/ck/ - Food & Cooking

good or bad?

>>4143127

Not OP, but I like Bulleit. They use a good amount of rye in their mash, so it is a noticable part of the flavor.

Certainly beats Maker's Mark.

Bulleit Bourbon is okay. Never been a huge fan but it's okay.

The rye though is some nice stuff.

I've knocked back a couple of beers, am now contemplating if I should crack open my Glenmorangie whisky I've got laying around.

How's the bourbon? I've been looking for a good starter bourbon - currently thinking about getting Knob Creek or something.

not bad, but it gives me heart burn
my friend says the same thing

I enjoy Bulleit, it's not my favorite, but it's enjoyable. Their Rye is pretty good (compared to the the limited number of rye's I've tried anyway).

I wasn't going to drink tonight but I've changed my mind. Probably going to go with this cheap rum I've been macerating some cranberries in.

>>4143145

It's raining. Good night for drinking.

Just finishing a bottle of leftover dolcetto here.

>>4143155
>It's raining. Good night for drinking.

Fuck I wish it was raining here. Nothing like getting drunk while it's just pouring down.

Had a few beers, now moving over to this on the rocks.

Call me pleb, but this drink never disappoints.

I had some Macallan 15yr earlier, it was amazing

>>4143155
>Dolcetto
Damn. That sounds nice. I envy you. It's raining here too but I won't be home for another 3 or so hours.

>>4143163
Rainy mood it!

>>4143137
Maker's Mark is a bit sweeter if that is your thing, but I enjoy Knob. Good mid-range bourbon

>>4143164
Beam Black is solid bourbon. I actually love everything in the Beam line from the Black up.

Beam Black: Tastes like bourbon
Knob Creek: Full-flavored
Basil Hayden's: Almost too smooth, still a nice rye spice
Baker's: Sweet and estery
Booker's: Pure liquid gold, mind blowing bourbon

The Kraken. I love spiced rums anyone have any suggestions of some to try?

>>4143208
Get yourself a bottle of this if you can find it.

It's fantastic.

>>4143208
Sailor Jerry & Dr. Pepper

Sounds fucking disgusting, but it is delicious.

Lagunitas Imperial Stout

>>4143217
any spiced rum and Dr.Pepper is delicious

Blanton's gold edition. First glass of the bottle, always a nice feel.

It's awesome.

>>4143137
Knob Creek is a pretty decent mid-range bourbon. I'd definitely suggest getting Evan Williams single barrel, Elmer T. Lee or Elijah Craig 12 instead though, they're all nicer. Especially Elmer T Lee.

Also, if you're OK with cask-strength whiskey, Booker's is excellent stuff.

>>4143227
I second Elijah Craig 12 as a good place to start with bourbon. It's pretty damn cheap, and for the price, very good. I'm never out of it for more than 48 hours.

>>4143222
Right now, I'm drinking bushmills which is passable, but kinda meh.
Bourbon: Michters for Manhattans, Makers Mark for mixing, Four Roses for drinking straight
Scotch: Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Taliskers
Irish: Redbreast
Vodka: Ketel One for mixing, I dont drink vodka straight
Gin: Hendricks, Botanivore, Nolets for martinis
Beer!: Lagunitas, Shiner, Deschutes, Boont

Drank down one of these last night, guess Ameribros make ok beer after all (NZfag here). Probably helps that Coffee Stouts are my all-time favourite beers.

Seeing as this seems to be the more popular thread I'll ask here.

Can anyone recommend any good sipping tequilas? I'm looking to spend around ~40.

>>4143217
i like sailor jerry and ginger ale.

>>4143250
Ballast point makes great beers.

>>4143250
Americans are making some of the best beers in the world right now.

>>4143255
I had Camerana, was interesting enough. Not really a tequila guy.

>>4143255
I never liked 1800, and Patron may be out of your price range. Make sure it is anejo or reposado

Tanqueray gin. Never actually tried it before. Not sure what I'm mixing it with, depends on what they have at the nearby grocery store.

Also, two bottles of Schneider Aventinus.

>>4143164
It's not bad, honestly.

