whiskey thread /wh/

[Anonymous No.16501735]

For me...it's old grand-dad 100

[Anonymous No.16501748]

Gonna get a laphroaig qc for 37€ What else should I get to push the price to 50 so I get free shipping?

[Anonymous No.16501755]

>>16501748
what are your options?
if you can get the laph 10 cask strength, get that instead

[Anonymous No.16501759]

>>16501755
No it's like 90 euros for 50% more alcohol than the normal one.

[Anonymous No.16501782]

>>16501755
>>16501759
Nevermind, found the QC for 33€, just gonna get that bottle.

[Anonymous No.16502115]

after drinking lots of islays I've come to love the peat and briny flavor and I have to say I'm a little disappointed when I tried Glenfiddich, it's not bad it's just very very sweet which I didn't expect

[Anonymous No.16502132]

>>16502115
try the fire and cane

[Anonymous No.16502137]

FLEENTSTONES?!?

[Anonymous No.16502173]

>>16502115
it's babby's first scotch for a reason
I did try some of the 23 year grand cru from a friend and it is high quality, but everything being proofed so low hurts an already overly soft product

[Anonymous No.16502191]

So I just turned 21 recently and got gifted a bottle of pic related, been drinking just beer the last couple of days and tonight I decided to open this bad boy up and give it a try. That was a mistake. It tastes like someone mixed a box of hot tamales with rubbing alcohol and cough syrup to me.

So my question for the whiskey wizards here is, what is a good not too expensive whiskey for a drinkbab like myself?

[Anonymous No.16502207]

>>16501735
I'm more of a bourbon guy, but damn if Oban 14 isn't delicious

[Anonymous No.16502212]

>>16502207
Clynelish is better
also
>paying 90+ dollars for a 14 year
>buying diageo products

[Anonymous No.16502218]

>>16502191
rittenhouse for rye
laphroiag for scotch
elijah craig for bourbon
red breast cask strength for irish whisky

[Anonymous No.16502224]

>>16501735
Ahhh the old man and me go way back. It's a tossup between OGD and picrel.

[Anonymous No.16502348]

>>16502191
neck pours(the initial impressions from the first pour or pours from a bottle) can be volatile. not saying will definitely get better, but you may be able to salvage it by making cocktails as that is probably its reason for being. something simple like a highball by just mixing with ginger ale/beer and lots of ice(lemon queeze/garnish optional) or old fashioned(sugar cube or simple syrup and a maraschino cherry crushed together with a dash of bitters and add ice). personally I'd probably try it in a root beer float. worse comes to worse you can always trade whats left for sexual favors from a homeless/druggie.

[Anonymous No.16502429]

>>16502348
>talking about neck pours with a shitty synthetic honey flavored lower shelf whiskey
wut

>>16502191
Well like the other anon said make cocktails with your jack honey, but there’s a million resources online which walk you through how to start drinking whiskey. Try out a big name but not too expensive whiskey like jim beam, makers mark, jameson, bulleit, buffalo trace, bushmills, etc. You can find these in smaller pint bottles usually so you don’t have to commit to a whole bottle. Then you can narrow down what type you like, whether it’s irish, scotch, bourbon, et cetra, and then you can find out which brands to try from there. Everyone has their favorites so no one can tell you the best whiskey to start with, you have to find it for yoursef

[Anonymous No.16502466]

>>16502224
>/ck/ recommends rittenhouse
>its shit
>/ck/ recommends ogd 114
>its shit
>no one in whiskey threads talks about actual good whiskey because they are afraid of prices going up
These threads have gotten so shitty in the last year.

[Anonymous No.16502536]

>>16502466
those are some of the best whiskeys you can get at lower prices
you can always drink old forester 1920 and elijah craig barrel proof if you want something more quality

[Anonymous No.16502556]

>>16502466
drink wheaters you fucking tastelet, obviously a high-rye bourbon and a bonded rye are going to be too spicy for you

[Anonymous No.16502592]

just got back into bourbon, boys. picked up pic related. I've got nothing much to say but it's quite nice. it's got this caramel-without-feeling-too-sweet thing going on that I like.

[Anonymous No.16502622]

>>16502466
prices are going up because stuff affected by the tariffs is just now making it over and once people see the increase they will begrudgingly buy it anyway and then thats the "new" price even with tariffs still frozen. domestic stuff is gauged to keep up until the next crash and (((dEmAnD))) and (((sHoRtAgEs))) tax get them rich quick.

