What's a good whiskey?

[The Toninator]

I’m going to take some whiskey along with me hiking and I’m looking for a SAAMOOOOTH sippin drink.

[BadDNA]

Some of my favorites for sipping include: Basil Hayden, Bookers, Eagle Rare, Makers Mark and Jim Beam. All of them are pretty smooth even neat and if it's too much you could always add a touch of water or an ice cube.

[Westy]

Wild Turkey Rare Breed is my choice for backwoods sippin' whiskey/bourbon.

[narlus]

sorry, badDNA's sig file caught my eye:

Originally Posted by Westy
Do a search for "anal lube".

[TreeSaw]

I concur with BadDNA's suggestions, and add my list of favorites: Basil Hayden's, Eagle Rare, Makers Mark, Evan Williams Single Barrel, Woodford Reserve, and Balvenie 12 yr.

[The Toninator]

i'm not sure bout bad dna, he used some crazy word i'll try to copy and paste it - ice

wikipedia doesnt have an entry yet.

[TN]

I am not a big whiskey drinker but I like Cragnmore.

[BadDNA]

i'm not sure bout bad dna, he used some crazy word i'll try to copy and paste it - ice

wikipedia doesnt have an entry yet.

Some of my favorites for sipping include: Basil Hayden, Bookers, Eagle Rare, Makers Mark and Jim Beam. All of them are pretty smooth neat and if you're a pussy you could always add a touch of water or an ice cube.


That's what I meant to say...

[The Toninator]

ahhhh or you could also take a chillpill. i was joking about the 'ice' thing because i'm going 'hiking' and i will not have access to 'extra' ice.
t

[rustywoodstone]

Makers gets my vote!

[Westy]

ahhhh or you could also take a chillpill. i was joking about the 'ice' thing because i'm going 'hiking' and i will not have access to 'extra' ice.
t

Get yerself some elevation son.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i285/wallingmj/teton/schoolhouse.jpg

[BadDNA]

ahhhh or you could also take a chillpill. i was joking about the 'ice' thing because i'm going 'hiking' and i will not have access to 'extra' ice.
t

:poster_oops: I wasn't trying to offend, just having a bit of fun. :cheers: Have a glass and skip the ice. :)

[The Toninator]

:poster_oops: I wasn't trying to offend, just having a bit of fun. :cheers: Have a glass and skip the ice. :)

OHHh no worries..

[motomike]

a touch of water or an ice cube.

So I heard that adding a touch of water to whiskey helps to bring out even more flavor. It was actually on discovery channel about whiskey manufacturing. Anyone heard of this before?

[DRB]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/11/washington.distillery.ap/index.html

Its Rye whiskey, which is near and dear to my heart.

If you aren't scared of spending a little money, Pappy Van Winkle's Family Reserve is about as good as it gets.

[sugarbushrider1]

Jim Beam, Johnny Walker Black Label, Wild Turkey 101; in that order.

[Sandwich]

jim beam black (cheap but not assy like white label), maker's mark (good, expensive), balvenie double barrel (aged in sherry then old bourbon, smoother than most scotches) are my favorites.

Rebel yell is good if you feel like cussin'.

Seagram's Seven is choice if you don't intend to wake up in the same spot (or state) you fell asleep in.

[BadDNA]

So I heard that adding a touch of water to whiskey helps to bring out even more flavor. It was actually on discovery channel about whiskey manufacturing. Anyone heard of this before?

It's not so much that it brings out anything from the whisky, but it keeps the whisky from dulling your senses:


Adding Water
Adding water to even regular strength whisky before drinking will help to stop the strength of the whisky anaesthetising your senses and reducing the taste you will enjoy. Add a little water at a time to get the right dilution. Expert tasters recommend diluting most whisky with a fifth water or more, although this can be too much for old whiskies. Individual tastes will vary, so experiment with what you prefer – some whiskies will be best without any water.

The water you use to add to the whisky is not too important, with a few exceptions. Make sure that the water is still rather than carbonated and not chilled (cooling the whisky prevents the release of flavour). It is ideal for the whisky to be at room temperature. Try to avoid chlorinated tap water if it tastes too much of chemicals - in this case still mineral or even distilled water might be a better option.
Drinking Whisky (http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/viewindex.asp?article_id=wb_drinking)

[mrbigisbudgood]

Evan Williams Single Barrel
Makers Mark
Good ol' Jack Daniels

[Zark]

A bottle of Jack Daniels, a surly look on my face....there's trouble on the horizon ;)

[skatetokil]

Gentleman Jack is much better for sipping than the regular. Single Barrel is even better.

Also enjoy Bushmills and Bakers.

[manhattanprjkt83]

makers baby...good stuff.

[Silver]

makers baby...good stuff.

Too sweet.

It tastes amazing mixed in with coke though...but not amazing enough when you consider that Evan Williams Black is 9 bucks a bottle.

[ultraNoob]

If you're ok with scotch, Glenn Livet or Glenn Fiddich is real smooth. Whiskey or Scotch, always go with a single malt/barrel with a min of 12yrs of aging.

