What’s your favorite whiskey or whisky?

I absolutely love Canadian rye whiskey, Alberta Premium is my choice of drink when I can get it. Most of the time I buy Pendleton Canadian rye because it's the best choice available to me. Either brand is incredibly smooth and very forgiving when it comes to hangovers

 

My KH only allows me to drink beer or wine with no questions, when I want. She noted I was drinking too much hard liquor for Her liking. So when I submitted control to Her, I agreed to only drink hard liquor with Her permission. I almost never ask about hard liquor anymore because I know the answer is no. When she allows me to have a drink, She offers it, and it is a privilege or special occasion. This is one of the few rules I have broken in the past and She has tanned my ass hard for it. But if allowed, I go for Bourbon. Makers Mark or something similar, on the rocks, or with a splash of ginger ale. Cheers !!

 

Johnnie Walker Gold is the only liquor I drink besides beer. I used to drink the black but the gold is much smoother. Of course I’d love to drink the blue but it’s way to much.

 

Any single malt scotch, except Glenfiddich, which is the devil’s urine!

 

When going for a blend i choose crown Royal, if I'm in the mood for bourbon i go for Woodford reserve

 

I don't drink a lot of hard alcohol. If I do I usually go for jack Daniels single barrel or knob Creek.

 

Knob creak can happen if you are caged too long.

 

Lol. The name always makes me giggle, but it's good whiskey

 

Irish.. Jamesons Redbreast 12 yr old. Blows the doors off Scotch anyday

 

When we first moved to Spain we decided to try DYC, a Spanish whisky. It was vile, after one glass it was relegated to BBQ starter fuel. Undeterred, we bought the DYC “good one” which cost a lot more. There was one huge difference... the price!

 

I like the smokey single malts. Ardbeg is my current fav.

 

I was coming to this part of the site to ask just this question, and just the way that you asked it. I love whisk(e)y; only other inanimate thing I love as much is great coffee and beer. I'm sorry but I have to name much more than one. For single malts, I love several. Favorites would be Ardbeg Corryvreckan and 10, Port Charlotte Islay Barley, and Laphroaig 10 cask strength. For bourbon, Elijah Craig 12 was my favorite daily sipper when that heavenly piss of Dionysus used to be available. But my all time favorite is either Blanton's or Booker's (try the Little Book if you haven't). For rye, James E Pepper cask strength, regular James E Pepper, Rittenhouse, and Pikesville are all necessities. For Irish, I love Connemara. Favorite Canadians are 40 Creek Copper Pot, and Crown Northern Harvest, but I've heard wonderful things about Lot 40 and Alberta Rye. Initially, I went crazy over craft beer, and then I found whisk(e)y. Now I am polyamorous lol. Fortunately I got the wife completely into all the whiskies but the peat monsters. However, these days she's even coming around to those too. She will occasionally sip a little Talisker Storm, Lagavulin 16, or Caol Ila 12. She still can't come around to Ardbeg or Laphroaig, but she loves all the same craft beers I do.

Try some Kilchoman Machir Bay if you haven't. It's utterly delicious for such a young whisky.

Charleston, what do you think of Dickel 12 compared to the Barrel Select? I've wanted to try the Barrel Select for a while, but I only ever had the 12. I've had a few Jack Daniels SBs gotten from purchases of barrels with friends at the distillery, but I'm ashamed to say I've not tried the Dickel Barrel Select.

 

When I drink whiskey which isn’t often...

3 fingers highball glass of makers mark. One oversized ice cube, One cigar, good music, and the rest of the evening to relax.

 

i think whisky taste horrible. i only had it once and it was horrible. i am allow wine and i like some of that.

 

I would suggest you two try some of the good stuff.

If you start low there is not mch difference between the destilleries (in my opinion). Wehn you get up to 16 or 21 year old whiskey I would suggest Glenlivet - especially if you can get your hands on some of the former Glenlivet Archive fillings (around 1990-2000).
If you want somehing really good I would suggest some 30yo Glefiddich - to me it's even better than the 30yo Glenlivet or soime of the rare Glenburgie fillings.

But all that is just for autumn and winter - as it's summer now it is time for some good tequilla reprosado

 

Paddys if I'm allowed.

 

To be honest I can’t be arsed with the so called expert opinions. Any good scotch malt suits me. Yes they are different, but anyone who spends squillions on whisky has more money than sense. Just like wine the difference in quality between a €5 bottle and a €10 is huge, put a few zeros on and very few can tell the difference

 

I'll give the barrel select a go some time then. I liked the Dickel 12 as much or more than the JD Single Barrel bottles we got. Lots of banana, vanilla, and honey in either of those, but the Dickel seemed to have more of a nutty quality for me that I liked.

Four Roses is great, but I've only had their single barrel. I should try the yellow top. If you have never tried Old Grand-Dad 114, it's a must. In my neck of the woods its like 19 bucks. The OGD 114 is neither the regular 40% nor the 50% bonded. Its 57%, as you'd guess. From my understanding, it's the same mash bill as Basil Haydn's. However, this stuff is coming through much more powerfully. That's my favorite bargain whiskey.

What beers do you like?

 

Thank you for calling me expert.

Leave all special fillings alone, go to some puband get yourself a glass of 12yo scotch and a glass of 30yo scotch and then tell there is no difference. Even my mum can tell there is a difference and she hates all kind of whiskey.

It might be hard to taste a huge difference between fillings of the same age or some of the more expensive rare fillings, but almost everyone should be able to taste an 14 year difference of two rather common scotch.

And by the way: You dont gobble down good scotch like some do with beer or wine. So it's a big difference if you spend 200 bucks on one bottle of wine or a bottle of whiskey...