>15276542
As long as you enjoy your cheap swill

>>15276860
Cuz we can taste different stuff kinda. And other people can use that to decide between similar whiskys.

>>15275270
I dont bring anything to the table since i dont travel often

Here's my go to. Nice midrange drink on the rocks to celebrate Christmas

Got memed into buying glenfiddich, was bretty gud

>>15274874
Based, i spotted it as well. Everyone who slates bourbon hogwash is a hero to me.

>>15276434
Gutentag Hans. It's a disgrace how we are being defrauded by the government or we would have similar prices. We live next door but our prices are almost double. It is a financial crime.

>>15276434
I’m from Kentucky. It’s hilarious how many goddamn retards fall for the WT meme, and MM. They’re both absolute dogshit. Do yourself a favor you flamboyant homo and get your hands on some Evan Williams. Regular black label is very drinkable and cheap as fuck. The single barrel is goddamn fucking delicious and cheaper than that bullshit wild turkey.

>>15278170
>hating Wild Turkey

>>15278216
Enjoy drinking the overpriced backwash of superior bourbon topkek

>>15273895
I bought a bottle of this to open up on Christmas Eve. I was skeptical of buying an NAS rye whiskey for $100 but reading up on it convinced me to give it a try.

What's /ck/'s opinion on this bottle. I've made it my standard midrange drink on the rocks. Great, rich taste even on the rocks and with a splash of mineral water

Fags, i bought my sister a bottle of Highland Park cause she likes it but i am low in booze and want to drink it, like right fucking now. Should i ship her off with Baileys (which she also kinda likes) and crack this bad boy myself? Is that okay from a moral point of view? If this was anyone else but my direct senpai i would do it in a heartbeat.

>>15278236
Fiance just got me a bottle of that. Not really doing it for me. I've honestly had better from $40 bottles, but that's just my take.

You're a GAY HOMOSEXUAL FAGGOT if you add water or ice to whiskey or drink whiskey from a tumbler.

>>15278252
It is a good inoffensive sipper, but nothing too great. You should be shot for adding mineral water and ice though. Fucking disgusting behaviour.

I’m pretty new to /ck. I spend most of my time on /b. Am I allowed to call people nigger on here? Or is this place too nice for that?

>>15278257
I've tried a couple rye's including Willett Estate 4 yr and I'm starting to think I just don't like rye whiskey. I decided if I don't like this I just don't like rye.

>>15278254
I'm somewhat disgusted at your mindset, but I'd be lying if I wasn't sympathetic to it. I finished my last bottle Sunday and I know for a fact there's one intended for me on Xmas morning.

seems stupid to buy another bottle when you're getting something fun in a few days, but it's just in my wife's closet SITTING THERE...

Anyway, hold off on it. you don't need another shameful memory.

>>15278170
>WT101 is bad
>get your hands on some Evan Williams

yikes

>>15278254
you again

>>15278230
>$20 a bottle for 101
>overpriced

I was a victim of meme power and bought a bottle of ardbeg. It’s just a weak and shitty version of Lagavulin, why would anybody buy it?

>>15273157
Nah, your palate is fucked
If you look at any flavour categorisations Clynleish 14 definitely falls into :
>Light-bodied, sweet, apéritif-style – with honey, floral, fruity and spicy notes, but rarely any smoky notes (BenRiach 12yo, Bruichladdich Laddie Classic, Glenfiddich 12yo, Glen Garioch Founder’s Reserve, Glenmorangie 10yo, Jura 10yo)
or
>Very light-bodied, sweet, apéritif-style – with malty, fruity and floral notes (e.g., Auchentoshan Classic/10yo, Cardhu 12yo, Dalwhinnie 15yo, Glen Grant 10yo, Tamdhu 10yo)

Even that retarded Diego chart with the non-continuous Y axis lists it as light and complex.

>>15278127
Are you sure it's the governments fault? Taxes here are as high as they get, but prices are substantially more than just currency conversion + tax. I suspect most of the problem is caused by liquor store markup.

>>15278869
it is. whiskys prices are mostly taxes + a hint of local retailers greed.

>>15278847
You're as bad as the twats returning laphroaig because the buyer thought someone dumped cigarettes in it.

>>15278252
I genuingly like Glenfiddich 12. jokes aside one of my favorite regular speysider. if only they added a few more ABVs that would be a fucking killer whisky.

>>15278290
you can get away with this most of the time.

