/wg/ - Whisk(e)y General

[Anonymous No.17131286]

Have you tried anything new recently?
Whisk(e)y General

[Anonymous No.17131293]

I used Dr Pepper cream soda in lieu of Coke in a whiskey & coke. It was pretty good.

[Anonymous No.17131322]

>>17131286
>muh barrels
>muh angels share
>muh wood magic

fuck you pretentious faggot, we aready have a based whisky thread
>>17129290

[Anonymous No.17131328]

>>17131322
it kinda gay in that thread

[Anonymous No.17131344]

I recently bought a bottle of Barrell Seagrass, it tastes really good, I can taste the apricot brandy finish, can't really taste the seagrass note people are saying it has.

[Anonymous No.17131409]

>>17131344
talkin bout gay

[Anonymous No.17131613]

i've got blue lable yesterday first time. taste like heaven. feels good man

[Anonymous No.17131631]

>>17131613
The bottle itself is so damn based.

[Anonymous No.17131638]

>>17131613
Nice, I've never been able to tell if it's worth it.

[Anonymous No.17131645]

yeah, it was good.

[Anonymous No.17131652]

>>17131638
As in you haven’t tried it? Or you have but aren’t convinced it’s worth the price?

[Anonymous No.17131655]

>>17131652
I've never tried it.

[Anonymous No.17131779]

drinking peated new make right now, much better than any aged stuff i've had so far.

[Anonymous No.17131787]

>>17131779
Where did you get it

[Anonymous No.17131815]

>>17131655
You could always grab a miniature “airplane bottle” to try.
My local liquor store has them for $20 or so.
Even comes in a nifty little box.

[Anonymous No.17131992]

>>17131286
>Have you tried anything new recently?
I recently opened the new Cairdeas and a Big Peat Prohibition Edition

[Anonymous No.17132248]

sazeracbros...
it's over...

[Anonymous No.17133150]

>Imagine paying good money for blended

[Anonymous No.17133174]

>>17133150
>imagine dismissing blended out of hand because faux-snobbery

[Anonymous No.17133184]

>>17133174
Name ONE blended whisky that is more than adequate at best in comparison with Scottish single malt

[Anonymous No.17133368]

>>17131613
Good taste. Not worth the $200 price tag. It’s very easy to drink and very forgettable. I would pay $60 for it. The extra $140 is just marketing telling you “this is the best whisky!”

[Anonymous No.17133383]

>>17133184
Single malt is definitely better by far. But there are some terrible single malt scotches out there. I remember I had a Deanston 20 year old fully matured in a first fill sherry cask and it was a sulpher bomb. Terrible whisky. Black Label is unironically better than that. But I do agree, single malts out perform blends consistently.

[Anonymous No.17133414]

Is Scotch a meme bros? Or should I go down the rabbit hole?

[Anonymous No.17133477]

>>17133414
Go down the rabbit hole. Islay is best though.

[Anonymous No.17133515]

I have a Scotch question. Does the fact that bourbon was held in the ex bourbon american oak barrels matter much in the taste of scotch? Like if it was the same barrel and same char level but held brandy instead of bourbon, would there be a significant difference to the Scotch when it’s finally aged in it? Are there any Scotch autists that can help me out?

[Anonymous No.17133831]

>local store has this
>it’s $1999.99
Fuck I hate being poor

[Anonymous No.17133864]

>>17133831
even if you were rich, why would you burn money like that

[Anonymous No.17133966]

>>17133864
Are you saying you wouldn’t?
Even if you were rich enough to spend that on a bottle without even blinking an eye?
I’d personally love to taste 41+yo single malt from a distillery that hasn’t existed for 46.
Something which will literally never exist again, and inevitably go from rare to unobtainable at any price when what’s left is gone.
It would be fascinating to try.

[Anonymous No.17133988]

>>17133966
there's plenty of dead distilleries and this is just one of them. it's literally just a product from a now defunct business and you're basically just paying for the lore and backstory of it.
you can buy 40 year old ben bracken at aldi if you want to drink old whisky at an affordable price.

