/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>15853537
Redpill: Brora 35 and Johnnie Walker Black Label don't taste different enough to warrant the price difference.

>>15853537
egg

JD is extremely overpriced for bottom tier swill.

I think that fizz drinks are fine. People freak out about the egg white thing, but it's really not a big issue. I never see them being ordered anywhere and they're not usually on menus.

for me, it's

>>15853537
It's a meme brand and massively overpriced, so good shout in regards to being an unpopular opinion

Captain morgan is great

>>15853686
Theres very very few brand that are similar enjoyment quality at same price range and that are as readily available as jd.

Id give you maybe buffalo trace but its like 20% nicer (flavour depth, sippability) but its also equally more procey in most places and less available, at least in UK. Only one semi major supermarket stocks it here and its usually sold at prices close to woodford reserve price.
Id say buffalo is also the best bourbon at its own price range

It's alright, easy to drink and readily available everywhere, there are not many choices when it comes to bourbon in Europe. But I would rather spend 10€ more and buy a bottle of Laphroaig 10 if I'm having whisky.

>>15853597
You just failed the biggest shit test in whiskey.

mayo is gross and aioli rules and only flyovers think they're the same thing

>>15853597
>>15853686
>it is expensive in my country :'(
lmao, fuck off.

>>15853893
>tfw local supermarkets have been getting a ton of Buffalo Trace in lately
>tfw pretty much just stopped drinking recently

>>15853597
Where is JD expensive? Are you poor?

>>15853537
In the UK it's about £32 per litre or $44 per 35oz. For bourbon, it's fair for the price point, it's not the best whiskey but nobody hates it, it's sweet and inoffensive. However, locally we have much better whiskies and gins at that price so it's not worth it.

>>15853893
Based Buffalo chad

>>15853537
I'd honestly rather drink Fireball than Jack

George Dickel is the superior Tennessee whiskey.

>>15854734
>Tennessee whiskey
>bourbon

>>15855596
So you like Dickel then?

>>15855617

To be fair Tennessee whiskey has almost the exact same mashbill as bourbon it just goes though charcoal filtration or something like that.

>>15855636

Yes. I love Dickel down my throat.

>>15853537
Very unpopular it tastes like watered down ethanol that's been soaking in an old ikea chair and any price is too high

Evan Williams is 10 bucks cheaper and much better tasting.

>>15855700
Evan Williams is a Kentucky bourbon

>>15855646
For me, it’s Dicken’s

Jack is ~$36USD in Australia, absolute rip off!

>>15856481
What does other Liquor cost in Australia? I can't imagine anything but shitty Australian liquor is cheap there

>>15854705
He didn't say it's expensive. He said it's too expensive for its quality

>>15856542
2L box wine 12-13% alc ~$6-7USD
24x case of beer 5%alc ~$36USD
Cheap spirits (smirnoff, gordons, bundy, jim beam) 37.5% alc ~$28USD

We get pretty fucked over with taxes here, if you're looking to get drunk the cheapest way is with cider or box wine. Aldi has good beer for about $7.50USD but overall its expensive to be an alcoholic here.

>>15856659
Your wine price is good (I know you guys have a significant domestic wine industry) but you get fucked on beer and liquor. 80 proof Gordon's here is $12, cheapo beers we can get 18 for $14.

Is the selection at least good if you're rich enough to afford it?

>>15856752
We have most things you could want, have a look at our biggest liquor store. If booze was as cheap here as it is in the US/Asia we would have soooo many more alcoholics it would be unreal!
www.danmurphys.com.au

>>15853537
"Alcoholics try to justify their drinks" the thread

Jack is like $30 for a fifth
it's awful for its price, should be a $15 whiskey

>>15853537
household brands are household brands for a reason. ive seen enough pretentious assholes shill hoppy IPA bullshit to warrant a hipster purge.

>>15856773
dans selection shrinks week by week. No more big sambuca bottles. no more club reserve. why live

Bourbon always tastes like an entire cinnamon potpourri decoration from hobby lobby was soaked in it. How is this enjoyable?

>>15857096
>potpourri
>our
>cinnamon
>on
>hobby lobby
>bb
B our b on

Have I figured it out??

>>15855458
Cant beat a drop of Drydens

>>15853537
It's on sale now for $43.35, which makes it quite bad for its price point.
You should take whisky opinions from outside your exact market with a grain of salt. Like that salty Talisker's antishill who is charged double for no good reason.

Johnnie Walker is fucking disgusting.

>>15853537
it's even better if you make a lynchburg lemonade out of it

such a good drink for the summer

>>15856481
Anything under $40 is a fucking steal.

>>15856542
Depends on what you set your base level at.
Scotch is priced similarly to how it is in the UK, it's only American whisky that tends to get blown the fuck out expensive beyond tax and currency conversion.
And the alcohol taxes aren't the same for different liquors.
Australian wine is huge because taxes are so low (ignoring 175% import tax on its way to china). Beer is not bad, we drink national beer almost exclusively but all that's available internationally is Fosters (and they reduced the abv when it became internationally available, killing it locally).
Our spirits are neither shitty nor cheap, perhaps with the exception of low end Bundaberg Rum.

>>15856752
>Is the selection at least good if you're rich enough to afford it?
Much better than any of the controlled states, plus we can get anything shipped.

>>15857054
https://www.nicks.com.au/
I do use it exclusively for whisky though.
Though straight up check Dans first. Their non sale prices are better and they're prolific price fixers.

>>15853537
JD tastes like stink beetles bro

>>15857175
Those are my favorite snack, what's not to like?

I don't like sushi.

>>15853537
Jim Bean is cheaper and tastes better