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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhiskey fans, what is your favorite? I love crown royal...
And coke!
Have done jack Daniels also.
Any suggestions?
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Springbank was my favorite with an occasional Oban.
Arcanetrance
(2,670 posts)Idk about Canadian usually don't drink too much of it. I'll take mine neat thank you
rrneck
(17,671 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)when I drank a lot. I loved those single malt scotch whiskies, especially Laphroaig. I loved a good Armagnac as well.
rocktivity
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Not as often anymore, but always cut with Canada Dry ginger ale -- accept no substitutes.
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Mr.Bill
(24,365 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)It is recognized as the 'official' whiskey for a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,976 posts)It must be an acquired taste.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)Always in stock at home in case others may want it but I give it a miss.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)that's a different story!
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)Garrison Brothers is my current favorite every day drinker. Right now it's only available in Texas. It's a bit pricey, but nowhere near the top end for whiskeys.
Maker's Mark offers good bang for the buck, but I stopped drinking it after they started watering it down. Unless you are drinking it straight I doubt anyone would notice the difference. I think it still offers excellent quality at the price point. Weller's 12 year is also a great value. Both of these are wheated whiskeys, which I generally prefer when it comes to younger whiskeys. If you want something even cheaper, Buffalo Trace bourbon is pretty good, especially if you're making cocktails. If you want the best, try George T. Stagg if you can find it, but it's not for the faint of heart nor is it easy on the wallet.
CottonBear
(21,597 posts)Order some Blenheim online if you don't live where it is available in stores.
Blenheim is a ginger ale from South Carolina. The company began brewing the ginger ale in 1903. It comes in capped bottles and is available in not as hot and hot varieties. I prefer the hot. Man, is it ever good!
Check out the website:
http://www.blenheimgingerale.com/
We are fortunate to be able to purchase singles and six packs of our beloved Blenheim in several liquor stores here in town.
A number of years ago, a townie resident on a road trip discovered Blenheim on a trip to SC and brought some back here. The word spread and local bars and clubs started serving it after inventing the glorious Maker's Mark & Blenheim cocktail. Local liquor stores started carrying the ginger ale also. I just like to drink the hot ginger ale straight up and neat! No bourbon needed!
Cheers!
Happy New Year!
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)what I'm able to afford. Though I have had a bottle of Cutty Sark sitting in my closet for a couple months.
used to be my fav, but, because of taking meds for BP, cholesterol, etc, I've found that alcohol thins my blood way too much, if I get even the slightest cut or scrape, I bleed for hours and hours, so I refrain nowadays.
I have a full bottle of Old Crow that's been sitting for 2 years now, never opened, too bad it's still not in the barrel aging more, it would be worth something in years to come, due to aging.
I've always preferred bourbon.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)I don't drink it but have some bottles which are about 20 years old. Worth keeping or worth binning ? I've got Gin the same too.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)CHICAGO Few of us would want to relive Ernest Shackletons arduous and ultimately unsuccessful trek to the South Pole 103 years ago. But a Glasgow distillery is betting that a whole lot of people will want to sip the Scotch that Shackleton had with him on his Antarctic adventure.
Three crates of the explorers whisky spent a century forgotten and frozen to the rock underneath the hut he used as a staging ground for his attempt at the pole. Once they were discovered, it took another four years of strategizing before the crates could be safely removed, a sojourn in New Zealand where the bottles were thawed under precise laboratory conditions, a private jet ride back to Scotland, and eight weeks of exacting analysis, but the moment has arrived: Shackletons Antarctic whisky has been recreated and is ready for mere mortals to drink.
Whyte & Mackay, the company that now owns the distillery that made Shackletons spirit, announced this week that it had tasted the original blend, deemed it delicious and created an exact replica.
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Whisky writer Dave Broom verified that the new spirit tastes exactly like the original, according to Whyte & Mackays statement. Paterson and Broom are the only two people in the world to have sipped both drinks.
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/culture-lifestyle/food-drink/110405/shackleton-whisky-arctic
And there is the cooking option
"Whisky has an incredibly diverse flavour spectrum, much more so than wine," she says. "The flavours of a single malt Scotch whisky, for example, are derived from malted barley fermentation, the distillation process and maturation in oak casks over several years, which makes it ideal to boost a wide variety of flavours in foods."
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2013/sep/27/cooking-whisky-great-ingredient-waste-dram
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)Jokerman
(3,523 posts)I used to drink it with 7UP but in an effort to cut down on sweeteners I started mixing it with sparkling water and a little lemon-lime flavoring.
Logical
(22,457 posts)Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)..and I love Bulleit. They have a terrific rye, too.
Aristus
(66,522 posts)Smooth as baby oil...
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)preferably The Glenlivet or The Dalmore otherwise Jameson for Irish whisky.
I don't like Jack Daniels.
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)chungking34
(51 posts)I enjoy Jack Daniels too
Logical
(22,457 posts)Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)For Scotch whiskey it's Macallan 12 year or Aberlour 12
Irish whiskey: Jameson or Bushmills
I used to drink bourbon but after switching to Scotch it tastes too sweet somehow, but it is distinctive and I'll take it if offered.
Crown Royal I don't care for. Too bland and watery ( I guess in some circles that means "drinkable" ) but I won't turn it down if it's offered to me.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)That's a rare, rare treat.
Tonight, I'm trying Jura aged 10 years for the first time.
I'll let you know how it is.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)I'll bet it's out of this world. And out of my price range, as a bottle of even 12 year Macallen is a once a year treat for me.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)They included a nip-sized bottle of 18 yo Macallan with each liter bottle of 12 yo. So I got a taste. just a taste of the 18 yo.
It was like honey.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Cheers. And do let me know what the cherry oak 18 year is like.
sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)I'm having my first taste of Highland Park 12 year tonight.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)This is the debuting star for our celebration:
http://www.jurawhisky.com/en_us/our-whiskies/origin
I'll let you know tomorrow.
GoCubsGo
(32,100 posts)Especially Black Bush. Yum! Wish I had some! I like bourbon whiskey, too. Don't have a particular favorite, although Jim Beam or Wild Turkey will do. Wild Turkey also has a nice liqueur.
Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)smooth as silk.
Cask strength scotch... Preferably from Speyside breweries.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)Four Roses Single Barrel
Buffalo Trace
Special Occasions:
Bookers
Knob Creek Single Barrel
To remember old times:
Evan Williams Black Label
Wild Turkey 101
When looking for something different:
Jim Beam Rye
Bernheims Original Wheat
kwassa
(23,340 posts)And a number of other single malts.
Walk away
(9,494 posts)I dream of making a giant quilt someday! Seriously.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)preferably in a Mason Jar.
Beearewhyain
(600 posts)Oh so good.
Grey
(1,581 posts)used to insist he would only drink crown royal
My sister and I would save the empty bottles and fill them with the cheapest whiskey we could buy and let him rave on about how much better Crown Royal tasted than all the other brands you could buy. To this day he has no idea we did this. He also insisted you should not foul the taste of Crown Royal with pop or soda
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He took his whiskey neat or on the rocks
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