Whiskey Thread

[Anonymous No.12703742]

Previous thread archived. Here's the new one.

(Pic related is the ten I have tried in the order of likability).

[Anonymous No.12703757]

in which order, dummy?

[Anonymous No.12703770]

>>12703757
Why would I buy 1.75 L bottles of the two on the left if I didn't like them? That combined with tiny 50 mL bottles of JD and JB on te opposite end should make things extremely obvious.

[Anonymous No.12703778]

>>12703757
Why would I buy 1.75 L bottles of the two on the left if I didn't like them? That combined with tiny 50 mL bottles of JD and JB on the opposite end should make things extremely obvious.

[Anonymous No.12703781]

I was kind of underwhelmed with angel's envy, but their rye is actually good

[Anonymous No.12703783]

>>12703778
give them a numerical rating from 1 to 10

[Anonymous No.12703791]

>>12703783
(Oh, for ffs)

1 George Dickel No 12 Whisky
2 Evan Williams Bottled in Bond Bourbon
3 George Dickel No 8 Whisky
4 Evan Williams Extra Aged Bourbon
5 Woodford Reserve Bourbon
6 Makers Mark Bourbon
7 Four Roses Bourbon
8 Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon
9 Jack Daniels Whiskey
10 Jim Beam Bourbon

[Anonymous No.12703806]

>>12703791
for me, it's
1) Woodford reserve
2) Jim Beam
3) Jack Daniels

haven't had any of those others

[Anonymous No.12703880]

>>12703806
You're more-or-less on the same page as me. Definitely try one or both of my top two.

[Anonymous No.12703939]

>>12703791
>>12703806
>numerical rating 1 to 10
>gives them a chronological ranking instead

[Anonymous No.12703975]

>>12703939
those are not chronological

[Anonymous No.12703979]

>>12703939
>>>12703939
>Which one are you talking to?
It's not chronological. Four Roses was the first I tried and GD 8 is the most recent.

[Anonymous No.12703996]

>>12703742
Have you noticed that these threads are constant and boring. It's just whisky or whijy. It's time for a filter, sorry bitches.
Same fuckin' answers, every fuckin time because you faggots think that you know it all.
'bye.

[Anonymous No.12704093]

>>12703742
I found this for 1706 yen yesterday so I bought it.

Damn it is sweet. Extremely sweet. I mean I kind of expected it but holy crap. Obviously not good enough to drink on its own but I made a bunch of highballs with it that were fine.

Seems like it is around $30 in the states which isn't worth it. I got it for half that here in Japan.

[Anonymous No.12704099]

>>12703996
>It's just whisky or whijy.
It clearly states this is a whiskey thread. If you want to talk about tequila or vodka, make a tequila thread or a vodka thread. Quit bitching about what you don't like and make the change you want to happen yourself instead of lazily waiting for someone else to do it for you.

[Anonymous No.12704103]

>>12704099
Yeah it clearly states that it's a here today gone tomorrow boring repetitive thread.
Try to get over yourselves.

[Anonymous No.12704111]

No problem folk, I'll just filter it.
Vodka and grapefruit juice as a chaser is kind of fun, the uptight whisky crowd never did anything for me.

[Anonymous No.12704145]

>>12704103
All I can control are my own opinions and experiences. If I'm only one of the two or three posters expressing a detailed opinion on this topic in these threads, I can't help that. Try providing a detailed non-meta opinion on the topic yourself if you think these threads are tedious.

[Anonymous No.12704157]

>>12704111
Nothing against vodka, but it all just smells like hairspray to me. One level below lighter fluid, basically.

[Anonymous No.12704918]

Should I get Buffalo Trace or Bulleit Rye? I usually drink Stoch but I had a bottle of Blanton's last year and enjoyed it a lot. I've never had rye whiskey before though.

[Anonymous No.12705182]

>>12704918
The spicy burn you feel from bourbon come from its rye content, so a rye whiskey is going to have that aspect turned way up. If that's not your thing, go with BT (if you can find it).

[Anonymous No.12705620]

>>12703742
Damn look at all that whiskey that just ends up tasting the same. Bourbon is so overrated.

