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[Anonymous No.11473377]

Whiskybros, my sources tell me Johnny Green is actually better than Johnny Blue. Can you confirm or deny?

[Anonymous No.11473383]

I deny all your accusations. I did not have sexual relations with that woman

[Anonymous No.11473384]

>>11473377
Johnny walker is a meme whisky anyway.

[Anonymous No.11473387]

sorry I only drink swill

[Anonymous No.11473477]

Anybody here ever had kilchoman? My local liquor store began stocking Sanaig and I'm interested in getting a bottle, what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.11473487]

>>11473377
>blended
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[Anonymous No.11473504]

>>11473387
>>11473487
Cunts, if I wanted to ask about single malts, I would be asking about single malts.

[Anonymous No.11473510]

>>11473377
I drank a quarter bottle of JW Green and then woke up in the middle of the night blacked out and used my dad's bed as a urinal.

It tasted pretty good though.

[Anonymous No.11473511]

>>11473477
How much is it where you're at?

[Anonymous No.11473519]

>>11473510
Yeah, I hear it's smooth. How'd you get so hammered off a 1/4 bottle?

[Anonymous No.11473527]

>>11473519
It was the big bottle.

[Anonymous No.11473575]

>>11473511
About $65 this is the first time i've seen it stocked in my area so they're probably trying to attract customers.

[Anonymous No.11473587]

I only drink J&B.

JW is too expensive and strong tasting for me.

[Anonymous No.11473787]

>>11473377
It isn't, but Blue is very very overrated.

[Anonymous No.11473904]

Green is good at $50 but I've been finding fifths of Black label for $25 recently so I'm on that right now.

[Anonymous No.11473905]

>whiskey
>not KSB

[Anonymous No.11473952]

>>11473905
Vermont is not rich liberal territory, most people are poor and a lot are crack addicts

[Anonymous No.11474005]

>>11473952
That's New Hampshire, Vermont is getting gentrified hard.

[Anonymous No.11474033]

>>11473952
Vermont is hippie city. There are rural areas of CT and VT but, ultimately, it’s a liberal wonderland. Not that I care, just giving the facts.

[Anonymous No.11474050]

>>11474033
>>11474005
was in Rutland this summer, a lot of shop fronts were empty and the town was suffering hard.
idk about the rest of the state but you're probably right, i saw a lot of Jesus lookalikes around.

[Anonymous No.11474103]

>>11473377
I have had both and preferred the Green.

[Anonymous No.11474674]

Which do you prefer? Green spot or Yellow spot?

[Anonymous No.11474744]

Blue is a meme. It's using rarity as an excuse for quality. You're better off with the other shit. I like black if i've got the choice

[Anonymous No.11475064]

Yes, I would take JW Green over red, black or blue.
Green is what they use in the mix of each of their other 3 whiskeys.
Red, black and blue are blended whiskeys, meaning they're majority neutral grain spirit (basically Everclear) mixed with the malt whiskey.

[Anonymous No.11475144]

After all these years of Glenlivit 12yr old being off the UK shelves it came back recently.
Finally bought a bottle and... it's shit.
Founders Reserve has a superior mouth feel. If they aged that 8 years it would make the 12 redundant.

[Anonymous No.11475174]

apparently the old green was very good, but it's supposedly ass now

[Anonymous No.11475260]

>>11473377
of course it it. blue is a meme whiskey to separate upper middle class from their money.

[Anonymous No.11475273]

>>11473384
No, it is the meme whiskey. Because it's genuinely better than pretty much all other blends.

[Anonymous No.11475357]

>>11475174
This. It's why I got a bottle of old green stashed away.

[Anonymous No.11475369]

>>11473905
NH isn't rich liberal, and as much as I hate them neither is VT.

[Anonymous No.11475380]

The difference in taste is negligible. The price is not obviously. I only ever got to drink blue as a gift from my first wife who's parents were minor celebrities. I drank it after she told be we were splitting up and in one sitting so your mileage may vary.

[Anonymous No.11475434]

I tried JW Black label recently because it was on offer & it was meh (I had a feeling it would be).

Personally I would rather have a 1L bottle of Bells for £15, than a 70cl bottle of JW Black for £30.