>>15278882
It's fine, but Glen Moray 12, Glenlivet 12, Bushmills 10, Glen Grant 10, etc are all similar and similarly priced, so you should be picking up what's on sale rather than chasing it down.
And there are some slightly more expensive, slightly higher abv whiskies like Benromach 10 and Benriach 10.
I haven't tasted Aultmore 12 and GlenAllachie 12 but I imagine they're just the same but at 46%, but at that point you can just pick up independent bottlings.

I've had the Glenfiddich 15 cask strength and the abv didn't lend the power you are hoping for btw.

>>15278290
It's a bit harsh, I don't recommend. People throwing that language around get less respect cuz they mostly don't add content, just shit up the thread.

>>15278881
Ardbeg needed more smokiness it’s a premature whisky and could have used some cigarette butts dumped in the cask. Thought I bought a bottle of vodka with how clear it is.

>>15278942
agree. but Glenfiddich 12 was my very first scotch and it triggers some good memories and feelings, and I can distinguish this whisky among many others by only smell alone. I just like its unique profile. but again, I agree with what you said absolutely.

>>15279194
You don't find non-artificial colouring sexually arousing? no worries, we have green bottles for freaks like you.

Also it's peatier than Lagavulin, they have measurements and shit.

>>15278942
How does glenlivet fit in with the rest of those inferior bottles? Haven’t tried glen grant, whatever that is though.

>>15279218
I don’t think you have ever had lagavulin 16. Who gives a shit if they add coloring, it tastes better. There is no finish on ardbeg, unless you finish in your glass which you might.

>>15279222
I think it's kind of pineappely instead of the green apple/pear note you get from Glenfiddich.

>>15279230
Ardbeg is considered to have a long finish; but Lagavulin has perhaps the longest finish I've come across.

>>15279249
Partly why it’s so great, by the time you take your next sip your still enjoying the last one. Ardbeg, not so much. I’m a hater, it’s the second worst high price whisky I’ve had after glenfarclas which tasted like Jim Beam.

cringe liquor for rootless mutts, no one in the old world drinks this except for a few celtics butthurt about anglos.

Anyone tried picrel? Im in the market for something different and weird. Bottle is ugly as shit

>>15278252
It's a bit bland and boring but it isn't bad

>>15278254
Drink the baileys instead you alky

>>15278436
That's a shame. It's one of the best bottles I've ever had.

>>15279262
>ardbeg
>high price whisky
Hahahahahaha working class scum

>>15273083
Why did everyone suddenly jump on the laphroaig train? I like it but its turning into what craft beer was a while ago

>>15279622
>suddenly
It's been like that since I discovered /ck/ and that was in 2006

>>15273083
how many standard beers per night would you consider alcoholic /ck/?

>>15276257
Wasnt going to do it. Got the £23 Wild Turkey 101.

Had to go out for last minute Yorkshire puddings and picked up a bottle. Naughty.

>>15279646
Gross

WHO'S GETTING A BOTTLE FROM SANTA TOMORROW!? I KNOW I AM!

Current top shelf selection. Also have Cadenheads Linkwood 12, Hibiki, Yamazaki, Hakushu, Dalmore 12, and a Signatory Mortlach 12

>>15278858
yeah I suppose that's what one would say if they smokes 1 pack a day and o ly drank JW red and Lagavulin 16
though seriously, I would call Glenmorangie 10, p much all Glen Moray, maybe possibly JW gold reserve, Nikka from the barrel and other such whiskies "light", Clynelish 14 is more like middle of the road

>>15278485
I can’t possibly laugh hard enough at you retards. Imagine believe WT is actually good lol. It’s passing up makers mark as the de facto overpriced “not blended” blended whiskey. Oh well, I’m definitely glad you retards exist because whiskey is about all we have to sell here in KY. So thanks for the business, dipshit.

>>15280264
What do you count as 'good'? Show collection.

Good drinking music

https://soundcloud.com/obsequies61/sets/lit-1

>>15280264
>whiskey is about all we have to sell here in KY

Your corn swill is f'ing garbage. No one takes Bourbon seriously. Not at any age. They use your oak to make real single malt.

>>15279727
10

>>15280264
How is $20 a bottle overpriced?

This store is awesome.

https://youtu.be/HP1xLWu6zA8

>>15280523
this, calling WT midshelf is honoring it
also WT is best - go to rye and bourbon

>>15279727
A full pack. So if you got high ABV six pack, and drank that in one sitting regularly your an alchy. Same if you go through a 12 pack of bud light.

The standard from what I recall for the military is 3 or less a night is okay.

>>15273945
Ever make it to the Gardens?

>>15278260
Wow! Needlessly offensive and strikingly ignorant in one post! God bless 4chan.

Whiskey has had water added to it, TRADITIONALLY, by the people who invented it since time immemorial. Or are you just trying to rile up the Welsh?

