On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
Another sick good Bourbon in the same price range as jim beam black is Buffalo Trace. Its bottled at 45% which is nice, and I personally like it more than jim beam. Vanilla Oak and Honey are the big flavors on it (like most good bourbon i find)
I picked it up for 21 where jim beam black is priced at 22 to give you reference.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
Another sick good Bourbon in the same price range as jim beam black is Buffalo Trace. Its bottled at 45% which is nice, and I personally like it more than jim beam. Vanilla Oak and Honey are the big flavors on it (like most good bourbon i find)
I picked it up for 21 where jim beam black is priced at 22 to give you reference.
I'm certain that I saw that there. I can picture it, next to the Jim Beam, below the Elijah Craig, the Knob Creek and the Makers Mark. I'll have a bit more cash on hand next time, so perhaps I'll think about picking up the buffalo Trace AND the Elijah Craig.
The benefit to the college campus thing is that if you do find a bottle of something nice there, it doesn't have the markup because it doesn't sell well. There's the selection at the more distant store (they've got a whole aisle for single malts. Pretty cool) but there's an occasional deal to be had at the "campus" store.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
Another sick good Bourbon in the same price range as jim beam black is Buffalo Trace. Its bottled at 45% which is nice, and I personally like it more than jim beam. Vanilla Oak and Honey are the big flavors on it (like most good bourbon i find)
I picked it up for 21 where jim beam black is priced at 22 to give you reference.
I'm certain that I saw that there. I can picture it, next to the Jim Beam, below the Elijah Craig, the Knob Creek and the Makers Mark. I'll have a bit more cash on hand next time, so perhaps I'll think about picking up the buffalo Trace AND the Elijah Craig.
The benefit to the college campus thing is that if you do find a bottle of something nice there, it doesn't have the markup because it doesn't sell well. There's the selection at the more distant store (they've got a whole aisle for single malts. Pretty cool) but there's an occasional deal to be had at the "campus" store.
I guess that might be the one positive to the way PA has their liquor set up, all liquor stores are state owned so prices and selection across the whole state is basically the same.
I also saw you were looking at getting Talisker 10, That is my all time favorite scotch, I'm actually about to pour myself a glass. Highly recommended if you want a manly drink ^^
Edit: I should elaborate, its pretty peaty but also has a sweetness to it, its a very balanced full bodied drink, not for the faint of heart (those should have macallan 12 year )
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
I feel your pain there, man. Also a college student in New York, and you can rarely find alcohol reasonably priced without adventuring first. I have noticed that it seems prices are fairly unforgiving for whiskies, and a little less steep for good rum. If you don't mind adventuring into different stuff, a nice rum like Appleton can be found around $23, which certainly beats a lot of the whisky prices around here.
On February 07 2012 14:24 LF9 wrote: I love all kinds of Whiskey except for Rye. I like Bourbon, but only if it's top shelf, and as everyone knows, Boubon is Scotch made in America, and Scotch is Bourbon made in Scotland. That said, I like Wild Turkey, Maker's Mark, and Jameson. However, Jim Beam just recently came out with Jim Beam Black, a double aged bourbon with a really nice character for something in that price range. .
Just bought a bottle of the jim beam black last weekend - as someone who's new to tasting bourbon, but not new to drinking it I'm really impressed by the change that it brings about from the regular old white label. I'm using the rest of the bottle to "teach" myself a bit about how to taste the stuff through trial and error - how much water and what temperature I like, how to get to the flavors through the alcohol burn, and identifying the different tastes that are in there.
On the recommendation of this thread I wanted to pick up the Elijah Craig, but it's a bit more expensive here and I was low on cash at the time, so I got the black label and told myself I would come back for that one. There's a pretty good selection of whiskey at one particular store around here, so after the Elijah Craig I'll try one more bourbon and then maybe move on to my first single malt scotch. Thinking Talisker.
Elijah Craig has both 12 year and 18 year. The 12 is absolutely fantastic and shouldn't be more than $27. It's considerably better than Jim Beam Black IMO.
If you are looking for the best bourbon out of the Jim Beam Distillery, it's Booker's. It's high proof @ ~62%, and is quite good. It's a bit more expensive though @ ~$60.
Out here everything is expensive; New York State has ridiculous alcohol taxes, and I'm on a college campus so the closest stores jack the prices up. At one store, the Beam black is $27 for a fifth, and the Elijah Craig was $36 for the same amount. At the larger store a few miles away, the beam black is $23 for a liter, and the Elijah Craig 12 year is $29 for the fifth.
Given that this was a "trial run" (remember, I don't know how I "like" to taste whiskey yet, I'm learning) I figured I would make the economy choice... but I'm stepping it up in the next couple visits.