[Anonymous No.12705699]

I told myself to have 2-4 shots of Evan Williams but here I am sipping on 10. This cheap bourbon is incredible. Also, fuck existence.

[Anonymous No.12705837]

>>12705620
Go back to sipping your Smirnoff fruity coolers sweetie

[Anonymous No.12705865]

>>12703742
So I have a huge fucking collection but now my family is scared that I'm an alcoholic despite me never getting even close to drunk. They have wine fridges and one has even a cellar with like 200 bottles but I have about 20 different varieties of whiskey and suddenly I'm two sips away from beating my wife and killing someone in a drunk driving situation. Anyone else have a weird shitty situation like this?

[Anonymous No.12705897]

>>12705865
Yes, I just ignore it. If you know you have self control then who gives a fuck what anyone else thinks. I rarely drink whisky to get drunk, its just a very enjoyable drink to me.

[Anonymous No.12705902]

>>12705837
Unironically would rather drink that than the same vanilla/caramel corn juice.

[Anonymous No.12706015]

>>12705620
This

[Anonymous No.12706139]

Let's see what my next bottle will be based on my post number. Recommend me something in that family:

1 bourbon
2 Indian
3 Irish
4 Japanese
5 Rye
6 Scotch (peated)
7 Scotch (sherried)
8 American Whisky
9 Continental European Whisky
0 Canadian

[Anonymous No.12706287]

>Wild Turkey that low
Shameful

[Anonymous No.12706435]

>>12703742
Got my dad a bottle of Woodford Reserve double-oaked. It was extremely smooth and delicious, 9/10 would recommend.

[Anonymous No.12706496]

>>12706435
My liquor store finally got Double Oaked in recently except they somehow fucked up the pricing. What was meant to be probably 30% more than the original Woodford Reserve ended up being half the price of it for about a day. So I picked up two.

[Anonymous No.12706507]

>>12706496
Delightfully devilish, anon.

[Anonymous No.12706591]

Mfw i spilled 20% of an XO bottle when filtering out cork bits

[Anonymous No.12706682]

>>12706591
XO doesn't mean anything

[Anonymous No.12706770]

What reasonable-priced whiskey should I get to drink in the dorms?
t. college

[Anonymous No.12706827]

>>12706770
USA or UK/EU?

[Anonymous No.12706974]

>>12706770
Evan Williams Black Label. $17 for 1.75 L here. Delicious, because just about anything sold as straight bourbon in America is delicious by law.

[Anonymous No.12707241]

>>12706139
Guess I'll try Bellevoye

[Anonymous No.12707305]

>>12703791
What was your issue with Woodford? I like it best out of what you have (that I've tried)

[Anonymous No.12707340]

>>12706770
>>12706974
Second for Evan Black. That was my go-to in college. Pick up some bitters, sugar, and an orange for some old fashioneds if you wanna feel classy. Shit, Fridays were so comfy in college. I miss it.

[Anonymous No.12707420]

>>12706827
USA.

[Anonymous No.12707456]

>>12707420
Wild Turkey 101

[Anonymous No.12707469]

>>12706770
For you (If you actually like whiskey/bourbon), Evan Williams black is the best bang for your buck and most shitty college friends will drink it no problem. For girls, get a flavored bird dog one. It’s mediocre, but way less offensive than other flavored liquors and mixes well with soda/juice/etc., so any shithead friend or potential sexual partner can drink it.

[Anonymous No.12707473]

>>12707420
Woodford
Wild Turkey 101
Rittenhouse Rye
Jack Daniel's single barrel
Makers Mark

All pretty darn good for decent prices

[Anonymous No.12707488]

>>12707420
I also recommend Old Grandad. That'll our hair on your chest. And if you’re looking to jump up a level in quality and have like $40 to drop, Basil Hayden’s, Woodford Reserve, Wild Turkey, Angel’s Envy, Rittenhouse Rye, Gentleman Jack are all great. Look up Whisky.com’s YouTube channel and watch Horst (the old guy)’s reviews to get a feel for how things will taste and relative value to quality if you wanna go full autist like me

[Anonymous No.12708256]

>>12707305
>What was your issue with Woodford?
There's nothing wrong with it. I just like those others better. Also, some of the ones I like better are much cheaper.

