Thread: Your favorite brand of or Aging your own wiskey

Bruichladdich Waves is my favourite. A nice lightly peated whisky with a madeira finish.

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

I can get almost anything down but Jack Daniels (an unfortunate incident in my mispent youth involving large quantities of Jack Daniels and a belly full of pistachio nuts, ghastly doesn't even come close )

I had a similar incident involving Black Velvet and Doritos.

Ah, I love whiskeys...bourbon, scotch, all of them!

For scotch, Glenlivet and Balvenie when I'm feeling rich, and Cutty Sark on all those other days.

For bourbon, I've rarely met one I didn't like, though I have really gotten into Maker's Mark lately.

For whiskey, I'm a fan of Crown Royal, though I tend to find myself buying scotch and bourbon more often than whiskey.

Canadian Club and Jamesons..... a decent shine is good to.. so hard to find right now.

I'm just getting into whiskey and scotch now, and I'm trying everything I can. Jack is alright, Maker's Mark is nice, a couple other single malts from Scotland I can't recall the name of have been real nice. My dad has rights to a barrel of Bruichladdich due to be bottled in 5 years or so, I forsee many razor meet ups at my place in the future Also my uncle is looking to make his own moonshine "Apple Pie" soon, something he learned from Popcorn supposedly.

Tullamore Dew is my standard, non-fancy go to Irish (and as I'm told, is what real Irish whiskey drinkers drink).

Canadian Club Cherry Cask is at the top of my list of semi-usuals.

Old Grand Dad, 100 proof, Bottled in Bond. It was one of only five whiskeys you could get with a Doctor's prescription during prohibition. It was the official "Medical Whiskey" of the U. S. Navy during WWII and the favorite of President Harry S. Truman. It is as good as Wild Turkey 101 and cheaper.

Need to make a correction. Old Grand Dad was not the Navy Medical Whiskey in WWII. Old Overholt Rye had that distinction. There were five distilleries authorized to make whiskey during prohibition. Early Times, Old Grand Dad and Old Overholt. Does anyone know what the other two brands were.

P.S. Old Overholt was susposed to be the drink of choice of Doc Holiday.

I'm a Rye whiskey fan. The best I've found is Templeton Rye prohibition era rye from Templeton, IA. I've visited the distillery, and actually found that Bev-Mo stores in CA are carrying it for a paltry $40. Aged 8 years, real rye, 90+% rye in the mash.
I've tried several 'big-box' distilleries and here's my opinion of some:

Jim Beam Rye- okay, middle of the road rye. Best for mixed drinks.
Sazarac Rye- Very nice, spicier than most. My second choice of rye.
Wild Turkey Rye- 101 proof just kills your taste buds. I found it quite harsh. If you want to be put into a drunken stupor, this will do it in short order.
Rendezvous Rye- a micro distiller in UT. Very nice.

When I can't get rye, which is nearly impossible to find at a bar these days, I drink Irish. I like the Bushmills Black Label very well. I also like the Jameson's, and Feckin' Irish Whiskey ( rather inexpensive but drinkable. Besides, I couldn't resist the name).

Maker's Mark is my preference otherwise.

Originally Posted by Ducati1198

I am new to whiskey drinking. I know my way around rum fairley well though. I was just wondering what types you gentlemen drink. Right now my brand of choice is from Down Slope Distilery in Denver. I am letting it sit in a 1 liter charred oak barrel to give it a little something extra. It is coming along very nicely.

So you transferred the "Down Slope" from the bottle into your own charred oak barrel? That's a very interesting idea and would most likely completely change the character of the whiskey depending on how long you let it sit in the barrel.