Whisk(e)y/Whisky/Whiskey Thread/Bread/Tread/Can YOu even Read what's Out Here?

[Anonymous No.17944995]

>This was not made by humans edition

please give me a recommendation. i want the same reaction I get when hit with 10 different flavor profiles in 5 seconds.

[Anonymous No.17946324]

>>17944995
Ardbeg Uigeadail is pretty great.

[Anonymous No.17946327]

>>17944995
>Cinnamon whiskey
Are they trying to get the 20s female crowd to join the 50+ male crowd they already have?

[Anonymous No.17946329]

>>17946324
I had that recently. It wasn't bad at all but I expected more smoke.

[Anonymous No.17946333]

>>17944995
Which one?
Quite liked the Talisker Storm, but never had Highland Park or Dalwhinnie

[Anonymous No.17946818]

>>17946333
>nicht glenfarclas
Wirst es nicht machen...

[Anonymous No.17947034]

>>17946324
also I'm a troon if that matters.

[Anonymous No.17948593]

>>17944995
Just get anything high proof. 100 proof is the minimum. Except for 100 proof Southern Comfort. Never buy/drink any kind of Southern Comfort branded liquid.

[Anonymous No.17949278]

>>17946327
plenty of men love fireball

[Anonymous No.17949285]

>>17948593
You're missing out on some really good whiskies that are just under 100 proof though. If I had to set a limit it would be 92.

[Anonymous No.17949397]

>>17944995
Make your own, go to your local craft alcohol/hop and grain shop and start learning to homebrew

[Anonymous No.17949405]

>>17949278
only people who drink fireball are teenagers
drinking fireball and beer with the gang as a 15yo was the shit though

[Anonymous No.17949439]

>>17949405
have you never been clubbing?

[Anonymous No.17949590]

>>17949439
just baby seals

[Anonymous No.17949610]

>>17949590
well theres a role no black will ever be cast for

[Anonymous No.17950167]

Quick, a coworker lost a bet and has to get me a 100EUR bottle of bourbon, what should I ask him to buy?
I liked the last slightly more expensive bottles I bought (Larceny, Knob Creek), but grew up drinking the cheaper stuff like Jack Daniels, Four Roses and Jim Beam.

[Anonymous No.17950258]

>>17950167
3/4 bottles of four roses single barrel

[Anonymous No.17951079]

>>17950167
post the options in that price range

[Anonymous No.17951093]

>>17951079
https://www.drankgigant.nl/sterke-drank/whisky?land=419&price=2.5-100&product_list_dir=desc&product_list_order=price
https://drankdozijn.nl/groep/whisky/?land=amerika&prijsklasse=75-tot-100&onlyAvail=false&listLength=12&sorteerOp=price&ascdesc=asc&pagina=1
https://www.gall.nl/whisky/verenigde-staten/?srule=sort.by.price.desc&start=0

I could find something in Germany but that would be about 10EUR in shipping.

[Anonymous No.17951094]

>>17949590
Oh jesus that's an old meme. Did you lose the original image or is this coincidence?

[Anonymous No.17951112]

but is it 40%?

[Anonymous No.17951132]

>>17951093
I'd go for the EH taylor or the blanton, since blanton's not that easy to get in ons kouwe kikkerlandje. But I see it's sold out

[Anonymous No.17951215]

>>17951132
>blanton's not that easy to get in ons kouwe kikkerlandje
I tried looking for it but it's nigh on impossible to find. Wish I could.

[Anonymous No.17952102]

>>17951093
either the Elijah Craig 60%, Stagg Jr. or Darnkess

[Anonymous No.17953147]

>>17949285
>You're missing out on some really good whiskies that are just under 100 proof though. If I had to set a limit it would be 92.

I think I'll survive.

But, just for shits and giggles, please list some/all of these 90 to 100 proof whiskies I'm missing out on.

[Anonymous No.17953179]

>>17951093
Wow. Never heard of most of that stuff.

If I had to choose, I'd pick one of the Elijah Craig barrel proofs from the first site, or the Blanton's from the second site.

[Anonymous No.17953205]

>>17949278
>plenty of super-gay men love fireball

Fixed that for ya.

[Anonymous No.17954637]

>>17953147
Some pretty great OBs from Springbank and Ardbeg.

[Anonymous No.17954948]

>>17944995
Die out

[Anonymous No.17955043]

>>17948593
old grandad is good. good taste. never had the 114 but i'm a big fan of their regular. in my opinion it's the best cheap whiskey.