Maybe try the Double Black if you haven't already, or Green (if it's on offer) but i'm still not sure I would want to pay full price for it when you could get a quality single malt (Islay etc.) for that money.

[Anonymous No.11475933]

>>11473477
8th ed and Loch Gorm are better.

[Anonymous No.11476268]

>>11475174
>>11475357
Wtf happened. Wasnt it always a blend of four 15yo single malts?

[Anonymous No.11476295]

>>11475380
How was the hangover on blue label? If it's the same as black is there any point?

[Anonymous No.11476314]

>>11475144
Interesting, last month I came close to buying a Glenlivet 12 (on offer) but decided to go for the Aberfeldy 12 instead, think I made the right call.

[Anonymous No.11476359]

>>11473477
I've had kikoman before. It was very salty.

[Anonymous No.11476362]

>>11475933
And 10 year us the best of their range. I still prefer lagavulin 16 though

[Anonymous No.11476372]

>>11473377
J&B is better.

[Anonymous No.11476379]

>>11473477
Its a youngish sherried Islay. Smoke, saline, vanilla, honeysuckle. Not as intense as Ardbeg, laphroigh, or lagavulin

[Anonymous No.11476500]

Alright fellas here's my collection to get me through the winter feel free to rate or berate if you please. I've been wanting to add a Peat beast or some lowland ladies, my pal at work recommended Auchentoshan three wood but I'm open to suggestions.

[Anonymous No.11476611]

>>11476500
I've never had any of those, which are your favorites? Right now my winter stockpile has Highland Park 12 (not a huge fan), Talisker 10, and Laphroaig quarter cask.

If you want peat, one of my favorites is Laphroaig 10. Lagavulin 16 or 12 are both incredible, depending on whether you want to spend either a little more or twice as much.

[Anonymous No.11476633]

What I have noticed so far is that cheap Irish, bourbon, and scotch whiskeys (<$20) are terrible, while cheap canadian and American blends tend to be pretty alright, or at least much more drinkable. Obviously quality scotch/bourbon/Irish is better, but under $20 blends are the way to go.

Anyone else agree?

[Anonymous No.11476696]

>>11476611
The Dalmore 12 and Oban 14 are my favorites so far. That Glenfiddich 15 has a proper balance between smoke and flavor though; I wish I could say the same of Macallan. I don't think I'll be buying more Macallan in the future it's too sweet.

A bottle of Lagavulin Distillers Edition has been on my mind all summer but none of the shops in my area have seem to have any, if I cant locate a bottle then I'll get some Laphroaig.

Do you know anything about Glenkinchie?

[Anonymous No.11476717]

>>11476633
Maybe, but if my budget is $20 I would rather buy some good vodka instead of bad whiskey.

[Anonymous No.11476770]

>>11476633
I will ask this. Why do American bourbons in the $20-$30 range have better complexity than bourbon priced higher? As scotch ascends the price ladder the complexity of flavors becomes more diverse yet maintains superb balance with the smoke and peat. American whiskey only becomes more compound opting instead to double up on a few flavors and hope longer aging will smooth it over. Why? It doesn't seem worth the price for more of the same.

[Anonymous No.11476777]

>>11473905
>Rockland and Westchester part of New England

[Anonymous No.11476784]

>>11476372
About 8-9 years ago my roommate got a bottle of J&B from the 70s from his dad as a housewarming for moving into his first place in the big city after college. His dad had gotten it as a retirement gift. We ripped a shot each one night while pregaming and just about jumped out the window it was so horrendous. To this day J&B is an inside joke in our group, representing everything vile and degenerate about binge drinking and alcoholism. Obviously it was never meant to be shot in the first place, but what the fuck did we care at that age.

[Anonymous No.11476849]

>>11473905
Retard.

[Anonymous No.11476862]

>>11476784
It's a sipping whisky, dumbass. Drop an ice cube in it. Take slow sips.

[Anonymous No.11476881]

>>11476862
I know, hence the last sentence. Ironically my former roommate now actually enjoys it on the rocks ever since he took a trip to Scotland.

[Anonymous No.11477053]

>>11476784
...wh..what happened to the rest of it?

