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So, I'm not going to argue all of her points, but I will say that the bill that we're trying to pass now is much narrower than the 2017 omnibus bill. I can't really speak to the overall impacts of that bill, but within the craft alcohol industry, it's been a lifesaver - thus the desire to pass the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act.
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Gravitee posted:My House rep is not on board. I tend to agree with her on most things so
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I finally killed off a bottle of Angle's Envy that's been sitting at a little less than 1/4 full for a month. I didn't think that was long enough for oxidization to change the flavor, but it tasted like caramel syrup. I...think I love it? I want to go get another bottle and put it into several other bottles.
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Oct 25, 2019 05:47
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Nth Doctor posted:Hi neighbor. Howdy neighbor. I like Angel's Envy although I know some purists think less of it. I have the sherry cask version and it hits a warm, sweet spot for me.
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Oct 25, 2019 11:19
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Weltlich posted:Hey guys, I hate doing this, but I'm dropping by with a big ask of US goons who love spirits and any sort of alcohol in general. Had no idea about this issue, I posted it on the /r/cocktails community.
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Thanks! Most of the emails that have been coming back from congressional/senatorial offices have been positive, so it looks like we've got a majority of support. The trick now is getting it to a vote. At the moment, I've been informed that it's gone to the House Ways and Means committee, so that's progress. But, we've got effectively 5 working weeks between now and the end of the year.
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asciidic posted:I finally killed off a bottle of Angle's Envy that's been sitting at a little less than 1/4 full for a month. I didn't think that was long enough for oxidization to change the flavor, but it tasted like caramel syrup. I...think I love it? I want to go get another bottle and put it into several other bottles. Try the Balvenie Caribbean cask. You’ll like that too.
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Oct 25, 2019 21:32
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Weltlich posted:Thanks! I can't tell what Colin Allred will do. quote:Thank you for reaching out regarding tax policy for craft distillers and the effects of H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that Congress passed in 2017. I appreciate hearing from you on this issue.
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Oct 26, 2019 00:23
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DoctaFun posted:I’ve heard Oban described as ‘Scotch’s greatest hits’ and I think I like that description. It has a little bit of all the major scotch ‘flavors’ to me. Most specifically, I always seem to get a bit of smoke and a bit of tart / sweet(like an apple in the middle of the tart/sweet spectrum or something). Very enjoyable though, and I feel well balanced. I don’t generally reach for super peaty/smoky scotch, so this one fits the bill if I want just a bit of that. I opened up the Aberlour as well as the Oban on Friday, and your descriptions are spot on. The Aberlour is the best non-Islay that I've had with lots of sweet fruit, plum and raisin , and the Oban was very balanced. I also started that night with a pour of Koval's four grain whiskey out of Chicago, it tasted kind of bready, which is something I haven't gotten out of whiskey before. I also need to remember to ask for pricing before I order Scotch at a bar, got hit for $25 for a pour of Balvenie 14 yr Caribbean last night, which is about half the price of a full bottle, this same bar also had Pappy 23 for $125 per pour.
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Vox Nihili posted:Avoid Hudson. The Woodford should be fine, if not terribly impressive. I haven’t found any of Hudson’s offerings to be anywhere approaching good, especially at their price point. They do have an attractive bottle which is most of the battle I suppose. On another note, I picked up a bottle of Green Spot for the first time this week and that is a fantastic Irish whiskey.
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Vox Nihili posted:Sort of a side note, but my senator responded, letting me know that she's a supporter of the bill. Cool! Oh hey Senator Kamala Harris also responded, except her staff sent a completely generic "tax policy" email that doesn't even mention the bill. Kamala!!!
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I convinced my local shop to start carrying Ezra brooks bourbon cream which is great for me. It’s definitely comparable to the Buffalo Trace bourbon cream, except it’s only $11, which makes me not feel bad when I drink the whole thing in like three days. It’s lower proof, but quite good. Seriously, bourbon cream and root beer over ice is so good.