[Anonymous No.17955580]

>middle sister recently went to birthday bash for her boyfriend's dad at a local pub
>Jameson promo girls were there, offering free Jameson mixed with either ginger ale or dry lemon
I forget which one she went for, but she was like
>"The mixer totally ruined it. I would rather have just had the Jameson straight up"
I was proud.
Currently sipping pic related with a splash of ice water, because it was reasonably priced

[Anonymous No.17955609]

>>17944995
Aight, check me out:
Glass, whisky, ice
Call it Glass-Whisky ice-drink
Or call me Supa Neat Boy, whisky straight unemployed
'Cause I'm super NEET, boy! (I'm not a drinker)

[Anonymous No.17955879]

>>17948593
shame you feel that way because the OF1910 is amazing for a double oaked. I prefer to the 1920 desu

[Anonymous No.17955883]

>>17951094
The joke is waaaaaaaaaay older than the meme image.

[Anonymous No.17956159]

>>17948593
this doesn't apply to scotch

[Anonymous No.17956638]

>>17955580
it's jameson. it literally tastes like vodka + a bit of flavouring
its only use is for mixers

[Anonymous No.17956822]

>>17955580
>I was proud.
that she can drink the easiest to drink whiskey? Jamo is only good for mixing with gingerale/tonic to get drunk.
If you sip jameson neat youre wasting your time on not interesting taste

[Anonymous No.17957196]

>>17956159
it's pretty universal. if your palate is dirty and /or constantly victim to artificial sugar and/or vinegar your sensitivity to alcohol will be worse off.

also lower proof can work better with younger whisk(e)y in general if the wood is effective, the distillate is of good quality and isnt extensively filtered.

[Anonymous No.17958738]

bump

[Anonymous No.17959589]

I just went full chuuni-edgy mode and bought this. It is essentially a Highland Park 12 YO bit with a more smoky and slightly more peaty aftertaste. I think I start to understand why the distillery calls it Dragon Legend.

[Anonymous No.17959629]

>>17944995
Anybody prefer the one on the left? (the chick; I couldn't give a rat's ass about the whiskey).

[Anonymous No.17960137]

>>17959629
left is all the wrong kinds of crazy

[Anonymous No.17961103]

>>17949405
>golfing with brother in law
>he pulls out a single serving Fireball

[Anonymous No.17962030]

>a pour of Longrow Red, Springbank wine cask, and peated Ardnamurchan for $10 USD 2022
bros I want to go but the fuck could possibly be the catch?

[Anonymous No.17962097]

>>17953147
Ardberg, bulleitt bourbon, angels envy, buffalo trace, jonny walker blue

[Anonymous No.17962675]

>>17944995

[Anonymous No.17962765]

>>17962675
prove it's open ya tater....

[Anonymous No.17963188]

>>17944995
Wild Turkey 101, Knob Creek 8 yr

[Anonymous No.17963232]

>>17963188
9yr*

[Anonymous No.17963953]

Lagavulin 16 or 18?

[Anonymous No.17963962]

>>17963953
>he fell for the dirt whisky meme
you will never be your favorite "manly" Hollywood character

[Anonymous No.17964019]

>>17949405
Hooters as a concept seems to be aimed at (people with the mental capacity of) teenagers. Seems perfectly reasonable to me that there's a massive overlap between people who enjoy fireball and people who enjoy Hooters.

[Anonymous No.17964570]

>>17944995
One on the left looks like a literal witch.

[Anonymous No.17965083]

>>17956159
>this doesn't apply to scotch

True, I did mean it primarily for bourbons and American whiskies. Although I'd like to point out, I did provide a 100+ proof Scotch example in my pic.

[Anonymous No.17965798]

>>17953147
laphroaig quarter cask
of course cask strength is better but unless you’re balling no one can afford that shit
qc is a good compromise

[Anonymous No.17965982]

>>17944995
Where can I buy this?

[Anonymous No.17966000]

>>17965798
QC is only $20-$25 less than CS Batch 12-14

[Anonymous No.17966304]

Picrel any good? I don't know shit about whiskey and I don't want to waste money

[Anonymous No.17966327]

Bought this and liked it. What should I get next? New to whiskey. I also like bourbons. Irish whiskey is too sweet.

[Anonymous No.17966329]

>>17949278
my beighbor is a super fat, 45 year old black dude and he loves fireball.

[Anonymous No.17966460]

/ck/ whiskey chart?