[Anonymous No.12708270]

>>12707305
>What was your issue with Woodford?
There's nothing wrong with it. I just like those others better. Also, all of the ones I like better are much cheaper, too. Even the 1.75 L of Evan Williams White Label is cheaper than a fifth of Woodford.

[Anonymous No.12708437]

>>12705865
My wife doesn't drink nearly as much as I do, but she tolerates my alcoholism because I only drink at home and I never cause problems, raise my voice, or break things when I'm drunk.

[Anonymous No.12708750]

>>12706770
Evan Williams Black is about the cheapest bourbon you can get that doesn't taste like lighter fluid. It's also available everywhere. Sam's Club liquor stores, for instance, sell only around seven kinds of bourbon in the big 1.75 L bottles and EW Black is one of them. Priced at only $20, too, which is insane (good insane), as a 750 mL bottle of JD is the same price and no where near as good.

[Anonymous No.12708802]

>>12705620
>>12706015
Bourbon is required to have a certain mix in its mash bill, and because most distillers are traditionalists, you're never going to have a lot of strange, oddball ones. So yes, they do taste very similar, but to play Devil's Advocate, some people like consistency.

[Anonymous No.12708812]

>>12704093

I can't respect Johnnie Walker anymore not after the fucking GoT tie in crap. That and going from 4-5 versions to fucking 10+.

[Anonymous No.12709087]

>>12708812
>Ever respecting Johnnie Walker in the first place

[Anonymous No.12709190]

>>12708802
I just don't understand why people would have more than 5 different bourbons in their cabinet if they don't really vary much by taste. It's not like Scotch where there's many different flavor profiles.

[Anonymous No.12709284]

You're leaving there broke.

[Anonymous No.12709324]

>>12706682
It doesn't have to for it to make me wince

[Anonymous No.12709358]

>>12709190
I don't understand how you can drink bourbon and think it all tastes the same.

Even low budget shit tastes very different. Buffalo Trace is nothing like Wild Turkey.

[Anonymous No.12709411]

>>12709358
Not him. There's like three basic bourbon flavor profiles: wheated, "standard" and high-rye.

[Anonymous No.12709519]

>>12703996
I think you'll find it's because there are the same people posting and it takes a long time to finish a bottle.

Do you ever try a whole bunch of new stuff at once anyway? I tried 100 shirazs last Saturday, it was retarded.

[Anonymous No.12709522]

>>12704111
Doesn't grapefruit juice literally lower your tolerance?

[Anonymous No.12709529]

>>12704918
Bulleit Rye, but I'm not American so Buffalo Trace (and Bulleit not rye) are reduce alcohol content here. Rye is nice and spicy, probably not good as a mixer though, in case you don't like it.

[Anonymous No.12709537]

>>12706682
Means extra old (for rum). As of 2018 it means at least 10.

[Anonymous No.12709549]

>>12708437
>raise my voice
I go deaf

[Anonymous No.12709560]

>>12703742
no whisky tonight, just on my second bottle of m/d 20/20, usually buy evan williams but $3.20/w tax for red grape md 20/20.

[Anonymous No.12709563]

>>12708802
Someone did oats recently. Apparently is wasn't great.

[Anonymous No.12709567]

>>12708812
Didn't 10 single malt distilleries do the same thing?

[Anonymous No.12709572]

>>12709358
Oak heavy whiskey for mixing.
Rye for sipping.
Blanton's is buttery.
I'm out of ideas. No sherry/peat/distillery character fruitiness

[Anonymous No.12710139]

>>12709522
Makes sense because that poster be peak soii

[Anonymous No.12710249]

>>12709567
It was done by all Scotch distilleries under Diageo

[Anonymous No.12710476]

>>12709537
I dont think this is enforced across all countries where rum is made is it? Kind of like how age statements aren't strict at all so you could have Zacapa 23 even though it doesn't mean it's at least 23 years old

[Anonymous No.12710693]

>>12708270
Ah, I could definitely see it getting moved back if price is a determining factor.

[Anonymous No.12711105]

>>12710476
It is for cognac at least

[Anonymous No.12711258]

>>12708750
>available everywhere
not when your state runs a monopoly on liquor, though even MA legislators run up to NH for the stuff bc no sales tax