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Bape Culture posted:I wish I had never opened my yamazaki Sherry cask Lol
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Oct 9, 2021 16:41
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Was the chili good?
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Oct 9, 2021 17:56
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I tried Larceny and it's pretty decent. But honestly I found makers really hits the wheater spot. It's consistent, widely available, reasonably priced. It's just not very exciting but I guess that's ok. Also rejoice! WT101 suddenly appeared on the shelf near me. Makes a mean old fashioned. They also had old overholt which I actually really like for old fashioneds. Just wish they had the BiB version. E: also realized after purchasing it's a HH product and I feel scabby.
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Oct 9, 2021 18:26
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I like normal Makers alright, but the Private Select is an all-time favorite.
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Oct 9, 2021 18:35
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I find normal Makers to be gross but haven't tried any of their nicer stuff.
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Oct 9, 2021 18:42
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I had the Maker’s Cask Strength a while back, it was okay. I think I actually prefer Maker’s 46.
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Oct 9, 2021 19:01
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Speaking of Maker’s, I watched this yesterday. Check out how salty the distiller gets when the host insinuates that the whiskey’s character comes from the cask at around 4 minutes in. https://youtu.be/mqZS-hEPE6k
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Oct 9, 2021 19:03
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Buuuuutttt... they sell bottlings with the actual cask construction listed on the label. Their "Private Selection" bottlings call out the types of staves in the finishing barrel. So, yeah, I'm gonna say they are actually marketing on the idea that the flavor comes from the wood. https://www.makersmark.com/makers-mark-private-selection Jo3sh fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Oct 9, 2021 |
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Oct 9, 2021 20:08
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KWC posted:Woodinville Port Finish is really nice.  I was meaning to pick this up at some point but forgot it was a thing. They're local, so it shouldn't be hard to find
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Oct 9, 2021 22:42
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sean10mm posted:I find normal Makers to be gross but haven't tried any of their nicer stuff. I’m somewhat the same, but I will say Maker’s Mark is good with an RC cola. Not Coke, Pepsi, or even Kroger “Big K” brand. It is decent with a Faygo cola, but you have to use more cola than with an RC and that kinda defeats the point  Helped the male members of my family plow through a bottle of Lagavulin 12 after my niece’s wedding six hours ago along with a well-constructed Cuban cigar. She’s the only female child in a large Catholic family and it was great to get together even though I’m officially the shortest man in the group since the twins hit 6’ somewhere in Covid-time. DerekSmartymans fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Oct 10, 2021 |
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Oct 10, 2021 05:02
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DerekSmartymans posted:Helped the male members of my family plow through a bottle of Lagavulin 12 after my niece’s wedding six hours ago along with a well-constructed Cuban cigar. She’s the only female child in a large Catholic family and it was great to get together even though I’m officially the shortest man in the group since the twins hit 6’ somewhere in Covid-time. In a marginally related anecdote, my partner and I hosted an engagement party for our niece tonight and I walked away with a bottle each of blantons, calumet 14, and fernet as host gifts. ngl the guy who gave me the fernet is probably the one with the best read on me. the calumet is good. a bit acetone on the nose but tastes great.
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Oct 10, 2021 05:20
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Lawen posted:In a marginally related anecdote, my partner and I hosted an engagement party for our niece tonight and I walked away with a bottle each of blantons, calumet 14, and fernet as host gifts. ngl the guy who gave me the fernet is probably the one with the best read on me. Congrats! I didn’t know until about 2:00pm today if I was going to get to go to the 5:00pm ceremony. Someone would have to stay home with my grandma who has late-stage dementia, and we didn’t make a final decision until almost time to leave. So I was happy just to be there in the first place, all the smoking and drinking time was just gravy to me. Glad you had a good day as well!
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Oct 10, 2021 06:04
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Getting lovely with the uncles at a catholic wedding is one of life's special joys. I went looking for a :fistbump: emote but am settling for 
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Oct 10, 2021 06:08
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Deceptive Thinker posted:Secondary on 2020 GTS is already approaching $1000, in January it was around $600 drat! My brother-in-law gave us a bottle a couple months back. Shouldn't have opened it, although IMHO gifted whiskey is always for drinking. It is good stuff, but nowhere near $1000 good.