[Anonymous No.17966864]

>>17966304
Avoid blended Scotches. They are, as you say, a waste of money.

Stick to single malt Scotches.

[Anonymous No.17966871]

>>17954948

[Anonymous No.17966883]

>>17966460
Which one do you want? The (American) whisky value chart? The Scotch starter chart? The Scotch value chart? The Irish whiskey chart? Or the Scotch malt whisky flavor charts?

[Anonymous No.17967047]

i've been ignoring this thread for the last 4 days and forgot i was the one who fucking posted it lol let this bitch die alrady

[Anonymous No.17967466]

>>17967047
>let this bitch die alrady
no

[Anonymous No.17968252]

>>17966304
I hear some say they quite like it and some the complete opposite. Either way dont forget to take>>17966864 with a big grain of salt as while, yes single malts are preferred by most but I like to have a few blends on hand to drink occasionally. They will make you appreciate single malts more once they all start to blend together as you get further down the rabbit hole.

Blends with a heavier peat profile go the extra mile. Nice that they are generally cheap, but truly one with too much grain or low quality edginess will probably put you off it, but if you have a fair amount single malts on hand you can easily use them in conjunction to stretch your buc or at the very least use it as a mixer for cocktails.

>>17966327
probably Johnnie Walker Black or some blend filler single malts like Glen Grant, Royal Brackla, Speyburn or Tomatin(but generallyHighlands region). If Irish is too sweet probably stay away from Glen Moray in its entirety.

[Anonymous No.17968974]

More of a cognac/ brandy drinker these days but I still love whiskey! Love a good single pot still Irish like Green Spot or Redbreast, also a big fan of over 100 proof bourbon like OGD Or WT 101. I'm also a sucker for Buffalo Trace but that's just because there's a gas station right up the street from me that never runs out of the stuff.

[Anonymous No.17968997]

>>17954948
Are you jealous of real women, troon?

[Anonymous No.17969034]

>>17968997
>t. simp

[Anonymous No.17969814]

>>17968974
I have a small grocery that also never runs out of BT. I wish I could flip cases to city slickers who are chomping at the bit to spend $60 a bottle.

[Anonymous No.17971057]

first time with Ballechin. poured a little Machir Bay next to it to really make the sweetness stand out. It's really not as funky or weird as others say. decent peat on the taste but not a lot on the nose at all. leather, shoe-box, asparagus and peanuts brittle on tasting notes so far. doesnt seem to handle water as well as the Edradour 10 in the palate, but the nose changed dramatically to lemon and almond butter at a 1-1 ratio.

[Anonymous No.17971505]

floridanons i'm headed your way in a lil bit what's the decent stuff worth checking out in your neck of the woods? st. augustine sounds promising.

[Anonymous No.17971535]

for me, it's Fireball
snobs be damned, it tastes good and that's all that matters

[Anonymous No.17971720]

>>17971535
This is the whiskey thread, you're looking for the schnapps thread.

[Anonymous No.17971841]

[Anonymous No.17972875]

Anyone know if anything on this is a particularly good deal? I know literally nothing about usquabae

[Anonymous No.17972892]

also:
>take an image in portrait
>email it to myself, portrait
>download it, still portrait
>upload it to 4channel
>woopsie it's in landscape, teehhee!

[Anonymous No.17972929]

>>17972892
Because this site scrubs all exif data outside of /p/ so people don't dox themselves like the Burger King foot lettuce guy in Cleveland. Been like that for almost a decade.

[Anonymous No.17972971]

>handle water as well
>le consoomer good is an object with agency

[Anonymous No.17973091]

>>17972875
Benriach's are all discontinued/rebranded except for the bottom 2. rest looks fairly standard and the prices decent. in USA we got the Curiositas at 46% and I think was supposed to be the same everywhere so double check that. iirc the Sinatra Select was like a $700 bottle when it released.

[Anonymous No.17973136]

>>17973091
I got given the Sinatra the last time I "left" this place, it's only about £100 etc

[Anonymous No.17974566]

Am I supposed to be tasting anything here? It just tastes like ethanol to me. I've tried adding various amounts of water but it tastes like nothing.

I've previously tried Glenlivet 12 year, Ardbeg 10 year and Port Charlotte 10 year. All were great in their own ways. Hell even the small bottle of Johnie Walker I got was pretty nice, kind of flat tasting, but smooth and easy drinking.

