Whiskey - It's the water of life!

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Drinking Willet Pot Still Reserve.

This is such a boring whiskey. I do not think I could distinguish between this and Makers Mark. It's not bad, just totally devoid of any character whatsoever. The bottle is pretentious as shit.
 
Splinters RCVD said:
For those with experience, what's the deal with Maker's Mark whiskey? I've heard Josh mentioning it in a mildly derisive manner. Is it bad and overpriced, or is it just a common whiskey that idiots try and look sophisticated with, despite being a common brand?
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It isn’t overly bad, though it is overpriced. Mostly it’s the latter. It has a gay marketting gimmick where the bottle is dipped in red wax.

It’s also a wheater, which makes bourbon, which is already on the sweeter end of spirits in general, even sweeter. This means that a lot of character that it might have if there wasn’t any wheat in the mashbill can get washed out.

As for why Josh speaks badly of it… it’s because infamous manlet, hamplanet, microdicked sex criminal Ethan Oliver Ralph is a fan of it.
 
Maker's is a perfectly fine whiskey. Their cask strengths, picks and stave bottles are particularly good.

I would generally ignore anyone who shit talks things like that. The only whiskey that's really fit to be insulted is the purposefully sub par stuff put out by scammer companies. Rebecca Creek, Bourbon 30, Mattingly, etc.
 
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I'll be dipping into Masion Ferrand's cognacs - 10 Generations, Ambré, and Renegade No.3. - in early February and then taste a wider range of VSOP/XO cognacs some time in March.
Alcoholism said:
Maker's is a perfectly fine whiskey. Their cask strengths, picks and stave bottles are particularly good.

I would generally ignore anyone who shit talks things like that. The only whiskey that's really fit to be insulted is the purposefully sub par stuff put out by scammer companies. Rebecca Creek, Bourbon 30, Mattingly, etc.
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"Light whisky" has its place, but yeah, lots of stuff put out called light whisky is just brown vodka or worse, watered down brown vodka.
 
Got two bottles of Talisker 10 and one Laphroaig 10 for my birthday previous year, and since they are almost off, I hope that someone will come up with idea to present me another bottle lol. Jokes aside, those two and Ardberg are my all times favs. The only drawback - you can't add them to coffee, though it would be a crime.
 
YourFriendlyLurker said:
Got two bottles of Talisker 10 and one Laphroaig 10 for my birthday previous year, and since they are almost off, I hope that someone will come up with idea to present me another bottle lol. Jokes aside, those two and Ardberg are my all times favs. The only drawback - you can't add them to coffee, though it would be a crime.
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Any preferences?
A colleague of mine used half a liter of his Caol Ila 12 for a series of "enhanced coffee experiences" back when it wasn't €55.
 
Any preferences?
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From those that I mentioned, perchaps Laphroaig would be my #1, it's just a bit "softer" for me, while Talisker is more "spirituose" so to say. For irish coffee I always used something neutral and well...cheap because coffee has strong aroma and flavour itself, smth like JD, Bells or Red Label. Btw now I seriously think about trying to add at least Talisker to my morning cup lol
 
YourFriendlyLurker said:
From those that I mentioned, perchaps Laphroaig would be my #1, it's just a bit "softer" for me, while Talisker is more "spirituose" so to say.
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Caol Ila. Ardbeg 5 maybe: earthier and intense than the Ten. I'd say Kilchoman Sanaig as well but some people dislike the contrast between its peaty character and intense sherry notes.
 
Hippopatumus said:
Drinking Willet Pot Still Reserve.

This is such a boring whiskey. I do not think I could distinguish between this and Makers Mark. It's not bad, just totally devoid of any character whatsoever. The bottle is pretentious as shit.
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Man, I hate stocking those at my store. There are some bottles I get they're unwieldly for the novelty factor (i.e. tequila in a glass cowboy hat or carbine), but why for just bourbon?

I kept musing about getting Blackland's brown sugar pecan bourbon to my coworkers, so recently one of them put a bottle aside when we were nearly out. I caved and bought it. It's not bad. I thought it'd be syrupy or very sweet but it's just flavored bourbon.
 
David Brown said:
I've purchased two different whiskies after having read about them in books. The first was Early Times, after reading in Suttree about the characters sharing some. It was a horrifying experience, and I don't recommend it to anyone.
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Early Times is the worst swill I've ever had in my life. To this day I can't even look at the bottle without getting nauseated. In fact, the only alcohol that causes a worse visceral reaction is Malibu rum, and that's only because I got trashed on that in some sorority house and woke up in 3 completely separate kinds of trouble and misery.
 
David Brown said:
Go on...
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Drank the wrong shit, fucked the wrong person, puked in the wrong trash can, fell down the stairs. (I was going to say "the wrong stairs", but there are no 'right' stairs to fall down.) My memory is a little fuzzy, but as I recall, I got dumped, punched in the mouth, and trespassed all within 10 seconds.

That was all bad enough, but shit didn't really hit the fan until 20 minutes later when I had to come back to find my roommate.

Anyway, fuck Malibu rum.
 
Hippopatumus said:
Had a Laphroaig 25 year while out for dinner a few weeks back. Very very good. A lot smoother than the typical campfire vibes. Wish I could get a bottle.
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It’s far better balanced than the 10 year. It’s not 25, but you may be able to get your hands on their traigh bhan 19 bottle.
 
Yummy in my tummy. (I swear I'm not a weeb)
 

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Some JERK said:
Drank the wrong shit, fucked the wrong person, puked in the wrong trash can, fell down the stairs. (I was going to say "the wrong stairs", but there are no 'right' stairs to fall down.) My memory is a little fuzzy, but as I recall, I got dumped, punched in the mouth, and trespassed all within 10 seconds.

That was all bad enough, but shit didn't really hit the fan until 20 minutes later when I had to come back to find my roommate.

Anyway, fuck Malibu rum.
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Add Bacardi with Malibu. Both are nasty.
 
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