EPTYeah I came to the conclusion that bitters/vermouth/citrus/sugar were the possible ingredients in this theorized rum cocktail, the only question then is which ones to choose. But fuck it I went back to my beloved calvados.
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
Yeah I came to the conclusion that bitters/vermouth/citrus/sugar were the possible ingredients in this theorized rum cocktail, the only question then is which ones to choose. But fuck it I went back to my beloved calvados. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
Edit: So i had some old spiced rum (Myers Dark, Cinnamon) which i had used for hot buttered rum last year and decided to try an OF. I used orange bitters and it turned out pretty well (though the cinnamon is quite forward). So that might be a simple answer. Rum+bitters | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21243 Posts
On November 01 2015 08:05 IgnE wrote: Straight up sure. Yeah I came to the conclusion that bitters/vermouth/citrus/sugar were the possible ingredients in this theorized rum cocktail, the only question then is which ones to choose. But fuck it I went back to my beloved calvados. Liqueurs are what you're looking for. I'm partial to chartreuse myself. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands3978 Posts
On October 29 2015 13:46 ticklishmusic wrote: The Fujikai is one of the most confusing tasting whiskeys I've ever had. I think I like it, but there's a lot going on. It's got a good bit of fruitiness in addition to what you mentioned-- a ton of flavors, but each seems pretty distinct instead of blending together. Thanks! I found one on Ebay for 70 Euro. Tad bit steep for my liking, but hey, still less expensive than Octomore. Hope it will arrive soon! | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
I say this because today I came across an online post where many people basically said all blends are bad, and what you want is single malts from Islay because everything else sucks. And a bunch of guys were piling on like yeah Islay or nothing. On another note, some folks also were saying that the only blend that's not completely horrible is the Johnnie Walker Blue, which is hilarious because anyone who's been paying attention can tell that that's not an opinion that holds any water at all. It's just this weird legend that kids tell each other and it kind of sticks. "Blends are bad." "Islay and peat are good and cool and trendy and makes you look like you know what you're talking about."... My point being, I think it's weird and pathetic how people present the trendy opinion as their own because it makes them feel cool. Stop the snobbery.  Note: I'm not accusing anyone here of that, nor do I think that people who only stick to Islays are automatically phony. But some of these kids, they don't know anything, they just want to impress everyone by pretending that they enjoy the peatiest scotch there is, or only JW Blue is good because the shots went down easily. | ||
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arb
Noobville17921 Posts
On November 02 2015 02:57 ticklishmusic wrote: Why not just do a whiskey and coke, those are easy AF to drink and not too sweet You honestly can't go wrong with Whiskey + Coke ever imo. always easy to drink it just makes the coke taste flat(which isnt that bad imo) | ||
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Snotling
Germany885 Posts
On November 04 2015 20:44 arb wrote: You honestly can't go wrong with Whiskey + Coke ever imo. always easy to drink it just makes the coke taste flat(which isnt that bad imo) the wrong part is mixing whiskey and coke in the first place..... :D | ||
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BurningSera
Ireland19621 Posts
High recommend it for if you fancy some blended malt (the 3 monkeys on the bottle straight up telling you that it is a mix of 3 single malts), this one price wise is excellent and then that magical blending charm is purely impressive. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 04 2015 20:50 Snotling wrote: the wrong part is mixing whiskey and coke in the first place..... :D People have a high opinion of whisky in general, but there's whisky for $10 and some horrible "cheap" blends like Johnnie Walker Red which in my humble opinion straight up ruin a good glass of coke. Yet some of those $10 bottles of bourbon for instance, mix pretty well with coke. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 04 2015 23:10 ticklishmusic wrote: I was gonna say "hey, JW Red isn't that bad". Then I realize it costs the same as a lot of my nice "entry level" scotches and that I have half a bottle of it left even though my scotches only have a couple drinks left in each. I don't know why, but I find JW Red to be particularly bad, at least for me. It's the only scotch (or whisky for that matter) that I found straight up unpleasant. Even the other "bad" whiskies were underwhelming, but not unpleasant like JW Red. It was bad enough that for a time I thought it must have been a bad batch. I felt the same way with the Irish bottling Powers Gold Label. Not my cup of tea. | ||
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
