Your favourite type of whiskey (or whisky, if you prefer)

i love scotch.

rye motherfucker, rye

Scottish single malts, is that Malt or Scotch? Eh?

scotchy scotch scotch.

That covers a wide area

wtf is corn whiskey? i guess you mean moonshine?

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rye, damn it

Scottish single malts, is that Malt or Scotch? Eh?

That's Scotch. If it were made somewhere non Scottish, it's malt.

What is Straight Whiskey?

What about Scottish blended whisky then? (Not that I'm assuming it's anybody's favourite)

You can get Blended Scotch

Also I would like to take his moment to say that I love Bourbon. And there like like 100x more scotch in MTL than bourbon. It makes me sad. I am trying to learn to appreciate scotch (in fact, someone bought me a 15-year glenlivet a while ago, which I have been picking away at) but so far it doesn't tickle me like bourbon does.

xpost: Straight Whiskey is pure whiskey, undiluted by neutral spirit or other flavourings. In the USA, straight whiskey must be aged in charred barrels.

xxpost: do you mean like a blended malt scotch? it's scotch.

oops xp

How can you reduce Scotch to one choice? Ridiculous.

Blended can be malt AND grain

if someone wants to start a scotch thread, I am all for that too, but i am more interested in seeing how many people prefer other whskys OVER scotch. also i didn't wnat to split the scotch vote.

gotta be bourbon

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Speyside, I think.

Oh the problems of taxonomy.

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1. those that belong to the Emperor
2. embalmed ones
3. those that are trained
4. suckling pigs
5. mermaids
6. fabulous ones
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12. others
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speyside vs glenmorangie vs oban

what are scotches from the island areas called again? islays? i recall liking them and speysides the best, i think. there was this bar that would give you a flight of 5 diff. scotches which was amazing for forming opinions because you could really contrast the flavours. there was this amazing almost saltiness? to the islay one... i wish i could remember the name of it...

wait, it may havej ust been "island" scotch

Islay is one of the Island distilleries, or else is just a Highland whisky?

I once did a whisky website, so I should know all this!

Islay is an island that has its own distinction among other island whiskeys which are a subset of highland whiskeys. whatever that means. anyway, i like them

i like whiskey macs :)

Yes, Whiskipedia tells me the regions are The Highlands, Lowland, Islay and Campbeltown (Islands (but not incl. Islay) part of Highlands)

Highlands/Islands/Speyside are generally lumpted in together.

Lumpted, ha.

I like those ones. Don't like Islay much. Dunno about others.

But that's like 90% of Scottish whisky! (xp)

100% of which has been lumpted into a category called... "Scotch whisky"!

Guys did you know there are wheat bourbons and rye bourbons?

Guys did you know there are wheat bourbons and rye bourbons?

Well, yes, but I've never heard people refer to a "rye bourbon," I don't think. Bourbon by definition is mostly corn (like 80%, i think), some malted barley, and the remaining mash made of either rye or wheat. Rye is the default, and has a bigger flavor, and wheat is mellower and more in the high-end stuff, like Maker's Mark and W.L. Weller.

Bourbon by a hair over Scotch. Current favorite-Bulleit

I think it's just 51%, Kenan, not 80%, which leaves a fair bit of leeway... but I could totally be remembering the wrong number.

51% by US law (I just looked this up myself), but according to wiki usually around 70%.

irish here

Bourbon

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Lionel Hutz had it right. Bourbon, the brownest of the brown liquors, wins this motherfucker right here.

Although, I will admit that the Scots would put up a good fight. But give me that sweet, Kentucky gold every damn day.

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bourbon all the way.

Bourbon plz! Knob Creek is my favorite.

The bottle's conveniently small for carrying in a purse, too.

poitin

I am and Island Malt and a Rye drinker predominantly, but any port in a storm.

I voted for de luxe whatever that is

Bourbon plz! Knob Creek is my favorite.

OTM, closely followed by Maker's Mark

Evan Williams and George Dickel, bitchezzz

I am and Island Malt and a Rye drinker predominantly, but any port in a storm.

This poll isn't about fortified wines, silly.

OMG they don't sell Dickel here. so sad am I.

