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Raising a 12 year Brown Willy to my lips and nodding across the bar at the rest of the English. - Charles Dickens
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Dr. Lunchables posted:Raising a 12 year Brown Willy to my lips and nodding across the bar at the rest of the English. - Charles "Richard" Dickens
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Apr 6, 2022 01:45
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I think Fortnum & Mason were doing some reasonably priced English Whiskies recently. Might be worth a visit if you are going to be in London.
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Apr 6, 2022 11:18
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Speaking if whisky and London, one of the macro NA companies has a gin inspired whisky called The Forager. It sounds… interesting… but I’ve not tried it tbh
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Apr 6, 2022 15:36
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Message is clear guys, England is trash and any scotch/whisky/bourbon I pick up there is trash.
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Apr 6, 2022 22:06
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England is a trash garbage country for idiots but they have some good whisky from a better country up north Jokes aside if I were from the US I'd be on the lookout for a couple of bottles from independent bottlers. There are many excellent companies out there that are not making it to the states. spankmeister fucked around with this message at 22:42 on Apr 6, 2022 |
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Apr 6, 2022 22:40
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My girlfriend got me one of those little oak barrels you can use to age spirits at home. I have no idea what to do with it. I mean, it's not like I'm going to take a good whiskey and improve it by giving it more oak. And while my local bar does some stuff with barrel-aged cocktails, they also have a lot higher turnover than I do; I'm not going to go through a bunch of barrel-aged Old Fashions in any sort of reasonable time. Any good suggestions on what to do with this other than just filling it with someone's white dog and hoping for the best?
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Apr 6, 2022 22:45
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Residency Evil posted:Message is clear guys, England is trash and any scotch/whisky/bourbon I pick up there is trash. If you can, find Red or Blue spot Irish. They’re very hard to find stateside and very good. Both would probably run near $130, but I’m just guessing cause I know union jack about British liquor markets.
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Apr 6, 2022 22:53
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I mean, I think barrel aging cocktails in those is ideal; it takes longer to age than you think and you could always transfer to glass bottles if you need to stop something overaging. Otherwise yeah I mean get (or make) some moonshine. Alternatively I’d be really tempted to age some gin and make ersatz genever.
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Apr 6, 2022 22:54
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Dr. Lunchables posted:If you can, find Red or Blue spot Irish. They’re very hard to find stateside and very good. Both would probably run near $130, but I’m just guessing cause I know union jack about British liquor markets. Second this recommendation. I see Red from time to time in the US, but have never come across Blue in the wild. Am told it's basically cask strength Green, which sounds awesome.
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Apr 7, 2022 01:24
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Blue Spot is an annual release and they sell out fast. The 2021 may still be around in places if you look hard enough but they're sold out most everywhere. The 2022 isn't out yet, I think they release them near the end of the year, but info has been scarce.
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Apr 7, 2022 07:09
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Phanatic posted:My girlfriend got me one of those little oak barrels you can use to age spirits at home. I would throw in a cheap, young whiskey that you've already tasted a few times and see what results. Maybe a cheapo 3-year Scotch since even young bourbon tends to pick up a decent amount of barrel character due to the newly made/charred barrels they use. Alternatively you could just buy some unaged white dog and see how that turns out. I would tune your expectations down, but it could still be a fun experiment. Definitely would not throw something desirable/expensive in one of those things.
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Apr 9, 2022 04:36
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I tried Johnnie Walker Green for the first time. The nose is pretty decent but the taste is basically water. Better than Black but that’s not saying much. I’d take Highland Park 12 over it any day. I’d even take Macallan 12. Also tried Angel’s Envy Cask Strength for the first time. The nose is flat, the front is promising in a Weller Antique 107 kind of way, but the actual taste is meh. Definitely not worth it. Josh Lyman fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Apr 9, 2022 |
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Apr 9, 2022 05:32
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What to do with peanut butter whiskey? It was a gift.
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Apr 15, 2022 05:37
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wormil posted:What to do with peanut butter whiskey? It was a gift. There's probably recipes for "drunken brownies" or some such poo poo. Or just re-gift. If you're dead curious about it, buy an airline bottle of Skrewball like I did so you can do the Michael Bluth "I don't know what I expected" gag.
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Apr 15, 2022 05:42
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wormil posted:What to do with peanut butter whiskey? It was a gift. Ice, club soda, and grape juice.