 edit: http://whiskey.underthelabel.com/l/486/Booker-s-True-Barrel-Bourbon | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On November 04 2015 23:27 Djzapz wrote: I don't know why, but I find JW Red to be particularly bad, at least for me. It's the only scotch (or whisky for that matter) that I found straight up unpleasant. Even the other "bad" whiskies were underwhelming, but not unpleasant like JW Red. It was bad enough that for a time I thought it must have been a bad batch. I felt the same way with the Irish bottling Powers Gold Label. Not my cup of tea. It's got a weird spicy, astringent taste that just isn't good in any way. I mean, Fireball is cheap cinnamon flavored whiskey, but at least it goes down easily (though it leaves me with a weird scratchy throat). To be fair, JW has good other stuff. Black is a little overpriced (but pricing is incredibly subjective), I really enjoy their Double Black, Green wasn't too bad and Blue is pretty good. Their foray into cheap scotch just didn't work--- still, I guess plenty of people drink JW Red. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
On November 04 2015 23:27 Djzapz wrote: I don't know why, but I find JW Red to be particularly bad, at least for me. It's the only scotch (or whisky for that matter) that I found straight up unpleasant. Even the other "bad" whiskies were underwhelming, but not unpleasant like JW Red. It was bad enough that for a time I thought it must have been a bad batch. I felt the same way with the Irish bottling Powers Gold Label. Not my cup of tea. Its just a preference thing. I like Red more than Black. (though not a particular JW fan) But i really like Ryes, and so that Spicey taste is more familiar to me. | ||
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Djzapz
Canada10681 Posts
On November 05 2015 03:39 Goumindong wrote: Its just a preference thing. I like Red more than Black. (though not a particular JW fan) But i really like Ryes, and so that Spicey taste is more familiar to me. I don't mind ryes, the rye part really isn't what's offputting to me about the JW Red in a way that no other whisky I've ever tried has been. There's some sort of medicine/chemicals taste that I get, that's completely offputting. At first I thought it was bad peat, now I think it's chemical waste making its way into the mix  | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
On November 04 2015 23:41 caznitch wrote: Recommendation: Just bought myself "booker's true barell burboun" and love it. One of the nicest straight up drinking bourbons I've ever had and it's 64% alcohol! Incredibly full flavor with that. I usually mix my bourbons (old fashions) but this one I'll drink straight. Its ~$75 in my part of the woods (Canada) so take that as you will. I'm guessing it requires a mortgage payment in Europe and costs $2 in the US edit: http://whiskey.underthelabel.com/l/486/Booker-s-True-Barrel-Bourbon It's 60€ at the cheapest online store I know. That's a little higher than mid range for me (never having bought a Whisky >45€ myself). I'm going to remember the recommendation for a friend's birthday, given I find a couple of others who chip in  Other than the Booker's, any favourite (entry) Burbon Whiskys? (Edit: I stand corrected, Whiskeys, right?) On November 05 2015 04:08 Djzapz wrote: I don't mind ryes, the rye part really isn't what's offputting to me about the JW Red in a way that no other whisky I've ever tried has been. There's some sort of medicine/chemicals taste that I get, that's completely offputting. At first I thought it was bad peat, now I think it's chemical waste making its way into the mix I have a similar "problem" with the Bowmore Legend. I bought it 14 month ago and it being mz first peated one, and a strong one too, it takes me quiet some time to drink it. Anyway, I tried it the other day and it did smell smoky, which is fine, but I also smelled new bicycle tyres. Not so pleasant. And this happened two separate times and havent tried it since. The tastings before I did not smell anything like it. Also I sometimes leave a little bit in the glass with a lid on it to dry up and smell the flavours after the fluid has evaporated, substracting the alcohol. I did not smell tyres after the Legend dried up. When I'm back home, I'll try diluting it a bit, to say 35% or sth. and then have a sniff and taste it again. If that doesn't help, I'm going to use it to marinate Tofu. | ||
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Goumindong
United States3529 Posts
On November 05 2015 04:08 Djzapz wrote: I don't mind ryes, the rye part really isn't what's offputting to me about the JW Red in a way that no other whisky I've ever tried has been. There's some sort of medicine/chemicals taste that I get, that's completely offputting. At first I thought it was bad peat, now I think it's chemical waste making its way into the mix Probably less careful heads/tails management for one of the whiskies. I havent had red in a long time though (why buy blended scotch when I can buy an MGP rye for half the price?). | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
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