Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Tired of beer....What is your favortie whiskey or bourbon

I'm inclined to believe, for malt whisky at least, that a more substantial part of the cost comes from the speculative nature of producing something to be sold to satisfy a demand yet to exist until 12 or more years in the future.

Alcohol tastes the same from day one...never changes. The alcohol is where the production cost applies. The "adulterants" in any beverage give it it's taste. "Twelve year old" whiskey can be made in a day. You may be charged more however...if somebody actually has to store it for 12 years before they sell it to you. I know, charred oak barrels, etc,etc.

I believe you are correct sir. God knows I pay more for the 18 year old stuff............

Nobody's mentioned 'shine yet....

Franklin County Va.'s finest beats all the rest though I'd not turn my nose up at JD green lable or Crown or McClellands Single Malt or a slug of Jeramiah Weed........

The guy who makes a true representation of 12 or 18 year old Highland Park, The Macallan, et cetera in a day, and sells it at the midpoint between his break even and the market price of the real thing, will make a mint. Who's gonna step up and do it?

It's hard to beat a few fingers of Glenlivet 12 or 18 ... I'm quite a fan of a good single malt scotch, and that brand does it for me ... Bourbon is generally too sweet for me, and I don't prefer mix my whiskey with anything other than a little ice, or perhaps a splash of soda ...

However, I'm not monogamous with the scotch, as my heart has a soft spot for tequilla .............. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Tequilla....jeezus...

Baaad things happen when I come into contact with that stuff....

It has a marvelous effect on some women. I call it Mexican Panty Remover.

I used to drink scotch exclusively, but it got to the point where I couldn't stomach the cheap scotches and couldn't afford the good ones on a daily basis....so then I started drinking Bourbons...having no palate developed, I was an open book.

Jack was good, but as expensive as good scotch, where I settled was with Old Crow...it has a little attitude, but then that's ok, some others were watery tasting, others too smooth to really get a feel for. Now it the Dirty Bird, or single malt scotch, preferably Islay

Hey ... don't get me wrong ... I don't sit there with a bottle of the stuff and work on it until it's dry ... I just said I actually enjoy the taste of it ... I little bit in a glass with a lime and some salt to compliment it ... or in a margarita ... it IS good stuff .... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

tequilla makes her clothes come off...... or so the song goes. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


Make mine single malt please. Preferably Glenmorangie in any year.





Mac

Always liked W.L. Weller. It's a "Wheated" burbon. Exquisitely smooth...on the rocks, or with a splash of water. One of those rare good AND cheap things.

You mean Tequila?

That is the only alcohol that sneaks up on me. I can drink 10 shots and be perfect then it just hits me and I go from fine to completely naked, painted from head to toe in MECURICHROME running down the street screeching like a parrot....

This was YEARS ago but I believe I kept my panties on. The last time I touched that stuff, I was told later as I couldn't remember exact details, I nearly succeeded in running my ex ol' lady off the road in her pick up....

I was driving a 440 El Tigre air cooled and it was near 25 below that night.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Dang, $85 for Balvenie!!

I was just at the local Trader Joe's and they were selling it for $33.

Seems like the mint can be made right there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Last year on our way to Montana, we stopped in Gillette to fill up an ice chest, etc., and ran into a place that had a great selection of Scotch. They had Glenlivet French Oak for $22. On the way home, I made a point of stopping there again and bought their last four bottles, and Dad found his favorite Bushmills single malt Irish and took two bottles of that home.

I guess a deal is where you find it.

Rick

A perfect what? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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A perfect Steelhead.........

Bushmills for the shot before bed and Crown for the social events.

"This was YEARS ago but I believe I kept my panties on. "


LMAO, Roy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Cool! I used to like to trim the hedges in front with one of the electric jobbies. At 3:00 A.M... Or so I am told. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

White lightning is good, but availability is nix for all practical purposes up here. But in a pinch, Bacardi 151 will fit the bill for pure burn and bang for the buck. There's also a noxious poison that can be had in Mexico that is as close to pure, unadulterated alcohol as you can get, distilled from sugarcane -- available in the pharmacy no less--that is well-known to the locals as a dual purpose alcohol. Good for disinfecting, and to cure what ails you! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Problem is that the next day, you have bigger fish to fry trying to survive the hangover. I vaguely recall being stunned to find that when mixed with OJ, it immediately both separated into a oil and water looking potion, except that the OJ turned into a coagulated cloudy orange sludge on top. Good stuff. Just watch the smoking near it.

Oh, and as to the actual; question: JD works fine for me as far as bourbon, but I too am a single malt Scotch man. Talisker is the best value for quality out there, IMO. I will have to chastise your opening comment, however: a man sick of beer isn't trying hard enough!

Cheers.