[Anonymous No.17134021]

>>17133988
>you're basically just paying for the lore and backstory of it
Yes. And a fucking sweet box.
>40yo Ben Bracken
>”from an undisclosed Scottish distillery”
I’d rather pay more for some sweet lore than buying a bottle of “dude trust me”.

[Anonymous No.17134085]

>>17133515
Can scotch autists confirm this?

[Anonymous No.17134092]

>>17133383
>sulfur bomb
This is, unfortunately, a risk with any wine cask-aged whisky. It's because some wine barrels are sterilized with sulfur candles before being used for whisky.
This is why I wouldn't ever spend big money on a whisky aged in any kind of wine cask.

[Anonymous No.17134112]

>>17134085
I’m not a scotch autist. But I am a former Jack Daniels employee (can’t speak for other distilleries), and their 2nd biggest source of profit aside from the whiskey itself is selling the only-once-used barrels to other distilleries; primarily to the UK and Japan.

During aging, the whiskey pulls a lot more from the barrel than the barell pulls from the whiskey.
And perhaps more importantly, the whiskey is the product. They don’t let a drop go to waste, and use a process to extract as much as physically possible from the barrel itself.
Afterward, all that’s really left in the barrel is some lingering aroma, which really isn’t going to do much when it’s filled with a spirit that has an entirely different grain bill.

[Anonymous No.17134138]

>>17134112
That’s actually really interesting. I had no idea. Thanks anon.

[Anonymous No.17134149]

>>17134085
Or is this true?

[Anonymous No.17134165]

>>17134138
No prob.
The barrel-extraction is used by a lot of bourbon distilleries also; it’s what Jim Beam markets as their “devils cut” product by blending it into bourbon in a higher concentration.
Jack just blends it in to the rest of the No. 7 though.

[Anonymous No.17134174]

>>17134149
This seems more likely to me considering the vast difference in flavor between ex sherry matured scotch and ex bourbon matured

[Anonymous No.17134177]

>>17134085
This wouldn’t explain port casks which are used for long periods of time to age port. 40+ years. Older casks are sought after because they don’t want a strong oak influence on their port. Yet when scotch distilleries use these old casks to finish their whisky, casks that should be completely spent of all the oak flavor, they still give scotch a dark color because of the port soaked in the cask.

[Anonymous No.17134206]

>>17134149
lmao, whisky officially confirmed to be literally nothing but wood infused vodka with a drop of wine added to it for taste

[Anonymous No.17134422]

>>17133515
There wouldn’t be a “significant” difference because they’re both spirits, so I would imagine they would interact with the oak similarly.

[Anonymous No.17134479]

>>17134206
Do you even know what the fuck actually constitutes a whiskey or a vod..
>literal collector of soyjacks
Nevermind. Keep sucking those cocks and reaching for your dreams.

[Anonymous No.17134491]

whats a good 50 dollar whisjey i can get wherever

[Anonymous No.17134519]

>>17134491
4 roses single barrel. Best $50 bourbon the market

[Anonymous No.17134539]

I've recently come to appreciate Elijah Craig. It's expensive, but I'm not 25 anymore and Old Crow damn near kills me.

[Anonymous No.17134569]

>>17134174
I think he’s arguing it’s the oak and level of toasting and previous maturation length that matters more than the “sherry”. It could be anything with a similar abv going in, like say a japanese sake, and the results would be similar. It’s interesting that a person from Macallan is saying the Sherry doesn’t matter, when they invest so much in it.

[Anonymous No.17134577]

>>17134491
Glenfiddich 12

[Anonymous No.17134609]

What's the whiskey you buy most often?

For me, it's Laphroaig 10 because it's under $40 at my local Costco and they always have it.

[Anonymous No.17134613]

>>17134519
I think Old Forester 1920 is better for around $50.
For high-rye bourbons I actually prefer Old Grand-Dad 114 at like $27 to FRSB.