[Anonymous No.11477372]

>>11473377
thats not whisky

[Anonymous No.11477515]

>>11477053
Ultimately I think we took it all down in the form shots, seeing as we were 23ish.
In frankness I didn't do the scene justice in my post - we had some kind of symphonic viking death metal blasting and we were all geared up for a night on the town, so the shock of that drink sent us bolting around the apartment thrashing our limbs and trying to shout in pain over the music. Very cringe in retrospect but it's a fond memory.

[Anonymous No.11477532]

>>11473377

I would not clean my toilet with any JW. intothetrash

[Anonymous No.11477876]

Pretty much

[Anonymous No.11477894]

So what are the whiskyfag picks of the blends around anyway?

[Anonymous No.11478394]

>>11477894
Jack Daniels

[Anonymous No.11478397]

>>11473377
my bud has a big 2 liter of johnny blue he got as a bonus from work. he doesnt drink whiskey, so its pretty much my personal reserve that i have when i go to his house.

Three points ill make:
1. it's delicious. long, lingering taste with a lot of complexity and a flavor arc that goes all over the place. it a really enjoyable experience to slowly have two fingers

2. The second two finger glass tastes like whiskey. and if you drink it all the time, it tastes like whiskey.

3. Yes, it's delicous, but the yum per sip to dollars ratio is not even close to say, double black, which is a fantastic whiskey for the price.

so, if you're on a budget, get green or double black. Blue is great once in a while, but its value is lost in anything more than moderate and occasional enjoyment.

[Anonymous No.11478569]

>>11476500
>Dalmore
You fucked up
That double cask macallan you've opened is pretty pleasant though

[Anonymous No.11478725]

>>11476777
The moron got "Rich Liberals" and "New England" mixed up.

[Anonymous No.11478741]

>>11478569
Is Dalmore not good? I'm not all that fond of that Macallan, never had the brand before so I bought those two out of curiosity. The flavors are kinda weak and it doesn't seem to linger at all.

[Anonymous No.11478867]

>>11473377
Is it better than Black?

[Anonymous No.11479728]

>>11473377
Fuck off, Ghost.

[Anonymous No.11479732]

>>11476500
Gotta get some Bushmills in there lad. There's a 12 year bottle you can only get from their distillery in Northern Ireland thats bretty gewd.

[Anonymous No.11479768]

>>11473905
Washington loathes California please don't lump us with them.

[Anonymous No.11479777]

>>11478394
Fuck off

[Anonymous No.11479865]

Despite it being a meme, Monkey Shoulder is a nice blend.

[Anonymous No.11480071]

>>11476268
Yeah but then they discontinued it and when they brought it back it was never the same.

[Anonymous No.11480174]

>>11480071
They used shittier malts?

[Anonymous No.11480230]

>>11473377

[Anonymous No.11480234]

>>11478741
Dalmore is good, he's just a retard, ignore him anon.

[Anonymous No.11480243]

>>11476862
>drinking whiskey
>with ice
>ever

Are you some 12 year old faggot?

[Anonymous No.11480256]

>>11480243
But anon. The ice opens up the whiskey.

[Anonymous No.11480272]

>>11480243
You got trouble breathing int he rain?

[Anonymous No.11481584]

>>11480230
That's just Carmen Sandiego!

[Anonymous No.11482074]

Are there good sites for reviews of whiskey and stuff like that? Something that isn't blatant shilling and where you don't have to slog through a bunch of reviews of rare obscure $300 whiskies trying to find information about the ones that you can actually maybe find in a local liquor store.

[Anonymous No.11482093]

Johnny Walker black is ok. Not my favorite. I'm more of an Aberlour 12 guy or any speysides in general.

[Anonymous No.11482678]

Poor college student here, what do you guys think about Evan Williams BiB or black label?

[Anonymous No.11482792]

>>11478867
Yes, but not as good as Double Black or Gold Label

[Anonymous No.11482908]

>>11482074
Bumping because I'm also interested

[Anonymous No.11482911]

>>11473905
don't forget DC and it's metropolitan area are the fucking north. also we have Virginia's and don't want to be lumped in with them.

