As I’m sitting here finishing off the last of the Johnnie Walker Black that I got for my birthday I realized that I need a new bottle of whiskey. The trouble is that I don’t know anybody that drinks whiskey. With all the fine taste in firearms around here I know that some of you have got to have equally good taste in alcohol so what whiskey would you recommend?
ETA-This is not to be mixed with anything. I am looking for a good whiskey to drink neat.
ETA #2- let’s also talk cigars a these two subjects go hand in hand. I’m new to the smoking world but it is the best bad habit I’ve ever started. Cigar talk starts on page 9.
Looks like we’ve got a scotch crowd here. I did not like the taste at all when I first started that bottle mentioned above but after tasting it several times I enjoyed that last glass a lot. Scotch recommendations are definitely welcome.
I looked through that thread a couple times and I’m thinking of picking up a bottle of Makers Mark because of it.
I’m telling you… dollar for dollar aberlour 12 wins hands down. It can be had for $35-$80. Look up their website and read about their processes then buy a bottle and enjoy. I’ve had high dollar scotch and this is always my go-to bottle. Very clean with a great nose.
I’m a bourbon man… so that’s really all i know, and i don’t drink basically at all anymore… but when i did, my favorites were the Beam Small Batch family of bourbons (they’re pretty much all delicious)… i don’t spend more than $50 on a bottle of booze, so i haven’t ever bothered to try anything “better.” all can be had for $40-50/bottle, and Knob Creek comes in an economical 2.5lr jug for like $60 (used to be $40, back when i drank it… assholes)
Basil Hayden is my standard all-around sipping whisky. very smooth, plenty of flavor, 80 proof
Bookers is between 125 and 127 proof, so its usually a bit too intense for neat drinking for most guys… i only drink neat, so i only drink this when in the mood for it specifically… unfiltered, packed full of flavor… takes a good 25-35 seconds to release the whole spectrum… very tasty
Bullet Bourbon is a cheap bourbon i tried a few years ago that’s quite good for the price… i think it was around $25 a 5th
I’m a bourbon guy, and Maker’s Mark is my go-to drink. Bookers is great too. I also like Basil Hayden, but it’s a little more expensive. Tough to go wrong with the Maker’s.
if you’re from Scotland, scotch is whisky, and whisky is bourbon. the whisky local to you is always “whisky,” and everything else is called by its more technicalish term.
even the 18 year tastes great. I have been sipping on the The Singleton 12 yr, which is pretty good, on par with Highland Park to me; but neither can touch The Macallan. The caramel / honey-ish after taste on the 18 is, as Ferris Bueller put it, “So Choice.”
AK44 and anyone else, I’m not looking to spend a lot on it. I drink too much and make too little money to buy $100 a bottle alcohol. I’d say I’m looking to spend ~$50 max.
I haven’t tried the 18, just the 12 and 21. My local bar has a really nice bottle of Highland Park that I’m wanting to try but haven’t had a chance. Not sure what the age was but it was something very special from what the Bartender told me…
Much like Champagne is only champagne if the grapes from the the Champagne region of France…Likewise for Cognac.