[Anonymous No.17134630]

>>17134569
Learn your barrels, bro.
The entire point of a sherry barrel is that it’s a “high mileage” barrel and won’t impart barrel flavor like a new or just-a-few-years-used barrel will, beyond a bit of sherry flavor.
That’s why it’s specifically a sherry barrel, and not a new barrel or single-use bourbon barrel or even a wine barrel.
Of course Macallen or anyone else has to invest a lot on said barrels; look up the situation on purchasing “new” sherry casks.

[Anonymous No.17134676]

>>17134630
>point of a sherry barrel is that it’s a “high mileage” barrel
Yea that’s correct for the sherry industry. I thought for the Scotch industry it was different. Aren’t almost all sherry casks new american oak toasted and seasoned with sherry for approximately 2 years? The sherry industry doesn’t sell it’s really old casks to Macallan. I would think they wouldn’t actually want them because they would be exhausted casks?

[Anonymous No.17134682]

>>17134422
Is this true? Would most people in the industry agree with this?

[Anonymous No.17134720]

>>17134676
>The sherry industry doesn’t sell it’s really old casks to Macallan.
That’s precisely why their sherry casks are such a massive investment.
They have to do what they can to repair said casks, even if it means cobbling together new casks from staves of old ones, or adding “newish” staves to existing old casks for repair.
But again, the point of a traditional sherry cask is that it’s “exhausted”, in the sense that it isn’t giving a ton of flavor to the whiskey.
If you taste a bourbon, the barrel flavor is super pronounced. It’s meant to be. That’s why it can only be a virgin charred barrel.
With Scotch it’s different, which is why the most prized aging casks are the oldest sherry casks whatever distillery has.

[Anonymous No.17134732]

>>17134676
The scotch industry's demand for sherry casks cant be sustained by the sherry industry so sherry "seasoned" casks are used. Macallan Sherry Oak uses seasoned oak from Spain. The Macallan Double Cask is a combination of American and European seasoned casks. It seems like they're really pushing the double cask stuff lately and I would assume that's because the american oak is more accessible. Regardless, seasoning is commonplace and anons talking about 40 year old port casks aren't talking about whisky that is representative of the vast majority of what people are actually drinking

[Anonymous No.17134748]

>>17134720
>the point of a traditional sherry cask is that it’s “exhausted”, in the sense that it isn’t giving a ton of flavor to the whiskey.
That’s incorrect for Scotch. Sherry casks that are exhausted on 4th, 5th fill etc will give virtually no color/flavor to the whisky. “Exhausted” sherry casks are good for aging sherry. Sherry producers do not want a heavy oak influence on their sherry.

[Anonymous No.17134771]

>>17134732
>It seems like they're really pushing the double cask stuff lately and I would assume that's because the american oak is more accessible
Yea this is true today. It’s true for the sherry industry as well. It’s a common misconception that the sherry industry uses mainly european oak, when in reality, most of the oak used in the sherry industry today is actually american oak.

[Anonymous No.17134780]

>>17134748
>That’s incorrect for Scotch. Sherry casks that are exhausted on 4th, 5th fill etc will give virtually no color/flavor to the whisky.
Is that not precisely the point? Is that not why you can see 12/18/21yo Scotches with a golden color rather than brown?

[Anonymous No.17134812]

>>17134780
>Is that not precisely the point?
No. That's why you don't see marketing language touting whiskies as "fourth fill" but you often see "first fill" noted right on the bottle

[Anonymous No.17134823]

>>17134812
If it were “first fill”, it wouldn’t be a sherry barrel or bourbon barrel or any other sort. It would be a virgin barrel.

[Anonymous No.17134828]

>>17134780
Well I think we’re just misunderstanding each other. An exhausted cask is NOT good for scotch. It will not have a golden color. It will look straw in color. So having a really really used cask is not good. It’s dead. But for sherry producers it’s actually prized.

[Anonymous No.17134830]

>>17134823
That’s not what first fill means in the scotch industry.

