The Whiskey Thread

[jacktheripper]

It seems like there hasn’t been a whiskey thread started here. Anyone else into whiskey?

I just picked up a bottle of Stagg Jr today for $65. Never had the chance to try it. About to open it up right now!

 

[edisto]

Damn! I should have picked up that 090 in person!

I tend not to drink terribly often, because I have trouble stopping, but I do have a fondness for whiskey.

I have pretty much stuck with Basil Hayden since my dad bought some to try a number of years back, and I will be picking up some Gibson's rye when I visit Canada this summer.

 

[59billy]

Sitting on the porch, sipping Laphroaig 10 at the moment. I tend to wander between Scotch and bourbons, or George Dickel, technically a Tennessee whiskey. The problem with Dickel is that it evaporates so fast! I open the bottle, pour a drink, then before I know it, it's empty!

On the bright side, for a couple weeks after, the UPS truck brings me all kinds of surprises!

 

[jacktheripper]

Damn! I should have picked up that 090 in person!

I tend not to drink terribly often, because I have trouble stopping, but I do have a fondness for whiskey.

I have pretty much stuck with Basil Hayden since my dad bought some to try a number of years back, and I will be picking up some Gibson's rye when I visit Canada this summer.

Basil Hayden is smooth and tends to please a lot of people. Another one that I like that is similar is Evan Williams single barrel.

 

[jacktheripper]

Sitting on the porch, sipping Laphroaig 10 at the moment. I tend to wander between Scotch and bourbons, or George Dickel, technically a Tennessee whiskey. The problem with Dickel is that it evaporates so fast! I open the bottle, pour a drink, then before I know it, it's empty!

On the bright side, for a couple weeks after, the UPS truck brings me all kinds of surprises!

Laphroaig is such a treat

 

[cuinrearview]

Laphroaig is such a treat

The Quarter Cask is my jam. I have a bottle of 10 year now I'm working through, but it's no QC.

 

[Sloughfoot]

I had tried lots of Scotchs, Bourbons and never found one under $50 that tasted good two evenings back to back . Four Roses bourbon is what I keep around for guests and the occasional old fashioned or sour. Neighbor gave me a bottle of Basil Hayden dark rye last Christmas and I absolutely loved it. Oregon Spirit rye is good stuff as well. Even though I was raised on bourbon, gonna have to accept that I'm dark rye only.

 

[Mammyrat]

I'll only have a drink once or twice a week so I splurge a little. Basil Hayden 10 year or Bib and Tucker 10 year.

 

[jacktheripper]

Despite the nice stuff that I have on the shelf, if I had to stock only one bottle, it would be either Evan Williams BiB or Wild Turkey 101. Those two keep me perfectly happy. I often pour those for people and present them as if they were expensive whiskey. Everyone usually falls for it.

 

[redline4]

I'm far from high end.
I have 2 whiskeys here, Jim Beam black and Crown Royal black.
I do have 7 different rums though. But again, nothing high end.

 

[beaglebriar]

The distillery up the road makes an oat whiskey that’s easily some of the finest I’ve had. It’ll sneak up on ya.