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  • Billy TellB Offline
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    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @dogmeat I think a few learned form last time and have been able to get thier contactless services up and running quicker than last time (we had a delivery form our butcher today)

    If our lockdown is extended beyond Friday I will be looking at getting more Bourbon!

    I see one of the new cases is a baby (<12 months old)

    Is drinking bourbon not an instant forum ban? Very poor mans whisky.

    No, but holding this opinion should be.

    Drink away with your Jim beam and Jack Daniels. Hate the stuff.

    Thinking Jim Beam & Jack Daniels are bourbon is the same as thinking Johnny Walker red label is scotch.

    Educate me so. Suggest a bourbon I should try.

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  • MajorRageM Away
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    replied to Billy Tell on last edited by
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    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @dogmeat I think a few learned form last time and have been able to get thier contactless services up and running quicker than last time (we had a delivery form our butcher today)

    If our lockdown is extended beyond Friday I will be looking at getting more Bourbon!

    I see one of the new cases is a baby (<12 months old)

    Is drinking bourbon not an instant forum ban? Very poor mans whisky.

    No, but holding this opinion should be.

    Drink away with your Jim beam and Jack Daniels. Hate the stuff.

    Thinking Jim Beam & Jack Daniels are bourbon is the same as thinking Johnny Walker red label is scotch.

    Educate me so. Suggest a bourbon I should try.

    Honestly, pretty much so everything but those two.

    A woodford or a makers drunk neat over ice a huge step up in flavour profiling & smoothness. Both would be considered run of the mill bourbons, but they certainly aren't competitors to Jack / Jim.

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  • antipodeanA Online
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    #153

    @majorrage said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @majorrage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @billy-tell said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:

    @dogmeat I think a few learned form last time and have been able to get thier contactless services up and running quicker than last time (we had a delivery form our butcher today)

    If our lockdown is extended beyond Friday I will be looking at getting more Bourbon!

    I see one of the new cases is a baby (<12 months old)

    Is drinking bourbon not an instant forum ban? Very poor mans whisky.

    No, but holding this opinion should be.

    Drink away with your Jim beam and Jack Daniels. Hate the stuff.

    Thinking Jim Beam & Jack Daniels are bourbon is the same as thinking Johnny Walker red label is scotch.

    Educate me so. Suggest a bourbon I should try.

    Honestly, pretty much so everything but those two.

    A woodford or a makers drunk neat over ice a huge step up in flavour profiling & smoothness. Both would be considered run of the mill bourbons, but they certainly aren't competitors to Jack / Jim.

    I regularly drink Woodford Reserve, and not even the double oaked. Smooth, with nice full flavours. At the price it's a steal.

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    replied to MajorRage on last edited by taniwharugby
    #154

    @majorrage said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    makers drunk

    Makers Mark?

    Wild Turkey Longbranch is a nice drop.

    Might look at Woodford Reserve next up

    Jack and Jim have their place, usually with a mixer.

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  • BovidaeB Offline
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    #155

    Maker's Mark is the bourbon I usually drink. It really depends on what you like in a bourbon and how much you are willing to spend.

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  • MajorRageM Away
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    #156

    Bulleit is another worth a go.

    Makers cask strength is still the best drink I’ve had.

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  • broughieB Offline
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    replied to Billy Tell on last edited by
    #157

    @billy-tell everyone hates Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. It’s the bottom of the barrel stuff.

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  • broughieB Offline
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    replied to antipodean on last edited by
    #158

    @antipodean the wheat version is also nice.

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  • broughieB Offline
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    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by
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    @taniwharugby Had the wild turkey longbranch in Aruba and wasn’t that good. Again preferences.

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  • broughieB Offline
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    #160

    @bovidae try Makers 46. I think a step up from Makers Mark.

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  • B Offline
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    #161

    If I am making a classic old fashioned, I often blend a bit of makers mark with a Basil Haydens.

    Basil Haydens very smooth and nice on its own

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to broughie on last edited by taniwharugby
    #162

    @broughie had the Wild Turkey Rare Breed also, which is cask strength I think, was ok, but I'd take the Longbranch one over it, although I think might be the only WT one I like (neat or with ice/water)

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    @broughie said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    @bovidae try Makers 46. I think a step up from Makers Mark.

    I've tried that before, and the Private Selection. When I lived in the US the local supermarket had a huge selection of bourbon so you were spoilt for choice. I'd hate to know what these higher quality bourbons cost to buy in NZ. Duty free had its advantages.

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    #164

    Old Forester isnt bad either.. had it at somones place, finished bottle lol

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    @broughie said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    @billy-tell everyone hates Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. It’s the bottom of the barrel stuff.

    Speak for yourself. Jim Beam White I understand - it's fairly shite - but the nicer Jim Beams are fine, and standard JDs is fine, while Gentleman Jack rivals your Woodfords/Makers Mark/Longbranches.

    It's a matter of taste, but there's many worse bourbons to hate on.

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    replied to delicatessen on last edited by
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    @delicatessen said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    Gentleman Jack

    yeah bit of a fan

    love it with dry (fuck you it's a ripper drink, shove your toxic masculinity)

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to delicatessen on last edited by taniwharugby
    #167

    @delicatessen said in Whisky / Whiskey:

    Jim Beam White I understand - it's fairly shite - but the nicer Jim Beams are fine

    Jim Beam White is better than Jim Beam Black, which is supposed to be better

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  • broughieB Offline
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    replied to Bovidae on last edited by
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    @bovidae Makers 46 goes for about 26 bucks at Sam’s Club over here and I don’t know what the exchange rate is. I bought the wild turkey longbranch Duty free for close to 50 bucks in Aruba as all alcohol is expensive in that little island.

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to broughie on last edited by taniwharugby
    #169

    @broughie looks like it (Makers 46) varies from $57 to $79 in NZ for a 700ml

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  • broughieB Offline
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    replied to delicatessen on last edited by
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    @delicatessen I haven’t tried J D’s high-end stuff so it might be good. That’s one thing the boys want to do is a whiskey tour in Kentucky/Tennessee.

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