[Anonymous No.17134847]

I wonder what the seasoning is exactly. Like what is the difference between the sherry seasoning that macallan does vs glendronach vs aberlour etc. Is this "sherry" seasoning sourced from Spain or is it formulated by the scotch distilleries themselves? And what happens to the inevitable sherry seasoning byproduct? I read somewhere awhile ago that some is turned into sherry vinegar but who really knows

[Anonymous No.17134848]

>>17133515
I need more opinions on this!

[Anonymous No.17134892]

>>17134177
https://youtu.be/-Eg3yvLHuTo
Yea it doesn’t explain this. Master of wood at macallan BTFO.

[Anonymous No.17134979]

>>17133515
Idk

[Anonymous No.17135174]

Why is scotch so fucking confusing?

[Anonymous No.17135270]

>>17131992
I've been interested in trying a peated blended malt from Douglas Laing's. how is it?

[Anonymous No.17135281]

>>17133831
>distillery lasted 9 years during a boom
>40%
never gonna be worth it. if I were to blow money like that on scotch I'd probably go Brora if it were one bottle or a handful of limited editions.

[Anonymous No.17135347]

>>17131286
imagine how satisfying it would be to smash all those barrels like a big gorilla

[Anonymous No.17135371]

So I need to get my father a Christmas present and I know he likes drinking Buffalo Trace. I can't find any liquor store near me that has it atm. Does anyone know a whiskey that's pretty similar? If it's a bit more expensive that's not a problem, i just want it to taste similar if not better.

[Anonymous No.17135374]

What is the most traditional cask for scotch? Not something exotic or used for finishing. But the cask that’s used as a benchmark to compare to others?

[Anonymous No.17135382]

>>17135371
Eagle Rare or Colonel EH Taylor

[Anonymous No.17135448]

>>17135382
Much appreciated.

[Anonymous No.17135483]

>>17135374
Ex bourbon barrel.

[Anonymous No.17135495]

>>17135270
It's young tasting but if you like heavy peat it's well worth it

[Anonymous No.17135596]

>>17134479
awww, don't be mad at me because YOU fell for marketing like the easily impressed bugman you are.

[Anonymous No.17135600]

>>17134720
Sherry houses don't sell their old Solera casks, retard. What they're using in whisky is standard barrels seasoned with young Sherry wine, it's not even the aged stuff.

[Anonymous No.17135614]

>>17135495
the prohibition one turned me off as that whole thing was such a Jewish trick it is still echoing through to today so I'd probably be getting the Christmas Edition or the normal Big Peat. does it stand out as being more heavily leaning towards the Caol Ila or Ardbeg side of things?

[Anonymous No.17135631]

>>17133150
Is Glenfiddich 12 YO a good entry level Scotch? It's currently on sale at my local grocery store for 30€

[Anonymous No.17135640]

>>17135631
probably better to most compared to Glenmorangie 10 at the same price. it won't scare anyone off Scotch to be sure.

[Anonymous No.17135796]

Drank a few shots of these 2. Both delicious in their own way. The glenlivet was sweeter and would probably mix well, the Glendronach was more of a traditional whiskey taste. I only got into whiskey 2ish months ago but my taste buds are definitely beginning to acclimate to the taste and I’m beginning to pick up differences and certain flavors.

[Anonymous No.17135877]

>>17135631
Great way to start. Go for it brother, you won't regret it. Perhaps look into the different "regions" of scotch eventually if you get into it

[Anonymous No.17136199]

>>17135640
>>17135877
Thanks to both of you. I got one bottle, now I just need proper glasses to start my journey off into Scotch (I only have Tumblers).
I'm quite experienced with Rum and Bourbon but I don't think I ever tasted Scotch, so I'm glad I found a decent starting point. If I enjoy it I will definitely go by region and try out the more unique flavors Scotch has to offer.

[Anonymous No.17136221]

>>17131286
Am I doin it right?

[Anonymous No.17136232]

Very smooth for such a high proof whiskey.
Definitely recommend.

[Anonymous No.17136467]

>>17135631
I'd say it's the de facto starter scotch.

[Anonymous No.17136652]

>>17134828
Some whiskeys are coloured, Jura is coloured with caramel, probably for this reason.

