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@gjacobse said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Trying to work my way back to handling bourbon...drinking Jim and ginger right now...baby steps...
LOL... Being that I live in Kentucky now, I feel that I should be drinking and liking bourbon and whiskey...
I don't. Seemingly the only one I like is Fireball.. Which some consider Texas water.. Never been a huge drinker anyway.. I have a one Beer limit self imposed and it's very rare that I don't adhere to that.
Fireball is pretty weak compared to Kentucky Fire.
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Fireball is a "girl whisky", 66 and definitely marketed for girls and college students. It's light drinking.
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Jim Beam is only 80 - 86 proof. Not much stronger. It's a light bourbon too.
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Barrel aged rum > bourbon. Bourbon (all whiskey) is too damn trendy, I drink what I actually enjoy.
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@RojoLoco said:
Barrel aged rum > bourbon. Bourbon (all whiskey) is too damn trendy, I drink what I actually enjoy.
I was at the Flor de Cana factory last weekend!! I can get single state 24 year old rum right down the street.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@RojoLoco said:
Barrel aged rum > bourbon. Bourbon (all whiskey) is too damn trendy, I drink what I actually enjoy.
I was at the Flor de Cana factory last weekend!! I can get single state 24 year old rum right down the street.
And I would still love to pay you to ship me a bottle or 3! I can only find 4/7/12 year here.
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18 is the cheap stuff here!! Only $30 or so. They sell it on every corner.
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Sorry, 12 is the cheap. 18 is still $40.
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@RojoLoco said:
Barrel aged rum > bourbon. Bourbon (all whiskey) is too damn trendy, I drink what I actually enjoy.
more for me.
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@MattSpeller Canadian whiskey is pretty damn good, tho.
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@RojoLoco said:
@MattSpeller Canadian whiskey is pretty damn good, tho.
Unreal, we have completely different tastes - I love my country but it makes some horrid coconut-ty tasting swill and labels it as whiskey. One of my life long dreams is to setup a distillery here and produce some right proper peat-y smokey scotch.
My tipple of choice:
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@MattSpeller said:
@RojoLoco said:
@MattSpeller Canadian whiskey is pretty damn good, tho.
Unreal, we have completely different tastes - I love my country but it makes some horrid coconut-ty tasting swill and labels it as whiskey. One of my life long dreams is to setup a distillery here and produce some right proper peat-y smokey scotch.
My tipple of choice:
http://www.laphroaig.com/whiskies/quarter-cask.aspxGoing to Scotland in August... there is going to be far too much Scotch...
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@coliver It's on my bucket list to visit
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Scotch tastes like burnt mud... there, I said it. I'll take the rotting corn, sour-mashiness of bourbon over burnt mud. That being said, I do have a bottle of Bulleit Rye at home rt now...
Which Canadian whiskey tastes like coconut??? And @MattSpeller do they still make Breton's Hand and Seal whiskey? That's the finest Canadian booze I ever tasted.
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@RojoLoco said:
Scotch tastes like burnt mud... there, I said it. I'll take the rotting corn, sour-mashiness of bourbon over burnt mud. That being said, I do have a bottle of Bulleit Rye at home rt now...
I suppose that leaves more for me! I enjoy Bullet when looking for a cheaper alternative to scotch for mixing.
Which Canadian whiskey tastes like coconut???
The worst offender by far is Crown Royal (and it's many copies).
I've enjoyed Collingwood but they want a premium for it that IMHO it does not deserve.
http://www.canadianwhisky.org/reviews/collingwood-21-year-old-canadian-rye.htmlAnd @MattSpeller do they still make Breton's Hand and Seal whiskey?
I'll have to look for it! Never heard of such a beast.
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Collinwood is the one I always get for Canadian Whiskey.
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@MattSpeller Scotch is where it is at. I love the floral highland scotch's!
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@brianlittlejohn Aye, the highlands make some fine ones but I'll take a right proper filthy smokey peaty Islay any day.
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@brianlittlejohn I think the highland ones just lack the proper quantity of suffering that the ones on the islands experienced in spades.
