Whiskey?

[El Chapo]

Someone else started a thread on Doc Holliday branded whiskey and even though I am my club's official bootlegger (by making and bringing homebrewed beer and giving it away after the shooting is done), I've been on a whiskey kick lately.  Bourbon has certainly become America's spirit, although in the frontier days, Rye Whiskey was more popular.

 

I'm curious, what are some of your favorites?  I couldn't pick just one, and I don't have some of the super rare allocations that you have to win a lottery or pay a thousand dollars to acquire.  If you have, I'm interested in that, too.

 

For under $40 a fifth, I like Wild Turkey 101, Knob Creek 9, Larceny Small Batch, Maker's Mark 46, and Early Times BiB in no particular order.

 

I have a few ryes but I haven't tried enough to have a favorite.  The Sagamore Double Oak is probably my favorite so far.

 

For a weekend pour, I like cask strength whiskeys, and there's a lot of good ones, but all of them get compared to Wild Turkey's Rare Breed, which is $47 at Wal-Mart and you can spend double that and not do better.  Green River full proof is pretty solid.  Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is good, too.  If I had to pick a favorite that I've tried so far, it's Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof.  Some of the more famous ones, I haven't got to try yet, so I'm sure there's some fun ones out there.

[Rip Snorter]

Bulleit Rye is one I discovered in Philly years back-a fun bar, so associations along with flavor.  "Rye whiskey, rye whiskey, I know you of old..."

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

11 minutes ago, El Chapo said:

Someone else started a thread on Doc Holliday branded whiskey and even though I am my club's official bootlegger (by making and bringing homebrewed beer and giving it away after the shooting is done), I've been on a whiskey kick lately.  Bourbon has certainly become America's spirit, although in the frontier days, Rye Whiskey was more popular.

 

I'm curious, what are some of your favorites?  I couldn't pick just one, and I don't have some of the super rare allocations that you have to win a lottery or pay a thousand dollars to acquire.  If you have, I'm interested in that, too.

 

For under $40 a fifth, I like Wild Turkey 101, Knob Creek 9, Larceny Small Batch, Maker's Mark 46, and Early Times BiB in no particular order.

 

I have a few ryes but I haven't tried enough to have a favorite.  The Sagamore Double Oak is probably my favorite so far.

 

For a weekend pour, I like cask strength whiskeys, and there's a lot of good ones, but all of them get compared to Wild Turkey's Rare Breed, which is $47 at Wal-Mart and you can spend double that and not do better.  Green River full proof is pretty solid.  Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is good, too.  If I had to pick a favorite that I've tried so far, it's Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof.  Some of the more famous ones, I haven't got to try yet, so I'm sure there's some fun ones out there.

I stopped drinking over 26 years ago but my favorite was Black Flag Jamaican Dark Rum.  Someone bought them and took the brand off the market.

Edited August 29 by Forty Rod SASS 3935

[Doc Shapiro]

I'm currently enjoying Basil Hayden Dark Rye.

[Rip Snorter]

2 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I stopped drinking over 26 years ago but my favorite was Black Flag Jamaican Dark Rum.  Someone bought them and took the brand off the market.

Gosling's Black Seal from Bermuda is worth a try if you ever decide to resume evil ways!

[watab kid]

yes please - i like american bourbon but ill drink whatever your serving ,  

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

True to my Irish roots, (Kilkenny),  I used to drink Black Bush Irish whiskey until I found Powers Irish Whiskey, from County Cork.

My lady friend drinks Glenlivet single malt, good Scot that she is.

 

[Buckshot Bear]

[Sheriff Dill]

7 hours ago, El Chapo said:

Someone else started a thread on Doc Holliday branded whiskey and even though I am my club's official bootlegger (by making and bringing homebrewed beer and giving it away after the shooting is done), I've been on a whiskey kick lately.  Bourbon has certainly become America's spirit, although in the frontier days, Rye Whiskey was more popular.

 

I'm curious, what are some of your favorites?  I couldn't pick just one, and I don't have some of the super rare allocations that you have to win a lottery or pay a thousand dollars to acquire.  If you have, I'm interested in that, too.

 

For under $40 a fifth, I like Wild Turkey 101, Knob Creek 9, Larceny Small Batch, Maker's Mark 46, and Early Times BiB in no particular order.

 

I have a few ryes but I haven't tried enough to have a favorite.  The Sagamore Double Oak is probably my favorite so far.

 

For a weekend pour, I like cask strength whiskeys, and there's a lot of good ones, but all of them get compared to Wild Turkey's Rare Breed, which is $47 at Wal-Mart and you can spend double that and not do better.  Green River full proof is pretty solid.  Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is good, too.  If I had to pick a favorite that I've tried so far, it's Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof.  Some of the more famous ones, I haven't got to try yet, so I'm sure there's some fun ones out there.

