Whiskey
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They still hold a special place in my heart. But I don’t enjoy vodka neat. I do enjoy brown liquor neat. Cutting out a mixer saves celeries.
I rarely drink anymore. back in the day id drink vodka anyway it came
I use to drink Beam, I like Jameson on the rocks these days. One that surprised me that I use for old fashions is Old Forester. A local restaurant was using it as it's house whiskey and I really enjoy it so I keep a bottle of that on hand. Tin Cup is another that is surprisingly smooth. Both should be under $30, Tin Cup a little more than Old Forester. If you get up to Galena go to the distillery and get a bottle or two of their whiskeys, they are all good in my opinion. Blaum Brothers.
https://www.blaumbros.com/
Just bought a bottle of old forester yesterday
Celery appreciates it. They like to hang with the Bloody Mary crowd 😊
I found a bottle of Elijah Craig B520 online. It's supposed to get here tomorrow. Can't wait!
I have been on a very low carb diet for about 2 months and have cut out all beer, ale, IPA’s because of the carbs. I’ve been thinking about trying to get interested in whiskey. Do they all have the same abv%? I have drank very little whiskey but I have found I rather just drink it over ice and not mix it. I have found a lot of info here to get me started, thanks
Proofs vary greatly. They range in my cabinet from around 90 up to 136.
If you're just starting out, I would first try either a Canadian blend or a lower proof wheated bourbon. Those generally don't have the same bite as ryes or high-rye bourbon or the higher proofs. You can work your way into those if you like.
I found a bottle of Elijah Craig B520 online. It's supposed to get here tomorrow. Can't wait!
Where? I hope not Wooden Cork.
I thought so too. I haven't seen a B520 in any store yet. UPS tracking says it'll be here from San Diego tomorrow. I'll report back.
Excellent.
Despite signature being required it wasn’t. He just left it at the door due to COVID.
When you live in a small town you get to know the drivers for the various delivery services because they are fairly consistent. If no one is home, he'll take it to my wife's office to get a signature.
I’ll be looking forward to it. COVID has created some tremendous buying opportunities for some rare and exclusive spirit as well as high end wine——if you have the local contract.
Just realized I never came back to do the Scotches.
For me, these are the best Scotches I've found in what I call the Budget (under $25), Midtier ($25-50) and Premium ($50-100ish). So far I have never found an ultrapremium (ie anything much over $100 that I would actually recommend someone buy. I'm usually just as happy with the best Midtier and Premium priced as I am with the ultrapremiums. I will note that while you can get a lot of amazingly good nonScotch whiskies under $25, for Scotch it is difficult to even find something drinkable at that price point so I much prefer stuff like Mellow Corn over Glen Moray. But if you're looking to try something Scotch and cheap look at my budget picks. Because Scotch tends to be older and pricier in general, I fudged a little on the numbers with some Premium picks in the $125 range and some Budget in the $30-32 range.
Speyside Single Malt ie my favorite whisky/whiskey class of any sort even over Bourbons. But I do like some other Highland single malts like Glenmorangie just as much and in fact the Nectar D'Or is my favorite Single Malt Scotch period.
