/wsg/ Whiskey general One scotch, one bourbon, one beer edition https://youtu.be/FUTwX_6iqgU
>>22220493my current go-to. tried the blue label triple oak a few years ago, it was alright
>>22220493Ardbeg An Oa [spoiler]the 10 used to be better than it[/spoiler]Four Roses Single BarrelErdinger Kristal
picked up a couple new bottles
love scotch, hate bourbon. bourbon is too sweet
>>22221471scotch when im rich and irish when im working it outand bourbon when im broke
>>22221555and rum when i am truly a sight
>>22221556>when i am truly a sightwtf does this even mean? is it some bong shit?
>>22221811your iq is low
I went on a distillery tour at a local place the other day, and they let me try some of their new make spirit. It was genuinely some of the best grain-based spirit I've ever had, and they don't even sell it. Why the hell aren't unaged (technically not) whiskeys a thing? Is it really just because of those laws the UK had that mandated minimum aging times that don't even apply to the US? Basically every other type of spirit understands that their stuff can taste fantastic unaged (see: tequila, rum, etc) and whiskey specifically has a bunch of really interesting aspects to it at the front that you just never taste because they're covered up by oak.I remember wondering this a while ago before I'd even tried it myself and all the answers that I saw online were like "yeah you don't see it because it'd taste awful" and those redditors were absolutely fucking lying.
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>>22222296admittedly I haven't tried this one but the guy at the distillery told me that it was kinda shit, so maybe there just aren't good offerings in the category on the market.
>>22222365I always thought the purpose of these was so you could self age in mini barrels like these.
>>22220493For me it's Old Granddad 100 proof BIB
>>22220493I used to play this song (the George Thoroughgood cover version) at the bar jukebox and knock back a boilermaker with a shot of the well scotch and bourbon blended and dropped into Miller lite. We called it a Destroyer. The Destroyer Challenge was to have one each time that phrase comes out during the song, which is 7 if I remember correctly.
Just finally realizing “my dear old granddad” from I Drink Alone isn’t a blood relative after all
I got too drunk the other day and accidentally a winning bid for another bottle of Found North batch 012 on unicorn auctions. Oh well.
>>22222204I had some 100% Corn Whiskey by Rocly Top a while back. It was terrible and basically just moonshine.
>>22222204New make is shit. You mention other spirits but it’s also true there, with the exception of tequila which is the only good unadulterated un-aged spirit (when done well). Gin doesn’t count because it’s adulterated The thing is, you can probably make new make good but at that point it would be expensive. You’d had to do really narrow cuts at the very heart of the distillate. Which is a waste to use for new make
>>22223978To be fair almost every thing is better with wood. And to be fair white rums, white piscos, and white whiskies are also still good. I’ve tried both unaged and aged versions from the dame distillery (middle west pumpernickel) and preferred the latter.It would be nice if white dog were more common but you’re probably right about the cuts being prohibitive. But that doesn’t stop the producers of white rum etc
>>22223978I mean maybe the new make that gets sold is bad, but this stuff was fantastic. It was 100% barley american single malt stuff, if that matters. Also I disagree that tequila is the only one that works, unaged pot still rums and agricoles/cachasa are delicious. Plus I'd kinda argue that the whole reason Pisco is successful as a segment is because they exploited this same blindspot when it was the brandy industry making the same mistake.
I'll finally admit it. Antique 107 is very good and crushable.
>>22225404107 is peak proof
anything less than 114 cant compete
Whisky doesnt have e you dumb septic
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