>>15278266
You better run.

>>15279826
Does Linkwood taste like water?
It's the only one of JW Green's Talisker/Linkwood/Cragganmore/Caol Ila blend I haven't had and it baffles me how little flavour comes out of that.

>>15279727
More than 4 a week

>>15274874
no its just r/bourbon getting priced out of buffalo trace and other meme shit so they're moving on to ruin other based whiskies which will become allocated and overpriced in a year or two once the bottle hunters decide they need to hoard what we're drinking now.

>>15281137
>Whiskey has had water added to it, TRADITIONALLY, by the people who invented it since time immemorial.
And those people were gay homosexual faggots.
Cask strength is best strength.

Finally got a Stag jr.

>>15281560
did you soi yourself when you got it

>>15279794
I think I'm waiting for the sale, so maybe after new years as I have plenty to hold me over for a couple months.

>>15280623
I think Phil beats Deepa

>>15279794
I Got one as an xmas eve present sitting next to me. Thank you santa

>>15281560
>MOM COME LOOK, I GOT BLANTONSSSSSSS!!!!

got a bottle of laphroaig 10 in because it was cheap in the supermarket, any good as a first islay whisky? I've had speyside and highland before

>>15281802
Lol
>>15281778
I believe the correct term is coomed

I think I will give 'ubbie' a try tonight.

>>15280623
>banging a 2/10 indian alcoholic
>she's deaf too
this absolute state of whiskyjaks

>>15281853
It's most peoples' first Islay because of its price.

I got this for Christmas. It's pretty good. Peaty but not Laphroaig-tier peaty.

>>15275651
Happy to report that it didn't smell like rotten eggs.

Never forget

>>15282042
>>15282048
hope you left a entirely negative yelp review and flippped off the cashier on the way out

>>15282097
The red dot curry stores are much much worse.

I got my dad a bottle of Lagavulin 16 and a bottle of Dalwhinnie 15 for christmas. I also got myself pic related. Should have a warm christmas eve
happy alcoholidays frens

>>15282109
>Diageo product
>Dal"WOW ITS FUCKING NOTHING"nie 15
>Macallan

>>15282134
i like it

>>15282134
hey youre right the macallan sucks ass (though the aftertaste is nice). i just turned 21 and my dad’s liquor cabinet is full of macallan and what he has is pretty good but the shit i picked is gay
i like the dalwhinnie but i suppose its a joke to call it scotch
the lagavulin is fine, i probably just need to try more islays, but i bought it for the meme anyways
still hope you have a good christmas fren

>>15282134
The Dalwhinnie is great. I got a bottle for my dad too.
It's very complex and a steal for a 15 year old, who are you kidding.

>>15282256
>but i suppose its a joke to call it scotch
Fuck off, scotch is for the most part stylistically light.

>>15282303
i simply meant it reminds me much more of mellow irish whiskeys i’ve had than any of the scotch whiskys i’ve had

Got a 15y/o Glenlivet for christmas, what am I in for? I wasnt really a fan of the 12y/o, neither of the Glenfiddich of the same age.
Is the 15 better? Shame it is still just a 40%.

>>15282475
No, you're in for a horrible time

>>15282482
Guess I better pour it down the drain and go beat the old lady, then. Thanks.

>>15281273
That was actually a typo, I have a 27 year single cask not 12, so it may have more flavor than a younger one. I get lots and lots of spice with it and tons of oak. I quite like it

To the anons who suggested Ardbeg 10 last thread, thanks. Definitely a great whisky, not sure what I like more the Laphroaig or the Ardbeg, but I can't complain about either.

>>15281853
IMO it's a great introduction to Islay, but you gotta be real patient with it because it's probably way different than you would expect. It's distinctly unpleasant at first.

>>15282594
Lagavulin 16 and Longrow Peated are good stepping stones from there, anon.

>>15281802
kek

>>15274937
>it's a milkshake beer

>>15281461
truer words were never posted

>>15273083
i want a whisky nosing glass too REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE any good brands?

>>15283174
Glencairn. They make the standard glencairn glass which is okay and you can find relatively easily. They also have a copita which is better for nosing and can be ordered on amazon. There's other nosing glasses like the bugatti kelch and the blender's globe glass but those need to be ordered from Europe.

>>15283174
Don't you have a thrift shop or something close to you? They usually have a trillion different nosing glasses for a dollar each

>>15283174
As >>15283277 mentioned a glencairn glass is good. That's what's in my pic. They're pretty cheap on Amazon too.

