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Turnquiet posted:I picked up some Laphroaig Cask Strength and tried it with 2:1 water, 1:1 water, and neat. Neat was the first time I had a burn so intense I had to sip some water. It is good stuff, I imagine it is what kerosene would taste like if kerosene were delicious. The Laphroaig CS is certainly a real kicker. I think it really does best with a little less than 1:1 water and then having sit for about 25-30 minutes. The flavors really open up and you start to get some sweetness along with the smoky kick. So while searching for Buffalo Trace Antique Collection bottles I ran across some reasonably priced bottles of stuff I had been considering. I found a Springbank 12 Cask Strength for just over $50, a Tobermory 10 for about $47, and a Ledaig for $50. I was considering the Springbank. Having not had one before, can you guys reccomend it?
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Got an Ardbeg 10 as my Christmas bottle. Hoo boy. On the good side, I love it and still haven't found my peat limit. On the bad side, my wife won't even sit on the couch with me while I'm drinking it. Huxley fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Dec 17, 2012 |
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Huxley posted:Got an Ardbeg 10 as my Christmas bottle. There are few women who like whisky, and fewer still that will tolerate an Islay whisky. If anything, it's fun to watch them make faces when they smell it. "You DRINK that?!"
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Anyone in the thread a fan of Bulleit whiskeys? I tried their rye mash and while I'm not generally one for bourbons but I was really taken with it, and I'm wondering if I just haven't tried the right bourbons. Any recommendations?
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MockingQuantum posted:Anyone in the thread a fan of Bulleit whiskeys? I tried their rye mash and while I'm not generally one for bourbons but I was really taken with it, and I'm wondering if I just haven't tried the right bourbons. Any recommendations?
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Speaking of bourbons anyone have opinions on Blanten's or Booker? Also why do so many bourbons start with a b
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Same reason so many vodkas start with "s."
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Steve Yun posted:Also why do so many bourbons start with a b
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Steve Yun posted:Speaking of bourbons anyone have opinions on Blanten's or Booker?
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Semprini posted:If they didn't, they'd just be ourbons.
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Steve Yun posted:Speaking of bourbons anyone have opinions on Blanten's or Booker? I like Booker's. It's 120 proof, pretty spicy, but is tamed a bit with some water. For around $50, it's not a bad deal either. If I'm not going for a big, barrel-strength bourbon, my go-to's are generally Four Roses Single Barrel or Wild Turkey 101.
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I was reading a bit about the world's whiskeys on Wiki and noticed that, supposedly, Japan modeled a lot of their style after Scotch. Is this true? I haven't tried any Japanese whiskey yet, but I'd like to. Also, I'd like to know if there are any American outfits that got their inspiration from Scotch. I like Scotch most of all, but I'd like to buy American.   
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Animal-Mother posted:I was reading a bit about the world's whiskeys on Wiki and noticed that, supposedly, Japan modeled a lot of their style after Scotch. Is this true? I haven't tried any Japanese whiskey yet, but I'd like to. Also, I'd like to know if there are any American outfits that got their inspiration from Scotch. I like Scotch most of all, but I'd like to buy American. The US does have several malt whisky producers. There's McCarthy's Oregon Single Malt, St. George's Single Malt, Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey (also a single malt,) Hudson's Single Malt and a few others... TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Dec 20, 2012 |
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^^ What kidsafe said. The guy who started whisky production in Japan (Masakata Taketsuru) is dealt with here http://www.nikka.com/eng/founder/index.html Unless you are a Suntory man, in which case you'd say that Shinjiro Torii was the guy responsible http://theyamazaki.jp/en/story/history.html
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Yes Japanese whisky is very much like Scotch, the main difference is that the Scots started out using what they had around to produce the stuff, which created all these different expressions. For example Islay whisky is peated because on Islay they had a bunch of peat so they used that to dry their malt with. They did not initially set out to make peaty whisky. Or with aging the whisky in drafty old sheds, creating a very specific climate. They just winged it at first and later figured out what worked. So evolved the different styles of whisky due to geographical location and what was on hand etc... Now the Japanese took a very different approach, they used their typical Japanese approach and engineered their whisky to be as close to scotch as possible. To great success IMHO. Although Japanese whisky is usually very high quality it sometimes lacks character because of this approach.
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As far as Scotch is concerned all (nearly all?) malt was peat dried until the advent of the railways which brought coal to the door. Of course Islay, being a small island never got the railroad, so they stayed with the peat. biglads fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Dec 20, 2012 |
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biglads posted:All (nearly all?) malt was peat dried until the advent of the railways which brought coal to the door. Ah, I did not know that. 
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The railway is also why there are a gazillion distilleries on Speyside. Once the railway was there the ability to get your ingredients in and your product out by rail made the industry mushroom alongside it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathspey_Railway_%28GNoSR%29 Cragganmore has/had a Steam Engine motif on their boxes because it was built due to the (then) new line. It kind of looks a little 'Wild West' to me and perhaps something I'd have expected on a Bourbon.
