Scotch or Bourbon?

[TheNextBigThing]

Cougar all the way, hate Jim Beam though so work that out.

 

[Bomber32]

Give me a Scotch any day of the week.

 

[Mancey]

Cougar all the way, hate Jim Beam though so work that out.

Not hard to work out, Beam tastes like it was made with goats piss.

I also love beer, but there's plenty of beers i don't like.

Just like i love bourbon, despite some brands tasting like paint stripper. Not all bourbons are created equal

 

[Farcanal]

Johnnie Black over ice is my scotch of choice.
Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old is my whiskey of choice.

Entry level with Cola i am a fan of Johnnie Red.


Bourban was great as a 15 year old. Can't stand the stuff now

 

[Mickey]

Like both.

Don't mind a bit of Southern Comfort.

If you saw how they made Southern Comfort you'd never drink it again.

 

[year of the roo]

If you saw how they made Southern Comfort you'd never drink it again.

If you drank Southern Comfort once you'd never drink it again.

 

[year of the roo]

Johnnie Black over ice is my scotch of choice.
Tullamore Dew 12 Year Old is my whiskey of choice.

Entry level with Cola i am a fan of Johnnie Red.


Bourban was great as a 15 year old. Can't stand the stuff now

Single malts > blends every day of the week, Bud. Try Glenfiddich, for the same sort of money is head and shoulders above Johnnie Black.

 

[chris86]

Rum.

 

[Isandula]

Vodka better than all followed by absinthe (and Tequila)

Scotch if it came down to it though.

 

[CAS79]

Single malt speyside... wins.

 

[year of the roo]

Rum.

Queenslander?

 

[Big Tezza]

I'm a Scotch man, with Dimple or Chivas Regal being my preference.

 

[Qsaint]

Single malt speyside... wins.

Specifically The Macallan

 

[Mudbug]

I love Bourbon with loads of ice and a dash of coke.

 

[Farcanal]

Single malts > blends every day of the week, Bud. Try Glenfiddich, for the same sort of money is head and shoulders above Johnnie Black.

Thats what is beautiful about Scotch... There is no right or wrong just personal taste. I really do like a single malt eg: Glenlivet but do find they have one flavour or less character than a blend. Again this is my personal opinion.
To me a blend will change as it moves over your tongue.


Perhaps my taste buds are just ####ed after years of abuse?

 

[Stenglein's a Champ!]

If you saw how they made Southern Comfort you'd never drink it again.

Don't like it as much as I used to anyway so there's not much risk of me drinking it too often from now.

How do they make it?

 

[Macca19]

Gimme a nice Glenfiddich or The Glenlivet. Jameson is a good entry level getting used to drinking just with ice and without a mixer.

Bourbon is good when your just starting to drink spirits, but its too bleh now. Cant drink in.

 

[Bomber Bears]

Havnt drank scotch in over 18 months.
Last time i did i drank about 250 ml of black douglas straight in ten minutes - half n hour and also skulled a beer, with little to no previous drinking (well hadnt drank for 6 months or near that), i was good for a little while then completely crashed.

That doesnt need to happen again.

Hate bourbon.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Managed to score a bottle each of Glenlivet, Jaimeson and Booker Noe for my birthday - so I'm now in the best of both worlds so to speak.

Haven't cracked the Bookers yet but am told it's quite an intense drop.

 

[cartel]

I like both.

As I'm poor and cheap (a terrible combination), I have developed a tolerance, even liking, for some bottom shelf stuff.

Scotch:
Vat 69 (rough as hell, but tasty)
Ballantines (lighter, like honey, beats the crap out of JW Red)
Teachers (this is damn fine value; caramelly, and a little fruity and smoky. Quite intense and balanced for the price).
Black Douglas (tastes rather fat and dumb to me, yet suprisingly effective. Stuart Dew perhaps?)
The Famous Grouse (yum, simple, well balanced)
On the other hand, McCallums and JW Red are terrible. Personally, I'm not a great fan of Grant's.

Bourbon
Old Crow (bloody raw, but tastes ok)
Evan Williams Black Label (hunt this down from liquorland now. $32 for 43% boubon. I'm there. Suprisingly good, vanilla with a strange eucalyptus taste predominates, a little reminiscent of JD also. I'm drinking this right now.)
Cougar goes alright.

Spending up a little, I like Bulleit, Jim Beam Black, Makers Mark and Wild Turkey 101 on the bourbon side. For scotch all JW (except Red), Ballantines 12 year old, Glenfiddich, Glenlivet, and Laphroaig (wow) are all winners.

I love talking about alcohol.

Chivas is a waste of money, tastes

 

[year of the roo]

Managed to score a bottle each of Glenlivet, Jaimeson and Booker Noe for my birthday - so I'm now in the best of both worlds so to speak.

Haven't cracked the Bookers yet but am told it's quite an intense drop.

Irish Whiskey FTW

Am making my way through a bottle of Black Bush now.

 

[Zarrix]

Its Scotch or Vodka for me. Don't like Beer at all, I have to be in a masochistic mood to get more than a few of those down now.

 

[mantis]

Scotch, Bourbon is so sweet it's horrible.

 

[mantis]

Gimme a nice Glenfiddich or The Glenlivet. Jameson is a good entry level getting used to drinking just with ice and without a mixer.

Bourbon is good when your just starting to drink spirits, but its too bleh now. Cant drink in.

Only if it's on the rocks, no mixing it with cola or dry.

 

[hamG]

Only spirit I drink now is scotch + rocks. Can't handle mixers, I always end up focusing on the huge amount of coke or dry or whatever I am drinking over a night.