korab rules Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Please, Jack Daniels isn't even that good. It might be the most overrated liquor on the market. Jack Daniels is not a whiskey I enjoy neat. It should not be consumed under any circumstances, much less mixed with Aunt Jemimah. There are, however, a few fine examples of sour mash whiskey available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Jack Daniels is not a whiskey I enjoy neat. It should not be consumed under any circumstances, much less mixed with Aunt Jemimah. There are, however, a few fine examples of sour mash whiskey available. It is what I always turn to when the bar is out of good bourbon. And I've never found a better whisky with which to make a Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 It is what I always turn to when the bar is out of good bourbon. And I've never found a better whisky with which to make a Manhattan. Huh -- I'm not a whiskey drinker at all, but I would've guessed something more like Maker's Mark for a Manhattan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 It is what I always turn to when the bar is out of good bourbon. And I've never found a better whisky with which to make a Manhattan. There aren't many good sour mash bourbons available, and the only bar you will see them in is a fine whiskey bar. Luckily, there are many more great bourbons that aren't sourmash. They are much more readily available. I don't care for sweet or dry vermouth, so I drink both my brown and clear liquors neat, or with a little ice if the good stuff isn't available. As I get older, I have become quite the whiskey snob. I now prefer to assault my senses and liver with cask strength whiskeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Huh -- I'm not a whiskey drinker at all, but I would've guessed something more like Maker's Mark for a Manhattan. Maker's Mark all alone. Mmmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Maker's Mark all alone. Mmmmm. Yes. :thumbsup: Personally, I'm a Buffalo Trace bourbon kinda guy. Neat of course. Or maybe with one cube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 As I get older, I have become quite the whiskey snob. I now prefer to assault my senses and liver with cask strength whiskeys. Maker's Mark all alone. Mmmmm. Either of you guys know this place? Finger Lakes Distilling I didn't get a chance to try their whiskey but it's supposedly quite good, and I can tell you their vodka is fantastic. Wish I lived close enough to get their stuff more regularly; it's a beautiful tasting room, too, so if you find yourself in the Seneca Lake area, I recommend it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Either of you guys know this place? Finger Lakes Distilling I didn't get a chance to try their whiskey but it's supposedly quite good, and I can tell you their vodka is fantastic. Wish I lived close enough to get their stuff more regularly; it's a beautiful tasting room, too, so if you find yourself in the Seneca Lake area, I recommend it! Oooohhh, they make a Rye. I may have to see if the local shop has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Oooohhh, they make a Rye. I may have to see if the local shop has it. Looks like quite a few in Buffalo, and according to their site even carried at City Grill! Had no idea, lol. http://www.fingerlakesdistilling.com/index.php/where-to-buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Whistlers. I f'n hate whistlers. That damn sound just cuts right through my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Either of you guys know this place? Finger Lakes Distilling I didn't get a chance to try their whiskey but it's supposedly quite good, and I can tell you their vodka is fantastic. Wish I lived close enough to get their stuff more regularly; it's a beautiful tasting room, too, so if you find yourself in the Seneca Lake area, I recommend it! Yes - its in my neck of the woods - pretty decent stuff. I'm not a gin fan, but their gin is pretty good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korab rules Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Whistlers. I f'n hate whistlers. That damn sound just cuts right through my ears. You mean the ones in your nose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Minor complaint: Phoenix got swept. Was really hoping they'd make a better go of it, both because a) I'm not crazy about the Red Wings, and b) my mom and my brother were just getting into hockey and they're disappointed the team is done so soon (and that they might not be there next season). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Yes - its in my neck of the woods - pretty decent stuff. I'm not a gin fan, but their gin is pretty good as well. lol well color me unobservant -- never even noticed you have Finger Lakes as your location. :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Prongers back this sucks balls.... :thumbdown: I have to go to a wedding on saturday so I might miss the game friday due to the rehersal dinner and then easter on sunday... FML 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 There aren't many good sour mash bourbons available, and the only bar you will see them in is a fine whiskey bar. Luckily, there are many more great bourbons that aren't sourmash. They are much more readily available. I don't care for sweet or dry vermouth, so I drink both my brown and clear liquors neat, or with a little ice if the good stuff isn't available. As I get older, I have become quite the whiskey snob. I now prefer to assault my senses and liver with cask strength whiskeys. I'm a bit of bourbon snob myself. I assume because you didn't spell it whisky that you don't include Scotch in your snobbery. Nothing quite like a glass of oak aged corn mash distillate and a nice cigar on a summer evening. Or a cold winter evening for that matter. Awwww,hell, any old evening you might find me with a glass of whiskey in hand. I started out with JD manhattens then switched to Makers Mark manhattens. Pretty soon I was putting less and less vermouth in the glass. Eventually I had to admit the truth and realize it was that delicious viscous brown liquid I was after. Began discovering the other bourbons on the shelf and now I am counting the hours to my next glass of Eagle Rare or Four Roses or Russels' Reserve or..... :wub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Either of you guys know this place? Finger Lakes Distilling I didn't get a