...drink away the parts of the day that I cannot sleep away.

>>4143275
Will do, thanks!

>>4143255

This is a weird name, but I love this one called "Another Lousy Day in Paradise". I swear to God.

a bottle of $5 red wine in the new decanter I got for Christmas. If I want sommore after that it'll be mah nigga Admiral Nelson.

>>4143461
Honestly, even cheap rum tastes pretty good.

Bulleit is really good for its price point.

this.

>>4143250
Ballast point makes great beers. My favorite of theirs is probably Victory at Sea.

I'm drinking some of this myself.

>>4143122
>What are you drinking tonight, /ck/?
I'm drinking pic related. It's a very decent port wine for €10.
But I might switch to a glass or two of Auchentoshan if I feel like having some scotch later on.

Moonshine from a local distillery.

Hey, Cowboy Dan, do you get mean when you drink? Feel the urge to start a war?

>>4145928
Same. Great juice.

Day 3, and it's still pretty good. Wouldn't have expected a wine like this to hold up so well.

>>4147092
I most certainly do. I drive out to the desert, fire my rifle into the sky and shout, "God, if I have to die you will have to die."

>>4147150
You will need a weapon worthy of deicide to cut God.

>>4147161
>quentin tarantino reference

Thread ruined.

>>4147136
Nice, cheers!

On a related note, have you ever tried their Limited Edition stuff (the single barrel or the small batch)? I had a bottle of the LE single barrel when it was available, it was excellent.

>>4147272
I had some of the LE small batch 2 years ago. The 2012 won #1 winter whiskey this year, I'm interested in trying it.

>>4147287
It's definitely worth getting if you can find it. Only tried it this year and last year and this year's is definitely a fair bit better.

I have some Maker's Mark. I was planning on drinking it straight, but should I mix it or something?

>>4147317
Makers is good but it falls just a little short of what I'm looking for in a sipping bourbon. I might have a double neat, but where Maker's really shines is in classic cocktails like the old fashioned or manhattan. I'm a fan of the 'perfect manhattan', with half dry and half sweet vermouth. Old fashioned would involve the least reagents, angostura bitters are really a must-have.

pic related

12 pack of Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale and a small bottle of Jack Daniels

>>4147349
Not usually an Islay lover but Ardbeg makes some damn good whiskey. It's a lot more balanced than a lot of Islays are. Have you ever tried Uigeadail? It's awesome.

>>4147354
still have to try Uigeadail but it's on the TODRINK list!

btw i'm a big fan of all Islay and Jura whiskeys i've tried so far.
I really love the differences between them.

(and I love the faces that people do when I make them try the most smokey ones for the first time, but that's another story..)

>>4145928

So fucking good. Good choice.

>>4147367
Yeah the little idiosyncrasies and differences between different whiskies is a neat thing. It's amazing how much variation there can be, even between things as similar as different barrels of the same whiskey.

>>4147384
Thanks mate. It's definitely a good one, and a pretty great price for a single-barrel whiskey as well which is nice.

>>4143278
>trashy mode
juice: OJ or grapefruit
>less trashy mode
tonic water and some fresh lime wedges

>>4143263
I'm drinking a bomber of Ballast Point Big Eye. I wanted Sculpin, but I could only find a six pack and I didn't want to spend $15 on it.

The Balvenie 15

This stuff is delicious

>>4143136
The rye is great.

Not the most masculine drink but hell is it delicious.

Crown Royal.

>>4147598
Please, if you can afford Crown you can afford better whiskey. It doesn't matter where in the world it comes from, but you can do better than Crown.

>>4147600
drinkin my buddies whiskey, not my choice. mix it with some ginger ale, have a rye and ginger. also, the kraken rum

>12 pack of 'double take' beer on sale
>horriblemistake.jpg

Maybe I will crack that mcallen 12 I have sitting in the back of the cabinet.

>>4147603
Fair enough, I'll drink whatever I'm being offered. Still, your friend can do better.

Crown is smooth, but there are a good number of whiskeys that are just as smooth with miles more character. Crown tastes like disappointment to me.