>>15282594
I was kinda disappointed in Ardbeg 10 after i opened it today. After having Laphroaig QC this sort of paled in comparison. The taste is much more subdued and while it us still good, i was hoping it was really great. It is not a magical bottle for me. The punch and flavour is not kicking you in the teeth and that is what i like in whisky.

>>15283519
Give it a week to open up in the bottle. There's no way a tax free NAS is better than the Ardbeg 10

>>15283533
this this this>>15283519 time is the key. Let it sit with the cork off for an hour or so nite and then leave it for a week or so then taste and repeat until you find the spot.

>>15283533
Yeah, that helps sometimes. Hoping you are right. After all the praise ive been hearing, this cant be all there is to it.

Got this for Xmas - I'm completely new to Japanese whiskey, it any good ?

>>15283622
you fucking people that call it whisky need to stop existing.

>>15283627
Snobs are the worst, go choke on a cork remnant.

>>15283622
Here's a revolutionary idea; Taste it

Got this for christmas

>>15280623
Why does that woman make those disgusting sounds?
I know she's deaf and all but Christ just use sign language. Don't blast your guttural sounds to the world especially on a drinks channel.

>>15273083
Bourbon incoming. Do I really need to tell you what kind it is?

>>15284196
>AAAAAW YOUR HECKIN KITTER LOOKS JUST LIKE OFFERMAN!!!!
>BRO... IS THAT ROCKET LEAGUE *AND* BLANTONS?!

>>15273083
Based and Laphroaigpilled

Just bought the 10y too, it's great

>>15284305
offerman drank lagavulin on parks and rec you twat.

>>15284196
Based shit house exhibitionist

>>15284196
comfy pic, merry christmas bro

I got a 375 of Glenlivet 12 because I wanted to try a single malt, and it was good, but honestly not THAT good for the money. Tbh I liked Johnnie Walker black label more.

Am I just an idiot, or is there something to this?

>>15280796
based and turkeypilled

>>15284534
>glenlivet 12
Ask for a good whisky next year. Like highland park 18

>>15284561
Great joke, but not everyone is made of money. I excuse your snarky attitude because I understand you're terminally online and have the emotional maturity of a shriveled up orange peel

Anyone wanna be actually helpful, or?

>>15284374
Why does that change the fact that the cat looks like offerman?

>>15284584
It wasn't a joke. HP 18 is not that expensive if people buy it together. I got HP 18 as a collective gift from my brother, my sister and my brother in law.

Also, please don't call someone immature and then proceed to end a sentence with or.

I'm just starting to try out scotches, I had a glenmorangie 12yrs which was bleh, a glennfiddich 15yrs which was pretty good and a knockando 18yrs which is alright

is there some kind of chart to understand a bit more about all this shit? so far I'm just getting the <100€ bottles randomly from the store when im done with the last, trying to get one i like more than the others

>>15284614
>the cat looks like offerman
no it doesn't

>>15278252
Makes a decent egg nog

>>15283622
Nope, but if you're a noob you will enjoy it

>>15284638
I hope you mean the old bottling of HP 18 and not the meme viking version

>>15284827
Is it not the same whisky even if the bottles are different?

>>15273895
Got myself a bottle of Aberlour 12 double cask, haven’t tried it yet, anyone like it or should I gift it?

Got a bottle of picrel, pretty good. Wish the 100 proof variety was near me.

>>15283519
OK, so you're likely more into the "darker," "deeper," "richer" peated whiskies like Laphroaig, Lagavulin with more cask influence than the peated whiskies which use more gentle barrels like Ardbeg or Longrow.
You'll probably really like Lagavulin 16.

>>15285040
Lol nope

>>15284659
>some kind of chart
There's a couple that have floated around here. Everyone agrees they're pretty not-great though. There's this thing too which is still not perfect but is good: https://scotchgit.bitbucket.io/

I unironically think Johnnie Walker Green label is an ideal babby's first scotch:
- Not boring and flavorless like typical noob Scotches (Glenmorangie, Glenlivet, Glenfiddich, Balvenie)
- While not boring and flavorless, lacks strong, acquired taste flavors
It's got enough going on to be interesting but not so much peat as to disgust a noob.

>>15282594
I don't remember if it was me, but good for you, though don't mind >>15282670, Lagavulin 16 and Ardberg 10 are both on the heavier/peatier side but they aren't very much alike, Ardberg has a lot of cereal and some citrus and smoke and Laga has mostly smoke, so much that you'd think the barrels it's aged in are made from ashtray staves
Ardberg's quality is a fair bit higher, only go Laga if you love smoke and tar over everything else

>>15285346
>though don't mind >>15282670
No. Fuck off. It's not a stretch to suggest the third of the big three peated Islay whiskies if he liked the first two.
>only go Laga if you love smoke and tar over everything else
Nah. It tastes like smoked oysters to me, and the sherry influence is obvious to anyone with working tastebuds and experience with sherried drams.

