/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15487486
Im a straight edger who only drinks water and fruit juice.

>>15487495
Thanks for sharing. I hope you saged.

>>15487498
Nah.

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
Irrelevant
>Bourbon or Rye?
Rye
>Best beer by country?
Mine
>White or brown spirits?
Brown
>Favorite region for wine?
Rheinhessen
>Favorite cocktail?
Old Fashioned
>Favorite style of beer?
Milk Stout, followed by Belgian White

>>15487523
I struggle with Rheinhessen wines - very sweet and I don't find them as deep in flavor as the Italian or Australian.

Good choice on cocktail.

Milk Stout are good but very filling, I like a Belgium white too.

I'm assuming your German?

>>15487486
OP I'll be honest with you I started to answer all those questions then by the last one realized how much of a waste of time it was.

Instead I'll tell you that I drank 7 beers and a rum and Diet Pepsi while watching Disney movies all through the night. The unimportant thing is that the beers were Miller Genuine Draft and Moosehead and the rum was Bacardi. The important thing is that I had a fun time and that The Emperors New Groove and The Incredibles are both really good movies and still hold up today!

>>15487486
Whisky
Rye
Belgium
White
idk France
Gin and Tonic
Belgian Tripel

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
Don't matter
>Bourbon or Rye?
I like spicy bourbon, so very on the fence about it
>Best beer by country?
Got some disgustingly expensive belgian ones a while ago but definitely worth it, very tasty
>White or brown spirits?
Brown
>Favorite cocktail?
Boulevardier made with wild turkey 101

>>15487535
Canadian actually. My wine palette is painfully pedestrian, preferring dornfelder sweet reds and liebfraumilch over the deeper and more complex. I enjoy beers from all over the world but most of my favorites come from BC.

>>15487549
I respect that. I want to clap the cheeks of Charlotte. The Lion King (original) still reigns supreme.

>>15487561
Why rye over bourbon?

>>15487587
What is a Boulevardier?

>>15487599
As a Canadian, how do you feel about ice wine?

>>15487486
Good taste.

Rye, always
Ayinger Helles
White
Italy and Spain for reds. Germany and France for whites.
Negroni and Whiskey Sour are my standard cocktails.
Helles, Lager, Rice and Corn based beers

>>15487535
Try Franconian wine instead of Hessian ones, typically less sweet and more tart.

Go for a Bacchus, Riesling, Spätburgunder, Müller-Thurgau or Sylvaner. All good whites.

>>15487614
Thank you sir. You, too, have great tastes.

>Why rye over bourbon?
>I love Helles too, my second favorite beer, but I find the Kolsch (it tastes like an ale but has the weigh of a large) so appealing.
>After negroni and apple sour is my favorite which is basically the same thing but with fresh apple juice
>I do enjoy the rice and corn based beers (I'm drinking Coors light tonight because it's easy and light) - probably my favorite is Corona in that category.

>>15487610
>As a Canadian, how do you feel about ice wine?
Too rich for my blood. The times I've sampled it I've mostly thought to myself "This is good wine, but I wouldn't pay $100 a bottle for it."
Consider me too plebian to properly judge it.

>>15487610
I'm a leaf, rye is all I grew up with

>>15487632
I never thought twice about Corona, but when I tried it I thought it was amazing. It's a great light beer. Sol is a similar beer you might enjoy, imho even better.

The reason I like Rye so much is because I'm a sucker for the pungent, sharp aftertaste and don't care much for the Woody complexity of many Whiskeys. I do use bourbon, but mostly for cooking.

>>15487486
1. No difference really
2. Bourbon
3. Germany or Belgium
4. Brown most of the time, tho good tequila blanco and mezcal are godlike
5. Marlborough is without fail great
6. Mezcal margarita
7. A nice crisp pilsner with the occasional flemish ale thrown in

>>15487629
I've had Riesling - it's what my grandmother would drink. Bit too tart for my liking. I will have a look for and try the others.

>>15487633
When I was in Canada I tried ice wine and I 100% agree, I feel it's meme wine. But they make their money from it so there must be a market.
>pic related

>>15487635
Rye in Canada now-a-days is not even rye, pretty sure if you look it up what you call Rye in Canada is basically bourbon.