There are a bunch of local distilleries around. You might wanna go to your local cigar shop and inquire (or check the phone book). The best single malt 12yr whiskey I've ever had was from a small distillery just outside of Oklahoma City. They only produced 1500 bottles a year.

[ultraNoob]

Gentleman Jack is much better for sipping than the regular. Single Barrel is even better.

Also enjoy Bushmills and Bakers.


Oh yea, Skatetokil's correct. Gentleman Jack is WAAAYYYY better for sipping then the regular stuff.

[DaveW]

I've always gone for Lagavulin in my hipflask on trips, that or some good Cognac. :)


*edit* I define good Cognac as generally costing over $100 a bottle. ;)

[Sandwich]

you'd put $100 cognac in a flask?

i wish I had your money.

good cognac belongs in a snifter....

[The Toninator]

well i tried some and decided i'm to much of a sissy for sippin whisky. i'm going to bring Stoley 100 Vodka and mix it with Go Grape Cytomax if necessary.

[laura]

Too much of a sissy for sippin' whiskey? come on now.

I suggest gentleman jack. in a close second is jim beam. mmmmmmm whiskey.

[ultraNoob]

Jim Beam's only good for 2 things, gettin rid of strep throat and stripping paint. If you're going to get something off the shelf at the local grocery store, crown, makers, or gentleman jack. But stoli and grape cytomax?! hahahaha

[BikeGeek]

It's not so much that it brings out anything from the whisky, but it keeps the whisky from dulling your senses:
A bit of both it seems:
Whisky at proof strength anaesthetises the nose and sears the tongue, rendering you incapable of evaluating the sample. Almost all whiskies benefit from the addition of water which, with most whiskies, 'opens up' the spirit by breaking down the ester chains and freeing the volatile aromatics.

Very occasionally, one encounters a whisky whose virtues are better displayed neat. Outside the tasting room, many people prefer to drink their after-dinner malts straight - with sound medical justification. In these cases your own saliva acts as the dilutant, and they should be sipped in very small amounts. Blenders nose at 20% ABV, but this can drown some whiskies which tend to 'break up' with too much water. www.scotchwhisky.com

[TreeSaw]

Gentleman Jack is much better for sipping than the regular. Single Barrel is even better.

Also enjoy Bushmills and Bakers.

I just bought myself a bottle of the Jack Daniels Single Barrel and am looking forward to a glass in a little bit!

[JRogers]

I have good stuff at home, but take whatever for hiking. Beam, Dickle, Makers if I have some extra $$$, Evan Williams, Wild Turkey...

How good does whiskey have to be to go along with a dinner of Lipton noodles, Ramen, freeze dried beef stroganoff or whatever crap you're cooking on the trail?

[The Toninator]

I picked up a bottle of Gentleman Jack for sampling. Much much smoother than the crappy wellers i've been sampling. Now i'm having second thoughts but i think i might stick with the vodka and cytomax.

[skinny mike]

my only advice is that you stay away from canadian club. :dead:

[DaveW]

my only advice is that you stay away from canadian club. :dead:

I'm quite partial to that with ginger ale and a slice of lime. :)

[Jr_Bullit]

Thanks to a night on the town with Nobody - we keep a bit of Redbreast around - I believe that's a Single malt.... :)

[dirt-dart]

damn, R&R is not. i am sitting in my last cass of the day and i think the teacher is going to get me in trouble. dang, dont drink R&R for lunch

[DHRFX Joe]

Get yerself some elevation son.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i285/wallingmj/teton/schoolhouse.jpg

holy crap sick double huck brah!


\drunken post

[dirt-dart]

ya thoes are pretty mountains, do a big huck off that dang cliff! man i had to go back and fix so many dang spelling errors before i posted this reply. hahah is norco freerider drunk becuause they said "drunken post" is anybody else drunk at the moment?

[DHRFX Joe]

ya thoes are pretty mountains, do a big huck off that dang cliff! man i had to go back and fix so many dang spelling errors before i posted this reply. hahah is norco freerider drunk becuause they said "drunken post" is anybody else drunk at the moment?


last day of classes = me drunk at 4

[dirt-dart]

last day of classes = me drunk at 4

ya dude, thats sick, i'v drank the rest of my 5th of r&r at lunch period and now its like damn i didnt think it would get me this messed up!! but next time i am definatly going to get something alot better, perhaps more expensive but the r&r was so cheap i couldnt pass it up. last period was racket sports and i was playing pickle ball for about half the period before i had to stop cuz that crap is hard to hit a wiffle ball with the "diller" when you cand even walk strait!! but theres way hot ass chicks on when i was doing it so they were entertiained when i was comemtating on the game, and then i pulled my shirt over my head and asked my teacher for some "t-p for my bunghole" but he already thinks i am high every day so he didnt even care i think. but i dont even get high for more than like once a week or something, but some good vadca next time will be good, maybve for seinor fun day!!! yayayayayaya but i am only a junor so i wil got with daniel or some other cool siniro chick!! yuum yummy yum yum yum

[dirt-dart]

holy crap i just typed that and it took me like half an hour!! i wanted to go pee but my teacher gives us 3 passes that we can use for the bathroom but if we dont use them we get them for extra credit, and it was like 1:27 when i typed that and now i only have to wait 3 more minutes because its 1:57 so i get to go and go pee without using one of the 5 point extra credit bathroom passes!! damn i want to high 5 all you wonderfull monkeys

[dirt-dart]

monkey, ride monkey, tough monkey
ya ya ya monkey
yayaya monkey!
oh ho ho yea go thy big monkey witha fat baboon red ass that is fat!!!

[dirt-dart]

yum yum monkey i wabnt to eat a monkey i get to pee in only 2 minutes andyea so do you if you diont want to pee right now you lucky dog!!!

[dirt-dart]

damn is there anybody on ridemonkey that has eaten monkey meat!!~:monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkey: :monkeydance: :spam: :spam: :spam: :poster_oops: :poster_oops: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :disgust1: :disgust1: :busted: :spam: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey:

ahhh i be it is like tough elk meat dum drsa

[rollindsm]

Jim Beam is a great bourbon for the price. Phillips Union is also really good.

[The Toninator]

damn is there anybody on ridemonkey that has eaten monkey meat!!~:monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey: :monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkeydance: :monkey: :monkeydance: :spam: :spam: :spam: :poster_oops: :poster_oops: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :disgust1: :disgust1: :busted: :spam: :monkey: :monkey: :monkey:

ahhh i be it is like tough elk meat dum drsa

dirka dirka?

[TreeSaw]

Jim Beam is a great bourbon for the price. Phillips Union is also really good.

I like the Phillips Union as well. The cherry one is like a manhattan in a bottle (although it is a little sweet).

[Ciaran]

While I was in Kentucky this past week the wife and I took a tour of the Buffalo Trace distillery. I have never been much of a whiskey drinker and pretty much eschew hard alcohol in general, but I can now say that I am a bourbon drinker.

Good lord, I didn't know what I was missing in a good bourbon! In addition to learning alot about bourbons, and whiskeys in general, the distillery tour included a tasting. After smelling the "angels share" in the storehouses I decided that I would try it. I was blown away, and found that I really liked it.

We ended up picking up a bottle of their Buffalo Trace brand, and a bottle of their Eagle Rare 10 year old single barrel. We really liked the Eagle Rare. (we couldn't afford their pricier brands (over 100.00). And now I am looking forward to tasting many more bourbons!

Inside a storehouse. Barrels of bourbon aging. The smell is wonderful. :drool:
http://punkduck.com/images/bufftrace001.jpg

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[Westy]

While I was in Kentucky this past week the wife and I took a tour of the Buffalo Trace distillery. I have never been much of a whiskey drinker and pretty much eschew hard alcohol in general, but I can now say that I am a bourbon drinker.

Good lord, I didn't know what I was missing in a good bourbon! In addition to learning alot about bourbons, and whiskeys in general, the distillery tour included a tasting. After smelling the "angels share" in the storehouses I decided that I would try it. I was blown away, and found that I really liked it.

We ended up picking up a bottle of their Buffalo Trace brand, and a bottle of their Eagle Rare 10 year old single barrel. We really liked the Eagle Rare. And now I am looking forward to tasting many more bourbons!

Inside a storehouse. Barrels of bourbon aging. The smell is wonderful. :drool:


Did you ride at all when down there. Ky has some awesome riding.

[Ciaran]

Did you ride at all when down there. Ky has some awesome riding.

No, no time to ride as we were with her parents or other relatives most of the time. We saw some caves, went hiking, canoed, and drank alot. I did see some great birds too.

[JRogers]

Picked up a bottle of Evan Williams Single Barrel 1997 the other day. Quite good. Inexpensive for what it is, for sure.

Got a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black as a gift. I'll take it. Tastes like, well, Johnny Walker.

[TreeSaw]

While I was in Kentucky this past week the wife and I took a tour of the Buffalo Trace distillery. I have never been much of a whiskey drinker and pretty much eschew hard alcohol in general, but I can now say that I am a bourbon drinker.

Good lord, I didn't know what I was missing in a good bourbon! In addition to learning alot about bourbons, and whiskeys in general, the distillery tour included a tasting. After smelling the "angels share" in the storehouses I decided that I would try it. I was blown away, and found that I really liked it.

We ended up picking up a bottle of their Buffalo Trace brand, and a bottle of their Eagle Rare 10 year old single barrel. We really liked the Eagle Rare. (we couldn't afford their pricier brands (over 100.00). And now I am looking forward to tasting many more bourbons!

Inside a storehouse. Barrels of bourbon aging. The smell is wonderful. :drool:
http://punkduck.com/images/bufftrace001.jpg

http://punkduck.com/images/bufftrace003.jpg http://www.buffalotrace.com/admin/GBFiles/ERSB%20Shot_thumb.jpg

http://punkduck.com/images/bufftrace002.jpg

:thumb: I have the Eagle Rare as well and it's tasty!