>>15285346
>>15285359

Phenol PPM:

Bunnahabhain (1–2)
Bruichladdich (3–4)
Springbank (7–8)
Benromach (8)
Ardmore (10–15)
Highland Park (20)
Bowmore (20–25)
Talisker (25–30)
Caol Ila (30–35)
Ledaig (35)
Lagavulin (35–40)
Port Charlotte (40)
Laphroaig (40–43)
Ardbeg (55)
Longrow (55)

Ardbeg and Laphroaig are objectively more heavily peated than Lagavulin.

>>15285359
>no
yeah
>nah
yes
merry christmas to you too anon

>>15274937
farage is such a gammon faggot

>>15281560
lmao my shop literally has this on the shelf all year round for £70 and no one will buy it.

>>15282594
great stuff, Ledaig 10 is another good value heavy peat whisky

>>15285163
how is it, is it worth paying 2 times more than mellow corn 100 proof?

>>15285376
PPM is kinda bullshit marketing gimmick since its only measured pre distillation.

>>15285390
I got it for $35 and would definitely say it was worth it. I don't have a very experienced palate to describe it, but it is much more interesting than Mellow Corn (which I used to pay $20 a bottle for).

>>15285217
>lol nope
What's different?

>>15285390
>worth over 2 times Mellow Corn
nope. quality control is China tier. Avoid Balcones and other extreme climate aged "hot" whiskeys like Amrut generally.

>>15285412
sadly its about 50 britbux here due to fecking tariffs so i think ill stick to my scotch and mackmyra

>>15285217
I can assure you that any difference you feel in taste is a placebo.

>>15285415
The 18yo with the red stripe was probably the best single malt you could get for the price. In regards to complexity and quality, this is just a shadow of what it used to be. That's also probably why they rebranded so not to disappointed their fans

>>15285427
>Amrut
>country of origin
Would never consider. I don't want poo in my whisky.
Some of the Kavalan releases sound really fun based on what I've read. I don't mind youth or burn in a whisky and they sound super flavorful and interesting.
Their pricing is pretty stupid right now though.

> Need glasses
> want some simple unmarked rocks glasses like pic
> only sold to restaurants in bulk
>$11+ per glass everywhere else
>glencairns cost $8 before shipping

Why am I so cheap bros? I feel like glasses should be cheaper

>>15285906
get one from a thrift shop, it'll have more soul

>>15285906
Thrift stores, garage sales, estate sales, antique shops, there’s a lot of places to find them.

>>15276257

I got a gift set with the bitters included for making Old Fashioned. I like it.

>>15285906
IKEA got a 6packs of those for like 5 bucks

Happy Christmas lads

This turned out to be a very whisky-themed Christmas. Not all of this is mine, I got the bartending stuff and the Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban, I got the Macallan for my dad, and my brother got my dad the set of small whiskys.

I've only tried the Glenmorangie so far, it's pretty interesting, nothing at all like their regular $30 stuff and quite complex.

all the good bourbon was sold out in my hometown. i looked everywhere--I asked for Four Roses Single Barrel, Eagle Rate and Blanton's and was literally laughed at. Bought a bottle of Woodford Reserve for $40. What's the reputation of this? It tastes okay. Is WR all marketing or is it an actual legit distillery? I just know it's pretty mainstream and it's the free bourbon in the private Delta airline lounge

>>15278252
Very tasty!

>offered girlfriend's younger brother a bourbon
>he said said he only drinks vodka
>would prefer a Tropicana oj and grey goose
is my g/f's brother gay?

>>15278252
why would you need to add water to a 40 proof?

>>15286320
>40 proof

>>15286320
'They' say you're supposed to add a drop of water to enhance the flavour (literally 1x drop). I don't usually bother. I'd definitely not be drinking it with ice, though.

>>15286320
>>15286328
Also, this... it's around 70 proof

>>15286315
No. Screwdrivers are a common, basic drink.

>>15286341
>>15278252
why would you need to add water to an 80 proof? i honestly thought you only add a drop of water to the 100 proof strength

>>15286315
Extremely, don't let him near children

>>15286357
when you're 22 years old? seems suspect to me

>>15285906
Pic looks like the Stolzle old fashioned glass. Smaller than a double old fashioned, nice if you want a stable glass with a heavier bottom, but don't necessarily want ice.