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kidsafe posted:Bulleit Bourbon is quite good. It's made at Four Roses from their yeast/grain/recipe, and I'm a big fan of Four Roses' lineup as well. Bulleit Rye, like just about every other 95%+ rye product is made by LDI and I'm sure it's okay too. Strangely, I vastly prefer Builleit Bourbon to Four Roses Small Batch. The Bulleit Rye is also very good, but not so good that I'll be buying it again before trying some more high-rye products.
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Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations).
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OSheaman posted:Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations). W.L. Weller 12 if the kitchen crew isn't prejudiced against screwcaps. There's dozens of generally available bourbons under $25 so it's hard to pick one or two... TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 23:39 on Dec 21, 2012 |
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OSheaman posted:Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations). I like Evan Williams Single Barrel for that price. It's usually right around $25 around here.
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I don't care for it, but Maker's Mark is very popular, right in that price range, and looks nice to boot. edit: Also that's awesome, the cooks will really appreciate it.
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OSheaman posted:Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations). Buffalo Trace is good, and around 25$ here, though it may be cheaper wherever you are.
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DoctaFun posted:I like Evan Williams Single Barrel for that price. It's usually right around $25 around here. Even cheaper many places. Very tasty.
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silvergoose posted:Even cheaper many places. Very tasty. Apparently the 2003 vintage is pretty great. Look out for it.
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 Got a bottle of Glenmorangie Nectar D'or last night on a whim. A friend had a bottle of this that I tried a few months back and I have been lusting for another sip every time I daydream. My first pour from my bottle did not disappoint.
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OSheaman posted:Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations). I'm a fan of the Weller line (107 proof and the 12 year) as well as Evan Williams Single Barrel. Although Weller 12 is actually mid 30's around here so only worth buying when I go out of state. Smokewagon fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Dec 22, 2012 |
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I got some Jameson 1780 (i.e. 12 year) for the Secret Santa at work and all in all I'm pretty pleased.
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I just got a tax refund, so to celebrate this and Christmas I just ordered: Aberlour a'Bunadh Glenfiddich 18 Year Old The Glenlivet 16 Year Old Nadurra Lagavulin 16 Year Old Ardbeg Uigeadail Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon I'm excited.
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OSheaman posted:Speaking of bourbon, and I know this gets asked a lot, but does anyone have any sub-$25 recommendations? I am going out for a fancy dinner on the 24th and want to send a bottle of bourbon back to the kitchen as a "Merry Christmas" gift. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated! (assume, for the sake of the stereotype, that whatever I send them will mostly be drunk neat or with small alterations). Wild Turkey 101 is around that price, as is Maker's Mark.
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Just got a 20cl Clynelish 1995 Single Cask with two glasses for Christmas off my mum, as well as a bottle of Ardbeg Uigeadail which I chose myself. Cracked into the Clynelish last night and it 's very tasty indeed, starts off heavil liquoricy then gives way to gentle citrus. That's what I thought after one dram anyway. As for the Uigeadail, I only got it today so haven't tried it yet, but can hardly wait. I've not heard a bad word said about it; in fact, almost everyone seems to adore it. It was a hard choice between this, the Lagavulin 16, or a nice Balvenie, but I'm pleased with my choice. Any recommendations on how much water to put with it to best open it up? I will of course try it without, but I really don't want to waste a drop of this stuff by putting too much in. Also got a some Peruvian dark chocolate and luxury milk chocolate, with some specially selected port to go with it, so it's going to be a very indulgent Christmas season for me!
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A good friend of mine has stumbled across an odd rumor that several unmarked barrels of Pappy we're recently found and bottled under Jefferson's name. Needless to say they're selling without the crazy markup and he's bought us a couple bottles for the holiday. Have any of you heard anything of this? 
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Bunk Rogers posted:A good friend of mine has stumbled across an odd rumor that several unmarked barrels of Pappy we're recently found and bottled under Jefferson's name. Needless to say they're selling without the crazy markup and he's bought us a couple bottles for the holiday. Suffice to say, there's very little of it left today...if you bought a new batch of Pappy Van Winkle 23yr today, you'd be getting something that is some Stitzel-Weller juice and some Buffalo Trace distillate. The 12 and 15yr products are completely Buffalo Trace. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 06:31 on Dec 23, 2012 |
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I'm heading up to Speyside for my annual pilgrimage in a couple of days time. In the interim I have set myself the task of drinking a bottle of Springbank 15 starting when I get home from work this lunchtime.
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I've missed some of the discussion--what's the general opinion on standard Four Roses bourbon? I felt like a change from the usual rum for my eggnog this year and decided to use bourbon. I've been trying to cut way back on purchasing alcohol lately; I just don't have the money for it anymore. So at $19 a bottle for a necessary ingredient, Four Roses seemed an attractive option. It's good enough for eggnog, but given the sheer amount of sugar and dairy covering it up, pretty much anything would be. What's it like on its own? Is it drinkable or should I continue finding ways to mask the flavor when I consume it?
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Four Roses is rising in popularity at a meteoric rate after having almost no domestic presence for decades. They mix and match 10 base recipes to get their flavor profile (more than anyone else) and the single barrel offerings receive high praise from critics and hobbyists alike. TL;DR version. It's good stuff. TobinHatesYou fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Dec 25, 2012 |
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I'm not too fond of their base offering but the single barrel is excellent.
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