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Looking for suggestions on how to expand my collection of Whisky. I tend to not be a super Peat fan. The most "peat" like bottles I've enjoyed so far are anything Lagavulin and some of the Highland Park stuff. If there are suggestions on to how to get into Islay stuff more, I'd be all ears. My current collection is: Balvenie 14 Caribbean Cask GOT Talisker Glenfarclas 12 Lagavulin 9 Lagavulin 16 Clynelish 14 Aberlour 12 Glenlivet 12 Glenfiddich 12 Springbank 10(odd funkiness) Cardhu 12 Compass Box Great King St Dalmore 12 Dalmore Cigar Malt Highland Park 12 Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or Green Label 15 Westland American Single malt Auchentoshan Three Wood Highland Park Dark Origins Highland Park Full Volume Highland Park Magnus Red Breast 12 Red Breast 12 Cask Strength Powers Powers Three Swan Powers John Lane Black Label Laphroaig Quarter Cask Suntory Whisky Samplers of: Ardberg Corryvreckan Ardberg Uigeadail Chivas 18 Chivas Extra I have various bourbons either for cocktails but rarely neat outside of Blanton's or Rarebreed. High West is doing some nice things with the Valley Tan, Double Rye and the Midwinter
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Looking for suggestions on how to expand my collection of Whisky. I tend to not be a super Peat fan. The most "peat" like bottles I've enjoyed so far are anything Lagavulin and some of the Highland Park stuff. If there are suggestions on to how to get into Islay stuff more, I'd be all ears. My current collection is: You've got enough of a collection that I'd suggest you seek out a local store that does regular/semi-regular tastings and figure out your next bottle that way. If that's too hard or can't happen, going for bottles that are different expressions or age statements for the distilleries that you know that you like is a logical leap.
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You've got what are imo some of the best readily available Islay whiskies in Cory, Uig and Laph QC. For a light peat, Talisker 10 is delicious. It's more like drinking fruit soaked in seawater, but there's a forest fire off in the distance. Are you looking for bourbon/rye suggestions for drinking neat? Enigma fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 9, 2019 |
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Nov 9, 2019 21:31
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obi_ant posted:Try the Balvenie Caribbean cask. You’ll like that too. Got a bottle of this. It's a bit too tart for me. The up side is, someone's getting a mostly full bottle of scotch for xmas!
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Nov 9, 2019 23:02
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Looking for suggestions on how to expand my collection of Whisky. I tend to not be a super Peat fan. The most "peat" like bottles I've enjoyed so far are anything Lagavulin and some of the Highland Park stuff. If there are suggestions on to how to get into Islay stuff more, I'd be all ears. My current collection is: Bruichladdich, the really run the gamut with peat -- including some entirely unpeated stuff.
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There's so much good, affordable whiskey out there but I keep finding myself drawn back to the shitpile. Picked up a bottle of something called Label 5 scotch. It's... surprisingly not awful? Most of the bad/cheap whiskeys I've had fall into one of two categories; either tasting like garbage, or having no discernible flavor whatsoever. Label 5 comes closer to the latter but there's still some fruitiness and bit of peat to it. It's, well, like I said, not awful. Certainly wouldn't be my first choice but local liquor store had it on clearance ($12/750ml) and I was really in the mood for something bad and this was the winning contestant. Bottles that will have to be content with the copy of our home game were Chymes, Early Times, and Grant's, which came under consideration primarily for the weird triangular vessel it came in.
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Tiny Chalupa posted:Looking for suggestions on how to expand my collection of Whisky. I tend to not be a super Peat fan. The most "peat" like bottles I've enjoyed so far are anything Lagavulin and some of the Highland Park stuff. If there are suggestions on to how to get into Islay stuff more, I'd be all ears. My current collection is: Sounds like you need some Bunnahabhain. Islay and looked in the direction of a peat bog once but didn't get too close.