[Anonymous No.11482930]

>>11473377
Yes JW Green is better then Blue Label
HOWEVER
None of the JW products are worth the money because they're all trash mass-produced blends made to be mixed with ginger ale or had with ice. If you want a decent blend go with any blended malt whisky from Compass Box, Weymss, SMWS, The Whisky Agency blended malts or Douglas Laing.
>>11473477
Sanaig is probably the weakest of the core range for me, the sherry feels tacked on and there's some bitter oak on the finish that takes away from it.
If you want a decent entry point try their 100% Islay or basically anything they do above 50% ABV.
>>11473905
>not enjoying all whisky that isn't bottom shelf trash
>>11478741
>>11480234
I've had over 500 whiskies, including the core range of Dalmore and IBs that spur up to 27 years old. None of them have been good, any decently reviewed Dalmore costs over $5000 which is stupid and it's even worse then Glenmorangie costs for cask strength unless you get lucky and find an indie bottling of it.
Dalmore 12 is watery as hell, heck even the 15 is watery and despite some decent cask choice its ruined by the 40% ABV. The Cigar Malt is probably the best one I've had but at MSRP there are far better sherried highlands I'd go for especially from Glenfarclas and Glendronach.
>>11480230
Funny enough Diageo had to take that one off the shelves because women found the packaging sexist. It was hilarious.

[Anonymous No.11482936]

>>11473377

Not better, different. More peaty. A good drop if you don't want to break the bank. Johnny Blue is a bit of a meme in that people think it's going to be the be all and end all of whiskeys. It's not. There are better drops out there for the price, but none of the blended variety imo. Single malts are a different beast. Blue is probably the smoothest, warming blend out there. But if you want to spend less than half the price for a still solid blended whiskey, go for green.

[Anonymous No.11482945]

>>11482074
>>11482908
If you want easy access to reviews and tasting notes for any bottle under the sun use whiskybase.
Serge Valentin is also a good reviewer and is super trustworthy, he has a couple thousand reviews of common and obscure whisky on his website whiskyfun.
Other then those sources usually the only unbiased ones you can find are through reddit but most of the ones I know of are either cringe, review mostly obscure hard to get whiskies or dish out easy high scores.
>>11482936
>There are better drops out there for the price, but none of the blended variety imo
In Alberta you can get a blended malt of 10-15 year old Glenfarclas and underproof Speyside whisky from the 60s and 70s for less than a bottle of JW Blue and it tastes leagues better then JW Blue. Hell Compass Box Flaming Heart and No Name are miles better then Blue Label. JW Blue is a shit blend and a terrible representative of blended scotch.

[Anonymous No.11483499]

>>11482930
What Highlanders would you reccomend in lieu of Dalmore?

[Anonymous No.11483630]

>>11482930
>Dalmore 12 is watery as hell, heck even the 15 is watery and despite some decent cask choice its ruined by the 40% ABV

If you've had over 500 whiskey's, you'd be wise to realize that most whiskey is good.

Utterly shit whiskey's are genuinely rare (other-wise they wouldn't sell, which is a very quick way to lose money as a producer when you're required by law to age for at least 3 years), and sub-par whiskey's are often times still decent.

As for Dalmore, it's an exceptional whiskey brand that shines when you get into the 100$ range, although for the 12-15 year bottles, it's still an above-average drink.

[Anonymous No.11483641]

Is this thread safe from fat smelly mods?

[Anonymous No.11483645]

>>11473377
I only drink Swill

[Anonymous No.11483719]

>>11482678
Never had the Bonded version and have never seen it in a local store, but I like EW Black Label for what it is: very affordable, and (relatively) more complex than Jim.
I personally prefer Old Grand Dad Bonded, but it too is hard to find locally.

[Anonymous No.11483757]

>>11476770
Most is really basic sour mash trash that can't mature into anything. Only a few offer any complexity. It's also hot as shit in the summer and freezing in the winter with all kinds of humidity so 5 years in old Ginny is like 12 in Scotland so you get diminishing returns.

[Anonymous No.11483786]

>>11476500
Have you tried the Solera? I looked at buying it, but only in the process of looking up making my own Solera.

Im thinking of adding a Islay to my collection too, and I think I will go with Ardbeg Uigeadail. Reviews seem consistently very positive.

