Whiskey - It's the water of life!

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

I can Cutty Sark in Japan for about $11 a bottle. It's decent.

 

[CHARizard]

I have a son being born at the end of the year. Can anyone recommend me a good whiskey to buy for when he turns 21 (my dad did this for me). Scotch or Japanese preferred. I know next to nothing about alcohol, and would prefer it to be under $250.

 

[Troonos]

I have a son being born at the end of the year. Can anyone recommend me a good whiskey to buy for when he turns 21 (my dad did this for me). Scotch or Japanese preferred. I know next to nothing about alcohol, and would prefer it to be under $250.

I'm piggybacking on your request. Need a similar whiskey in a slightly higher budget.

I'm quickly approaching my third year in my current career, and I've decided to celebrate each anniversary by treating myself to a bottle of whiskey that costs ((years x $100) +/- $50), so my budget is $250-350.

I need recommendations. Not a fan of bourbon, as they all taste the same and the flavor isn't very complex. I really like scotch, rye, Irish, Japanese, or Indian whiskeys (though not Amrut, because it's disgusting and tastes like your grandma's bowl of potpourri). I'd love an old vintage or something that's out of circulation. Preferably something with a unique/complex flavor. For reference, my 2-year bottle was a 1995 Glen Garioch lightly peated scotch that's no longer available except from collectors; it tastes like a slightly smokey sweet biscuit with toasted caramel. That's a flavor profile I really enjoy.

Open to recommendations.

 

[Kiwiballs]

I need to recommend Peat's Sake for Pete's sake.

Okay seriously it's pretty strong though not very complex. For it's pricepoint it's excellent. As with all scotch it's at least stored for 3 years so you know you're note drinking garbage.

Works well without a cigar, though you'd probably want something more flavorful, even sweet and musty when you're having one (This one has some sweetness but its quite shortlasting). Unless you're some kind of beast of a man that can handle smokeyness with smoke. For me it doesn't really add anything to the experience. But that goes for any peaty whiskey.

 

[neverendingmidi]

I'm piggybacking on your request. Need a similar whiskey in a slightly higher budget.

I have a son being born at the end of the year. Can anyone recommend me a good whiskey to buy for when he turns 21 (my dad did this for me). Scotch or Japanese preferred. I know next to nothing about alcohol, and would prefer it to be under $250.

I'd recommend either 18yr or 21yr (if you want to splurge) Glenlivet. It's quite lovely.

I got a bottle of this:

Honestly just because I saw the bottle and thought it was cool. That cork is also a pour spout, and is made of some kind of metal.It's very nice as a dessert sipping drink. I got chocolate and raspberry flavors from it, sipping it neat.

 

[Kurt Eichenwald]

This stuff was pretty good.

It's Jim Beam, but without all the stank.

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

What does Vodka taste like, though? Pure unadulterated alcohol?

It's been ages since I drank it, but I seem to recall it tasting like pure grain, like I've never eaten just plain wheat but it tasted "wheaty," bready, to me. But it's not an intense taste.

Moonshine is likewise a vodka, just of corn instead of potato or grains, and it seemed somehow sweeter and more herbaceous/floral to me, but it was still similar and it's grainy and smooth. As I looked it up, apparently it's basically just watered-down ethanol, the same shit you'd put in a car.


Something interesting I learned was that the hangover corresponds to the darkness of the spirit. Basically pure alcohol is actually BETTER, the more unnecessary decoration with other ingredients or spices the worst it gets, which is why spiced rum is especially agonizing and most dark wines are bad compared to equivalent alcohol doses of white wines. When I had moonshine recently, first time, 100% corn, I was shocked that I was able to drink a huge amount of it but feel essentially fine the next day.

 

[Takayuki Yagami]

I have a son being born at the end of the year. Can anyone recommend me a good whiskey to buy for when he turns 21 (my dad did this for me). Scotch or Japanese preferred. I know next to nothing about alcohol, and would prefer it to be under $250.

Depends on your tastes really, and the fact that your have no way of knowing what his will be. Irish whiskey is pretty easygoing and I think Redbreast’s offerings top out around there.

 

[AnOminous]

When I had moonshine recently, first time, 100% corn, I was shocked that I was able to drink a huge amount of it but feel essentially fine the next day.

Moonshine is pretty good. Last time I had it it was from some dude's grand-daddy in Oklahoma, like 120 proof, tasted like nothing but hit like a truck.

 

[Maurice Maine]

It's been ages since I drank it, but I seem to recall it tasting like pure grain, like I've never eaten just plain wheat but it tasted "wheaty," bready, to me. But it's not an intense taste.