>>15487649
I guess it is sharper and more spicy then a bourbon.

>>15487700
tequila blanco and mezcal are just another level of processing?

>>15487649
rice and corn beers get way too much flak from snobs, it's genuinely good under the conditions it's supposed to be drunk in

>>15487723
nah, mezcal is made differently from tequila and can use different cacti, and trust me - a good mezcal is fucking unreal
You might be mixing it up with different tequila aging times: blanco, reposado, añejo

>>15487486
Is it normal that vodka is sold with a straw of vanilla?

>>15487649
Sol is good but cheaper and I feel a bit harsher. so there is a tradeoff there I think. In saying that when I was in university, I would drink Sol all the time over Corona because it was like, $4 cheaper a carton.

>>15487733
Can you give me a little run down of the difference? I mean I could go and google it, but I'd rather you tell me.

My social life is getting drunk with friends on Saturday nights and playing games with the whole lock down going on. I have 30 more lbs to lose and realize that the six pack of 9% IPAs might not be helping that. Will sipping on hard seltzer’s instead help? I do about 40 miles of cardio on my road bike over the weekend to help

Any recommendations for a brine or iodine forward scotch?

>>15487794
Vokda and soda will save you. 60 calories in those vs. 200 in a beer/mixer. Jut understand that you will have the urge to eat because water doesn't fill you up the same way - fight the hunger and you will be ok. It's all about will power. I believe in you bro.

>>15487811
No idea what that is.

>>15487794
hmm I wonder if lowering the calories you consume while increasing your physical activity will help you lose weight

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
I prefer cognac/armagnac or rum
>Bourbon or Rye?
Rye is hard to get and kinda expensive here.
>Best beer by country?
As a pilsener fan: Germany or Czech
>White or brown spirits?
Brown. Only white ones i like are rums.
>Favorite region for wine?
Bordeaux
>Favorite cocktail?
Hemingway Daiquiri
>Favorite style of beer?
Pils

>>15487486
Whiskey is whiskey if it's made anywhere except Scotland. Then it's whisky.

>>15487817
Any cognac/armagnac recommendations? I'm interested in trying one out.

>>15487818
Good point.

>>15487817
>cognac
I've gone down that rabbit hole recently, went through all of then Hennessy and Park Cognac range, delicious stuff!

I actually enjoy the younger stuff because it's sweeter - the more aged it is the more it tastes like whiskey and, well, whiskey tastes better.

From your picks, I'd say your central/western European?

>>15487813
Just googled it and the IPAs I was slamming had around 320 calories. Whoops! So for some reason a shot of vodka and a white claw aren’t really comparable for me. I get much more hammered off of a white claw compared to vodka.

>>15487486

>>15487848
Same with lattes,

2 x 12oz milk-based coffee = 1 x 6-inch sub in terms of calories.

>>15487610
1:1:1,5 ratio of sweet vermouth, campari and rye/bourbon, standard serving being 30ml vermouth and campari to 45ml rye/bourbon and if you swap that with gin you get a negroni, also a good drink. Mix it with ice and serve neat in a cold glass, or just serve with a cube of ice, i prefer the latter for simplicity's sake

Whisky
High-rye bourbon
United States, obviously, for sheer variety and quality of craft beers
Brown
Porto
Not a cocktail guy
Sour

>>15487848
IPA and beer in general is full of phytoestrogren. Enjoy your man tits.

>>15487614
good taste except for rice and corn beers what the fuck man

>>15487725
the condition of being a tasteless retard?

>>15487817
patrician
>>15488168
kys

>>15487523
Bahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha what a faggot hahahahahahah

>>15488168
The only tits I have is from repping your max on bench

anyone remember the guy who waited a year to open his whisky? That's me

You guys were right, Talisker is not-great at best.

It's more *interesting* than blends, but not in a good way. It's spicy and otherwise without flavor. I've heard people describe seaweed and brine and I think that's legit all marketing. Old pulteney actually has some saltiness but talisker not so much.

