Whisky / Whiskey
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@MajorRage will have to try my drinking my ever-present bottle of Gentleman Jack straight.
On the Jameisons again last night. I could get used to this.
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@mariner4life I should point out that we also had a bottle of JD there, and a few of us tried it straight over ice comparison test with Makers.
It was hard to believe that they are the same class of drink. Jack Daniels neat, is bloody awful. It needs the coke.
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Just standard Jack?
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@mariner4life yeah. standard. Have never tried gentleman jack.
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JDS be sippin' whiskey!
I found Jim Beam white label smoother neat than Jim Beam black label, similarly Wild Turkey rare breed isn't that good neat, but with a mixer, is very good.
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I'm sure I've shared this before but back in the 70's Rum and Bourbon was brought into NZ in Oak barrels and then bottled at a plant out in Te Atatu.
You could buy the barrels for $10. Over the decade or so the sprit had been maturing the oak had absorbed a lot of the liquor. Plus there was generally about5 cms of high alcohol molasses in the bottom.
I used to pour boiling water into the barrels and then turn them once/day. After about 3 weeks I would bottle what came out of the casks straining it through a pair of tights.
I would generally get about 5 litres of incredibly smooth very alcoholic spirit ( a cap of it would take over a minute to burn off). Typically I went for the bourbon.
In most instances I would get two batches/barrel so about 10 litres for $10.
then I would cut the barrels in half and sell them for $10 per "planter" to the local garden centre.
I still have 2 bottles from the last batch I put down in 1979 that I very occasionally broach.
Very disappointed to learn when I came back to NZ that they had changed over to plastic casks.
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@dogmeat said in Whisky / Whiskey:
I'm sure I've shared this before but back in the 70's Rum and Bourbon was brought into NZ in Oak barrels and then bottled at a plant out in Te Atatu.
You could buy the barrels for $10. Over the decade or so the sprit had been maturing the oak had absorbed a lot of the liquor. Plus there was generally about5 cms of high alcohol molasses in the bottom.
I used to pour boiling water into the barrels and then turn them once/day. After about 3 weeks I would bottle what came out of the casks straining it through a pair of tights.
I would generally get about 5 litres of incredibly smooth very alcoholic spirit ( a cap of it would take over a minute to burn off). Typically I went for the bourbon.
In most instances I would get two batches/barrel so about 10 litres for $10.
then I would cut the barrels in half and sell them for $10 per "planter" to the local garden centre.
I still have 2 bottles from the last batch I put down in 1979 that I very occasionally broach.
Very disappointed to learn when I came back to NZ that they had changed over to plastic casks.
Yes, you have shared that before and no, I don't get sick of reading it. It's up there with such fern posts as "a day in the life of ...." and "the Tangiwai Disaster test in South Africa"
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Speaking of which, @KiwiPie @Donsteppa
Is the Tangiwai Disaster Cricket Test on this new forum? Coming up to Christmas, always worth a repost if you have it about?
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@Hooroo said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Yes, you have shared that before and no, I don't get sick of reading it. It's up there with such fern posts as "a day in the life of ...." and "the Tangiwai Disaster test in South Africa"
... and that someone had breakfast in Wellington with some guys in black
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@MajorRage Maker's Mark is my poison of choice. When living in the US I tried heaps of different bourbons as the supermarket had a whole aisle of the stuff. Earlier in the year I bought a bottle of the Maker's 46 duty free - very nice too.
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@Duluth said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Any Rye suggestions? Bourbon is too sweet for my tastes.. I've liked the few cheap Rye's I've tried
Not a genre I have tried. I assume you are talking about 'true' Ryes?
Had a little read up and they look like an avenue worth exploring. Thanks for the idea.Not a 'true' Rye, but a 'Canadian Rye' the good old CC is a pretty good mixer. I went to a patch once when I struggled to find a good everyday beer (pre the explosion of Session IPAs), and was sick of drinking crap stuff that made me feel bloated. A CC and Dry (not pre-mixed) was a nice alternative.
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@Crucial Crown Royal is a nice drop too, a blended Canadian whiskey.
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Currently moving towns/making a career and life change/having a midlife crisis, so my car is full of many of my worldly possessions. I made sure I brought my whisky with me.
Got a few bottles stored up including these two:
Also a bottle of Famous Grouse, and another one which I can't quite recall (haven't opened it yet).
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@Smudge nice, I had an email come through with Glengoyne in it on special early in the week, seemed a good deal but I had never heard of it, assume it is decent? Might go see if the deal is still on.
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@taniwharugby said in Whisky / Whiskey:
@Smudge nice, I had an email come through with Glengoyne in it on special early in the week, seemed a good deal but I had never heard of it, assume it is decent? Might go see if the deal is still on.
I'll tell you when I open it! The alcohol strength really caught my eye... cost me about $115 in duty free.
Just remembered the other bottle - it's Balvenie. Not sure of the exact variation.
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@Smudge I've tried the Glenlivet Founders Reserve - you will like it
I don't know the Glengoyne though. Cask strength eh, what would that be?I was recently given a special bottle of Dalwhinnie Winters Gold. You're supposed to keep it in the freezer and serve it straight from there. It's a beautifully smooth drop but drinking it nearly frozen is a really different drinking experience. Sort of like a scotch but then again not quite.
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@Catogrande yeah the Rare Breed wild turkey suggests putting in the freezer too, think it is about 55%
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@raznomore said in Whisky / Whiskey:
Also enjoy the Japanese stuff. Hibiki 17.
Yamazaki as well. Minister of War and Finances brought some back from Japan. Excellent drop.