Your Wally World sells hard stuff. Ours only sells beer. You gotta go to the liquor store for the hard stuff. Some of our Hannafords are liquor stores. My favorite place to go for the hard stuff is the liquor outlets in NH. Not a big drinker but Jack Daniels has always been a go too. All depends on the mood. 

[Chantry]

For those of you who like Scotch, but not the price, some of the single malts coming out of India are quite good and less expensive than what's coming out of Scotland of a comparable quality.  I'm currently sipping an Indri single malt.

 

A long time British colony, India (and its military) adopted some British habits & customs that continue today.

[El Chapo]

43 minutes ago, Chantry said:

For those of you who like Scotch, but not the price, some of the single malts coming out of India are quite good and less expensive than what's coming out of Scotland of a comparable quality.  I'm currently sipping an Indri single malt.

 

A long time British colony, India (and its military) adopted some British habits & customs that continue today.

 

I am really curious to try this now.  I do like some scotches, they're more of a special occasion thing for me.  

 

3 hours ago, Sheriff Dill said:

Your Wally World sells hard stuff. Ours only sells beer. You gotta go to the liquor store for the hard stuff. Some of our Hannafords are liquor stores. My favorite place to go for the hard stuff is the liquor outlets in NH. Not a big drinker but Jack Daniels has always been a go too. All depends on the mood. 

 

Every state's law is different on this because of the 21st Amendment.  I was in Colorado recently and surprised to learn that while one can purchase beer/wine in a grocery store, they don't sell liquor other than in liquor stores and some grandfathered-in drugstores.

 

New Mexico's law for package allows even hard liquor to be sold in gas stations (which surprised me when I moved here), but it is very expensive to open any kind of liquor bar ($800k-$1 million for a license), so we have very few full liquor bars compared to wineries and breweries.  They did pass a law a few years ago allowing distilling of craft liquors, but the two craft distilleries we have local make absolutely awful whiskey that even they won't sell for a neat pour.

Edited August 29 by El Chapo

[Spiritmaker]

Basil Hayden is my choice of whiskey.

[Stump Water]

American: George Dickel is the go-to.  Spelled "whisky" (without the 'e' because Dickel believed his product to be as smooth and high in quality as the best Scotch whiskies).   Angel's Envy is good.  

 

Scotch:  Dalmore, Aberlour, Bunnahabhain, Glenlivet*, Glenmorangie.   I do NOT care for the so-called "peat monsters".

 

* Those from The Glenlivet Nadurra First Fill Selection are favorites.

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Edited August 29 by Stump Water

[Dantankerous]

Although i've had quite a few and enjoy them all my latest favorites are:

 

Knob 12

Heaven Hill BiB Kentucky Straight

Maker's Cask

McKenna 10 year

Widow Jane 10 year

Five Trail Blended

Old Ezra 7 year

Bulleit 10 year

Bib and Tucker anything

Buffalo Trace

 

Those are just what's on my bar currently. 

[Potter4077]

Well, if you can find it Eagle Rare is my favorite and retails around $40 - if you can find it. For about that price point I also enjoy 1792 single barrel or Bottled in Bond. For a bit more, I like EH Taylor and Henry McKenna (can be hit or miss, but usually very good).

 

for Scotch I enjoy Lagavulin 16 yr and Mcallan 12 yr Sherry oak. (These are higher priced). 

[Widder, SASS #59054]

Mountain Dew, preferably 'diet'.    

 

Remember Darrel Waltrips #11 Mt.Dew race car?

 

..........Widder

 

[El Chapo]

34 minutes ago, Stump Water said:

American: George Dickel for is the go-to.  Spelled "whisky" 

 

I had some Dickel 13 last night right after I made this thread.  It was better than I remembered, I may need to go back to it sometime soon.

[Smokin Gator SASS #29736]

My favorite, but more expensive, is Bookers. It varies around 126 to 129 proof. Knob Creek. Wild Turkey 101, now they also have the 8 year version. The latest I bought but haven't opened yet is Sazarac Rye 125 proof. Rittenhouse rye. Watching my grandsons football games right now. Might pour one later at home.

[MizPete]

18 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

Gosling's Black Seal

Oh Lord you can't drink that stuff but it makes a superior rum cake.

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

Bulleit or Buffalo Trace are my choices. 👍

[Rip Snorter]

If it is scotch single malt, hard to get and afford, Islay Malt  - Laphroaig 10 or Lagavulin 8 or i6.  An acquired taste.

[Caprock Kid]

23 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:

Gosling's Black Seal from Bermuda is worth a try if you ever decide to resume evil ways!

If you like Gosling’s Black, you will really enjoy a “Dark and Story”-an ounce (or two) of black rum and ginger beer. 