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Oct 10, 2021 19:08
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please knock Mom! posted:Was the chili good? It was to be fair. At least I got a pretty amusing story I guess
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Oct 10, 2021 19:14
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What whiskeys are people on the lookout for/planning to buy soon? My list in rough order of availability: Old Forester Rye Old Forester 1920 or maybe 1910 Teeling Single Malt Knob Creek 12 Year New Riff 6 Year Malted Rye (supposedly more widely available soon...ish?  )
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Oct 12, 2021 16:17
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I wish I could get OF birthday bourbon. One of the best bottles I ever drank. Got one like 8 years ago at MSRP before things went completely insane.
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Oct 12, 2021 16:21
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Costco has Rare Breed and I like it enough to get a backup bottle. ABC’s annual sweepstakes is pushed back to December, have to see what’s out there when they release the list and tell us our place in line
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Oct 12, 2021 17:24
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I have more than enough whiskey in my cabinet to last the winter, so the only bottle I'm after is Midwinter's Night Dram Act 9 Which I would gladly pay shipping plus a bit extra if someone else is able to grab a bottle at MSRP. It sounds like allocation is gonna be pretty small in WI this year  Edit: Apparently Makers Mark 2021 FAE-2 dropped a bit ago and I wouldn't mind grabbing one of those if I find it. Casu Marzu fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Oct 12, 2021 |
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Oct 12, 2021 18:48
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What's the difference between Rare Breed and Russel's Reserve? They're usually within a few bucks of each other.
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Oct 12, 2021 23:08
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Toebone posted:What's the difference between Rare Breed and Russel's Reserve? They're usually within a few bucks of each other. Rare breed is a batch barrel with ages from 6 to 16 years Russel is single barrel 8 to 10 years Rare breed is slightly higher ABV Rare breed has, to me, has notes of: Strong caramel, vanilla and bakers spice. Cinnamon Russel has more berry and toasted notes For my money, I'm having Rare Breed every time Edit: I managed to get my hands on Bowmore 18 Year Old Feis Ile 2021 edition + a new bottle of Glenmorangie Signet I find myself moving away from more of the 12 year bottles. My wallet isn't happy but I love exploring the bottles!! Also thinking about joining the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society. I'll have to ship it 2 hours away from me due to my stupid state but meh. Maybe try it where they send you a bottle every month Anyone use them? Do you find them worth it? I've tried a few bottling I've really enjoyed with friends Tiny Chalupa fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Oct 13, 2021 |
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Oct 13, 2021 00:04
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Just tried New Riff's basic bottled in bond bourbon. For being 4 years old I'm super impressed. For being $40 I'm... less impressed, though I do rate it better than a lot of generic bourbon standbys like 4 Roses Small Batch, Maker's Mark and Woodford Reserve. For me it clearly loses to Knob Creek 9 that's cheaper and the (maybe kinda sorta available at MSRP?) $40 Henry McKenna 10 year.
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Oct 13, 2021 15:58
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Bape Culture posted:I wish I had never opened my yamazaki Sherry cask I'm twitching over here
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Oct 13, 2021 19:15
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Sale on Irish whiskey today at my local store. Are the Waterford's any good?
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Oct 14, 2021 15:37
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Lowness 72 posted:Sale on Irish whiskey today at my local store. Are the Waterford's any good? I'm a fan of the Dunmore over the other offerings personally but for the price, I'd reach for Redbreast, Powers John Lane or Yellowspot I feel they are charging a premium hanging onto the idea of terroir whiskey while ignoring the fact that casting gives so much of the final flavour
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Oct 14, 2021 16:07
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Lowness 72 posted:Sale on Irish whiskey today at my local store. Are the Waterford's any good? Agree with Chalupa here. It's certainly a good project from both an intellectual and experimental standpoint, and worth supporting, but for the per bottle money you can get better liquid.
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Oct 14, 2021 16:40
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Oof, finding midwinter night's dram is gonna be tough this year. Two stores posted up 12 bottles total at like noon and they were gone in like 30 minutes.
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Oct 14, 2021 22:25
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Casu Marzu posted:Oof, finding midwinter night's dram is gonna be tough this year. Two stores posted up 12 bottles total at like noon and they were gone in like 30 minutes. I'm in Utah and can likely help you out if you need it. Hit me up if you want me to look or head up to the Distillery before too much snow hits us
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Oct 14, 2021 23:14
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Casu Marzu posted:Oof, finding midwinter night's dram is gonna be tough this year. Two stores posted up 12 bottles total at like noon and they were gone in like 30 minutes. I don't think this is even going to hit California.