>>16502429
in my experience the neck pours are worse on lower shelf stuff. with scotch i either get everything all at once or its all kinda muted, never any bad notes or anything luckily. sometimes you cant expect much from a $10 bottle of bourbon but as long as its got the usual suspects I'm satisfied.

[Anonymous No.16502784]

>>16502466
>ogd 114
It's cause you bought the wrong one, fag. Bonded is better.

[Anonymous No.16502794]

>>16502592
I'm a fan, but I've also noticed more and more how unbearably cherry-heavy woodford reserve is, bordering on medicinal
maybe my palate is just changing

[Anonymous No.16502842]

i wish jameson wasn't so expensive
its the perfect daily driver

>>16502592
woodford is my top tier desu
haven't had anything i liked more but nowhere imports so i have the end of a bottle wasting away on my desk because i cant bear to finish it

[Anonymous No.16502938]

alright alcoholics report in, buying my friend a 50$ gift. what whiskey? he's an alcoholic too. likes bourbon but isnt picky

[Anonymous No.16503048]

>>16502938
>$50
offer him ur bussy weeb

[Anonymous No.16503109]

There can be only one

[Anonymous No.16503130]

Come home, white man

[Anonymous No.16503152]

>>16502191
>bourbon + honey as a gift
Was the person giving you the gift a 60 year old woman? That shit is for elderly people to mix with their tea, nobody actually drinks it.

[Anonymous No.16503164]

>>16502218
you have shit taste. i hate you and you should kys

[Anonymous No.16503173]

>>16501735
Fuck them for discontinuing the handles

[Anonymous No.16503174]

>>16503164
but dude the whiskeytube said they were A#1!

[Anonymous No.16504241]

>>16502218
>>16502348
>>16502429
Appreciate the info, anons.
>>16503152
No, it was my sister unfortunately, I hope she doesn't think this shit is good.

[Anonymous No.16504397]

>>16503164
he said he's 21 I'm not gonna recommend $100 dollar bottles to someone who won't appreciate them

[Anonymous No.16505872]

>>16503130
just picked up some of this today. what am I in for?

[Anonymous No.16505912]

For my first whiskey, what's a good bottle I should get?

[Anonymous No.16505938]

Shockingly good for the price

[Anonymous No.16505956]

>>16505938
Based

[Anonymous No.16505969]

>>16502173
Nah, I had the 15 year old cask strength and it was still so light that it could only be the first drink of the night.
It was fantastic though on the days you could taste it.

[Anonymous No.16505970]

>>16502191
If you mix it with horchata you get a honey nut Cheerios shot. It's good if you have a gril

[Anonymous No.16505971]

>>16501735
Whiskey noob here, help me pick my next bottle.
So far I've liked
>Gentleman Jack
>Bulliet
>Cutty Sark
I can't spend more than $40 US

recommendations?

[Anonymous No.16505975]

>>16502212
Clynleish costs the same and is diageo

[Anonymous No.16505976]

>>16505971
Get old grand dad BOB. Alternatively, try a nice sipping tequila

[Anonymous No.16505981]

>>16502466
>actual good whiskey
Subjective. But you're right there are far too many budget bourbon fags that don't provide any new information.

[Anonymous No.16505996]

>>16502622
I've had plenty of scotch that change a lot after a neck pour. Loch Lomond 18 immediately comes to mind. It started off undrinkably bitter. But also all islays get get less intense after the neck pour which is far worse a problem.
Luckily enough I taste at pubs, so I'm preselecting for whiskies that are good after they've been open for a while.

[Anonymous No.16505998]

>>16505970
Sry meant rumchata.

[Anonymous No.16506013]

>>16505938
I was disappointed to see this became available here right after I bought the 1L travel retail Bourbon and Sherry 8.
Good shit though. Which is lucky because I intended to buy a Tomintoul since I enjoyed an independent bottle at a pub and I just misremembered the distillery.

[Anonymous No.16506474]

>>16505872
A reasonably solid drink whose reputation has been absurdly inflated in recent years.

