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Building up my bar now that I've moved out on my own again and I've been drinking Ezra Brooks 99 Proof. Maybe it's because it's been a long while since I've had either bourbon or anything above 40% abv, but wow is this a strong flavour. It needs more water than I assumed, and even then it still has a strong flavour with a mild level of spice.
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Not exactly a peathead, but my favorite smokey Scotch has been Caol Ila 12.
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S.W.O.R.D. Agent posted:Not exactly a peathead, but my favorite smokey Scotch has been Caol Ila 12. Seconding this. I do like a good amount of peat, including the smokiest, but Caol Ila 12 is so well-rounded and balanced that it's my favorite.
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Muir posted:Seconding this. I do like a good amount of peat, including the smokiest, but Caol Ila 12 is so well-rounded and balanced that it's my favorite. It's hard to find though and I think there's a bunch in JW Black? Feels like you get close enough drinking JW.
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Lowness 72 posted:It's hard to find though and I think there's a bunch in JW Black? Feels like you get close enough drinking JW. Not hard to find around here (California). I've never had trouble finding it and both large alcohol chains near me (BevMo, Total Wine) show it as in stock in every store near me or available for 30 minute delivery.
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pim01 posted:Did you try their Octomore? It's super interesting and tasty (albeit ridiculously peated). I’ve had two different Octomores, one 8.1 and one more recent that I forget. They’re always fun and interesting, but they present to me as a little one-note and more syrupy than I love in texture. If I’m dropping that much coin on a peat bomb I’m probably looking at laphroaig 25 or one of the Ardbeg specials, because they’re more complex than just “HEY HERE’S SOME PEAT FOLLOWED BY MORE PEAT.”
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Jan 18, 2024 09:03
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Muir posted:Not hard to find around here (California). I've never had trouble finding it and both large alcohol chains near me (BevMo, Total Wine) show it as in stock in every store near me or available for 30 minute delivery. Interesting. Out in the northeast I rarely see it stocked. But also don't hit total wine much.
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Lowness 72 posted:Interesting. Out in the northeast I rarely see it stocked. But also don't hit total wine much. I don't believe it's an allocated item, your local liquor store can probably order it. You'll get a better deal at Total because of their volume, though.
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Ardbeg 10 and Port Charlotte 10 ended up being greatly appreciated Valentine's Day gifts for my wife, thanks to the thread for the help!
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Klungar posted:Ardbeg 10 and Port Charlotte 10 ended up being greatly appreciated Valentine's Day gifts for my wife, thanks to the thread for the help! Awesome! We love to see the Scotch love spread. The thread may be interested in all these "dusty" bars that are popping up; I finally went to a prominent one since an old friend with a corporate card was in town. We did a Wild Turkey spread— the '23 Generations release (apparently a mix of a 9, 11, and 14 y/o chosen by each Russell and blended), a '97 101 rye, a 94 "cheesy gold foil" 12 year, and a 1980 101 Bourbon. The generations was a little hot at first (120 proof will do that), but it opened up a bit as we got used to drinking everything above 100pf. The rye was the bartender's choice, and a very fine example of a well matured rye from a time when the style was deeply unfashionable. It was excellent, and we won't see its like again outside of Russell's Reserve releases for a while, so if you see one of their ryes, go for it. The cheesy gold foil was interesting, I did in fact get a kind of gorgonzola on the nose (I think cheesy here refers to the packaging and not the notes, but I did get it, so). Definitely a wood profile that you just don't taste as much anymore, probably from the 70s stocks that brushed up against over extraction before being used in younger bottlings. The 1980 was not my favorite, per se, but it is the one I could drink all drat night. As I told my fiancée, it was just a treat to drink something that bypassed my critical thinking skills and just registered as "drat, that's great bourbon". Since it's become an intellectual and aesthetic pursuit for so many of us, it was superb to just sip on something excellent without having to savor every impression or pick it apart. Anyway, 11/10 because it was someone else's money.
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Pennsylvania decided to honor our presidents with a 50% off KC12 sale, not sure why but I’m not complaining.
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Not really a whiskey question but as some of them use bourbon as base, what's a good honey liqueur for $30 or below? I've gone for Jim Bean Honey most of the time but I wonder if Tennessee Honey is better? For mixing and drinking neat I mean.
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Do they still make wild turkey honey? Loved that poo poo in college.
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Lowness 72 posted:Do they still make wild turkey honey? Loved that poo poo in college. looks like it's still being sold and is under the price range I specified!
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If you're looking for a honey liqueur for cocktails I'd recommend Barenjager over anything whiskey-based.
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bloody ghost titty posted:
Old whiskey is super fun and I am lucky enough to have friends super into it who share stuff with me sometimes. CGF is incredibly good in my experience, rich and weird and "funky" (as everyone says about WT) with an incredibly long finish. The best is of course the old sourced Willett bottles, especially when you get into stuff that was highly aged Stizel-Weller distillate....incredible.
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Lowness 72 posted:I'm getting back into Irish whisky. But redbreast is too expensive for daily drinking. What's good for sipping neat that's under $30? LTTP but the correct answer is Green Spot
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I've drank too much Springbank 15 recently, it's kinda ruining other whiskey for me by being too good.
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Spuckuk posted:LTTP but the correct answer is Green Spot Where are you finding Green Spot under $30? It's in the same price range as Redbreast everywhere I've seen it.