This tastes like nothing to me. It's flat like the Johnnie Walker but not smooth or easy to drink. It's just kind of unpleasant. Kind of surprised that it's so highly regarded because honestly it's one of the worst scotches I've ever

[Anonymous No.17974614]

>>17974566
freshly opened? they are high volume producer so its possible its just a bad batch. Fire and Cane, 14 Bourbon Barrel and 15 should all be better for a $15-20 upgrade. its only 40% even in the states I think. if your looking cheap, lite and still has flavor then try the basic bitch Glenmorangie 10.

[Anonymous No.17974671]

>>17974614
>Glenmorangie 10
I was literally between this one and glenfiddich and I chose glenfiddich

[Anonymous No.17975390]

>>17974671
buckle up, buttercup.

[Anonymous No.17976772]

bump

[Anonymous No.17978505]

>>17974566
Take a look at one of the Scotch flavor charts, like in my pic.

[Anonymous No.17978681]

>>17944995
Those are men.

[Anonymous No.17978754]

Female Whisky drinker here. It’s funny buying a good single malt. I usually get asked who I’m buying it for, husband? Father? Brother? Surely it can’t be for yourself. Then when I tell it’s for me, I get a shocked look. They recover and decide to ‘play along’ with me. Then they start telling me lots of things I know I about Whisky.

It’s at this point, if I can be bothered, I go through their shelves and tell them all the ones I’ve tasted and why I like them or not. Which regions I prefer, big up Islay, and why I’m not a fan of Irish and 100% prefer Scottish.

Now is when I think they feel bad. Because they always offer me loads of samples. I can usually free taste like 4/5 different ones min on every visit.

Having said that met a really nice woman last time through the airport who was giving out Talisker samples. We had a great chat. She was awesome.

Now guys at bars when you order a single malt find you immediately intriguing. They watch you take a sip. I think they are waiting to see if you make a face. When you look pleased then they have their in to strike up a conversation.

I don’t know a lot of other female whisky drinkers but I wish I did. I can only go on so many old fashioned hunts with boys.

[Anonymous No.17978758]

>>17978681
take your meds

[Anonymous No.17978995]

what the fuck's up with a bunch of 15 years going for over 100 dollars

[Anonymous No.17979280]

>>17978995
((demand))) and """shortages"""

[Anonymous No.17979464]

>>17978505
Ok so I just bought a full bottle of Glenlivet 15 (i had previously liked 12 so I took a chance) and an airplane bottle of Glenlivet 12 so I could do a comparison. Glenlivet 12 tastes just how I remember it, light, fruity, almond marzipan aftertaste, delicious, kind of "girly" if that makes sense. Glenlivet 15 is somehow richer but more subtle and has a cinnamon aftertaste. It's honestly fucking amazing. Both of these scotches have tons of flavor that I can pick up. Glenfiddich just tastes like cardboard mixed with rubbing alcohol. I'm honestly giving this shit away. It's awful. I still don't know what I'm supposed to be tasting here. Thank god I didn't buy a fifth of this stuff or I would have been pissed.

[Anonymous No.17979638]

>>17978995
kind of wild that such relatively young scotch is that expensive now
I scored a glen scotia 15 for $90 but its bangin

[Anonymous No.17979943]

>>17979464
their 15 is french oak finished. European oak is distinctly spicier than white oak. Glenlivet is fairly lite in flavor to begin with so extra influences will be easier to detect.

[Anonymous No.17980107]

[Anonymous No.17980867]

>>17979464
I don't know what to tell you. To me, Glenmorangie 10, Glenlivet 12 and Dalmore 12 all tasted pretty much the same to me. The only difference was the price.

Look again at the chart I posted previously and go for the corners (except for the Light corner). You mentioned earlier that you already tried Port Charlotte, which is close to the Peat Monster corner. So, try some Ardbeg Uigeadail or Aberlour A'bunadh.

[Anonymous No.17981155]

>>17979464
there's a Glenlivet set of the 10 year i think, it comes with a shot of 12 and 15 i think. i'd look for those kinds of sets in the future if you're looking to do a real comparison without dipping into a fifth.

[Anonymous No.17981165]

>>17979464
>Both of these scotches have tons of flavor that I can pick up.
You must be a supertaster, since they're like sex in a canoe: fucking close to water.

[Anonymous No.17981348]

>>17981165
Honestly I think the hateboner for 40% whiskies is unjustified. Sure, I'd rather have everything be cask strength, but you can still get a good deal of flavour out of certain 40% whiskies. It's not complex, but I enjoy Glenlivet 12 for what it is.

