just picked up a bottle of Johnnie Walker Blue for 50 bucks! an associate at work got it as a present and did not want it, so I offered her 50 bucks and she took it. (before you haters think i took advantage, she knew it was a $200 bottle when she sold it). :)

That's a score. :tup:

To each his own I guess. If you're chasing that particular type of drink #7 or SB is the way to go.

It's probably unfair to characterize JD as "bad whiskey," as it's somewhat analogous to calling the 370z a bad car because it doesn't seat four.


If you want a "Tennessee whiskey," JD is the standard. I guess there are a couple others that are limited in availability and recognition, but if you want a tennesee whiskey, #7 or SB are the ways to go. GJ is made as a sweet and super-filtered option to break people in to drinking Jack. GJ is probably the worst commercially available bourbon you can find.

Oh, there's much worse than that. :rofl2: McCormick, Evan Willams, Costco (which is actually made by Beam, but somehow worse than regular Beam)...

There's a lot of bad bourbon out there. I'd argue that the entire Beam line is worse than Jack, but that's personal preference.

This is probably directed at me since I listed two single malts.

Scotch drinker for 20+ years. I've had many of them, blended and singles. I prefer Lagavulin because of the flavor. There are few blended scotch's that offer that flavor profile, like double black Johnnie, but to me it falls short. I like single malts for their individual distinguishing characteristics. It's harder to grab me with a blended.

Lagavulin is awesome, its my favorite, cant beat it for boldness and peaty taste!

I drink black label.. good balance between taste and $, green is good but starts getting too pricey.

What a steal!

I totally forgot about this. Very good indeed :tup:.

Special Occasions (Too damn expensive otherwise):

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I've tried this and found it lacking. The price does not match the jump in quality. Crown reserve is ALMOST as good and is a third of the price.

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This is my every day drink of choice depending on the mood:

Woodford Reserve, Macallan 12, and Crown Royal Reserve.

QUESTION: Has anyone ever tried this? I would love to know it's qualities or lack thereof.

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Crown Royal is the Budweiser of rye whiskey. Too many varieties and they all taste the same.

Four Roses or Bulleit Rye Bourbon...FR neat, Bulleit for making a revolver, old fashioned, or when I'm particularly dangerous, something of a mashup of the two.

I prefer Irish whiskey, personally. A bit drier than Scottish whiskey, maybe?

Jameson's is usually what I drink when I dip into whiskey (being more of a vodka man for whatever reason, by nature), but on a budget, I'll take Tullamore Dew.

Like H. Thompson, I also dig Wild Turkey, (but only now and then... :D ).

Oh, fun fact for the beer-o's, (if not already known):

I'd agree... I drink single malts the vast majority of the time, because I prefer their individual characteristics. I am not a fan of most of the Johnny Walker vintages, and I prefer Chivas Royal Salute to Johnny Blue any day.

Macallan in any vintage is great, I drink the 12-year pretty regularly. The rest are special-occasion drinks.

The Pinch is ok... I can't really characterize it though, as it's been quite a while and I don't remember it all that well.

The last few months I've been pretty hooked on The Balvenie. The Doublewood is awesome... smooth and slightly sweet. The Caribbean cask 14-year is sweeter (rum barrels, you know), but not quite as smooth. Macallan 12 has more body and is a bit darker/richer.

For quite a while I was almost exclusively into Glenlivet and went through a half-gallon a week or so. Since trying out The Balvenie and Macallan, I've been hooked, though. Can't believe it took me 15+ years of Scotch drinking to try Macallan. lol

I visited the Auchentoshen distillery in Glasgow a few years back, and liked it ok at the time, along with their sister brand Bowmore. But now, I can't handle the smokiness/peatiness in much more than very small volume. Same goes for Laphroig. In general, I think the Islays are very peaty, but I'm more of a highland malt kind of guy.

I did buy a bottle of Glenmorangie Signet (at about $200), and liked it very much, but as mentioned above... the jump in price didn't justify the improvement in the whisky. I get The Balvenie Doublewood at anywhere from $48-55/bottle and it is 95% as good as the Glenmorangie Signet.

Big fan of Glenfiddich 18-year, too, but I don't see that around much, and at ~$80/bottle (if my memory serves), I go through it way too quickly to be cost-effective.

I caught myself earlier in the year, when going through a bad breakup for a couple of months, spending more in a month on Scotch than on rent, and one month more than on rent and utilities combined. I've since cut back to maybe around $300 a month or so. lol

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Yeah, I know.... I've got a problem....

I have to be at work too often! lol

Whiskey sour with egg whites. 1st post is about alcohol. Go figure.

I use johnny walkers to clean my toilet bowl!