The Whisky thread!

[Tarheeler]

Yummy, yummy. For some reason I have a memory of a 151 proof Wild Turkey, but I can't seem to fine any online, which means I obviously drank way too much Wild Turkey 101 in my life. When I was younger, we use to keep a handle of Wild Turkey as our emergency backup.

I love Crown Royal and Jack, but I am a little shocked no one gave it up to any Jim Beam variations.

I keep Jim Beam and Jack on the fridge. I go the JB more often, but they are both good.
I'm also on a Jameson kick lately, and I'm slowly working through the selection of Scotch at my local ABC store. Haven't found one that I'm partial to yet, but I'm leaning towards the single malts.

I don't drink beer. I'll have a rum and coke occasionally, but I like my whiskey.

 

[Smoke]

Tennessee whiskey is the best. I love Jack Daniel's, but George Dickel is just as good.

Next is Bourbon, and I'll take Jim Beam over any of the others, including Maker's Mark.

I'll drink an Irish whiskey every now and then as a nod to my Irish heritage. I prefer Bushmills but I'm more likely to drink Jameson.

I don't usually like Scotch as much, and haven't tried that many brands, but single malts seem better than blends, in general. I like Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, both of which are Speyside single malts. However, the best whisky I've ever had, by far, is Royal Salute 21-year-old -- a blend made in Speyside by Chivas. Very smooth, rich, and full, it doesn't taste like any other Scotch I've ever had. It's really remarkable. It's much too expensive for me to buy, but I've enjoyed it a few times as a guest of friend, now deceased, who had both excellent taste and lots of money. Maybe someday I'll get a taste of the 38-year-old Royal Salute. There's also a 50-year-old Royal Salute that I can safely say is permanently out of my reach.

 

[enchanted_one1975]

I have two of these but I need a special occasion to open one of them for...

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

You aren't meant to ice a single malt, the ice numbs the tongue to the taste or something though I am not a snobby expert who really cares lol.

I find that ice tends to make my whisky taste the way the inside of my freezer smells... however that happens to be at the time.

My personal favourite of the whiskies in my cabinet right now: the 10-year-old Talisker (the others being 12-year-old Glenlivet and Johnnie Walker Black).

I've tried Islay single malts before when visiting friends, and I think I'm ready to find a decent bottle to pick up for myself.

 

[Thief]

Okay....okay...I'll tell...I'll tell....

Old Overholt.
Yeah I know...it's cheap...it's only four years old....it's only 80 proof....

But it works so good.

 

[Panda]

Tennessee whiskey is the best. I love Jack Daniel's, but George Dickel is just as good.

Next is Bourbon, and I'll take Jim Beam over any of the others, including Maker's Mark.

I'll drink an Irish whiskey every now and then as a nod to my Irish heritage. I prefer Bushmills but I'm more likely to drink Jameson.

I don't usually like Scotch as much, and haven't tried that many brands, but single malts seem better than blends, in general. I like Glenfiddich and Glenlivet, both of which are Speyside single malts. However, the best whisky I've ever had, by far, is Royal Salute 21-year-old -- a blend made in Speyside by Chivas. Very smooth, rich, and full, it doesn't taste like any other Scotch I've ever had. It's really remarkable. It's much too expensive for me to buy, but I've enjoyed it a few times as a guest of friend, now deceased, who had both excellent taste and lots of money. Maybe someday I'll get a taste of the 38-year-old Royal Salute. There's also a 50-year-old Royal Salute that I can safely say is permanently out of my reach.

I googled that. The 50 year old is £9,999!!

 

[Guitar's Cry]

I like Glenlivet and Jameson. I also enjoy Powers.

 

[brbubba]

I like Glenlivet and Jameson. I also enjoy Powers.

Irish Whisky FTW! Went to a Jameson tasting a month ago, that 18 yr old is good. I also loved the 12 yr old Red Breast.

For some reason I can only tolerate American whiskies, but very much enjoy the irish whiskies.

Can't take scotch and stay away from bourbon after a bad experience.

