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Wheat? I don't think I'm familiar with any wheat whiskeys unless I'm forgetting something. Is it noticeably different and worth looking out for? Recommendations? I think Tennessee whiskey has to be made in Tennessee. It can be classified as bourbon based on the legal definition of bourbon, but Tennessee distillers don't call it that and insist its something different.
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Mr. Glass posted:Pretty sure they can't call it bourbon if it's not made in Kentucky. The reason Jack Daniel's is not Bourbon is the charcoal filtering thing they do. Hm, maybe I am wrong. Wiki says that JD meets the legal definition of Bourbon, but that the distillery chooses not to market the whiskey that way. Jo3sh fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Jul 29, 2012 |
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Being called "Tennessee Whiskey" is one of their unique selling points. Tennessee Whiskey can only be made there I'm not certain if it has to have been produced in Lincoln to qualify but I'm pretty sure it does have to be produced in Tennessee. e: reading up some more on the wikipedias and the charcoal filtering isn't mandatory. spankmeister fucked around with this message at 11:38 on Jul 29, 2012 |
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New premium wheated bourbon from Heaven Hill... Larceny. Average retail is $25/bottle; 92 proof. http://www.heavenhill.com/detail/145  Named for John E. Fitzgerald who was a distiller of premium bourbon after the Civil War. Years later it was revealed that Fitzgerald was actually a Treasury Agent pilfering bourbon and reselling it as his own. First impressions (tl;dr similar to Maker's Mark but favorable): http://www.whiskyadvocateblog.com/2012/07/27/some-new-bourbon-and-rye-whiskeys/ http://lewbryson.blogspot.com/2012/07/heaven-hills-larceny.html North Carolina is on the list so if I can score some, I'll post my thoughts.
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Base Emitter posted:Wheat? I don't think I'm familiar with any wheat whiskeys unless I'm forgetting something. Is it noticeably different and worth looking out for? Recommendations? I know of one wheat whiskey. It is OYO Whiskey distilled by Middle West Spirits in Columbus, OH. (only reason I know is because I live here) I'm pretty sure availability outside of Ohio is quite limited though. Never tried it but I'm thinking I might have to. Hubbins fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Jul 29, 2012 |
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Jo3sh posted:The reason Jack Daniel's is not Bourbon is the charcoal filtering thing they do. From what I've heard, Jack Daniels reuses their barrels which is why even if the mash bill is similar to a typical bourbon, it can't be called bourbon. They probably bu quite a few older bourbon barrels since they're only used once for bourbon. The charcoal filtration has nothing to do with it. Most distilleries probably filter their barrel aged spirits to remove particulates. My most recent distillery tour was Woodford Reserve and they have a pit set up for charcoal filtration when blending barrels for bottling. I'm guessing plenty of others do as well. For a whiskey thread there sure are a lot of people confused on what makes a specific style of whiskey Irish, Canadian, Scotch, Bourbon, etc.
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Can anyone tell me about Caledonian Distillery? My fiancee wants to buy me a bottle of scotch for our wedding and I thought their 1965 sounded interesting. I generally drink Macallan 12 and Old Pulteney. As a poor grad student this may be may last chance to get a good scotch for years, so any recommendations are appreciated.
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attila posted:From what I've heard, Jack Daniels reuses their barrels which is why even if the mash bill is similar to a typical bourbon, it can't be called bourbon. They probably bu quite a few older bourbon barrels since they're only used once for bourbon. Tennessee Whiskey is just bourbon made in Tennessee. quote:NAFTA: Annex 313: Distinctive Products
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Caledolian is a closed distillery that produced grain whisky for blending. As such, I don't recommend spending lots of money on it, you should find a decent old single malt instead. Old grain whisky itself is interesting but for the money you can get much, much nicer single malts. BTW, You say "their" 1965 but there is no such thing strictly speaking. They never bottled their spirit officially so any bottlings out there will be done by independents. Independent bottlings can vary wildly in quality so you need to do your research on each individual bottling before you buy it. There have been some rotten ones I'm afraid. You can't just go: "Oh this is a Macallan from 1970, macallan is good and this one is old so it must be OK!" No, you need to find out what bottler did it, what kind of casks, what batch no. if any and then go online to read the reviews on it.
