So i've just tried whiskey (Jack Daniels) for the first time and i've enjoyed it, i'm wanting some decent recommendations for what to try next,preferably not super expensive at first.
So i've just tried whiskey (Jack Daniels) for the first time and i've enjoyed it, i'm wanting some decent recommendations for what to try next,preferably not super expensive at first.
If you enjoyed Jack Daniels -- which is a bit on the rough side -- you might want to try a rye next. A good one will be smoother but have some spicy notes I think you'll like.
Bulliet Rye is a really nice choice there at a great price point. Slightly more expensive and slightly richer is Michter's Rye.
We would be able to make better suggestions if you could list what is currently in your dad’s liquid cabinet.
Don’t forget to replace what you drink with water. Otherwise the old man is gonna figure out what you’re doing and put a lock on it.
Johnnie Walker Black: the breakfast of champions :)
We would be able to make better suggestions if you could list what is currently in your dad’s liquor cabinet.
Don’t forget to replace what you drink with water. Otherwise the old man is gonna figure out what you’re doing and put a lock on it.
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I suggest you expand your horizons to include bourbon. You might start with Jim Beam Devils Cut. My wife loves it, but she is far from a connoisseur!
I prefer a little smoother bourbon, such as Evan Williams Single Barrel (not to be confused with their other bourbons). Neither of these bottles is going to break your wallet. If you want to pay a little more, you might try Knob Creek.
Why don't you go to your local liquor store, snap a few pics of the bourbon/whiskey shelves and then look up their ratings online?
I’m a big fan of Nikka if you can find it. They only distributed to the US once as far as I know and it was last year.
I really enjoy the coffee grain (I know that may not sound appealing but Japanese whiskey is incredibly smooth)
Bourbon is a type of whisky.
Irish-made Potcheen.
No whisky is the best whisky.
fisky wrote:
I suggest you expand your horizons ... You might start with ... My wife...
I prefer a little smoother ... such as Evan Williams ... Barrel...
break your wallet... If you want to pay a little more, you might try Knob Creek.
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He'll make your knob creek.
Hennegans
If you had Jack Daniels and liked it then just drink Jack or try Jim Beam Black. Honestly they are great whiskies.
Absolutely no reason to spend more money than that on whiskey. Price and good whiskey are not related. Most...if not all expensive whiskeys come from the same distilleries that make Jack, Jim Beam, Evan Williams. Bullet doesn’t make Bullet google it.
For the record I drink bottom shelf Evan and Jim B Black.
Drinking “Evan Williams single barrel” and for only $25 it is about as good as whiskey gets.
hjmyf wrote:
No whisky is the best whisky.
Yes, and Johnnie Walker is a Whisky, Jack Daniels is whiskey...anything not Scotch is EY.
Bourbons are not really whiskys anyway
On that note, I don't rate JW Black, doesn't come near my favourite which is Glenmorangie
Jamesons is a good Irish Whiskey...my brother's go to.
Other very notables are Balvenie Scotch Whisky, Macallan Scotch Whisky and Lark Aussie Whiskey out of Tasmania
Elijah Craig
Not all whisky is scotch.
But all scotch is whiskey.
Whiskey includes rye, bourbon, scotch, Irish Whiskey ...
It doesn't include vodka, rum, tequila, gin, triple sec ...
I never drank whiskey until I ran the Bourbon Chase relay about 12 years ago. The legs would end at distilleries throughout Kentucky and you could get a free sample at each distillery. I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.
For $25 or so, you can get a very drinkable whiskey or you can get stuff that's awful.
And taste is subjective. I like to try new bourbons so I asked a while back for a recommendation at a liquor store for a good, inexpensive bourbon. He recommended Old Forester. It wasn't pour-down-the-sink awful, but it was pretty bad. Four Roses Single Barrell was more expensive and got high ratings, but I didn't like it either. Better than Old Forester, heck yes. Good?... no.
My point is that there isn't a strong correlation between cost and good whiskey in the mid- and lower-price points. You have to figure out what you like.