[Anonymous No.16506508]

yo this shit sucks, undrinkably woody

[Anonymous No.16506569]

>>16502191
Glenmorangie 10 is a cheaper single malt that tastes very good. If single malts are out of your price range try and find some eagle rare bourbon.

[Anonymous No.16506827]

>>16505912
start with something light like Jameson and get a minature or two of scotch(not fucking Johnnie Walker ffs) with an age statement like Glenlivet 12 or Glenfiddich 12. bourbon is kinda boring once you get half a dozen or so under your belt so dont worry about them at first, but if you must have one go for something Bottled in Bond like Old Tub or Old Gran Dad or even Evan Williams White Label. definitely dont go paying over $50 for anything you buy if you are new and just looking to /druk/ urslef stupid.

[Anonymous No.16506849]

>>16506508
both this and Craigallechie 13 jumped $15 out of nowhere at TowtalWine recently

[Anonymous No.16506869]

>>16505971
Loch Lomond 12, Bushmills 10, Wild Turkey Rare Breed/Kentucky Spirit(price may be higher in your area)

[Anonymous No.16506870]

>>16506508
>undrinkably woody
Sounds corked. That's not a very woody whisky.

[Anonymous No.16506883]

>>16505996
its weird, for me they are basically the same about half way through the bottleafter a couple months and then I just want to taste it like it was at the beginning.

Have you ever decanted anything heavily peated?

[Anonymous No.16506932]

Got some Wild Turkey 101 Rye but was disappointed by how bourbon-y it tastes. Any recommendations for a higher rye bill whiskey?

[Anonymous No.16506935]

>>16506883
No, the only reason I'd "decant" something was if the cork failed and I was swapping it into an empty bottle that I have the cork for.
I've left a full Glencairn out overnight and tasted it the next day with peated whisky, but it's always shit.

[Anonymous No.16506940]

>>16506932
Get Willet, you will never mistake that for a bourbon.

[Anonymous No.16507003]

>>16506935
I might try it soon as I've always wondered, but I kinda dont have the balls to just pour the majority of a new bottle into one and wait.

Have you ever had any peated whisk(e)ys matured or finished in port?

[Anonymous No.16507062]

>>16507003
Port specifically?
Laphroaig Four Oak and Talisker Port Ruighe only I think.

The four oak wasn't very good. IMO a whisky can improve with a second barrel, but definitely gets worse every barrel after that.
Port Ruighe I think is too similar to the Distillers edition (sherry), but is strictly worse at the same price.

[Anonymous No.16507075]

>>16502191
>what is a good not too expensive whiskey for a drinkbab like myself?
Follow the value guide (pic).

[Anonymous No.16507523]

For me its teelings small batch, love the spiced flavors and wish it could be found so prominantly in cheaper bottles

[Anonymous No.16507542]

I went to reddit to being you guys their reccomended budget list.
>>16507075
Are you implying four roses single barrel is a meme with that image? Also how the fuck did ewbib make that list but not the much better elijah craig small batch, the true king of the <$25 pricepoint

>but anon it costs almost double ewbib

If you cant afford a $25 bottle but are still buying a $15 bottle you need help

[Anonymous No.16507598]

I'm signing on Thursday to officially sell my bakery so I can move across the country closer to family. My assistant baker (who is taking over) bought me a bottle of Oban 18 as a going away gift. Goddamn if it isn't absolutely fantastic. Deep caramely notes along with a nice share of peat all while going down clean and smooth. I recommend it.

[Anonymous No.16507629]

Opinions on Akashi and Kavalan whisky?

[Anonymous No.16507716]

I know it's not whiskey, but I'm looking for some brandy or cognac and I'm wondering what to get.
Any tips?

[Anonymous No.16507810]

>>16506940
is it worth 120 bucks?

>>16507629
kavalan isn't bad but massively overpriced, especially outside of asia.


any swedes here?

[Anonymous No.16507907]

>>16501735
cant remember the specific model but it was a glenmorangie 18+
it was unbelievably smooth, not just for whiskey standards either

[Anonymous No.16508071]

>>16507062
yea I've not done a in glass blend yet, but it seems interesting espeacially since little to no labels are still on the market. I'm getting another port finish and another peated I havent had soon so I figured since my decanter is running low I'd do a third of each bottle into it and gaze upon my works and despair.