Lagavulin, for preference

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i'm black affronted.

bourbon!!!!

wheat is mellower and more in the high-end stuff, like Maker's Mark and W.L. Weller.

maker's is not actually "high end"

also, i like ryes a LOT but bourbons are more available and therefore i have more experience with them, so bourbon it is!

i think jim beam rye (the yellow label) is the only rye i've drunk. weird how rye used to be such a major category of liquor and now barely exists. it must have to do with subsidies.

maker's is not actually "high end"

Yeah it is just hell of overpriced.

i don't know the difference b/w whiskey, bourbon, mash, rye or any other grody brown liquor

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51 voters on this poll with scotch getting 15 votes - and yet 38 voters on the scottish single malt poll... curious.

not that curious really though.

i like scotch but i like bourbon more. why would it be curious that i also have a favourite scotch?

Maker's Mark, 18 bucks at Safeway for xmas, they really need to get rid of the fake melted wax/plastic crap though.

Oh to buy liquor at the grocery store instead of the state store.

Been getting into Single Malt Scottish Whisky for the last few months, particularly Islay & other more heady varieties (Talisker, Old Pulteney, Ardbeg, Lagavulin, Laphroaig, Highland Park, ...).

I'm thinking of branching out into some American Whiskeys. Just ordered a bottle of Jim Beam Black Aged 8 Years to try, as I have a cheap source.

Excuse me if I end up saying the same kinds of things in multiple Whisk(e)y threads while I hunt about and find one that suits/works/sticks...

Beam Black is a great value for bourbon. If you like that, try Bulleit next.

A friend of mine finished off the bottom of bottles of both Van Winkle 12 y.o., and Booker's on Saturday night. Twas a fine dessert.

Thanks, I've not heard of Bulleit before, but it sounds very good on a quick google. I will see how I go & bear it in mind...

Bourbon beating scotch is a travesty.

Got a bottle of Buffalo Trace today. Will try it tonight.

UK-ers, Asda have just started stocking it & at a pretty reasonable price at the moment.

American whiskeys really don't seem to be available (except online) in the UK unfortunately. In shops, I mean. A shame.

Is there a distinction between Canadian whisky and rye (rye whiskey)?

yeah there is a pretty big difference between canadian whisky and u.s. rye whiskey in terms of taste at least

to be called a rye whiskey in the u.s. the mashbill has to be at least 51% rye. canadian whiskies often have a high percentage of rye but i don't believe there's a specific requirement.

Glenrothes has spoiled me.

Ha, OK, I see. People didn't seem to know what I was talking about if I asked for "rye" in the US so I just assumed it might have been the same thing as Canadian whisky.

i'm pretty sure the vast majority of u.s. bars don't actually stock a rye, unfortunately

Buffalo Trace is goooooood.

Has anyone tried Kamiki, the Japanese whisky that spends part of its aging in cedar casks? I saw it for sale yesterday and thought that would produce a very odd product.

i'm pretty sure the vast majority of u.s. bars don't actually stock a rye, unfortunately

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Good news: Most bars I go to now carry Bulleit rye, and maybe Old Overholt. Bad news: I greatly prefer Rittenhouse BIB.

Im enjoying a teeling 18 yr which is tougher than id have expected but pays off 100% in the finish

Gonna sip a little Elijah Craig tonight

I sampled some Basil Hayden's bourbon neat followed by some Maker's Mark, my go-to bourbon for the last 20 years, and I was genuinely surprised at how smooth the Basil Hayden's was compared to how harsh the Maker's Mark was. I mostly take my Maker's Mark in Manhattans so maybe I never noticed the harsh bite of it.

But I've turned to rye in a big way recently; in fact have a bottle of Rittenhouse BIB on the shelf waiting for my next old-fashioned or Manhattan.

Good news: Most bars I go to now carry Bulleit rye, and maybe Old Overholt. Bad news: I greatly prefer Rittenhouse BIB.

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yeah, agreed on preference but we've come a long way!

i remember driving from store to store in like 2011 buying up rittenhouse because it was on allocation and showed up once a year. now i can pick it up on my weekly trip to whole foods.

Has anyone tried Kamiki, the Japanese whisky that spends part of its aging in cedar casks? I saw it for sale yesterday and thought that would produce a very odd product.

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I have yet to have a Japanese whisky I didn't love, but I am too lazy/forgetful to remember which brands I've tried. I tend to just buy cool-looking bottles from local shops and I really need to start taking photos of them.