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wormil posted:My first taste of Laphroaig really put me off but after a day I couldn't stop thinking about it and wanted more, then I just kept wanting it. It's odd because I wouldn't say I like it but something about it has me on the hook. I'd have to agree on this... I'm drinking my second glass right now, I'm actually not that fond of the taste, but I cant bear letting it stand either, bit of a love-hate relationship I suppose.
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Saw this on my morning check of interesting sites: http://clayrisen.com Sounds like he's working on a book about the history of American whiskey and will be posting some regular tasting notes as he works through the various offerings. One of his posts actually linked to the federal labeling requirements for whiskey sold in the U.S. Here's the relevant chapter: http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/bam/chapter4.pdf And the entire manual: http://www.ttb.gov/spirits/bam.shtml
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Had my first glass of whiskey in awhile and decided to go with some Jameson 12. This stuff is ridiculously smooth, it's a great sipping whiskey when you aren't feeling up to something really strong or really bold. Definitely a laid back drink. I need to get going on my whisky cabinet though, since I moved into my new place I haven't been getting into it too much. I have an unopened bottle of Aberlour 16 that I need to try, anyone have any experience with that? Also, I have a bottle of Talisker 10 that I've only taken one drink out of, just really not a fan. I guess I can't really handle that smokey/peaty stuff, and I guess this isn't even that heavy in those aspects? Anyways, if anyone lives in the twin cities and wants to stop by I'd give it away for $20 or something. I think it's normally like $50 or $60 right? Anyways, I probably won't be finishing it anytime soon. ANd the other day a friend bought me a bottle of Dimple Pinch blended scotch, anyone ever had this stuff? I found it to be ridiculously sweet, almost couldn't finish a glass of it...
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Aberlour 16 is really nice. Overall, as a big fan of sherried scotch, Aberlour is one of my two favorite distilleries. The 16 is less sweet, less candied fruit, than the 12. My favorite is the A'bunadh, a cask strength offering with no age statement (they use some extremely rich sherry butts in this, and typically use small quantities of younger whiskies to balance that out - since age statements are of the youngest whisky in the blend this practice can "undersell" an otherwise excellent whisky, hence no age statement). The 12 is sweeter, simpler, but with similar or slightly lower sherry influence. The 10 the same but more so. A'bunadh has the highest sherry influence of all, an unrepentant sherry bomb. Either way, you can't go wrong with Aberlour in my book. ETA A'bunadh varies from batch to batch - they're not trying to match a specific flavor, so much as make a very good single malt blended from a variety of casks of various ages, all sherry butts, that expresses sherry character in scotch excellently.
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I was gifted a bottle of Midleton, 2007 bottling. Anyone have any experience with it? I do tend to like Irish whiskey in general, but I hear that each year's bottling can vary a fair deal. Also, it's stored upright in a dark place, am I doing it right? 
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Aug 1, 2012 01:57
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How can I tell which bottle of Evan Williams is the good small-batch to get?
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Pulled the trigger on a bottle of blantons. Holy poo poo this is the some of the smoothest bourbon Ever. I am astounded by the intricate flavors and how a little bit of water opens its flavor right up.
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22 Eargesplitten posted:How can I tell which bottle of Evan Williams is the good small-batch to get? All of them. All of the bottles. More seriously: It's called "small batch" but it's still very much mass-produced and the difference between batches are negligible. Just get a bottle. 
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spankmeister posted:More seriously: It's called "small batch" but it's still very much mass-produced and the difference between batches are negligible. Just get a bottle. Yeah, single-barrel offerings are generally the only ones where you'll see actual variability between batches. In fact, I would suggest you upgrade to Evan Williams Single Barrel, because it is cheap and fantastic. I've never had a stinker from them.
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I'll see about trying that next time. I got a 375ml of some Evan Williams or other. Holy poo poo, it's delicious. It feels wrong that this was actually cheaper than the same size bottle of jack.
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Jack has it's unique flavour but really Evan Williams is better in almost every way.
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Speaking of Evan Williams, is there a story other than "poorly chosen stock photograph" here?
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Base Emitter posted:Wheat? I don't think I'm familiar with any wheat whiskeys unless I'm forgetting something. Is it noticeably different and worth looking out for? Recommendations? I got Dry Fly Washington Wheat Whiskey, and it's definitely different. I'm not sure if I could really recommend it. It doesn't seem terribly complex, but it is pretty smooth. I'm unfortunately very bad at giving tasting notes. Also, am I weird for liking George Dickel? Everybody's talking about Evan Williams and JD but I think Dickel's better for the price, although it is a bit more expensive.
