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[Anonymous No.14544594]

Which is the best whiskey? Pic related first and only I've tried.

[Anonymous No.14544606]

>>14544594
All whiskey is good but speyside and highland Scotches are where you'll find the best

[Anonymous No.14544617]

>>14544594
Alcohol is for degenerates

Take the redpill and start drinking artisan coffee

[Anonymous No.14544624]

>>14544617
Coffee is for fags. Drink green tea instead.

[Anonymous No.14544679]

>>14544606
Why are they the best? This particular sort doesn't seem to belong to one region or another within Scotland.

[Anonymous No.14544741]

>>14544679
They're not, especially speyside. You are replying to a gay homosexual faggot.
Only a gay homosexual faggot would claim that Speysides are the best. They're typically very lightly-flavored, "delicate" whiskies, a.k.a. faggot whiskies.
Most whiskies are better than your typical Speyside.

[Anonymous No.14544742]

[Anonymous No.14544745]

Evan Williams Single Barrel > WT101

[Anonymous No.14544750]

>>14544624
Green tea is for limp dicks. Drink protein shakes instead

[Anonymous No.14544756]

>>14544745
Say that to my face not online see what happens

[Anonymous No.14544757]

>>14544624
Chiya, pls.

[Anonymous No.14544764]

>>14544756
Two extra years of aging for $3 more makes a huge difference. Deal with it.

[Anonymous No.14544769]

>>14544594
Anything super peaty.
Johnnie Walker Black/Double Black and Lagavulin are awesome.

[Anonymous No.14544771]

>>14544741
I'm used to drinking vodka with ice so I thought king robert was too smooth for me. Which is the least faggoty? As I understand it, Irish whiskey is smoother because it's tripled distilled.

[Anonymous No.14544795]

>>14544771
Intensely flavored scotches: Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Longrow, Aberlour A'bunadh
Intensely flavored bourbons: Old Grand-Dad 114, Four Roses Single Barrel, Woodford Reserve Double Oaked

[Anonymous No.14544799]

>>14544771
>As I understand it, Irish whiskey is smoother because it's tripled distilled.
Single pot still Irish whiskey is considerably more flavorful than "standard" Irish whiskey, though.
Redbreast 12 cask strength is a flavor bomb.

[Anonymous No.14544822]

>>14544771
Lost Spirits Abomination Sayers of the Law is literally the most flavorful, least faggoty whiskey ever made.

[Anonymous No.14545011]

>>14544795
This got me thinking, I should get my dad a bottle for his birthday. He's more of a rum guy, if he drinks whiskey it's pretty much just tullamore dew. Would you recommend something for a 50 something boomer who likes bob dylan and cigars?
>>14544799
Same question to you. And 12 means 12 years, eh? I also found 15 years, and since I'm a pleb I usually just assume the older the better, and it's more expensive as well.
>>14544822
It's not sold here and I'm not gonna go through the hassle of importing shit. What's the second least faggy?

[Anonymous No.14545112]

>>14545011
>He's more of a rum guy
Then get him rum, obviously.
>And 12 means 12 years, eh?
It means minimum 12 years. It could have older stuff in it as well and usually will. Whiskey doesn't usually come from a single barrel unless it says so on the label.
>I usually just assume the older the better
Generally, yes. There are exceptions:
- Depending on the barrel(s) used, over-aging can make a whiskey too tannic;
- Peated whiskies lose their peatiness as they're aged. This is a bad thing for many people.
- If you overage a delicately flavored whisky you'll completely lose all the flavor of the spirit. It'll be all barrel, no spirit. Oakheads might celebrate this but others will see it as a flaw.
A lot of it really depends on how much you like the taste of oak.
>What's the second least faggy?
Ardbeg Corryvreckan, prolly. High ABV and very intense.

[Anonymous No.14545281]

>>14545112
>Then get him rum, obviously.
He's pretty open, he wouldn't be disappointed if it wasn't rum, and there's a higher risk I'd just get the wrong stuff.
>It means minimum 12 years
12 sounds good then.
>Ardbeg Corryvreckan
This I could get. Maybe for Christmas. Thanks, brev.

[Anonymous No.14545298]

>>14544594

[Anonymous No.14545845]

what do people mean when they say the can taste "the grain"?

[Anonymous No.14545850]

>>14545845
btw i know what grain whisky is but how do identify grainy notes

[Anonymous No.14546238]

>>14544769
It strains credulity to think there may still be people here who doubt that Diageo shills here. Johnnie Walker isn't fucking peaty. What a retarded shill post.

[Anonymous No.14546250]

>>14545281
what rum does he drink, and which rum does he currently own

[Anonymous No.14546823]

>he dilutes and/or chills his whiskey

[Anonymous No.14546940]

>>14544679
They are the best because most whisky falls into those categories, and therefore the most best whisky.

[Anonymous No.14546952]

>>14546238
>Johnnie Walker isn't fucking peaty
Who are you kidding. Black and double black are loaded up with Caol Ila. Not that much, but they're certainly peaty.

[Anonymous No.14546967]

>>14544799
Redbreast 12 regular strength is mild and indistinctive.
Interesting mouthfeel, but not a noteworthy whisky. Even Bushmills is better and it's less than half the price.

[Anonymous No.14546971]

>>14544822
Not octomore?

[Anonymous No.14548119]

>>14546971
The Sayers of the Law has an extra dimension of smokiness and non-fagginess that no Islay has, courtesy of the heavily charred oak staves. It's strong peat smoke meets strong char smoke, and it tastes like barbecued meat.
Barbecued meat is the least faggy food ever, so the whiskey gets bonus unfaggy points for tasting like it.

[Anonymous No.14548143]

>>14548119
$130 AUD and sold out. Maybe if it appears at a whisky bar. Assuming they open.