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Apr 15, 2022 06:38
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Put a shot in a glass of chocolate stout, or if you want to be fancy use the peanut butter whiskey to replace the rum in a Black Flip.
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Apr 15, 2022 11:50
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I've always wondered what the purpose of that whisky is. Non whisky drinkers, I guess, but why bother?
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Apr 15, 2022 12:01
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I use it to tart up some iced coffee and bourbon cream. It’s a liqueur, so just use it like one.
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Apr 15, 2022 12:22
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If it’s less than 40% alcohol, it’s meant to be used in a cocktail 
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Apr 15, 2022 12:59
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Professor Shark posted:I've always wondered what the purpose of that whisky is. Non whisky drinkers, I guess, but why bother? Shots
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Apr 15, 2022 13:45
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Same thing that entire aisle of flavored vodka is for, right? To be bought as a joke for a party and then sit taking up space in your cabinet for the next six years
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Apr 15, 2022 13:46
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Data Graham posted:Same thing that entire aisle of flavored vodka is for, right?
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Apr 15, 2022 13:51
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Apr 15, 2022 13:57
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Professor Shark posted:I've always wondered what the purpose of that whisky is. Non whisky drinkers, I guess, but why bother? Exists for the same reason as honey, apple, cinnamon, etc. "whiskeys". A lot of people want to get drunk quickly and cheaply but don't actually like the flavor of whiskey.
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Apr 15, 2022 21:13
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Also for the sister that sees it and thinks, "Hey, my brother likes whiskey and peanut butter! That's a great christmas gift!" We tried it in a couple of cocktails, but I don't think I'd recommend any of them. I think a good chunk got used up by using it to spike hot chocolate.
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Apr 15, 2022 21:41
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lonelylikezoidberg posted:Ice, club soda, and grape juice. Edge the class with cracker crumbs, garnish with a carrot stick. Call it the "Sack Lunch."
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Apr 16, 2022 01:37
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WaffleZombie posted:Also for the sister that sees it and thinks, "Hey, my brother likes whiskey and peanut butter! That's a great christmas gift!" Spiking hot cocoa is a great use for flavored booze. As for peanut butter whiskey, I forget what brand I tried but my initial impression of it was that it was more candy corn flavored
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Apr 16, 2022 01:53
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Quiet Feet posted:Spiking hot cocoa is a great use for flavored booze.
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Apr 16, 2022 14:12
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Candy corn has a flavor?
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Apr 16, 2022 16:11
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Tastes like candy corn
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Apr 16, 2022 18:19
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Casu Marzu posted:Tastes like FTFY
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spankmeister posted:Candy corn has a flavor? Tastes like Sheepdog peanut butter whiskey, apparently.
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Apr 19, 2022 17:41
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I'm looking to send a bottle of whisky to a work associate. Say 50-90 bucks a bottle. They're in Texas, so are there any decent Texas distilleries that make something fun, good, and in that price range?
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Apr 27, 2022 23:35
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I can speak for Houston- Yellow Rose is kinda garbage, Whitmeyer's is ok to decent.
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Apr 28, 2022 00:27
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Carillon posted:I'm looking to send a bottle of whisky to a work associate. Say 50-90 bucks a bottle. They're in Texas, so are there any decent Texas distilleries that make something fun, good, and in that price range? Hopefully someone else chimes in with more, but Balcones and Iron Root win a ton of awards and Whiskey Tribe gush about them.
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Apr 28, 2022 02:07
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So far I've only been able to get my hands on Balcones. It's really very good, and quite unlike anything else.
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Apr 28, 2022 06:38
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Garrison Bros is popular too but pretty polarizing (as is most Texas whiskey) I've also heard great things about Still Austin
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Apr 28, 2022 13:38
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Carillon posted:I'm looking to send a bottle of whisky to a work associate. Say 50-90 bucks a bottle. They're in Texas, so are there any decent Texas distilleries that make something fun, good, and in that price range? If they're already into bourbon they may prefer a Kentucky whiskey, since they are pretty much the benchmark for American whiskey. Otherwise, Balcones makes a lot of genuinely interesting stuff in that price range of variable quality.
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I don't know of any Texas distilled whiskeys, good or bad, but if I had to recommend a gift bottle in the $50-$90 range, Barrell would be my suggestion. It's available pretty much everywhere and is actually on shelves, they have a variety of unique characteristics, and they are very tasty.
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