Something like Glendronach Portwood 10/Arran Port finish and Ardbeg An Oa, but the examples I could use on hand currently are Quinta Ruban 14 and Ardbeg 10/Uigeadail, Machir Bay, Peat Monster and McCarthys Peated American Single Malt.

[Anonymous No.16508097]

>>16501735
I bought a bottle of pic related in favor of the second Kingsmen film, especially being from Kentucky. It was sick.
It's really fucking nice actually. It's nothing like my favorites, but it's fantastic.

[Anonymous No.16508497]

>>16507716
ST Remy VSOP or XO is my favorite cheap French brandy. Laird's 86 Applejack is a fantastic American apple brandy if you want something fun/different

[Anonymous No.16508616]

>>16507810
Kanske

[Anonymous No.16509212]

>>16508616
Varför är Smögen så dyrt?

[Anonymous No.16509380]

>>16509212
för det är en stor turist stad, allt är dyrt där
har aldrig testat deras whisky dock, är de nått intressant elr?

[Anonymous No.16509398]

>>16507542
richfag here
there are tons of value whiskies in the 25-30 range, I picked four for each category as a matter of variety. Elijah Craig is now 29 bucks where I live, Larceny is still 23. Could have just made the whole chart Heaven Hill but that seems pointless

[Anonymous No.16509428]

>>16509380
Jag åt Mackmyra och det var gott. Såg en flaska Smögen 6y, men för 100€ vet jag inte...

[Anonymous No.16509581]

>>16509428
deras vanliga 8y på 500ml, ligger här ungefär för 85-90€ och den har vunnit massa priser för bästa inhemska whiskyn på förra årets batch, ta det med en nypa salt på hur pålitiga sådana tävlingar är
jag tycker det verkar dock som de är över prisade som japanska whiskys
Däremot är mackmyra nog vårt största destilleri, tyckte du om den du testade kanske du ska testa en annan av deras, om de är för ett rimligt pris. Svensk Rök har jag hört ska vara bra

[Anonymous No.16509689]

>>16502466
When I post something local, no one has tried it or even can get their hands on it usually.

[Anonymous No.16509711]

>>16509689
>local
you mean 3 year old "craft" whisky?

[Anonymous No.16509723]

I bought a 0.5 red label like 2-3 years ago on New Years, bought it from some random alcohol shop, it didn't have marking on the cap, and same night heard on news of people who got really sick/died even from bootleg alcohol, and so it's been in my shelf all this time. Is there a way to check if it's legit and that's it's made of ethanol, not methanol?

[Anonymous No.16509740]

>>16509723
yeah

[Anonymous No.16509779]

>>16509740

[Anonymous No.16509788]

>>16509779
Light it on fire.
Flame is yella - you're in trouble fella
Flame is blue - goes down smooth

[Anonymous No.16509817]

>>16509788
I did this, was blue, but i heard that this test doesn't show 100%. Here's pic of the bottle./

[Anonymous No.16509827]

>>16509711
>Wants something new posted
>Shits on new thing being posted
Make up your mind you gigantic faggot

[Anonymous No.16509845]

>>16509817
get black label its way better

[Anonymous No.16509847]

>>16509827
seethe

[Anonymous No.16509853]

Every now and then I trick myself in wasting money on something else than a La Frog and it always end in tears.

[Anonymous No.16509976]

>>16502466
you recommend a good one then

[Anonymous No.16509990]

>>16509853
dude at the store tried to sell us this one, cause he said he liked smoky whisky

[Anonymous No.16510024]

>>16509853
why would you buy laphroiag when ardbeg exists

[Anonymous No.16510054]

>>16510024
Tried other peated wiskeys, but it never made me moist. Probably just another nostalgic trap I bought into.

[Anonymous No.16510132]

i only drink amrut because i don't give money to whites

[Anonymous No.16510157]

What should I get as a birthday present for someone who unironically likes Fireball and Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey?

[Anonymous No.16510189]

>>16510157
jim beam red stag

[Anonymous No.16510249]

>>16507629
Kavalan is good shit but it's all too young (or was when I tried it 2-3 years ago). Unfortunately the prices are sky high, so it doesn't give me hope that they'll produce aged stock.

But then again that's also what I thought about the home town whisky until Australia released its first 15 year old standard bottling.

>but climate
A hot climate means it will not taste young quicker. It tastes young.