$23 for a 6-pack
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/stolzle-3500017t-new-york-10-75-oz-old-fashioned-glass-case/5503500017.html

>>15286279
>ice
What's the middle pint?

>>15286252
I'm jelly

>>15286303
wr is good, 40 seems a touch high though.

>>15286363
Even at 22, sure. Lots of people don't really refine their drinking. Besides, what time of day was it?

>>15286252
Comfy

>>15286357
There's a difference between drinking a screwdriver and preferring it to something actually good.

What's lagavulin 16 retail for if you see it in a local grocery or liquor store? $100?

>>15286452
Last I asked it was $112

>>15286315
Effete closet homo. My brother is the same way...only drinks vodka. Literally every girlfriend he's ever had has cheated on him ://

>>15286452
$70. $85 tops.

>>15286452
$120 CAD

>>15285390
Well most Britons can't afford 70# hence the reason why.

>>15286452
$90-100, typically.
It's $60-65 at Costco, though.

>>15278085
>this unloved faggot who hates bourbon whisky and loves saying "hogwash"

>>15285338
I tried black label and liked it, it kinda had a light bandaid/malt aftertaste, then i tried glenlivet and found it boring and not worth the money

>>15286315
Vodka is good but if someone only drinks vodka they're either a hipster or an alky

>>15286303
Even my poverty town ABC has four roses single barrel, but eagle rare and blanton's.... it was mean of them to laugh at you but that definitely provokes an "oh jesus" response

Get some Wild Turkey 101. If you don't like WT you don't like bourbon.

The modern whiskey market is saturated with NAS garbage, overpriced Islay memes, Japanese bottlings that are deliberately made for the collectors market, and rejigged triple-barrelled nonsense. Some of the sherry that is being produced now is incredibly undervalued and nuanced (pic related). Anyone with sense is buying up sherries right now. So many are fantastic value. I love whiskey but the modern market is depressing.

>>15287578
not remotely the same, retard

>>15287590
the whiskey scene is heavily indebted to the world of sherries and they are intimately connected you dolt. in fact, a a whiskey session can be elevated by adding a drop of oloroso sherry to your oloroso aged whiskey. very interesting results.

>>15287626
>in fact, a a whiskey session can be elevated by adding a drop of oloroso sherry to your oloroso aged whiskey. very interesting results.
Guy who typically advocates for neat here. I approve.

>>15273370
The bottle on the right, and only the bottle on the right. Thank you. Now where is my shot glass? Don't tell me you need one of those pretentious little nose cradles to enjoy this stuff, because you don't. You hang a salmon above that bottle after it's been uncapped and by next morning it's been cold smoked.

>>15288007
holy cringe

>>15288011
Your opinion is meaningless.

>>15288013
My opinion is the center of my universe.

>>15288016
Then by that logic, your entire universe is utterly meaningless, except to yourself. How does it feel to have such an over inflated sense of self worth?

>>15288025
Good.

>>15288026
You are obviously an American then.

Just went to celebrate Christmas over at my sister and i drank a bunch and then they found out i had a second phone and they started questioning me for it. Had to explain that it was a gift because my friends saw me as a poorfag with a dumphone. I felt terrible so i headed home where i just came buckets from fapping to girls getting their ass destroyed by BBC. I love it and have more tissues ready for more sessions while i keep myself hydrsted with booze to keep the buzz going. I just cut myself trying to open a cider because i wanted the alcohol (5%). Also have whisky as a backup. So how big of a degenerate are you? Tell us your Christmas story. I drink Ardbeg 10 btw.

>>15288007
Shotting whisky. You do know you have to be 18 to post here, right?

>>15275337
Story?

I got turned down at the liquor store because I looked like I was having too much of a good time, im pretty sure they called the cops and took down my license plate, and of course, in my drunken hangover paranoia I sped like a demon out of the region in search for another liquor store that would serve me, I had to go to some sketchy fucking ghetto where no one gave a shit but it didnt matter I had a shank on me and some guys wallet I punked off from the night before, so even if I got into shit and got arrested I could pretend to be someone else and still get away with it

>>15286315
>Not drinking bourbon with your gay bf

What kind of clown world do I live in

>>15288400
You drove drunk? I don't condone that but i applaud your disregard for the system and authority.

>>15285427
>Amrut
>bad
Okay. Guess ill take your share then.

>>15288400
I know your story is horseshit but even then, commit sudoku you fucking nigger

>>15287626
>indebted
>world of sherries
>intimately
>elevate
>interesting results
imagine aping your favorite e-celebs word for word you fucking autistic cringelord.

>tfw all the empty shelves
a-are the big stores going to get a shipmemt before new years bros? I'm stanrting to worry...