[Anonymous No.17136746]

has anyone been on distillery tours, or anything like that? I've wanted to make it more of a point to travel to some in Scotland or Japan, since they seem to be in beautiful areas for some of them

[Anonymous No.17137068]

>>17131787
at the liquor store

[Anonymous No.17137504]

>>17136199
Glad to help another anon out!

[Anonymous No.17137507]

>>17136746
My grandpa went to Scotland for a distillery tour. He had a blast and came home with two used barrels (empty)

[Anonymous No.17137529]

>>17136232
>high proof

[Anonymous No.17137645]

>>17134812
Is “first fill” considered better than “second fill”?

[Anonymous No.17137658]

>>17131613
Johnnie walker green is based, this is really good but too pricey for what it is

[Anonymous No.17137694]

>>17135483
Why would ex bourbon barrels be considered standard?

[Anonymous No.17137719]

>>17137694
because only the best is good enough

[Anonymous No.17137726]

>>17133477
BASED
>>17131286
There's a distillery in Perth that started doing whisky not too long ago. Their gin is excellent, so I picked up a bottle of their single malt sherry cask aged whisky. It's very young, obviously, but I've got high hopes

[Anonymous No.17137731]

>>17137726
"world whisky" is the true patrician's choice

[Anonymous No.17137750]

>>17137731
Yeah, but Topshelf has nowhere near the rep needed to be considered there. It's their first whisky, give them a couple of decades and we'll see where they end up

[Anonymous No.17137885]

>>17137719
??

[Anonymous No.17138427]

>jameson
very good

[Anonymous No.17138492]

>>17137885
bourbon is the king of spirits
so much so that its leftovers are being lapped up by scotcucks and other europoids

[Anonymous No.17138516]

>>17138492
t. american with dead tastebuds

[Anonymous No.17138610]

>>17137694
It’s considered standard because it has previously held whisky, so it’s not exotic and very similar to the new make spirit they are going to put in them. It’s not something vastly different like a wine cask.

[Anonymous No.17138646]

>>17138492
Why are Americans in love with overtly sweet things. Bourbon is ridiculously sweet and for women.

[Anonymous No.17138675]

>>17138646
why are you in love with cock?

[Anonymous No.17139269]

>>17133966
taste is a sense, not an experience. if you had the money to blow, and you did this, alone, in your cage, would it improve your life. would you still wake up in the morning and long for things out of reach. like a real man's haircut. like a gaze that doesn't repel any creature with half a soul left. would that local store's expensive discontinued whiskey really fix anything you already have. you're a used band aid on a broken leg.

>>17134021
good god 1,000 usd for a 'fucking sweet box' and 'some sweet lore.' if this isn't bait, you've fully chummed yourself.

[Anonymous No.17139299]

>>17134085
Interesting. The master of wood for edrington says the previous contents of the casks is just marketing. Was he fired for saying this?

[Anonymous No.17139302]

>>17139269
>tl;dr
Be honest, how much have you had to drink tonight?

[Anonymous No.17139375]

>>17139269
>taste is a sense, not an experience
And senses are experienced

[Anonymous No.17139417]

>>17138492
Bourbon is good but dont go down the rabbit hole looking for the allocated shit

[Anonymous No.17139425]

>>17131613
Green Label does the trick but at a quarter of the price. Still, I had a pour of the Blue months ago and it did feel fantastic before I bit into a biggie soft pretzel

[Anonymous No.17139434]

Liked the Old Forester 120 I got at Costco last week so much I went back and got two more today since I'm sure they won't have it after the holidays and it was $47. It's such a flavor bomb.

[Anonymous No.17139595]

>>17139375
>>17139302
you couldn't just cope for your failings in a single post? making the assumption two pathetic men aren't logging on tonight
once again, just driving this home,
drinking something won't make you a person worth basic human eye contact

[Anonymous No.17139596]

What does a scotch taste like?
What does a bourbon taste like?