I feel your pain there, man. Also a college student in New York, and you can rarely find alcohol reasonably priced without adventuring first. I have noticed that it seems prices are fairly unforgiving for whiskies, and a little less steep for good rum. If you don't mind adventuring into different stuff, a nice rum like Appleton can be found around $23, which certainly beats a lot of the whisky prices around here.
Unfortunately, my two least favorite flavors are orange, and strong vanilla. That's enough to rule out most rums or rum drinks.
On February 07 2012 03:39 NOobToss wrote: hey guys i'm was an occasional noob when it came to whiskey : i regularly drank balvenie and macallan 12. i'm now thinking of experimenting with the islay single malts. what would be a good starting whisky for that? i don't want to be completely overwhelmed by the peat and smoke. thanks alot!
if you're looking for a peaty islay malt to get started in i'd recommend trying something that's not quite as intense, like a highland park or talisker then moving onto something like ardbeg or lagavulin. i feel like highlandpark and to a lesser extent talisker is somewhat of a middleground/good introduction to peat/smokey flavours as they are very mild in them. eventually you can move on to something like laphroaig that's super intesne! ardbeg alligator is one of my favorites also.
PS.: Talisker is amazing. Laph quarter cask also. I mix them sometimes when I want multiple orgasms.
whoah.... Those are my two favorite malts, I have to try that....
I bought a Dalwhinnie 15yo recently and I LOVE IT. I have never been a fan of the tar, so I looked for one without the tar taste. I got recommended this one and it tastes so awesome, I cannot even tell you.
All hail Dalwhinnie.
EDIT : Why not, I poured myself a glass. It is 15:40 after all, time for a drink.
Jim Beam's my favourite. I'd like to try finer whiskeys, not sure if I have the refined taste for them though. And this country's only second to Norway in alcohol taxes lol.
Incredibly ironic this thread was bumped, I'm about to go make me a whiskey/coke and play some SC2 (unfortunately all I have left right now is wild turkey... Shit is cheap but strong as hell).
Thoroughly enjoyed 3 of these in the past few years. My go-to scotch now. The Classic is better and cheaper than a 12 yr Macallan IMO. One of the few triple distilled scotches, great for beginners due to its smoothness/sweetness.
Thoroughly enjoyed 3 of these in the past few years. My go-to scotch now. The Classic is better and cheaper than a 12 yr Macallan IMO. One of the few triple distilled scotches, great for beginners due to its smoothness/sweetness.
I drank one (the "newest? jsut 5y) Auchentoshan today! Really good taste! Actually I am back from a "Tasteival" ... I have 6 whiskeys in my head I finished it with a 37y Glenfiddich ... HELL this is good stuff! Color is nearly black and the flavor is incredible! There was also more action to it: I "deflowered" the bottle and the cork broke... not nice with such an expensive bottle; I paid 38€ for my glass! But really: If you see this thing, try it! It's expensive but worth every dime!
On February 07 2012 03:39 NOobToss wrote: hey guys i'm was an occasional noob when it came to whiskey : i regularly drank balvenie and macallan 12. i'm now thinking of experimenting with the islay single malts. what would be a good starting whisky for that? i don't want to be completely overwhelmed by the peat and smoke. thanks alot!
if you're looking for a peaty islay malt to get started in i'd recommend trying something that's not quite as intense, like a highland park or talisker then moving onto something like ardbeg or lagavulin. i feel like highlandpark and to a lesser extent talisker is somewhat of a middleground/good introduction to peat/smokey flavours as they are very mild in them. eventually you can move on to something like laphroaig that's super intesne! ardbeg alligator is one of my favorites also.
On February 07 2012 05:38 TS-Rupbar wrote: I just got a Hibiki 12. Any thoughts on it? I don't think I'm going to open it until the weekend.
reminded me very much of plum wine
recently been branching out from my usual favorites and picked up a few bottles,
auchentoshan 12 very subtly sweet, taste some toffee notes, very tasty
auchentoshan three wood much darker than the 12 which is pretty neat to compare side by side taste some very prominent sweet caramel/butterscotch notes and a little bit of hazelnut. liked it much more than the 12 and i highly recommend it
talisker 10 only had a glass but it reminded me of highland park 12, very mellow flavors of peat and subtle sweetness
overall pretty happy with my recent additions
really? i found talisker pretty forward with the peat with an awesome peppery note that i really haven't found elsewhere >.>
thanks for the advice guys! I got myself Caol Ila 12 and i really like the smoke. unfortunately i'm down with a cold the past week, so I haven't been drinking the stuff. as soon as i get well, I will be looking at Lagavulin / Laphraoig next.
It's my birthday and I'll be damned if at least some amount of whiskey doesn't get consumed. Thinking of getting some expensive Balvenie or George T Stagg to kick off this day right!
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