[Anonymous No.11483814]

>>11482074
>>11482908
Search for ralfydotcom on Youtube, and then search his reviews for whichever particular whisky youre interested in.

[Anonymous No.11483836]

>>11483499
If you want sherried whisky specifically I'd recommend any cask strength from Glendronach, Glen Garioch, Edradour, Deanston, Balblair are good examples.
Tamdhu have also been surprisingly good lately for sherried drams.
Arran is in the Islands but make some lovely single sherry cask whisky at good ages for affordable prices.
Glenfarclas is basically Christmas cake whisky, its fantastic at any proof above 43% ABV.
Loch Lomond have some good stuff but they're more known for highland peat style.
Clynelish is mostly bourbon but their nice oily, waxy peaty whisky is really good, their old distillery Brora is god-tier peated Highland whisky.
However, try and find independent bottlings because most distillery bottlings of distilleries aren't the best showing of the distillery character and their quality.
>>11483630
I never said Dalmore is "bad" but it certainly isn't what I'd consider good.
If good to you is "its drinkable and pleasant," then yes most Dalmore is good.
But my definition of good is that it's interesting, has a consistent body and a decent depth of flavor. Dalmore in my experience has done none of those things for me. It does similar notes to stuff like Glenfarclas, Glendronach, Tamdhu, whiskies known for being sherrybombs except Dalmore is too weak in the body to be considered a sherrybomb and it isn't complex enough to be considered a good delicate whisky like some phenomenal Auchentoshan or Bladnoch can be.
>Utterly shit whiskey's are genuinely rare
Have you never had JW Red Label straight before? Because people who buy that crap don't drink it straight unless they enjoy sniffing petrol and stinky feet.
>As for Dalmore, it's an exceptional whiskey brand that shines when you get into the 100$ range
LOL you sound like a Whyte and Mackay shill. Glenfarclas 105 alone shits on the entire Dalmore range and that's a mid-tier sherrybomb. Dalmore as a mid-teens aged single malt is low-tier for bang for your buck and for inherent quality.

[Anonymous No.11483846]

>blended

[Anonymous No.11483905]

>>11483836
You seem to know what you're talking about, what are the worst single malts you've tasted? Want to know what to not buy.

[Anonymous No.11483929]

>>11482074
Flaviar is good. I go there because they have a highly detailed database of distilleries and their bottles from Scottish, Irish and international sources. they even have catalogues for cognac, vodka, gin, rum, rye, bourbon, tequila and mezcal. Despite all this they do dole out high scores for everything, so use it as a guide for availability and not quality.

[Anonymous No.11484101]

>>11483836
>If good to you is "its drinkable and pleasant," then yes most Dalmore is good.
Depends on the context. When I want a "good" smooth whiskey, a "good" peaty whiskey or a "good" spicy whiskey, those all mean a different thing, same for if I want a "good" mixer whiskey. Dalmore has qualities that clearly contrast sharply with what you desire in a whiskey, but it's still won bronze and silver awards in recent years.

>Have you never had JW Red Label straight before? Because people who buy that crap don't drink it straight unless they enjoy sniffing petrol and stinky feet.
I don't tend to drink JW, although I thought Black Label was pretty good.

>LOL you sound like a Whyte and Mackay shill. Glenfarclas 105 alone shits on the entire Dalmore range and that's a mid-tier sherrybomb.
Okay? I'm not recommending everyone to buy Dalmore if that's what you're implying.

[Anonymous No.11484238]