[Anonymous No.17139599]

got this for secret santa at work. its a glass for tasting spirits apparently. does this actually do anything? I've never really bought into this but I guess it'll be nice to have something besides a plastic cup to drink my whiskey with.

[Anonymous No.17139634]

>>17139596
>scotch
woody grain with varying amounts of smoked anus
>bourbon
corn syrup

[Anonymous No.17139640]

>>17139634
The scotch sounds interesting.

[Anonymous No.17139672]

>>17139599
Makes it easier to sniff nice smelling whisky and feels fancy to drink from while at it. If you don't care to the point of using plastic cups you won't have much use for it other than as a shelf decoration.

[Anonymous No.17139775]

>>17134085
So it’s all marketing?!?!?
Scotch bros….did we get memed?

[Anonymous No.17140195]

What's the general consensus on balvenie? Is it respectable?
I'm an 18 year old babby who doesn't know shit but this is my first scotch and damn is it good. I was worried I wasn't gonna like whiskey after vomiting and blacking out last time but I'm all good. Damn whiskey is good.

[Anonymous No.17140355]

>>17140195
respectable enough for a seriously entry level bottle. you get the 12 Doublewood?

[Anonymous No.17140567]

>>17131293
dr pepper cream soda is kino. Good with cigars
>>17131344
Try Dovetail if you like seagrass. Thomas Moore and Old Elk make mostly finished booze, haven't had them but heard they are good.
>>17131645
Tried it once and didn't like it at all
>>17136221
Good bottle for party rocking
>>17140195
If you do not know what you like yet you ought to just try new bottles instead of getting memed into bottles by the power of suggestion. If you want to try Scotch any 12 year from one of the bigger distilleries is worth trying, try to make note of the region and the kind of barrels used.

[Anonymous No.17140586]

picked this up because it was affordable. I like the islay smokey flavor but the smell is a bit too astringent. overall pretty nice but i dont have a huge frame of reference. Ardbeg was better to me but in a different price class.

[Anonymous No.17140597]

Is there any beginning scotch whiskey you would recommend or should I just stick to irish because I enjoy it

[Anonymous No.17140600]

>>17140597
literally just ctrl - f and type in beginner scotch

[Anonymous No.17140606]

>>17140597
why do you need entry level scotch? I dont understand how a drink can be for beginners. talk to the owner of the liquor store for something affordable and popular. if you dont like it, regift it to some scrub friend.

[Anonymous No.17140808]

>>17140606
Don't ask the liquor janny unless you can tell if he's just trying to move bottles that sit on the shelf.

[Anonymous No.17141021]

>>17140597
there's no "beginner's scotch", that's literally just a cope that consoomer soyjaks came up with in order to give their preferred form of alcohol consumption an air of sophistication and elitism
>oh no m'lady, you might hurt yourself with that bottle of lagavulin, might wanna ease into the experience with glenfiddich first
if you already made up your mind about whether you like smoke or not, you can pick what you want.

[Anonymous No.17141503]

>>17131645
doubt

[Anonymous No.17141528]

Picked up oban 14 in England. And glendronaxh 10 at the duty free on sale. Oban is great but definitely glad I got it got 55 pounds as opposed to 140 CAD as it's not a 140 dollar bottle of whiskey. Glendronach is worse of course, but complex enough and a good price at 47 pounds for a 1L. I am thinking of picking up either another bottle of Alberta premium cask strength or larceny bourbon next (is 52 cad too much for that?)

[Anonymous No.17141538]

>>17141528
i intended picking up the alberta but since it's 140 bucks in my country, i opted against it. if you can get it for a civilized price, you should go for it.

[Anonymous No.17141552]

>>17141538
I was referring to the larceny for 52. AP cask strength is about 65 here, still a great price though, really feels substantial to drink.

[Anonymous No.17142177]

>>17135374
Sherry casks actually, that is what they used to use until Spain made it hard for them to export them, so they switched to ex bourbon barrels in like the 50s if I remember correctly.

[Anonymous No.17142338]

>>17142177
I agree that it’s the most “traditional” cask. But not the best example of a “benchmark” cask. Sherry notes can overwhelm a scotch. A bourbon cask won’t really overwhelm a scotch because it previously held something very similar (whiskey).