>>15286452
Around $80

>>15286452
$85 at my local Total Wine, $90-$95 at the smaller shops.

>>15273370
laphroaig and lagavulin are two of my favs and I keep seeing Ardbeg paired with those, how does it compare ? should I buy a bottle of it ? what else can I get for under 100€ ?

>>15289146
Ardberg is worse in every way
It's not bad, but going from laphroaig to ardberg was a massive disappoinment.

>>15286430
>What's the middle pint?
Had to check since I'd forgotten, Clynelish 14.
Also, the ice cubes won't be going anywhere near good scotches, that's just for cocktails in general. (Though I AM quite partial to Japanese highballs made with the basic Glemnorangie, a habit I picked up when I worked in Japan and often went to a pub that served the same thing for like 300 yen at happy hour.)

>>15285906
Libbey makes their heavy base rocks 11oz for the home market. I got mine from meijer.

>>15289872
I'm going to meijer right now.

>>15273083
Got pic related from family for Christmas. Never heard of it, and rarely buy scotch so I'm quite thankful for something I would never have chosen myself. Normally tend to go for Islays or bourbon.

>>15276257
Its not bad, best that most supermarkets with shit selection do. Better than our trash 40% Buffalo Trace that is more widespread now.

>*snifffff* *slurrrpp* ohhh yeah that's the stuff....THATS the fucking stuff! You can't beat a mature Speysider, every sip is like an orgy of Scottish flavour in my mouth! *snifffffff* she's a beaut! I'm going to nurse this one for a couple hours and then move onto the really good stuff....yeah bro, she's a bottle of 45 year matured Highlander!

>>15289146
Ardbeg is better in every way
It's great, and going back to Laphroaig from Ardbeg is a massive disappointment.

>>15288295
You know you can sip out of a shot glass, right, dumbass?

>>15290409
Evidently he does not. It does not matter. He may be older in years, but probably thinks like a 10 year old who's just watched a bar scene in a hollywood cowboy film.

>>15290215
t. Vodka enjoyer

>>15279794
Mother-in-law got me OF1870 which was very appreciated. Usually I just get OF100.

>>15291317
How is it in comparison? I've only had 100.

>>15290618
*walks in*
"WHISKEY."
*bartender pours artificially colored newmake from an unlabeled bottle*
*SLORP*

>>15291383
And then... "ANOTHER. MAKE IT A DOUBLE AND LEAVE THE BOTTLE."

>>15291396
I fucking hate those scenes so goddamn much, and the ones where they pour like 6oz of whiskey in the fucking glass, oh my god

>>15283174
Glencairn Copita nosing glass, the one and only

ok so the anon in the last thread asked. I'm enjoying the Belle Meade I got from "Santa" and while it def has elements of typical Tennessee whisky it isn't gross jack slop.

that said I wouldn't recommend it for the 40-50$ MSRP. while it's good I can think of a half dozen better bottles in that price range. it claims to be high rye but I dunno if it's any better then your standard WT101. try it if you have the chance and give your own opinion.

Might post again when I'm further into the bottle and let you know if my opinion has evolved over the course of time.

what did you get?

>>15291343
I haven't opened it. I'll post brief thoughts when I do. I've had the 1920 and that was excellent.

>>15291383
>>15291396

>>15291494
My dad got me Woodford and my brother got me Basil Haydens

Opinions on the Distiller's edition?
Paid right under 100 bucks (USD)

>>15291804
Don't know if I got a bad bottle but I didn't like it much. Prefer the 10. Price should be around $80.

>>15291804
Why is Talisker so shit? It ruined the whole thread!

>>15291804
I heard good things about Talisker 10 but then so many people on here said it was shit now I'm afraid to drop the $80 on it. I'd love to stop by a whiskey bar but I don't have one within 45 minutes of me, and that one is currently in a city full of shit.

>>15291929
>relying on this thread

>>15291929
>I'm afraid to drop the $80 on it
You should be. It's shit.

Pineapple juice and rye is soooo delish.

>>15291966
hmmmmm

>>15291929
I got it for xmas and I like it

>>15291547
I've only had the 1920 and 1910 and the 1920 is awesome. The 1910 I would drink more of in the summer.

>>15273945
nectar d'or is delicious but if you like it i would recommend the quinta ruban. Aged in port casks as opposed to sauternes. It still has a really nice and rounded mouthfeel but not a sweet as the nectar d'or.

>>15291494
thats about what I read and have heard. sort of boring for the price, but didnt want to taint your experience.