>>11483905
>what are the worst single malts you've tasted?
Going by an excel file i have i think I had the first release of Hellyer's Road 3 Year Old single malt, Glenmorangie 10 80 proof (although the 100 imperial proof is amazing), Scapa Glansa and Auchterar 12 as my least favorite reviewed single malts, the latter of which is re-branded Tomintoul which tastes like a watery tart.
>>11484101
>but it's still won bronze and silver awards in recent years.
You mean chocolate medals? You know that San Fran and International Spirits Awards are bought by companies for marketing right? If they were indicators of quality then Tyrconnell 10 Year Old Madeira Cask, which was the best San Fran Irish single malt rated, would be bought more often by me. But they aren't and that Tyrconnell is their worst core range offering when the Sherry Cask is far better and even that's not hitting 80 points for me much less 90 points.
>although I thought Black Label was pretty good
Drink more blends. Hell just drink Caol Ila 12 cause its basically all the good parts of JW Black without any of the shit parts.
No offense but you sound like a shill by how much you defend a fucking whisky brand. I'll defend whiskies that I think are good but not everything from every distillery will be good much less Dalmore when Whyte and Mackay run it like a blendhouse more then a maker of good single malt whisky that stands on its own compared to any other sherried dram in the world.
Its not a good spicy whisky as it has no punch, its not a good smooth whisky because the flavor in the body isnt consistent due to the low ABV and there's no reason to mix a $100 whisky unless you're making Rob Roys but I dont drink cocktails so i dont know if Dalmore makes a better Rob Roy then Macallan 12 Sherry which is better and generally cheaper then Dalmore of similar quality.
>I'm not recommending everyone to buy Dalmore if that's what you're implying.
Good! They shouldn't because its a ripoff!

[Anonymous No.11484355]

>>11480256
Opens up in the same way Proxy Paige's shithole opens up after an wrist-deep double-fisting session.

[Anonymous No.11484427]

>>11484355

[Anonymous No.11484897]

>>11484238
>You know that San Fran and International Spirits Awards are bought by companies for marketing right? If they were indicators of quality then Tyrconnell 10 Year Old Madeira Cask, which was the best San Fran Irish single malt rated, would be bought more often by me. But they aren't and that Tyrconnell is their worst core range offering when the Sherry Cask is far better and even that's not hitting 80 points for me much less 90 point
Big if true.

>No offense but you sound like a shill by how much you defend a fucking whisky brand.
And you sound autistic for how much you hate it.

> I'll defend whiskies that I think are good but not everything from every distillery will be good
shocked.jpeg

>and there's no reason to mix a $100 whisky unless you're making
I was using that as an example, not directly stating what to look for. My comment on "a good 'peaty' whiskey" should've made that obvious.

[Anonymous No.11485115]

>>11473377
Drinking it for the first time right now and, though I have never had blue label, I can say that I would definitely recommend the green label and would buy it again

[Anonymous No.11485135]

yeah, I have to have a drink drink, just thinking about drinking beer makes me actually vomit sometimes.

[Anonymous No.11485151]

green is really good. it was fucking fantastic 10 years ago when you could often find it on sale for fuck all money..... but since whisky prices have exploded it has become eternally out of my budget.

I've never tried blue because im not fuckign stupid

[Anonymous No.11486784]

>>11480230
that has to be fake

[Anonymous No.11486855]

>>11482074

Sites dedicated to that purpose? None that I would personally call trustworthy. A surer bet is to take your phone to the liquor store, find a bottle you think looks interesting, and hit a relevant thread on /ck/ about it. Starting a new thread would obviously be ill-advised and self-serve ads have been a thread on 4chan since 2006, but there's usually a handful of experienced drunks in these kinds of threads that will give you a straight answer about whatever swill you've come across. It also helps to ask for recommendations in a given price range, after stating that you're currently in the liquor store and asking for information to make a purchase. This gives context and also allows the drunk to summarize his experiences without waxing poetical about how much he loves Glennfiddich or the smoother bite of Bushmills White Label, or whatever.

Just saiyan.

[Anonymous No.11486874]

[Anonymous No.11486879]

>>11486874

[Anonymous No.11487545]

>>11473377
It's supposed to be made of single malts exclusively, not cut with grain whiskey to save cost (as with the blue). However I find that it has quite a muted flavour anyway and loses out to most 10 year old single malts.
I haven't actually had the blue, but presumably it's got some nicer whiskys in there.

[Anonymous No.11487623]

just got a bottle of this and I'm loving it.

[Anonymous No.11487634]

>>11474033
It's a hippy wonderland, but it's also very rural and theres a significant amount of hillbillies

[Anonymous No.11487635]

>>11486874
дoбap избop бpaтaц. cклoни тy кyтијицy, пpoмeни тaј дecктoп. јбт.