Budget: Glen Moray Classic
Mid-tier: Glenlivet 12 yo (Balvenie 12yo Doublewood was a close #2)
Premium: Glenrothes 15yo
Non-Speyside Highland Single Malt
Budget: Highland Queen Majesty Rum Finish
Mid-tier: Dalwhinnie 15yo (Old Pulteney 12yo is a good #2)
Premium: Glenmorangie 14yo Nectar D'Or
Blended Scotch
Budget: Famous Grouse Ruby Cask
Mid-tier: Johnnie Walker Green Label (Monkey Shoulder is a decent second choice)
Premium: Compass Box Hedonism (Compass Box Spice Tree and Spice Tree Extravaganza are also excellent picks for this price point and much better than the equivalent Johnnie's like Gold and Blue)
Islay Single Malt
Budget: Laphroaig 10yo
Mid-tier: Ardberg Uigeadial (Ardberg An Oa is decent second choice if you can find it for $50 or so)
Premium: Bunnahabhain 18yo
Islands other than Islay Single Malts
Budget: Jura 10yo
Mid-tier: Highland Park 12yo Viking Honor (Talisker Storm is a good smoky second choice)
Premium: Highland Park 18yo Viking Pride
Campbeltown Single Malts
Budget: Glen Scotia Double Cask
Mid-tier: Kilkerran 10yo (the 12yo is even better and can be found occasionally on sale for $60 or so)
Premium: Springbank 13yo
Lowland Single Malts
Budget: Strathcolm 12yo
Mid-tier: Auchentoshan Three Wood
Premium: Glenkinchie Distiller's Edition Amontillado Finish
I will say that I think Campbeltown whiskies in general are overpriced for their quality across the board. So I'm not really a big fan of the category. I absolutely love Speysides, like most Highland and enjoy the Islands other than Islay quite a bit. Islay itself is only for smokers, for on the rocks when you're eating some heavy smoke bbq or jerk and for cocktails that require heavy smoke as a component, but I usually keep 3 or 4 around. Lowland is not particularly good for the price and Cambeltowns I seldom bother purchasing as the category is overpriced for their age and quality.
Got here on time from UPS today. B520 127.7 proof. It might be uncorked this evening.
A good way to start is mix water or soda with your whiskey. That will give you the flavor without most of the bite that scares some people away.
Not to be pedantic but scotch (from Scotland) is whisky. No "e".
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Correct, for instance, Tennessee whiskey is neither bourbon nor Scotch. But it is whiskey. And, in the accepted vernacular, whisky is only Scotch, while whiskey can be any of the assorted sub-groups.
Maybe one day you'll get a job that allows you to buy good bourbon.
I try to stay away from the stuff but Beam with a Coke is yummy.
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You got that right! Fifth of Beam and a gram or two of Coke.
Which one means not drinking or doing coke? That one. That's the plan anyway!
None of my business you have just made some comments on here about not drinking. Just take care of yourself, this world is shitty enough even when we are not feeding our demons.
If you’re going to be the grammar police you’ve got to get it straight. It’s only North America and the Irish that use the e in whiskey. Scotland, Wales, England (which is growing, it’s now up to 30 producers), Japan, and the two growing sectors of Indian and New Zealand whiskies all spell it without the extra e. In other words you get Japanese and Indian whisky, but get Irish, Canadian, and Bourbon whiskey.
Sweetness and viscosity.
I’m comparing Buffalo trace to cedar ridge. Cedar ridge is sweeter, thicker with a more rounded mouth feeling. Buffalo trace is more dusty, light and astringent feeling. A bit closer to scotch.
Cedar Ridge has an almost syrupy mouth feel. BT however evaporates almost as soon as it hits the tongue and you feel it in your sinuses.
What am I tasting? Is this an example of different styles of whiskey? Or a different grain or processing technique?
I’m comparing Buffalo trace to cedar ridge. Cedar ridge is sweeter, thicker with a more rounded mouth feeling. Buffalo trace is more dusty, light and astringent feeling. A bit closer to scotch.
Cedar Ridge has an almost syrupy mouth feel. BT however evaporates almost as soon as it hits the tongue and you feel it in your sinuses.
What am I tasting? Is this an example of different styles of whiskey? Or a different grain or processing technique?
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We bought some Black Velvet to compare. This may be my inexperience showing but it seems like a completely acceptable option. Not as complex, but totally drinkable.
Obviously the Hawkeye loss hit me hard.
Obviously the Hawkeye loss hit me hard.
I've never had Cedar Ridge so I can't speak to it at all. BT is the entry level bourbon from the Buffalo Trace distillery. It's 90 proof with a low rye mash bill so it's intended to be "smooth" without a long and strong finish.
The reason for this is:
Black Velvet and Iowa Football have taken 10+ years from me. Fortunately I get 1 year back for every 2 acid trips so it's almost a wash.
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