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Deceptive Thinker posted:You've got enough of a collection that I'd suggest you seek out a local store that does regular/semi-regular tastings and figure out your next bottle that way. Sadly this poo poo state I moved to doesn't allow tastings. I am working on setting some up as I seem to have found some fellow enthusiast. At least we have a bar not too terribly far away to has 200+ bottles on hand. I rarely try before I buy, Just kinda. Buy the bottles and hope I like em. Some different age statements I see in my immediate future for sure. Enigma posted:You've got what are imo some of the best readily available Islay whiskies in Cory, Uig and Laph QC. The Talisker GOT is relatively enjoyable, not a everyday sipper for me but nice enough, that I've been eyeing a Talisker 10. That description makes it sound good for sure. Sadly no bourbon/rye recommendations for me. I just CANNOT get into them neat. I've tried 40 to 50 bottles and nearly everyone just became mixed with Coke. Blanton's, Rare Breed, High West Valley Tan and Four Roses Store Select are the only ones I've held onto. Ugh. I want to like Bourbon more, relatively cheaper then Whisky, but I can't seem to find a lot I like biggfoo posted:Sounds like you need some Bunnahabhain. Islay and looked in the direction of a peat bog once but didn't get too close. That one is on my list! I was going to grab some today but the ABC store I went too didn't have it today so grabbed some other bottles. In a week or two I'll work more diligently at getting a bottle to try. That and Old Putney + Cragganmore
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FWIW I hear scotch drinkers gravitate toward Woodford Reserve. I don't care at all for it, but I'm also not really into non-Islay scotch either, so maybe there's something to that.
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Cragganmore is a very weak tasting scotch - it's easy to drink, and it's nice enough, but I always think there are better bottles out there for the same price. Benromach is a similar experience - I enjoy them well enough when I'm in a bar, but as soon as I switch the next drink to Oban or Talisker or Laphroaig, the distance between them is apparent. Old Pulteney is a far better bet. 12 is very good, 18 is better (but a big price jump). Tomatin 12 is also very drinkable. Tomintoul 14 is a decent Speyside which has been growing on me. As for peat, I'm seconding the Bruichladdich recommendation. Classic Laddie is a good place to start, else one of the Port Charlottes. Longrow is a Campbeltown take on a peated whisky; it's got a surreal custardy texture, which sounds awful but is excellent. I always feel that Longrow gets better once it's been opened and left a while (opening a new bottle always feels like a disappointment, but whenever I finish the last dram, I always think, "I must get more of this."). Bowmore 12 is a fairly weak peat too - nothing like the Ardbeg. 15 year old darkest is a nice expression of it. Both Caol Ila and Caol Ila Moch are very good, as is Old Ballantruan (a peated Tomintoul, oddly enough).
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Testro posted:Old Pulteney is a far better bet. 12 is very good... Agreed. I really enjoy Old Pulteney 12yr.
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So I signed up for a year of flaviar for $210, it looks like I'm getting $180 in store credits with that as opposed to the one $40-$60 bottle per quarter, which I'm not thrilled with at the moment, plus 4 sample boxes. Among their 'curated' selections (which should be free once a quarter) for the quarter were Highland Park 12 Viking Honour and Starward Nova single malt. The Starward Nova looks different from anything I've had, being aged in red wine barrels for 2 years. Anyone have experience with that one? I'd probably enjoy the Highland Park, but I've already got the Ardbeg uigeadail, Lagavulin Distillers Edition, and Oban 14 in my cabinet for peated options. Though I guess I could just use the credits they have me towards anything on the site, which opens up a huge realm of possibilities.
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It turns out I got lucky and was able to try a glass of Crown Royal Bourbon Mash at a place I happened to visit last night after work. Turns out it's been renamed for obvious reasons. I was actually surprised how not bad it was. I mean, a good deal of actual bourbons I've had were way better, but for an $8 glass and not being able to find it at the LCBO, I enjoyed this more than the Maker's 46 that cost me $12 after. Not nearly as syrupy as most of the other Crown Royal I've had (Northern Harvest Rye is still the top of their brand IMO) and a pleasant richness to it. Wouldn't go out of my way to pick it up, but if it became ubiquitous enough to keep the price as low as I think it should be (this site lists it as US$30/750mL, which would be around what I'd expect here given the regular stuff is C$30), I'd consider a bottle every so often. edit: pricing mojo1701a fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Nov 13, 2019 |
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mojo1701a posted:It turns out I got lucky and was able to try a glass of Crown Royal Bourbon Mash at a place I happened to visit last night after work. Turns out it's been renamed for obvious reasons. They did a noble collection release of this that carries a 13 year age statement that I think is really really good. Very classic bourbon profile but pretty deep flavors. I just opened my bottle of Deanston 9 year cask strength Bordeaux finish. First dram was good, but will wait for my 2nd or 3rd before passing judgement.