[Anonymous No.11487871]

>>11486855
>find a bottle you think looks interesting, and hit a relevant thread on /ck/ about it.
/ck/ is a far less reliable source for whisky advice then most of the other sources posted in this thread, especially when most meme that DeWars White Label is a good whisky.
>>11484897
Sorry that you're so assblasted over having shit taste in whisky. But good luck wasting another couple Benjamins on your fancy stag bottles!
>>11486874
How is the Alisa Bay? I haven't seen it come over from the UK yet so I'm interested to see if Grant's finally made a decent peated whisky.
>>11487545
>I haven't actually had the blue, but presumably it's got some nicer whiskys in there.
It really doesn't. Age means nothing when the casks used are horribly worn out and the grain distillate quality is bottom of the barrel for their distilleries, and I love North British grain whisky.
If you want a good blend stick to Compass Box.

[Anonymous No.11488272]

>frequently in the mood for a sherried scotch.
>go to the liquor store to buy some
>tastes suddenly changed and I buy a bunch of isle
>still no sherried scotches but 5 or so peated
Does anyone else have this problem?

[Anonymous No.11488296]

>>11473377
What is the best whisky to mix into an Old Fashioned?

[Anonymous No.11488349]

>>11488296
Any bourbon that is more expensive than Jim Beam. I like using bulliet because it tastes kinda boring neat, but there is nothing offensive about it that will effect the old fasioned. Henry Mckenna's, Buffalo Trace, Elijah Craig, all have the that same quality.

[Anonymous No.11488457]

>>11488272
I'm the opposite actually.

[Anonymous No.11488623]

>>11488272
I started out drinking heavily peated stuff and now most other whiskey just seems too sweet or too weak for my taste.

[Anonymous No.11488666]

>>11488623
I only eat rice and tendies now, everything else seems spicy and over seasoned now.

[Anonymous No.11489150]

Is Glenfiddich IPA any good, And what is Project XX?

[Anonymous No.11489192]

>>11487635
I am not a slav, I have a seen friend who bought that shot glass for me. Plus this bottle.

[Anonymous No.11489199]

>>11487871
Aisla Bay is very...thick... its murky..., hard to describe, the texture is thicc as fuck, you need some ice or water with it cause having it straight up is difficult, it's not that smooth. But all in all strong as fuck gives you a nice buzz though

[Anonymous No.11490273]

>>11489150
Fiddich IPA is meh, not a lot of cask influence and is pretty weak.
XX is basically a higher proof 12 year so if that appeals to you try it out. Although I’d personally get Fire and Cane over any of those as it’s great sweet peat.
>>11489199
When you say thick do you mean molasses thick or oily thick?

[Anonymous No.11490338]

>>11476500
>6 bottles
>through the winter
Never understood moderate drinking

[Anonymous No.11490403]

I have a friend who wants to get into whiskey so I wanted to bring over a bottle of something decent, but fairly mild because he doesn't really drink liquor. Mild is kind of outside of my comfort zone, any suggestions? I'd like to pay under 80 for a fifth.

[Anonymous No.11490491]

>>11490338
6 bottle anon here. Trust me it won't stay that way, I bought a bottle of Nikka Taketsuru and Lagavulin 16yr and finished that Macallan double cask just today.

[Anonymous No.11490713]

>>11490491
Fuck me why is Lagavulin so good? I've only had it at bars and restaurants, I can't bring myself to spend like $80 on a bottle for the house.

[Anonymous No.11490980]

>>11490273
It's more like the thickness of diluted watery honey it's odd way to describe but that's the best I can do sorry. Its nowhere like molasses or oil.

[Anonymous No.11490991]

>>11490403
Laphroig QA cask, it has the party hit but in the end it turns sweetish. Its the best for chicks and begginers in my experience. But be warned chicks can either hate it and relapse to wine or turn into absolute awesome people to hang with as they explore the awesomeness that is single malt scotch

[Anonymous No.11492470]

>>11473377
Man, these diferent colors of Jhonny are expensive as fuck, I usually just buy black label and call it a day

[Anonymous No.11492503]

>>11473510
why did you taste your dads bed after pissing in it?

[Anonymous No.11492699]

hey guys, what is the equivalent of a laphroig explosion kind of whiskey taste or brand?