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Meaty Ore posted:Where are you finding Green Spot under $30? It's in the same price range as Redbreast everywhere I've seen it. I like Green Spot but ya it's like $50-$60. Yellow spot.is closer to $110.
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Oh also I tried Jameson Stout edition and it's not quite my jam. It tastes....thin? Like they tried to emulate a good pot still flavor but without the real thing (I could be talking out my rear end. Don't recall how Jameson is distilled). I checked out Bushmills Black recently.though and quite liked it. I think my favorite cheaper Irish is still Powers. I really hate the new bottle design though. My eyes literally jump past the bottle now. Thanks for all the recs guys!
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Lily Catts posted:Not really a whiskey question but as some of them use bourbon as base, what's a good honey liqueur for $30 or below? I've gone for Jim Bean Honey most of the time but I wonder if Tennessee Honey is better? For mixing and drinking neat I mean. Drambuie and you'll never look back.
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Lowness 72 posted:Oh also I tried Jameson Stout edition and it's not quite my jam. It tastes....thin? Like they tried to emulate a good pot still flavor but without the real thing (I could be talking out my rear end. Don't recall how Jameson is distilled). Yes unfortunately $30 is going to get you mostly grain whiskey, with some pot still whiskey in there to round it out. Have you looked at Jameson Crested? (You may have posted about it already, i forget)
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spankmeister posted:Yes unfortunately $30 is going to get you mostly grain whiskey, with some pot still whiskey in there to round it out. I have not! I've tried Jameson...12 year (?) which was delicious. I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks!
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Meaty Ore posted:Where are you finding Green Spot under $30? It's in the same price range as Redbreast everywhere I've seen it. Redbreast is a good £10 a bottle more expensive over here.
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Now if you want to go up (quite) a bit in price, Method and Madness releases from Midleton are fantastic.
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Got a bottle of EH Taylor small batch and Weller special reserve today for retail. A good day.
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LionArcher posted:Got a bottle of EH Taylor small batch and Weller special reserve today for retail. A good day. I saw a bottle of Weller special for $140. A bad day
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Veskit posted:I saw a bottle of Weller special for $140. A bad day I paid $37 for Weller (it’s my backup bottle) and $50 for Taylor.
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Green spot is now $65 here, but Weller is still $28 if you can find it. I hate the liquor acquisition system in my state
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PA is rough because they all get identical stuff and it’s boring to go “bourbon hunting” but at least all the stuff is at or near MSRP. Once you learn how to game the system you can have unlimited Blanton’s, Eagle Rare, and Buffalo Trace I guess, if that’s your thing. The online drops are also sort of game-able and there’s usually more variety there but all the best stuff goes to lottery with millions of entries.
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Lyon posted:PA is rough because they all get identical stuff and it’s boring to go “bourbon hunting” but at least all the stuff is at or near MSRP. Once you learn how to game the system you can have unlimited Blanton’s, Eagle Rare, and Buffalo Trace I guess, if that’s your thing. The online drops are also sort of game-able and there’s usually more variety there but all the best stuff goes to lottery with millions of entries. Yeah, Blanton's isn't hard here. It's about once every other month for "retail" which is now $69. I just picked up a backup of it, and I don't know how I feel about picking up anymore bottles for awhile. I don't actually drink very often (I bartend so I can have shift drinks when I'm done,). Eagle rare sits on the shelf for a few weeks, as does buffalo trace. It's stuff like Stag Jr, Weller's red, white orange and blue, and Taylor's that are harder to get.
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LionArcher posted:Yeah, Blanton's isn't hard here. It's about once every other month for "retail" which is now $69. I just picked up a backup of it, and I don't know how I feel about picking up anymore bottles for awhile. I don't actually drink very often (I bartend so I can have shift drinks when I'm done,). Eagle rare sits on the shelf for a few weeks, as does buffalo trace. Stagg, any Weller other than green label, and any Taylor other than small batch are basically lottery in PA. They get some OWA store picks once and a while that go up online but it's really hard to get.
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 lol just ordered a r/bourbon bottle pick with this blend, it's either going to be super interesting or taste like death. the r/bourbon picks have been pretty good though, so fingers crossed.
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Casu Marzu posted:
Wait, so r/bourbon is sourcing and bottling its own juice, or is someone on reddit buying lots of finished goods, blending them in their house, and shipping out to redditors who venmo them?
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bloody ghost titty posted:Wait, so r/bourbon is sourcing and bottling its own juice, or is someone on reddit buying lots of finished goods, blending them in their house, and shipping out to redditors who venmo them? It's a release that r/bourbon's t8ke worked on with Barrell Craft Spirits. https://sharedpour.com/products/barrell-t8ke-grey-label-infinite stratego fucked around with this message at 17:06 on Mar 27, 2024 |
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Barrell has more than earned my trust with their blending, so I bought some of that offering, I'm not nervous at all about the quality of the juice. They finished it in rum casks, which does make me a little bit nervous, but so far Barrell hasn't steered me wrong.
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https://twitter.com/sweatystartup/status/1773025879259480297 I admire the beautiful touch of using caffeine free coke
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Oooh! A nice lime too!
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GD_American posted:https://twitter.com/sweatystartup/status/1773025879259480297 Why would you ruin perfectly good coke like this?
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