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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Goons with Spoons > Whiskey or Whisky? Let's talk about them.
 
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DrPain
Apr 29, 2004

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Hey guys.

I got a thing at Costco today:



Except it's got a 12, 15, and 18. Not two 15's. They're ~$90 at Costco, don't buy it off ebay with two 15's.

DrPain fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Oct 31, 2011

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DrPain
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If it's available in your area, Willett estate just put out a new 5 year single barrel rye.

It's oakey, nutty, creamy, vanilla-y, toasty, and, most importantly, boozy!

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Tigren posted:

A good way to develop your palate, aside from drinking and reading reviews, is to sit down and actually taste the foods that people use to refer to whiskey/wine/beer/etc. Actually sit and savor an almond, a bit of honey, a piece of quality caramel, stone fruits like plums and cherries, red fruits like raspberries and cranberries, dried fruits like raisins or prunes. Take in the nuances of a good vanilla extract or bean, the richness of a small bit of melted butter (this, I admit, may be pushing it), the smell of freshly mowed grass.

As you're tasting or smelling these things, think back to the whiskey you've tried in the past and try to place the flavors. Notice that some have a stronger vanilla or caramel flavor than others. Some are way more buttery than others. One may have stone fruit or red fruit flavors separately, while another might have both, and that you can actually distinguish them. Here's a cool "flavor wheel" to jog your brain of the words you want to use to describe whiskey, but can't think of it off the top of your head.



That is a cool wheel but I saw this

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Fruity- Solvent: Nail polish remover

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