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Bought a bottle of OGD Bonded for old time's sake and I'm wondering why the heck it took me so long to come back to it. Toffee and spice, and everything nice.
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DoctaFun posted:They did a noble collection release of this that carries a 13 year age statement that I think is really really good. Very classic bourbon profile but pretty deep flavors. Crown Royal? I can only find a few non-flavoured types on the LCBO's website. I'm always up for expanding my Canadian whisky selection (again, mostly due to cost), so I'll have to keep an eye out for them if I find them. Again, I generally don't consider Crown Royal to be anything special, so I'd love to know if their other products carry the same quality as the Northern Harvest does, for example.
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Thinking of buying another bottle, anyone got any thoughts about Evan Williams?
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Control Volume posted:Thinking of buying another bottle, anyone got any thoughts about Evan Williams? BiB 100 Proof, white label? Great price, for a decent mixer. I personally don't drink it straight, but you can't really beat the price.
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obi_ant posted:BiB 100 Proof, white label? Great price, for a decent mixer. I personally don't drink it straight, but you can't really beat the price. Yeah the white label is one of the best values in bourbon and only a couple dollars more than their standard offering. Costco's local to me are carrying an Old Forrester twin pack of 100 proof and the 1920 for about what the 1920 goes for in brick and mortar here. Picked one up and it was a huge difference in how much I liked the 1920 and disliked the normal. Will be an ok mixer but didn't care at all for it straight. Had high hopes with how good of a value their standard rye is.
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Elijah Craig had silicone molds for making spherical ice cubes in their holiday pack and I couldn't help myself, it's a novelty but fun.Control Volume posted:Thinking of buying another bottle, anyone got any thoughts about Evan Williams? The 1783 is not bad at all, it's inoffensive and definitely good enough for drinking neat. It's also my go-to cooking bourbon, sweet enough to pass along the bourbon flavor but not so rich it might put anyone off. I always keep a handle in the cupboard.
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Any opinions on Speyburn 10yr here? My local Costco has it for like $22
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Rock My Socks! posted:Any opinions on Speyburn 10yr here? My local Costco has it for like $22 Its Distilled at Speyburn-Glenlivet distillery. Fruity on the nose and slight caramel, light fruit on the palate and some smokey neatness. It isn't the most complex drink in the world but for 22 bucks why not? Some times you just need to sip on something that doesn't need a ton of attention or want something on ice/for a cocktail. This will do it all pretty well
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Rock My Socks! posted:Any opinions on Speyburn 10yr here? My local Costco has it for like $22 Been awhile but memory tells me it was thin, lacking flavor. Not bad, just not pleasurable. Might be alright if you wanted a mixing scotch.
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biggfoo posted:Yeah the white label is one of the best values in bourbon and only a couple dollars more than their standard offering. Yeah, I had the same thoughts on the OF100 (the "Signature" version of OF). It's aggressively mediocre, especially next to Wild Turkey 101, Buffalo Trace, or OGD Bonded. The 1920 by contrast is the real deal even at $50.
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Yeah, I can’t believe Breaking Bourbon praised it so highly. They seem to be OF fanboys regardless. OF is very hit or miss imo. Automata 10 Pack fucked around with this message at 18:14 on Nov 21, 2019 |
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My local shop had some Midwinter’s night dram on the shelf last night at $76, which I think is the lowest I’ve seen. I wonder if high west dropped the retail price on it a bit. They also have some of the new Maker’s Mark RC6 that I’m deciding whether to pickup or not.
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I know someone who regularly drinks Johnnie Walker Red on the rocks and want to buy him a bottle of something nicer for Christmas that isn't just JW Black. What's something under $60 that's an upgrade to JW Red but with a similar kind of flavor profile?
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