[Anonymous No.17142503]

Scotchchads, can you explain why you enjoy scotch more than other world whiskies?

[Anonymous No.17142586]

>>17135174
It just has more variety. There are strict US laws that determine what makes a whiskey legally able to be called "bourbon". The fact that one of the requirements for being called "bourbon" is that the mash bill must be at least 51% corn grain, means that almost all bourbons taste very similar.

There are no such restrictions on Scottish whiskys, so there is a larger variety of Scotches.

[Anonymous No.17142600]

>>17142586
This is misleading. Scotches main flavor comes from single malts. Other grain alcohol is essentially neutral grain spirit. So scotch tastes like malted barley. You actually can get more variety from the grain flavor used in bourbon, like a high rye bourbon.

[Anonymous No.17142601]

>>17135371
See my post here (>>17142586). Almost all bourbons taste similar. So, just get a more expensive bourbon.

I recommend Old Forester 1920 Prohibition style. That will cost you about $55USD. If that's too steep, Old Grand Dad 114 is almost as good as OF1920 for about half the price. Both are in my pic.

[Anonymous No.17142609]

>>17142600
Interesting. What about blended Scotches, and single pot still whiskys like some of the Irish whiskys?

[Anonymous No.17142684]

Is it just me or is Jap whiskey shit

[Anonymous No.17142766]

>>17142601
>old forester
by the roughness of the taste, it would be more appropriate to call it young forester

[Anonymous No.17142830]

>>17142609
Blended scotches use aged neutral grain spirit to help stretch their whisky. You won’t taste rye or corn in your johnnie walker because they distill it to near vodka levels. Then they blend that with single malts which don’t distill to neutral spirit levels and use 100% malted barley. I think irish whiskey is the same but they can use unmalted and malted barley.

[Anonymous No.17142873]

Fireball whiskey 375ml from the bottle. Fight me. And yes I do live in ny

[Anonymous No.17142884]

>>17133831
Steal it

[Anonymous No.17142900]

>>17139375
the taste is the experience

[Anonymous No.17142977]

>>17134085
Uhhh Scotch bros.. I don’t feel too good.

[Anonymous No.17142997]

>>17142586
The mashbill isn't why bourbons taste similar. The usage of new oak barrels is where the similarity comes from

[Anonymous No.17143044]

>>17134149
seems far more plausible

i've tried a whole array of exotic finishes and they sometimes go overboard with it, so it definitely does impact a flavor. however, they might as well just add flavoring to the cask at this point.

[Anonymous No.17143070]

Think of all the highs and lows that will come from the whiskey in all those barrels. Whiskey really is a magical potion.

[Anonymous No.17143076]

>>17143070
>Whiskey really is a magical potion.
not really

[Anonymous No.17143131]

>>17143070
Hamilton had the same conclusion with Shulgin and phenethylamines (MDMA being the most known)
"The decades of laughter, the gallons of tears..."
Rip Alexander, Hamilton is a nice guy.

[Anonymous No.17143326]

>>17143070
>highs and lows
>bourbon
All gonna taste pretty much the same

[Anonymous No.17143558]

What are you guys drinking tonight?

[Anonymous No.17143561]

>>17143558
Trump Rye

[Anonymous No.17143563]

>>17143558
A Single Barrel Barrel proof Bone Snapper rye, it's MGP 95 5 rye recipe

[Anonymous No.17143805]

>>17142766
Not him. The 1920 is clearly aged a pretty long time because it's oaky as fuck.

[Anonymous No.17143982]

I'll be drinking whiskey tomorrow, straight and with ginger ale. Getting some good ginger ale when I go shopping tomorrow with whenever whiskey I end up getting. Probably Buffalo Trace if it's there.

[Anonymous No.17143986]

>>17143805
>t. brown-forman

[Anonymous No.17143994]

For me, it's Wild Turkey 101. Simple as.

[Anonymous No.17144429]

>>17143994
baste