>>4147611
I hear ya. Not my favorite, but, i am wearing a crown royal hat in sponsorship with the NHL.
cant complain to much.

Some delicious mead I brewed in 2009. It is very dry and, by using champaign yeast, very high proof. I should have bottled it in 2011 because it tasted like a ridiculous cognac at that point, and now is starting on a downward trend.

I just put some Famous Grouse in my morning coffee.

>>4143761
As long as it isn't that clear shit.

>>4147349
I prefer Lagavulin 16 and Laphroaig Quarter Cask. It's still a very good Scotch, but pricier than it should be.

>>4147675
Not that guy but I agree, it's like rum with all the rum-ness taken out.

Good aged rum is fucking great though, can be just as good as the best whiskies. El Dorado rum is a great one to try; go for the 15 or 21 year ones. Pic very much related.

>>4147679
To be fair, Ardbeg 10 is the lowest of its range. For a fair comparison you should be comparing those to something like Uigeadail or Alligator.

>>4147680
86 proof?!
DO WANT!

Sure is /mu/ in here.

I split a 12pk of Sierra Nevada pale ale with my neighbor, now we're splitting a 6pk of Strongbow (ghetto, I know) and after this we will be splitting a 6 of Snowday from New Belgium.

This still. Every time I go to the liquor store, it's sitting there looking at me.

It's stout season

>>4149338
It sure is. Cheers!

>>4147684

>>4147367

Ardbeg 10 is probably my favourite Islay. Quarter Cask is very young and raw, it's OK but it gets a bit much after a while. Uigeadail is wonderful, but considering how much cheaper the 10 year old is, it's probably better value. I used to love Talisker 10 too, but it's not so good anymore. Right now drinking Aberlour A'bunadh

Evan Williams..... thanks /ck/

Some natural gamay

>>4149590
what i was doing earlier

>>4149588
A'bunadh is great. You might also want to try some Lagavulin, they make good Islay whisky without it being super retarded in terms of price.

Speaking of which, if you REALLY want retarded prices look at Ardbeg "Lord of the Isles". It's over 1000 bucks a bottle where I live. It's awesome, I bought a glass in a bar once, but there's no way I can justify spending that much on one bottle of whiskey when I could buy 5 or 10 great bottles for the same amount of money.

>>4149590
Regular EW is really sub-par. Their single barrel version, however, is pretty damn good.

God tier cheap bourbon.

>>4149597

>>4149597

Yes I like Lagavulin a lot, but somehow it's a bit too well-behaved, perhaps because the standard bottling is 16 years old. I like Ardbeg because it's got loads of peat and it's quite briny but it's not so overwhelmingly raw and smoky like Quarter Cask.

And yes in the grand scheme of things none of them are overpriced compared to a Port Ellen or something! I went through a bit of an Islay phase so now I'm trying a few more highland and speyside malts

lagunitas hop stoopid

360 double chocolate vodka and some moonshine. Decided to get some new stuff at BevMo today after getting my car smogged.

>>4149609
Port Ellen prices are just ridiculous. That blew my mind when I was first getting into whiskey.

Also, I should have suggested Caol Ila and Bruichladdich for Islays. Neither is as strongly peaty as Ardbeg or Laphroaig, but they're both capable of producing some really good whisky.

As for Speysides, Aberlour and Balvenie are reliably good. I also really like the Glenmorangie extra-matured range, particularly Astar, Nectar D'or and Sonnalta PX. Especially Sonnalta. Ben Nevis makes some good stuff as well.

Right out the bottle.

Ruthless Rye fuck yeah

>>4149630
>>4149633
Hell ya ! Rye whiskey bros!

>>4149642
ruthless rye is beer

I'm sipping on some bourbon (technically "sour mash corn whiskey") from a small brewery located here in Colorado (Black Canyon), it's pretty decent stuff, a little smoother than Bulleit, but I prefer slightly sweeter "wheated" bourbons like Elijah Craig and W.L. Weller.

>>4149675
Elijah Craig isn't a wheated bourbon, man.

Apple Pie Moonshine.