[Anonymous No.17981771]

>>17981348
its justified because the ones that complain are the ones that have been drinking for years so they have the experience necessary to distinguish the worthy from the weak.

it's not even that it should be cask strength, but bottling at the bare minimum is a sign of quality being disregarded for maximum profit.

certainly you can come to appreciate it more if you connect it to a memory or something, but it's also something that is harder to appreciate because theres no crushing demand for it.

[Anonymous No.17982865]

>>17980107
is this worth the 1200 dollar price

[Anonymous No.17982907]

Is it bad for me to buy a 200ml Auchentoshan 12 YO and say it smells like fruity flower, tastes like coffee and aftertaste is drying

[Anonymous No.17983083]

Happy national bourbon day you fucks
Drink your good shit tonight

[Anonymous No.17983381]

>>17982907
what kind of coffee?

[Anonymous No.17983995]

>>17946333
Dalwhinnie 15 is the best of those, but also the lightest in flavour.

[Anonymous No.17984074]

>>17953147
Archie Rose Rye Malt
Aushroisk 7, Parkmore
Balvenie Week of Peat (48.3%)
Beathan (unknown distillery), Wilson & Morgan
Ben Nevis 10
Benriach 8, Wilson & Morgan
Benromach 15
Blair Athol
Bunnahabhain 11, Gordon & Macphail
Caol Ila, Connoisseurs Choice
Caoi Ila, Wilson & Morgan
Compass Box the Spaniard
Edradour Caledonia 12
Glenallachi, Wilson & Morgan
Glendullan 9, James Eadie
Glenturret 12
Hazelburn 13 (47.1%) / Another different Hazelburn 13
Hellyrs Road 15
Kilchoman Machir Bay
Ledaig 14, Coopers Choice
Ledaig Sinclair
Limeburners Port
Loch Lomond, Hidden Spirits
Loch Lomond, Masters of Magic
Loch Lomond Inchmoan
Sullivans Cove (any of them)
Taketsuru Pure Malt
Teaninich 9, James Eadie

You're right though, this is quite a minority.

[Anonymous No.17984110]

>>17979464
IMO only the Glenlivet 18 is any good. Whereas for Glenfiddich only the 15 is good.
Unless of course you can get one of their cask strength bottles.

[Anonymous No.17984133]

>>17981771
I'd have to say that the guys protesting the loudest don't have that experience. And the people that do have that experience shouldn't be claiming 40% is trash, but rather that they tend to fall out of their top 100 the fastest so don't get much of their attention. It's apathy, not hatred.
Besides there are some older 40% original bottlings worth your attention, and some decent value picks if you start limiting by price.

[Anonymous No.17984149]

>>17944995
>alcohol
fucking degenerate liquid jew poison
I only drink water and human breast milk.

[Anonymous No.17984178]

>>17959589

[Anonymous No.17984923]

>>17984074
>You're right though, this is quite a minority.

FYI, I (>>17953147) am from the US. The only distillers from your list I've ever heard of are Balvenie, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila and Kilochman. I obviously need to try more Scotches.

I do enjoy my A'Bunadh, though (>>17948593). Let me ask you this, then. What other high proof (100+ proof) Scotches do you recommend?

[Anonymous No.17986140]

>>17983381
Sorry, I tasted it again this morning and my mouth felt like having toffee instead of coffee, or maybe more accurately, like having liquid caramel on my tongue.

[Anonymous No.17986735]

>>17949405
>>17953205
Alcohol is alcohol regardless of how you feel. Your false sense of superiority is hilarious though.

[Anonymous No.17986749]

>>17944995
Oh I get it. The eyes on the owl are boobs.

[Anonymous No.17987611]

Hey uhh not from this board.
Looking for a gift for my uncle, he drinks bourbon. I have $150-$200 to spend on a bottle. I know nothing about spirits. Cheers

[Anonymous No.17987638]

>>17987611
get 3 bottles in the $60 range. otherwise just hand him the cash and let them shop because tastes are hard to pin even for something as simple as bourbon.

does he drink hipster shit like Barrell or is he an old fogey that only enjoys Beam/Turkey?

[Anonymous No.17988875]

bump

[Anonymous No.17988899]

>>17987611
It depends upon your location. If you're in the USA, bourbon doesn't get much better after the $60 range like this guy (>>17987638) said.

If you're not in the USA, you're on your own.

If you are in the USA, I'd say get 3 bottles of the stuff in my pic.

[Anonymous No.17988919]

>>17955609
9/10