[Anonymous No.16510263]

>>16508071
I hope you mean in bottle blend. A freshly blended whisky tastes busy as fuck.
I've got an infinity bottle going that contains one shot of each whisky I've bought over the last 2 years. I haven't tasted it yet, but it's been full for 3 months now. It certainly smells better than the average whisky I've bought. Plenty of port/sherry and peat in there.

[Anonymous No.16510265]

>>16510249
can't they regulate temperature and air humidity in warehouses? i never understood the whole climate meme in regards to aging.

[Anonymous No.16510320]

>>16510265
Apparently that's quite difficult at the warehouse scale. We have similar issues air-conditioning factories for workers as it is.

[Anonymous No.16510345]

>>16507523
it's rum cask which is what gives it that flavor. just buy rum. I actually regret buying a bottle of this because it tastes like a really weak spiced rum

[Anonymous No.16510405]

alcohol is for depressed losers

[Anonymous No.16510471]

Don't feel like making another thread. How do you open this bottle?

[Anonymous No.16510529]

>>16510471
Looks like a screwcap.

[Anonymous No.16510583]

>>16510529
It sounds like there's a normal cap inside, just can't figure out how to get the wood bit off.

[Anonymous No.16510700]

>>16510405
are we not people, too?

[Anonymous No.16510710]

Has anyone here tried Driftless Glen?

[Anonymous No.16510733]

>>16502938
Santory if you can find it

[Anonymous No.16510740]

>>16503130
Hated this, way too sweet and vanilla-y

[Anonymous No.16510875]

>>16510583
Is the wood spinning freely? It's supposed to be glued. Just pull on it.

[Anonymous No.16510889]

>>16502938
Rowan's Creek or Noah's Mill if you want to spend a little more than 50

[Anonymous No.16510903]

>>16510263
I've done in bottle blends, but I always start by doing it in glass first. taking small sips 2-3 times a day for a couple days and then on the last day I'll leave it uncovered and see how downhill it goes. only time i had a bottle blend go awry was using a carafe and not a decanter. after a couple months something separated and there was a dark clump of something sitting it and the rest of the liquid had no color. i mixed it until it was all integrated again but tasted nothing like what it had. too much air/time i think, wont be making that mistake again, had to dump it(might have been a generous 2 finger pour)

to me infinity bottle seems risky. the wannabe whskeynerd at one of the stores i frequent is always making small talk about his(which he uses a Buffalo Trace bottle for)and is allegely "half old rip van winkle", but never offers me any and ifbi ask its "tasting hours are Saturday only }=|" and is always trying to get me into the monthly raffle for the same bottle. i sneer and ask "isnt that a wheater?!" to which he replies "yeah, its awesome!" then i be like "lol no rye, no buy." but they are like the only smaller store that gets picks so i tolerate it. i feel like going in one day and being a total jackass about wine by picking up a cheap brandy and asking if its a good italian red.

[Anonymous No.16510991]

>>16510345
Rum is too sweet, this is the spices but less sweet

[Anonymous No.16511053]

>>16510345
surely thats just a thing for the small batch, right?

[Anonymous No.16511064]

>>16510875
It's not coming off

[Anonymous No.16511118]

>>16501735
Fuck you faggots. Tequila is better.

[Anonymous No.16511249]

>>16510903
I agree it's risky. That's why I've put in so little over so long. And as much as I've called it an infinity bottle, I've never refilled it. I'll make the call depending on how it tastes. If it works, great, extra variety. If not I'll turn it back into moonshine and drink it with coke.

From what I hear it's unlikely to be undrinkable, improves with more time if it is, and can be blended back into drinkability though I'm not keen on sending good money after bad.

And if I'm lucky it ends up as a proportionate representation of my whisky preferences. Minus a bit of fuckery because there's 30ml of whisky I don't like in there, and 30ml of Australian Rye.

[Anonymous No.16511272]

>>16501735
For me it's Alberta Premium.

But points go to Royal Reserve for the cool label that you can peel off that acts as a sticker that you can stick on random things to leave a mark in a drunken haze.

[Anonymous No.16511736]

>>16510405

[Anonymous No.16512054]

ive never drank before in my life
rec me something /k/

[Anonymous No.16512219]

>>16512054
a beer or a cider, don't think you'll like strong alcohol at the start