I mean it's not as awful as the anti-talisker shill says, but it's definitely not worth the price.

>>15488572
>You guys were right, Talisker is not-great at best.
Yeah, we told you.
>I think that's legit all marketing
Yeah, we told you paid shills literally posted about it here.

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
Tomaytoe, tomahtoe
>Bourbon or Rye?
depends on the mood
>Best beer by country?
>White or brown spirits?
The more time passes by, the more I'm seeking out quality white liquor that you can sip. Wood flavors get boring with time.
>Favorite region for wine?
I never drink the same wine twice, I don't care.
>Favorite cocktail?
Don't drink 'em
>Favorite style of beer?
See wine answer

>TFW gave in to Total Wine's sale and bought their spirits direct garbage
18 dollars a handle makes for very bad rum. But I have to drink it and learn my lesson.

>Whiskey or Whisky?
Depends where it's made
>Bourbon or Rye?
Bourbon
>Best beer by country?
Germany
>White or brown spirits?
Brown
>Favorite region for wine?
Bordeaux
>Favorite cocktail?
Dry gin martini
>Favorite style of beer?
Kolsch
>>15487811
How smokey, if at all, are you looking for it to be? Laphroiag 10 and Lagavulin 16 are the obvious choices. Ardbeg 10 is pretty good but very rich and there's more than brine.
Talisker is a good middle of the road option, you'll get all those briney notes but it is mildly smokey. Talisker 10 is a classic and easily my favorite scotch. Talisker Storm is really good too for a budget no age statement scotch. Not that far off from the 10 year.
If you want something that isn't going to be smokey I highly recommend Bruichladdich Classic Laddie. It comes in a sky blue opaque bottle that doesn't look at all what good scotch should come in but man is it good. Really aggressive and young, bottled at 100 proof, but it has the richest seaside notes I've had. Bunnahabhain 12 will get you there too.
If you're not against a blend Smokey Joe is super good, you really wouldn't expect it to be but it's a blended malt and hits all those briney, smokey notes you want out of a good Islay.

>>15487811
Laphroaig 10, obviously. Ignore the paid shill at >>15488775 regarding Talisker.
See: >>15488572

>>15488824
>paid shill
I'm just a connoisseur of good scotch

>>15488840

>>15488754
Went in to Total a while back to grab a bottle of tequila for my boss. Sales associate asks if I need any help and I ask if they have Casa Noble Anejo. Says yeah, but have you tried EL PADRIONO?? He starts hyping the stuff for a solid minute. As soon as he leaves I look up reviews and it turns out it's their Spirits Direct shit.
Nice try, I walked out with the Casa Noble. The El Padrino might not even be bad, but fuck off with the shameless shilling. That just undermines any faith a customer can have in your staff to give honest recommendations.

Wtf this isnt a tobacco thread >:(

>tfw been drinking vodka a lot recently
>bipolar 1 (diagnosed not self-memed)

Know I shouldn’t, but I’m craving drink now... should I just give in, bros?

>>15487832
Not him but Remy Martin VSOP is a good starter.
Havent drank it years though because its incredibly expensive in Utah

>>15489283
Your "illness" literally doesn't exist. You've been poorly socialized and now you're dealing with the consequences.

just made some eggnog, pretty great stuff.

>>15489283
I'm also bipolar (diagnosed) but severe.
I was on risperdal lamictal and prozac for a while but stopped taking them because they wiped me the fuck out.
Drinking actually keeps me balanced as long as I drink when I get home from work and on the weekends, but if I go a week without drinking I get really scattered and manic, so I have to reset.
I know it's bad for a lot of people, and leads to suicide and episodes and whatnot but it works okay for me.
You do you though and know your limits

>>15489300
Top Kek dr 4chan coming through with some hot ass meme takes

>drink a glass of dark red wine
>fucking projectile vomit

its not fair. it tastes so good.

>>15489343
pic is the wine by the way. one of the better grocery store wines i've picked up. i guess i just have to stick to whites.

