Whisky Thread

@Karl7:

But honestly, often the “top shelf” stuff in all liquor categories tends not to deliver on the hype.

Very true, Karl.

One of the best rye whiskies in the world is Alberta Premium  It’s won a ton of awards for Canadian Whisky.  It’s also cheap like borscht.  For years it was always a working man’s whisky, and priced as such.  Once whisky became more in vogue and Alberta Premium started winning awards hand-over-fist they couldn’t raise the price like I’m sure they wished they could.  Obviously, if they did they’d lose their working class customer base, while having no guarantee that the snobs would replace the lost sales.  Long story short, you can buy one of the top five Canadian whiskies for about $25/bottle.

There’s a bottler in the US (I’m not at liberty to say which one) that buys Alberta Premium by the barrel, puts it in a fancy bottle with a different name, ships it to Ontario, and sells it for $100 per bottle.

Price is no guarantee of quality.

Also, a lot whiskies are expensive purely due to rarity.  Somebody will pay $10 000 for a scotch because there’s only eight bottles of that variety left in the world, and it’s not even as good as some scotches you can buy for $100.  Ridiculous.

@aequitas:

@wittmann:

I have always liked Malt whisky, but drink it rarely now. I would rather drink a good grappa.

Grappa?? You killing me :lol: :lol:

The last time i had a Grappa was,…i felt a burning Sensation in my throat, in my stomach…black out.

11yrs sober now.
They called me Beerfest Tyson. When i was lit, the tent burnt!!
Started with 16 since alcohol is allowed in Germany with 16 especially in Bavaria where we have this rule: three beers equals a steak.

Sorry i can’t help Stuck Tojo.

You should try Ouzo one day,  a greek speciality.

Bah mungus…

Never had grappa.

I have family in Slovakia, though, and when I was there visiting we drank some extremely strong local spirits.  Tatra Tea was one of them.  No sipping, either.  Just shooting it.  I was drunk every evening I was there.

Glad to hear you’ve tamed your demons , too, AeV.  :-)

@SS:

@Young:

I don’t drink alcohol anymore due to the fact that I was so good at it (15 years dry now)… when I did drink whisky straight it would be a Canadian Rye Whisky like Crown Royal or Gibson’s finest, but there have been sooo many new Rye, Burbon, Whiskey labels since I last slept in a ditch.

Sweet. 26 dry years for me. Had to quit. First one at party. Last one to leave looking for another party.  When I did I would have shots of Jack Daniels. Besides I had to stop in order to see my son. Best thing ever happen. Probably be dead by now.
No offense StuckTojo.

The reason I discovered AAA is because my regular opponent is problem drunk.  He’d be falling-down wasted by the sixth round.  Not much fun for me.

Here the games are much better.  Unfortunately I don’t win much anymore.  :lol: