My thoughts completely on the Signet. I bought my first bottle of it about a year and a half ago. All I had was a simple pour into my glencairn glass. Yeah...I decided that my next pour would be if I got engaged/had kids/or something totally awesome in life. Otherwise I would just be drinking that stuff every night. It’s pretty incredible stuff.

Hell no! Life is too short, drink it!

I used to have a similar mindset, until someone said to me "that makes no sense at all, suppose you meet an amazing chick, and you have the greatest sex of your life ever, are you going to stop doing it with her and just do it on special occasions?"


Suppose you never get engaged, never have kids or get hit by a bus, then some prick cleaning your house out is going to be gulping down your scotch amazed there's so much left in the bottle. At $200 a bottle (admittedly expensive for nas scotch) its not too uncomfortable to have some once a week or so. I literally mumbled "oh my god" when I had sample in the store, and couldnt wait the entire flight to vegas to crack it open. And right now, its probably less then 20 ft from you, sitting in the bottle, calling softly to you... go open it, have a cheeky measure...

Incoming!


Nikka Yoichi Single Malt
Super Nikka / Rare Old
Nikka Taketsuru Pure Malt
Suntory Yamazaki Distiller's Reserve
Glendronach 18 Year Old / Allardice / Sherry
Amrut
Benriach 21 Year Old Classic
Glendronach 15 Year Old Revival / Sherry Cask
Michter's US*1 Original Sour Mash Whiskey



Looking forward to this....

Nice I’m excited about the Amrut which I’d been really trying to try and the BenRiach 21yr.

The Michter’s seems out of place. Also you know what Amrut?

yes, its the basic Amrut single malt.

The Amrut Fusion seems to be higher rated, but a friend has it and considers it a touch too peaty so I thought I'd start with basics. I've had an Amrut and another indian whisky Paul John while I was in india and wasnt particularly impressed, so I'm interested to see how things have progressed given their ratings.

Michters I first had in an old fashioned which I thought worked well, I have a bottle in the states, though I dont remember it. The sour mash won whisky of the year on the site where I order my whisky from (in the uk) so I thought it would be worth a look hopefully it will have a deeper flavour letting it be drunk by itself.

I do tend to favour japanese, so loaded up a little more, because in december I have a tour booked at the Yamazaki distillery (Yamazaki 25 at $27 a pour!!) and wanted to remind myself of things.

A little quiet here lately, anyway, Yamazaki tour completed. Fairly mundane, but for $10 cant complain with a few free samples in a tasting at the end.

However the star is the bar at the end, where I had a Hibiki 30, Yamazaki 25 and a Hakushu 25. Didnt like the hakushu at all, the others were 'ok'.

The thing a lot of people forget is that 30 years ago these whiskies were just ok, stick them in a cask for 30 years, and you have a 30 year old ok whisky. Certainly not worth the $6k+ a bottle goes for now.

Having said that, I did pick up a bottle of Hibiki 21 at Narita airport duty free on the way out of the country....

Merry Christmas whiskey drinkers. Had these at my Xmas party this year. The Weller is OG pappy...1950/1957 SW. Seriously nothing much better than sharing good booze with buddies. Cheers!

Damn just logged onto this for the first time in forever to run into that. Drooling here. Merry Xmas Foo and whisky threaders!

It's the end of the world bros, what did everyone stock up on?

I'm poor so all I could swing was a 1.5L Buffalo Trace, Craigellachie 13, and Lag 16. Normally that would last me 2 months, but if I gotta quarantine who knows. 2 weeks tops? The prospect of running dry during a lockdown is most disconcerting.

Should be able to weather the storm. Can't really see it, but the bottom two shelves are stocked too. This is about half

Tonight, we're into these two guys.

picked up an OWA store pick and a 4 Roses small batch select recently that will help hold me over.

I really enjoyed the Four Roses small batch, would buy again.

Unopened right now

3 Blantons
2 EH Taylor Small Batch
2 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
Makers Mark Private Select
Willett Rye
Hibiki Harmony
Lagavulin 16
Johnnie Walker Blue

Should be able to holdover pretty well.

What would you do if you were the dad in this story?

I think I'm going to make another run soon. With the announcement in Cali, seems like just a matter of time before we get a shelter in place order in NY as well.

I would've sold it a long time before that happened. I can't bring myself to drink anything over ~$200 a bottle, just seems like a waste to me. Drink it and its gone forever

Nice. I have a similar amount but very little in common
Unopened:
Willet rye 4yr
Westland guryabana
Local barrel proof rye no one outside Seattle metro has heard of
1.5L wt 101
1792 full proof
1792 12 yr
Redbreast 15
Eagle rare ten

Open but mostly full
90% of 750 WT 101
95% Elijah Craig barrel proof (was unopened yesterday)
90% of a Blanton's


Wish I had a full bookers but it's almost gone

I'm probably calling this good for now and not buying any more since I have a decent stock of craft beer I'm cellaring too.

Four roses small batch is by far my favorite. I’m a fan of woodford reserve, makers mark, knob creek ..... however I think four roses small batch is the best in that group. Anyone have recommendations for whiskey in higher price points to try out that are better than the ones stated above?

I also like Jim beam if just trying to booze.

Ha! JB is my go-to camping booze.

If you like the Four Roses small batch I’d highly recommend Russell Reserve 10 year small batch. Same proof but 10 year, similar price. Similar profile to the Four Roses. Other options in a similar price range would be Elijah Craig, Evan Williams Single Barrel or Henry McKenna 10yr single barrel if you can find it all from Heaven Hill distillery. Buffalo Trace is another good option.

If you want to try something slightly higher in price try Four Roses single barrel. I prefer the small batch but everyone has different tastes. Don’t waste your money on higher priced stuff until you explore the different more affordable options each distillery offers . For instance if you decide you really like Jim Beam and Knob Creek than try Bakers and or Booker’s.

Fellow Four Roses Small Batch fan here. It's my favorite as well. Maker's Mark I tend to buy more commonly just because, dollar for dollar, I find it to be the best value, and being able to get a 1.75 for $45 feels like a steal. I like Buffalo Trace better than Knob Creek, which I like better than Woodford Reserve. I find that bars often price Buffalo Trace as cheaper than everything else I just named, and I choose it when that's the case because it's absolutely in the same ballpark of quality.

At a higher price point, Angel's Envy is pretty great, though I'm not convinced that it's worth the difference in price over Four Roses Small Batch.

I unfortunately can't stomach Jim Beam. Wish I could, for how cheaply you can get it.

Eagle Rare 10 is a great choice at about $30, and EH Taylor Small Batch at about $40

Wow, Eagle Rare is ~$45 near me. I would daily drink it at that price.

In other news, Gov. Cuomo has deemed liquor stores an "essential" business, so I've stopped panicking. Feel like I owe my Drizly driver a hazard pay sized tip now though.

All good choices here - If you haven't tried it another bourbon I'd recommend to check out is Evan Williams Single Barrel. It's great and IMO a hidden gem. Priced really well too. I think it's $27 at my local total wines.

George Dickel Barrel select is also great. I little more expensive.

Eagle Rare 10 is ~$30 near me and most def the best value out there imo. Pretty much the perfect bourbon.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020...ican-whiskeys/

Dat Pappy web doe.