Moonshine is likewise a vodka, just of corn instead of potato or grains, and it seemed somehow sweeter and more herbaceous/floral to me, but it was still similar and it's grainy and smooth. As I looked it up, apparently it's basically just watered-down ethanol, the same shit you'd put in a car.


Something interesting I learned was that the hangover corresponds to the darkness of the spirit. Basically pure alcohol is actually BETTER, the more unnecessary decoration with other ingredients or spices the worst it gets, which is why spiced rum is especially agonizing and most dark wines are bad compared to equivalent alcohol doses of white wines. When I had moonshine recently, first time, 100% corn, I was shocked that I was able to drink a huge amount of it but feel essentially fine the next day.

I drank it and didn't dig it. In the end I swore off Alcohol. It's not for me...

 

[AnOminous]

Moonshine is likewise a vodka, just of corn instead of potato or grains, and it seemed somehow sweeter and more herbaceous/floral to me, but it was still similar and it's grainy and smooth. As I looked it up, apparently it's basically just watered-down ethanol, the same shit you'd put in a car.

It's not really a vodka, because vodka has a definition, but these kinds of beverages are what is called "neutral grain spirits," and generally the concept is to distill them until they're mainly alcohol and water. That said, the height of the craft is to have some actual flavor without the beverage ending up hangover material.

One of the best moonshines I ever had was from some 90 year old guy who was the grand-dad of one of my loftmates in Oklahoma, who had been doing it for 60 years or so. Absolutely smooth taste, despite being 140 proof or so, and then you'd realize you were utterly wasted.

No hangover either. Glad I have no access to that now. Pretty sure the guy who made it is dead now. If not he's like 110 years old.

 

[Cheeseknife]

This stuff was pretty good.
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It's Jim Beam, but without all the stank.

Try the Basil Hayden Toast next. Most excellent!

 

[Maneo Tempestas]

I will share in this thread a drink I have been long wanting to make.

Ingredients:

- Whiskey that tastes as much like water as possible
- Coca Cola concencrate from McDonalds
- Ice cubes

 

[CHARizard]

I will share in this thread a drink I have been long wanting to make.

Ingredients:

- Whiskey that tastes as much like water as possible
- Coca Cola concencrate from McDonalds
- Ice cubes

You can buy cola syrup from the grocery store now, so go and make your idea a reality and let us know!

 

[Cheeseknife]

This is one of my favorites. The already smooth Glenlivet has been finished in rum casks which gives it a sweet tropical finish that lingers on the tongue. I drink it neat or chilled.

 

[Dean Pentel]

Moonshine is pretty good. Last time I had it it was from some dude's grand-daddy in Oklahoma, like 120 proof, tasted like nothing but hit like a truck.

Sir, I know you don't mean to but you dramatically underselling how insidious 'shine is in the "Yeah I'll have another. I feel fine!" sense only to realize immediately after you finish the second drink that you dun goofed.

 

[AnOminous]

Sir, I know you don't mean to but you dramatically underselling how insidious 'shine is in the "Yeah I'll have another. I feel fine!" sense only to realize immediately after you finish the second drink that you dun goofed.

You're probably safer with inferior stuff that tastes bad, because it doesn't creep up on you. The "white lightning" variety is brutal. Zero to Rekieta in ten flat.

 

[CornBogFitz]

I usually save whisky for when I need to have a good manly cry in the rain. But then I met this guy named Garry. Garry is a man who goes bar hopping around dallas. He wears a trench coat a triquarter hat and jenco jeans. He always has a fake hairbrush in his pocket and when he sees me “I believe you need yo brush your hair my friend” (disguised flask) he introduced me to pumpkin spice whisky. Omg game changer

 

[Troonos]

Depends on your tastes really, and the fact that your have no way of knowing what his will be. Irish whiskey is pretty easygoing and I think Redbreast’s offerings top out around there.

@CHARizard Yellow Dot is another quality Irish in your price range.

I decided on his for my three-year career anniversary:

 

[Archie_Kimkicker]

I have a few I hop around between.

Bourbon: Jim Beam Devil's Cut (tonight's budget-conscious choice), Woodford Reserve, and yes, even Maker's Mark.

Tennessee: George Dickel No. 12

Corn: George Dickel White No. 1

Rye: Sazerac

Jap Scotch: Suntory Toki

Scots Scotch: Monkey Shoulder, Vat 69 (when I can find it), occasionally Johnny Walker Black (once in a blue moon I will order one or two shots of Blue Label in a bar and pay extra for it to be a fresh bottle).