[Caprock Kid]

Limited access unless you live near New Braunfels, TX; but this is a super smooth whiskey with a great finish. 

[Rip Snorter]

10 minutes ago, Caprock Kid said:

If you like Gosling’s Black, you will really enjoy a “Dark and Story”-an ounce (or two) of black rum and ginger beer. 

Dark & Stormy - good ginger beer essential!  Points for you!

[El Chapo]

1 hour ago, Rip Snorter said:

If it is scotch single malt, hard to get and afford, Islay Malt  - Laphroaig 10 or Lagavulin 8 or i6.  An acquired taste.

 

I love Laphroaig 10 and I want to try the cask strength next.  Ardbeg is good, too.

 

7 hours ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said:

My favorite, but more expensive, is Bookers. It varies around 126 to 129 proof. Knob Creek. Wild Turkey 101, now they also have the 8 year version. The latest I bought but haven't opened yet is Sazarac Rye 125 proof. Rittenhouse rye. Watching my grandsons football games right now. Might pour one later at home.

 

I currently have 55 bottles so I'm trying to drink some down before I buy another, but Booker's is definitely on my list.  Booker's is Jim Beam, aka Knob Creek, and I love Knob 9 and 12, so I bet I will really like the Booker's.

[Trailrider #896]

I never drank the hard stuff. I would drink some collins stuff until I found out I was allergic to it, and quit altogether. But none of you have mentioned the stuff W.E.B. Griffin's characters seemed to like: Famous Grouse. Is/was there such a critter? 

[H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619]

Ceegareets and whuskey and wild wild women!

They'll drive you crazy they'll drive you insane!
 

 

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

YES . Please 

 

  looks like a good plan 

 

        

[Stump Water]

12 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:

Famous Grouse. Is/was there such a critter? 

 

Yes.  It's a blended scotch.

[Smokin Gator SASS #29736]

15 hours ago, El Chapo said:

 

I love Laphroaig 10 and I want to try the cask strength next.  Ardbeg is good, too.

 

 

I currently have 55 bottles so I'm trying to drink some down before I buy another, but Booker's is definitely on my list.  Booker's is Jim Beam, aka Knob Creek, and I love Knob 9 and 12, so I bet I will really like the Booker's.

 

The Bookers is intentionally different from batch to batch. About 4 batches per year. They list all the barrels and locations they were stored for each batch. They have a story about each one. 

[El Chapo]

3 hours ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said:

 

The Bookers is intentionally different from batch to batch. About 4 batches per year. They list all the barrels and locations they were stored for each batch. They have a story about each one. 

 

Yep, maturation differences, but the same mash bill as Knob Creek, just the very best barrels I'm sure.

[watab kid]

3 hours ago, Smokin Gator SASS #29736 said:

 

The Bookers is intentionally different from batch to batch. About 4 batches per year. They list all the barrels and locations they were stored for each batch. They have a story about each one. 

thats fun , keeps things in variation with documentation , anyone with a little idle time would enjoy that added dimension 

[El Chapo]

5 hours ago, watab kid said:

thats fun , keeps things in variation with documentation , anyone with a little idle time would enjoy that added dimension 

 

Nothing documented is different, it's the same juice as Knob Creek or even Jim Beam white label that is $12 a fifth.  It's all about how it changes in the barrel, which is is mostly subjective.  A GCMS might be able to identify the compounds in it that are different, but I'm not aware of any whiskey company who has that sort of scientific analyst on the staff.  That's what makes whiskey fun, aging it in a new oak barrel is like an adventure, you never know what you're going to get.  And that is what makes America's spirit different than foreigners, who don't require the use of new oak barrels, and as a result, their whisky/whiskey doesn't age like ours.  

 

The resulting juice also has very different properties, for example, several people here have said they their favorite Basil Hayden, which to me is like water.  Knob Creek, the exact same recipe, goes into a bottle at 100 proof instead of 80, and the experience is totally different, the former I got as a gift and would never buy, the latter is so good that I question why anyone would want to pay $100+ for a fifth when Knob Creek 9 is $24.

 

Hard to believe that they are literally the same recipe, but it's true.  When the white whiskey goes in the barrel, you never know if it's going to become Jim Beam white label, Knob Creek 21, or Booker's.  But that's part of the adventure of American whiskey.

[T.K.]

"OLD OVERHOLT" Was the brand of choice by Doc Holliday, according to the Late Tombstone Historian Ben Traywick.

Edited Monday at 08:02 PM by T.K.

[Rye Miles #13621]

I actually hate the taste of whiskey, the only time I drink it is a mixed drink, whiskey and ginger ale etc. and that’s only once in a blue moon at a party or some other get together. 

Edited Tuesday at 11:24 AM by Rye Miles #13621