Favorite Whiskey?

Saw this today, figured I’d give it a try

 

Let us know what you think. I remember when it first came out and I tried it. The origination and story of it is somewhat intriguing. Try it first then google it.

 

Sounds good

 

BevMo score for $80 today

 

Looks like you were prepared to fight for it with those twisted teas.

 

Hahah. Those are for the river tomorrow. First rareish bottle I have seen down here in a year. Not a big whiskey place

 

My boss came through town today on his way back from West Virginia, brought me a bottle of Old Scout from the Smooth Ambler distillery. Pretty good. Also brought a bottle of Buffalo Trace Bourbon Cream. Really good.

 

Nice. Have you tried the Old Forester 1920 Prohibition? I absolutely luv it.

 

Yup I have that one the 1910, rye and one of the 150 anniversary bottles. They make some good stuff.

 

1920 is awesome. All types of different flavor profiles going on. And the rye is probably on of best bangs for your buck, so delicious

 

I snagged these guys a few weeks ago

 

Started an infinity bottle…should help open some real estate in the liquor cabinet.

 

Little disappointed in this

 

Of the following Japanese whiskey's, what would be the best choice? I've had some tasty Japanese in the past, but have no recollection of what label it was.

Fukano
Hatozaki
Hatozaki Small Batch
Kamiki Cedar Cask
Kura

 

@916carl

 

I'm not familiar with most of those... I've cut way back on both my acquisitions and consumption recently, so I've just been sticking to a few bottles I know I like. In fact, I need to thin my inventory of bourbon and whisky somewhat. I'll likely be posting those on another site in the near future.

I will say I did not like the Kura. I do like a hint of smoky/peat, but just a little. The Kura was too much, plus is also had other some odd taste I couldn't figure out. For me, a good balance of smoke/peat is Hakushu, however it not easy to find and is expensive when you do. An easier one to find, also with just a bit of smoke, is Nikka Miyagikyo. I was at Total Wine yesterday and they had a lot of those, along with the Nikka Yoichi. I've only tried that once and it was too much peat (but a lot less than Islays like Lagavulin).

Japan doesn't have strict laws on their whisky production, so you have to be careful as it may not actually be Japanese whisky. I favor bottles from Nikka and Yamazaki because they are a known quantity and are, IMHO, very good.

 

Total Wine fall raffle announced. Here's CA

 

Anyone gets the Yama 18 I have an Old Rip Van Winkle 10... maybe work something out...

 

if anyone has an old fitz, I have a variety of blanton colors willing to work something out.