chance to try their whiskey but it's supposedly quite good, and I can tell you their vodka is fantastic. Wish I lived close enough to get their stuff more regularly; it's a beautiful tasting room, too, so if you find yourself in the Seneca Lake area, I recommend it! Yes - its in my neck of the woods - pretty decent stuff. I'm not a gin fan, but their gin is pretty good as well. I was out there in October. Not a fan. The rye is too young. they are playing games with using small barrels to increase the contact area with the distillate to age the whiskey more quickly. I wasn't fond of the results. The owner is active on a bourbon forum that I am on and he indicated that they are doing it to get product out to market more quickly. They have larger barrels coming and will soon be aging their whiskeys more conventionally when they arrive. I hope they turn out better in the bigger barrels. I want to support the local guys but they want ~$40 /750ml of what I think isn't $40 whiskey. Hoepfully it works out for them. Didn't like their gin either but I am not fond of gin in general. Your mileage may vary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_The_Amerks Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I'm a bit of bourbon snob myself. I assume because you didn't spell it whisky that you don't include Scotch in your snobbery. Nothing quite like a glass of oak aged corn mash distillate and a nice cigar on a summer evening. Or a cold winter evening for that matter. Awwww,hell, any old evening you might find me with a glass of whiskey in hand. I started out with JD manhattens then switched to Makers Mark manhattens. Pretty soon I was putting less and less vermouth in the glass. Eventually I had to admit the truth and realize it was that delicious viscous brown liquid I was after. Began discovering the other bourbons on the shelf and now I am counting the hours to my next glass of Eagle Rare or Four Roses or Russels' Reserve or..... :wub: For college students, my roomate and I are quite the snobs ourselves. We started drinking Wild Turkey American Honey in coke, then moved on to others, to the point where we drink it on the rocks now. We have at least one empty bottle of the following: Wild Turkey American Honey Wild Turkey Original Wild Turkey 101 Wild Turkey Rye Jim Beam Jim Beam Red Stag Jim Beam Green Label Jack Daniels Bulleitt Old Grand-Dad 100 Bakers Old Crow Buffalo Trace The Buffalo Trace 125 corn whiskey is also delicious on the rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Dwight Drane Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Bunch of Drunkies....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 For college students, my roomate and I are quite the snobs ourselves. We started drinking Wild Turkey American Honey in coke, then moved on to others, to the point where we drink it on the rocks now. We have at least one empty bottle of the following: Wild Turkey American Honey Wild Turkey Original Wild Turkey 101 Wild Turkey Rye Jim Beam Jim Beam Red Stag Jim Beam Green Label Jack Daniels Bulleitt Old Grand-Dad 100 Bakers Old Crow Buffalo Trace The Buffalo Trace 125 corn whiskey is also delicious on the rocks. That's not a bad list you are starting there. :thumbsup: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss_The_Amerks Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 That's not a bad list you are starting there. :thumbsup: We also bought a bottle of Rare Breed for special occasions. And I killed a bottle of Jameson (against my will, it was free...) but that doesn't count. Rare Breed is almost too good to enjoy, I feel guilty drinking it at $45/bottle, Bulleitt was one of my favorite, although it took a lot of getting used to and taste acquiring. And I am lovingggg my bottle of Trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 We also bought a bottle of Rare Breed for special occasions. And I killed a bottle of Jameson (against my will, it was free...) but that doesn't count. Rare Breed is almost too good to enjoy, I feel guilty drinking it at $45/bottle, Bulleitt was one of my favorite, although it took a lot of getting used to and taste acquiring. And I am lovingggg my bottle of Trace. Nuthin wrong with Jameson. Hard to find, but it's a damned good bourbon at a lower price point, try to find some WL Weller. It's made with wheat instead of rye (like Maker's Mark) but it has way more flavor and complexity than Makers Mark. And like I said, lower price point so it won't clobber your college sized budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmwolf21 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 We are planning to come home to WNY for the weekend but our little guy has been fighting a bug for a few days now and it doesn't look like we'll be travelling today. Hopefully tomorrow at this point but I'm not putting a sick 4-year-old in the back of the car for nearly 4 hours. Do you have a roof rack? ;) At this point he wouldn't even make it on to the roof rack. Had another setback this evening and now the entire trip is in jeopardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I'm a bit of bourbon snob myself. I assume because you didn't spell it whisky that you don't include Scotch in your snobbery. Nothing quite like a glass of oak aged corn mash distillate and a nice cigar on a summer evening. Or a cold winter evening for that matter. Awwww,hell, any old evening you might find me with a glass of whiskey in hand. I started out with JD manhattens then switched to Makers Mark manhattens. Pretty soon I was putting less and less vermouth in the glass. Eventually I had to admit the truth and realize it was that delicious viscous brown liquid I was after. Began discovering the other bourbons on the shelf and now I am counting the hours to my next glass of Eagle Rare or Four Roses or Russels' Reserve or..... :wub: That's why I don't use Maker's Mark in Manhattans, normally. It is too nice on its own. Same for Eagle, same for a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Either of you guys know this place? Finger Lakes Distilling I didn't get a chance to try their whiskey but it's supposedly quite good, and I can tell you their vodka is fantastic. Wish I lived close enough to get their stuff more regularly; it's a beautiful tasting room, too, so if you find yourself in the Seneca Lake area, I recommend it! Bookmarked. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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