>>15489350
someone with an arm as hairy as yours shouldn't be posting anime

>>15487486
>Whisky
>Bourbon
>Quebec: La Fin du monde
>Brown
>Bordeaux
>FLQ
>Imperial stout

Anyone got ideas for 'Crème de menthe'? saw some at the store and im wondering what I could do with that.

>>15489381
You're right, Anime is only for the chaddest of chads, im surprised he doesn't have more hair

>>15489343
Do you have an allergy?

>>15489381
It's from google, not that it matters.

>>15489424
I don't think so. Tea does this to me as well. Tannins or whatever.

>>15489491
So would you say your arms are less hairy than this guy's?

>>15489508
Yeah, mine isn't as burly as that. I don't have much on the underside of my arm.

>>15487723
>Rye in Canada now-a-days is not even rye, pretty sure if you look it up what you call Rye in Canada is basically bourbon.
There is no mandatory minimum rye percentage in "Canadian Rye Whisky" but all the good whisky is 90~100% rye anyway, so.

>>15489580
if canada was a person i'd beat them up and rape them just because i can

>>15489580
>chairman's reserve
sucking up to china again

>>15489603
Funny enough, the export bottles don't say chairman on them.

>>15489580
Whoops, forgot a flag.

>>15489619
which one do you like the most

>>15489625
I'm poor so my go-to is Forty Creek or Alberta Premium

>>15487832
Seconding >>15489289
It's widely available and the best of the big VSOPs.
For Armagnac, it's fairly easy to find a Delord Bas Armagnac 25 year for about $70. Yes, a 25 year for under 100.

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
Whisky
>Bourbon or Rye?
Bourbon
>Best beer by country?
Belgian
>White or brown spirits?
Brown
>Favorite region for wine?
Whatever region produces Amarone
>Favorite cocktail?
Old Fashioned
>Favorite style of beer?
Weizenbock

>>15489343
Zannen.

>>15489254
I will admit, I also bought a spirits direct vodka and amaretto. The vodka's fine - though it's almost impossible to fuck that up. And the amaretto's at least drinkable - especially since I usually mix it into coffee or hot chocolate. It's just the rum that's complete garbage.

Where are my Jagermeister bros at. What are you mixing it with.

>>15490485
pour it over coffee flavored ice cream

>>15487486
>Whiskey or Whisky?
Whisky.

>Bourbon or Rye?
Bourbon.

>Best beer by country?
Belgium.

>White or brown spirits?
Brown.

>Favorite region for wine?
Trash

>Favorite cocktail?
Whiskey Sour.

>Favorite style of beer?
Trippel.

>>15487495
>claims edge
>corrupts body with fructose
fucking degenerate

>>15487746
sorry for not coming back yesterday - was nighttime for me, OP

Mezcal cacti cores are roasted in kilns before fermentation, making them smoky and giving tons of intense flavor, whereas tequila agave is merely ground after it ripens. Also mezcal is usually a very small localised production which I find comfy

>Whiskey or Whisky?
Whisky
>Bourbon or Rye?
Rye, but I drink alot of bourbon
>Best beer by country?
Czech Republic
>White or brown spirits?
White by a small bit. I like gin.
>Favorite region for wine?
Georgia, its inexpensive and different
>Favorite cocktail?
Last word
>Favorite style of beer?
Munich Dunkel

>>15487852
listen, fat

don't care
Rye
Czechia
depends
Italy
Manhattan
Pils

>>15487486
>>15488775
Fun fact: I live in Cologne region, and it's part of local etiquette to always mention how much you hate Kölsch, and how it's not "real beer™" whatever that means.
I fucking hate beer snobs.

this batch is tasty. left about an ounce in the glass overnight and when I came back to it, it was all honey on the nose. the peat is subtle on the palate and the finish is short with vanilla, almond and lavender. moderately creamy/oily mouthfeel for only 3 years at 42.5%

>>15491700
That's not snobbery, that's regional rivalry.

>>15491700
Yet everyone still drinks it.

>>15488840
no-drinks in 2020 guy here. Tell me how the hell I'm supposed to enjoy talisker. What do I look for? By my second dram of laphroaig I was into it, but Talisker just tastes like flavorless pepper spice.