 

[Revoltingest]

Whisky on vanilla ice cream....what a desert!

 

[Smoke]

I googled that. The 50 year old is £9,999!!

Yeah, even if I won the lottery I don't think I'd pay that for Scotch. I'll bet it's good, though.

 

[DreadFish]

Whisky on vanilla ice cream....what a desert!

Iv often wondered about that, it sounds great! Im surprised no one mentioned rye whiskey. Though Thief did mention Old Overholt. Wild turkey Rye, very good. Also I have heard good things about Dalmore 15 year Scotch.

 

[Wandered Off]

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A crate of Scotch whisky that has been frozen in Antarctic ice for more than a century is being slowly thawed by New Zealand museum officials — for analysis, not to be tasted.

The crate of whisky was recovered earlier this year — along with four other crates containing whisky and brandy — beneath the floor of a hut built by British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during his 1908 Antarctic expedition.

New Zealand museum thaws 100-year-old Scotch - Yahoo! News

 

[Thief]

Was doing some reading about rye whiskey.

Turns out...Canadians sometimes call their rye whiskey....rye....
even if the contents don't have any!!!!!!
taste and character would be the factors.

If it tastes like rye...close enough!

Tell me it ain't so.

 

[DreadFish]

Was doing some reading about rye whiskey.

Turns out...Canadians sometimes call their rye whiskey....rye....
even if the contents don't have any!!!!!!
taste and character would be the factors.

If it tastes like rye...close enough!

Tell me it ain't so.

Gotta be American rye, it has to have rye in it lol.

Rye was the original American whiskey before bourbon; the whiskey of our forefathers lol. It was during the prohibition that the popularity of bourbon rose up, and rye fell into the background. Thats why there arent many aged American rye whiskeys around because it has only been recently that it has come back into the light.

 

[Thief]

Gotta be American rye, it has to have rye in it lol.

Rye was the original American whiskey before bourbon; the whiskey of our forefathers lol. It was during the prohibition that the popularity of bourbon rose up, and rye fell into the background. Thats why there arent many aged American rye whiskeys around because it has only been recently that it has come back into the light.

Yeah...I visited the website for the brand I like.
It appears to be as colonial as ever!

And I was surprised to read..I think it was wiki....that law insists on content
accuracy....to the percentile...here in the States.
But in other places...taste and texture rule.

 

[Nerthus]

I went back home last week, so was able to have some of my favourite whisky liqueurs

One of them is a honey one and is just beautiful!

 

[angellous_evangellous]

New Zealand museum thaws 100-year-old Scotch - Yahoo! News

This is why we need to keep those museum snobs away from stuff like this.

If you find 100 year old scotch, invite your friends over for cigars. Then sell a bottle of the stuff on ebay for thousands.

 

[Phasmid]

I used to absolutely hate whisky, then after a while I just craved it and bought a bottle of Bell's blended Scotch... it wasn't the nicest drink in the world, but I eventually finished the bottle and left whisky alone for a while...

Then I craved it again so bought a bottle of Jameson Irish Whiskey and I ******* love it! I look forward to sitting in front of my TV and watching Comedy Central with a nice glass of it on the rocks every evening... though I should probably leave a longer gap between drinking... for my wallet as well as my liver.

 

[MacKinnon]

Laphraoig 18 years

Sadly can't really afford the £450 30 years.

Surprised nobody has mentioned the rules of Scotch Whisky yet.

Water in the ****e ones
Ice in the okay ones
Nothing in the best ones

Single malt being the best, I think.

And of course, not whisky but a regular ingredient in some of my cooking is Drambuie.

 

[Caladan]

Surprised nobody has mentioned the rules of Scotch Whisky yet.

Water in the ****e ones
Ice in the okay ones
Nothing in the best ones

Single malt being the best, I think.

I've come to appreciate the fact that different people simply have different methods and taste, I used to avoid adding rocks almost by principle, but after a while I found myself breaking this habit and now usualy I add one rock, I simply realized that at the end of the day its all a matter of personal taste.