Bought a quart of it from a guy named Digger. Delicious, potent as fuck, and just 10 bucks.

coors light

>>4149633

So good. Drinking a SN Narwhal right now.

>>4149697
Well I'll be, I looked it up and you are right. I thought it was based on the taste, but I guess my palate has a ways to go.

its actually evan williams but this is the same shit fuck all yall

Finishing the last of these guys from my weekend ski trip. Not mind blowing, but a very solid brew with a nice coffee kick.

This shit is funny... mixed with a bit of club soda and a few drops of lime juice it's not bad, once frozen. Once frozen then the liquid drawn off is even higher apv than 17.5%. At 10 USD not bad.

>>4149716
Oh man those narwhals are brutal, I fell down the last couple stairs after having 2 of them quickly cuz they tasted so good. Didn't realize how strong they were, sneak up on ya.

big sky's moose drool is a much better brew, imo.

>>4149734

Could you at LEAST pay the extra two dollars for Gentleman? You're killing me here...

>>4149746

Fuck man I feel that. After the first sip I had to check the label to see how strong it is...10.2%. Stronger than Old Rasputin.

>>4143202
Oooh lawd I forgot I've got a bottle of Booker's in my closet. Should I drink this first or the bottle of Dagron's Milk I got?

>>4149766

Crack that Booker's open, bro. That shit is delicious.

>>4149771
I've had a little of it so far. Got it for Christmas. I was basically wondering if it's better to do beer then bourbon or bourbon then beer. I've heard a lot about this beer and want to get an accurate idea of the flavor.

>>4149785

Beer first, then. If you want to appreciate something, best to do it as sober as possible. Plus, Booker's has some really intense flavors that can mess up your palate.

Just had a Dark Truth Stout from Boulevard,very nice stout , most of the head remained in the bottom of the glass.

Because I'm too cheap to buy micro but too classy to buy bud.

>>4149785

Beer before liquor, never sicker.

Liquor before beer, never fear.

Unless you're just sipping, and not planning on getting drunk, in which case BE A MAN, GAYFER!

>>4149614
Is it Hopslam season?!?!

>>4149820
Sadly I drink so much that I don't really need to worry about that rule anymore.

Thanks though.

>>4149794

Hnnnng they just started shipping to Georgia a few months ago. Their stuff is delicious. Dark Truth and Tank 7 are the best.

Goose Island and Nimbus are new to Georgia too. Haven't tried any Nimbus yet though.

>>4149837

Whaddaya mean, 'sadly?'

I'm legitimately jelly of your superpowor.

>>4149831

Why don't they sell Hopslam in my town?

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>>4149722
It's the extra age on the Elijah Craig 12 that mellows it out. Fresh oak like they use in bourbon casks works quicker than previously used barrels like they do for Scotch. Personally I think bourbon begins to lose vibrancy around 15 years,

Even then, I think a cask-strength bourbon can shine with even younger barrels, while bourbon watered down to 90 proof might be best around 10-15 years, a cask strength bourbon around 130 proof might really shine at 6-8 years like they do with Booker's. I get such an intense barrel char note from Booker's (not to say it isn't glorious) that I doubt extra time would do it many favors.

>>4149831
my local seasonal launch party is this thursday.

>the feel

>>4149912
Some bourbon is awesome aged longer than 15 years but it's not common. Wheated bourbons tend to take age better though, in my opinion - Pappy 23 and Jefferson's Presidential Select being examples. Some old Willett bourbons are amazing as well.

>>4149940

Definitely agree. Rye-heavy bourbons really shine at younger ages, while wheated ones do much better older. Some younger wheated bourbons just taste totally flat to me when they're only 6-7 years old.

>>4143208

Honestly, last time I had the kraken it fucked me up. I think their advertising is amazing.

First beer I've ever found that I enjoyed, though to be fair all I'd had before it was piss like bud.

had a snifter of this earlier, not bad but i suppose there is better for the price...

>>4150089

forgot pic, too drunk

>>4150077
You're in for some good times then, because when it comes to stout Guinness is pretty low-tier. Look into good craft stouts/porters, they can be vastly better. Imperial stouts and milk stouts especially imo.