>>15273370
How is the cask strength compared to the regular Laph 10? I was going to get another bottle of the regular but since it's New Year's and I've come into a little money, I'm curious about the cask strength. The quarter cask interests me too. Anyone have experience with the full Laphroaig line and able to compare them?

how many nights in a row am I allowed to get drunk before I need to consider the possibility that I might be an alcoholic?

>>15292155
Tie a string around the neck and you won't get the rundown on the label

>>15292913
I misread this and I thought you were telling him to hang himself

>>15292908
Anon, the medical definition of an alcoholic is 4+ drinks a day or 14+ drinks a week--a drink constituting a 1.5oz pour of spirit, a glass of wine or 1 beer.

If you fit this criteria or are even close, please consider getting help.

>>15292924
The amount of conflicting information I see on this subject is staggering

>>15292921
No I was trying to help, I fucking hate getting the label wet

>>15292924
I could drink 14 drinks a week and take a day off every second day

>>15292927
If you think you're drinking too much you probably are.

>>15292933
That's really not how it works at all.

>>15292935
Then how the fuck does it work, professor?

>>15292941
Statistically when people have a problem, they convince themselves they don't
"I can quit any time I want," etc

>>15292932
I mean drink 14 drinks a week with 2 days off between drinking days

havent had any Wild Turkey product for about a decade. been a Beambro for a while, but havent had Legent(am interested). If I were to go WT side whats better for the money ($35-$45) Russels Reserve 10 or Rare Breed? How does Legent compare to quality for money to the winner of the previous choice?

>>15292913
thanks for the tip
>>15292993
Rare Breed, RR 10 wasn't great and i got it on sale for 30

>>15292993
>Russels Reserve 10
this had a distinct green apple sour candy taste to it for me

Just had my morning coffee. Now hitting the bottle and i have to say a mix of Laphroaig QC and Ardbeg 10 is really fucking something else. Its a match made in heaven for peatfags. Even after adding a decent amount of water it fucking kicks you around. Drink it neat for a kick in the teeth.

>>15285165
Lagavulin is in my watchlist but its kinda expensive. Will cop when its on offer.

>>15291929
it's fairly good, it has a characteristic flavor and it is(was) fairly cheap
a good price for a bottle of Talisker 10 is half of that, and unless you're in love with the maritime salt/spices/savory/seaweed/bit of smoke character you can get better bottles for 80usd, such as Ardberg 10 if you want to stay on the fuller and peatier side of things

>>15292943
all the more reason to believe he's right
if, as you say, people often downplay their own problems and issues, at the point where they themselves start to think they have a problem they most likely do

Last night's haul.

Most excited to try the Method and Madness. Wonder how much the chestnut casks will come through.

is Port Askaig really just rebranded Caol Ila?

Im about to cop Glenfarclas 105 with a giftcard i got from my sister from Christmas. Its €35 worth, yay or nay. What else should i buy?

Been sober for 6 months and I want to break it with something decent. I have about 35 euros and was considering Monkey's Shoulder, but never had it before. Any thoughts?

>>15293717
Buy Laphroaig.

>>15293848
I've heard the Laphroaig quality has gone down with the prices going up.

>>15293848
>Laphroaig

Don't have that in "my" stores. Gotta import.

>>15293848
>>15293911
>>15293915

HOw is Bulleit? Good?

>>15290133
>>15289872
Oh my god they're sold out at every meijer for 20 miles. How the hell can a guy not find plain heavy bottom rocks glasses for less than $40? They should be $10 for 4, is this a third world country?

There are hundreds of the simple type I want listed etched with fish, trump slogans, 'whiskey makes me frisky', and similar bullshit, but apparently those meijer libbey glasses are the only plain DOFs out there without a 300% designer markup.

>>15293919
I only have the Rye and that was an impulse buy and wasnt aware it was Diageo or else I wouldnt have even looked at it.

>>15293968
translate that into non-asscunt speech.

Hey what's the name of that whisky with the weird bottle whose cork has a horse with, I guess, a guy riding it?

>>15294095
piss off trophyfag

>>15294190
suck my cock, faggot. I just want to know the name of it.
You thinking dumb shit like trophies only shows you're the cuck who actually cares about that shit.

>>15293919
Not good

>>15293949
Dude just go to a thrift store, they'll have hundreds of plain glasses
Or suck it up and pay the markup price because you've already spent more than that in gas
I ran into the same problem when trying to buy a wine glass a while back

>>15294211
pretty upset for someone "totally not looking for memebottles bro haha"...

>>15294308
If you think that's upset then you really need to interact with more people, silly little burgerstani.

>>15284584
>not made if money
>highland park 18
How poor are you?