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Bought a bottle of Hakushu 12yr a couple of days ago, and, drat, i think i got a new favorite 
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Stultus Maximus posted:Speaking of Evan Williams, is there a story other than "poorly chosen stock photograph" here? Probably nothing more than a shout-out to EW? I see this with craft beer a lot - brewers from one place will wear t-shirts from another to events, etc.
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is Sazerac Rye a really limited quantity, or am I just artificially limited up here in Omaha? There were 3 bottles in the store last month when I bought the one I just finished. It makes me sad because I liked it 
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The Entire Universe posted:is Sazerac Rye a really limited quantity, or am I just artificially limited up here in Omaha? There were 3 bottles in the store last month when I bought the one I just finished. It makes me sad because I liked it Limited in most places, it was impossible to get for awhile in Jersey but now it's generally around if you look for it (though the price is up $5 in most places).
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This is some of the best whiskey I've ever had in my life. And it's made very, very local. http://yaharabay.com/ http://www.charredoakspirits.com/ This specific whiskey took gold at the recent SIP awards edit: I've had some of their others, but and their regular Whiskey and the "Lightening Whiskey" are both good, but this is... GREAT. edit2: I have NOT had the bourbon yet. Or if I did, I was too drunk to remember
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So with all the peaty stuff I currently own, I thought it might be fun to branch out a bit. Can anyone suggest a good, sherry-influenced scotch? I've tried the Glenmorangie Lasanta which I thought was just so-so.
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NightConqueror posted:So with all the peaty stuff I currently own, I thought it might be fun to branch out a bit. Can anyone suggest a good, sherry-influenced scotch? I've tried the Glenmorangie Lasanta which I thought was just so-so. Aberlour A'bunadh. A true sherry bomb.
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Glendronach. Whichever of the core range fits your bill.
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spankmeister posted:Aberlour A'bunadh. A true sherry bomb. Seconding this. First time I tasted A'bunadh, my comment was "I was under the impression when they aged whisky in sherry casks, they generally took the sherry out first."
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NightConqueror posted:So with all the peaty stuff I currently own, I thought it might be fun to branch out a bit. Can anyone suggest a good, sherry-influenced scotch? I've tried the Glenmorangie Lasanta which I thought was just so-so. I like Balvenie Double Wood.
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NightConqueror posted:So with all the peaty stuff I currently own, I thought it might be fun to branch out a bit. Can anyone suggest a good, sherry-influenced scotch? I've tried the Glenmorangie Lasanta which I thought was just so-so. I like Glenfarclas!
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I can only second the suggestions thus far. Glendronach, Glenfarclas, and Aberlour are all awesome sherried scotches. If you want strong peat and sherry, Bowmore has a decent sherried offering, and there is a fancy vatted malt from AD Rattray floating about that's 19 yrs and heavily sherried (4 casks from 4 distilleries, 19-21 years of age, all first fill sherry butts, 1 highland, 1 lowland, 1 island, 1 Islay or something like that - maybe 1 Speysider instead of 1 island)
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Dear god, so many good suggestions. I think I might give the Aberlour A'bunadh a shot , or maybe a Glendronach. The A'bunadh is pretty reasonably priced too (~$60), which was a surprise. I've still got my eye on an Ardbeg Uigeadail too, but I've got to limit myself to one whisky a month!
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I picked up the Aberlour 12 today since the local store didn't have the A'bunadh. It's definitely got sherry but not overwhelming. Their scotch shelves were starting to look empty and the clerk said they were finally running out of the old stock from when it was a state-run store. They're trying to figure out what new stuff to order now so I'm looking forward to some new stuff that I haven't been able to find locally yet.
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I would agree with most guys here the Aberlour A'bunadh is really excellent. Or the Auchentoshen Three Wood is another really excellent choice if you want a sweet sherried whisky.
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Tsk, Sherried Scotch? Mortlach supremacy.
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biglads posted:Tsk, Sherried Scotch? Mortlach is really good, but I would say the Auchentoshen Three Wood is just as good and about million times easier to get.
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