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Oct 15, 2021 00:38
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Tiny Chalupa posted:I'm in Utah and can likely help you out if you need it. Hit me up if you want me to look or head up to the Distillery before too much snow hits us If you happen to see a bottle, I would def buy it off you even if I manage to find a local bottle in the meantime.
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Oct 15, 2021 01:19
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I'm curious, does the mash bill of an Irish whiskey have more barley than an American whiskey in general? I was given a bottle of Slane whiskey in exchange for helping out a friend and it tastes much more like a highland/speyside scotch than I was expecting. I never really bought Irish whiskey because it's really expensive compared to American/Canadian whiskey in the US.
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Oct 17, 2021 21:20
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Irish whiskey has a portion of unmalted barley. This tradition started because the English taxed malted barley but not unmalted, so it reduced the taxes due as a result of making their whiskey. Also pot still vs column.
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Oct 17, 2021 21:47
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Ah, I see. For some reason I thought that bourbons/whiskies in general tended to be pot stills and column stills were more for stuff that wasn't going to get aged, but I could be completely wrong. I discovered OGD Bottled In Bond a while ago and holy cow that stuff is good, especially considering it's only like $22-25 in my expensive area.
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Oct 17, 2021 21:58
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Ah, I see. For some reason I thought that bourbons/whiskies in general tended to be pot stills and column stills were more for stuff that wasn't going to get aged, but I could be completely wrong. Most bourbon unless it's specifically stated on the bottle is column still Most malt scotch is pot still, while grain scotch could be either or a blend of pot or column still
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Oct 17, 2021 22:26
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I discovered OGD Bottled In Bond a while ago and holy cow that stuff is good, especially considering it's only like $22-25 in my expensive area. Shhhh, don't let the secret out.
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Oct 17, 2021 23:44
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I'm curious, does the mash bill of an Irish whiskey have more barley than an American whiskey in general? I was given a bottle of Slane whiskey in exchange for helping out a friend and it tastes much more like a highland/speyside scotch than I was expecting. I never really bought Irish whiskey because it's really expensive compared to American/Canadian whiskey in the US. On average yes, but it's too broad a statement to to say Irish Whiskey has more barley in it because it depends on the type of Irish whiskey. There are three main styles of Irish whiskey: Single Pot Still, Single Malt, and Blended. Single Grain is also a category, but it's uncommon to find it bottled. Irish Single Malt is similar in requirements to Scottish Single Malt and is made entirely of malted barley. It is also distilled in pot stills, but does not contain unmalted barley. Single Pot Still is uniquely Irish and that's the one that contains malted barley, unmalted barley and a small percentage (up to 5%) other grains. (Often oats are used). Single Grain is again like the Scottish definition where the mashbill may contain various types of grain, and can be distilled in a continuous (column) still. This is often produced with a fair percentage of corn, because it's cheap and efficient. Blended can be a blend of any of the above styles of whiskey. Slane is a blended whiskey so it probably contains mostly grain whisky distilled from mostly corn as a base, and is then blended with malt or pot still whiskey. It depends entirely on the recipe if it has more corn or more barley in it.
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Oct 18, 2021 06:48
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Just had Pikesville Rye, it's real good. It's priced above Rittenhouse but drat is it an upgrade.
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Oct 19, 2021 03:06
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Looks like Heaven Hill has stopped bargaining and has sent in the scabs. https://news.yahoo.com/bourbon-producer-signals-intent-hire-001239666.html
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Oct 19, 2021 18:47
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Vox Nihili posted:Looks like Heaven Hill has stopped bargaining and has sent in the scabs. Well drat I wish I'd seen that before buying Pikesville at the store today. On a slightly happier topic, I finally got around to finishing my Four Roses Private Single Barrel OESK. I was curious reading the little tag that camme along with it about OBSF (described as minty, fruity, spicy), and OESF (described as minty, fruity) was curious if anyone in the thread had found those recipes of four roses and how were they? I think I'd love to try four roses with a more minty nose, but also don't want to be disappointed as they're not cheap.
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I bought a 14yo Quinta Ruban to compare with the 12yo: the 14 is deeper and has less wood in the aftertaste, otherwise I didn’t notice a difference. The price didn’t change, so I’m certifying it as IMPROVED. I had a glass of the Belvenie Caribbean 14 that I didn’t care for initially- I liked it a lot more! I think having some air in the bottle mellowed out the rum influence, which was very harsh before.
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