Old Rasputin is a decent starting point for Imperial stouts- not exemplary but solid and not too hard to find.

>>4150089
>>4150094
You'd be wrong. Pappy's is the best damned bourbon I've ever had. I was outright disappointed when I had Jefferson's Presidential Reserve.

>>4150103
I don't know, I think the 23 falls a bit flat. I'd say the 15 and 20 are tied, I'd like to see a 17 or 18.

Beer-layman here and I just have a simple question. I've been reading that drinking a beer or two a day has health benefits, but only if it's an unfiltered beer of a certain kind. Here's a quote I found:

>Good beer has many health benefits...good beer, not cheap macro beers. Dark malts contain antioxidants like red wine does, but the antioxidants in beer are actually more readily absorbed by the body than those in wine. Hops in beer help prevent disease, lower cholesterol & fight cancer. Good beer also contains b vitamins, & helps prevent stroke & coronary disease.

So how do I tell if a beer is a "good beer" if I'm standing in the aisle surrounded by 1000 brands? Do I only buy hops and the darker types or are there some dark beers that are also "macro beers" that don't have the same benefits as other kinds?

>>4150103
I'd disagree on that one. Pappy's is definitely an absolutely god-tier bourbon, and probably ties for my favorite with George T. Stagg (a favorite for different reasons) but JPR is a fucking fantastic bourbon as well. It's geared differently though, more elegant and refined but with less bold flavors. It's not as good as Pappy but it's better than most, and unique enough that it's well worth the money in my opinion.

>>4147583
And may your first child, be a masculine child.

>>4150119
Do you often quote popular movies when someone mentions a single word that reminds you of it?

I'm sure the girls LOVE it.

>>4150117
I didn't mean to say that Jefferson's was disappointing. I meant I was disappointing that it wasn't closer to Pappy's Family Reserve. Yes, it's a very fine bourbon.

I'm going to cheap out this month and buy something to mix with amaretto for godfathers though.

>>4150110
I am not very learned in beers, but I know guinness is one of the beers that's been shown to have some health benefits when drunk on occasion.

>>4150141

Aren't you cute. I'm sure the marketing departments would just eat you up.

>>4150132
Ah OK I misunderstood you. I guess I went into trying Jefferson's with different expectations; I'd already read a few reviews of it and knew it would be quite different than Pappy's. Honestly I'm kind of glad; anything that tried to be Pappy's would inevitably just be a pale imitation. It's like Stagg; other things could try to replicate it but it would never be the same.

>>4150110
I've got to say that I've never really looked into the health benefits of beer. What I would guess is that, like most things, the more processed the beer is the less health benefit it would have, so probably craft beers would be a little bit better. Honestly I'd probably just suggest that you drink what you like rather than worrying about this.

Drinking a 12 pack of Alaskan Brewing company's sampler deal.

All beer costs the same here, basically. Budlight is 6.90$ for a six pack, microbrew is 7.20$/ for a six pack.

So I'm getting spoiled on the good swill.

>>4150143
What, I said I don't know much, I just happened to read about some studies that said that exact thing while I was browsing the internet. So I repeated it in response to a relevant question. On the internet.

>>4150126
often, yes when my mother let's me out of the basement to rape and pillage

Might prepare a glass of pic related.

havin some of this right here

Drinking some Pyrat rum with coke then straight. Actually pretty good :)

>>4143122

lonesome crowded west

I'm drinking grape drink.

>>4150353
Oh..fuck yes. I love pastis. Actually, I just emptied my bottle of Pernod the night before last and haven't gotten to the store to replace it yet. But I may have to do that now, because you've made me want some. :) So nice, and it settles my stomach after a meal as well. One of the best times I ever had was drinking pastis in the morning with some mates during a summer thunderstorm. It was like something out of a movie.

a couple of cans of icehouse edge to get my buzz on and then vodka until i pass out

Grant's scotch whiskey

>>4150560
Nice thumbnail. Still, Courvoisier makes some good stuff.

Drinking some of this right now.

Budweiser and Jack.