Whiskey

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

Personally , Jack Daniels make the best whiskey.

They use their barrels once then sell them to the whisky people.

So, when you whisky officiants wax lyrical about your whisky , just remember it has a little whiskey taste to it.

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Little too much of a generalisation there, fella. Scots do use barrels from the bourbon makers, sure. They also use them from the French, Spanish and Italian wine makers. Amongst others. And, being Scots, they use them again and again. But the Scots used barrels long before Jack Daniels was a wee lad.

As for Jack being the best whiskey, well I'd point you towards Makers Mark, Bushmills, Jamesons, and all other purveyors of mundane whiskeys. But, if it's whisky we are talking about then have a taste of The Macallan. Oh, and check out the whiskies of Japan, or even more pertinent, the whiskies of Tasmania.
Jack Daniels is an average American mass market drop. Beats the hell out of Jim Beam, but then what doesn't?

interestingly, in 2020 the "expert" world judges of whisky voted an Aldi scotch at a cost of about $80 a bottle the best whisky for that year. Like many things the best when it is a measure of a person's opinion is just that. Unless the whole population can vote on these subjective assessment items, then in my opinion they are just that ...an opinion. I just know what I like and dont and I drink accordingly!!!

Have you tried the Isle of Arran Whisky, a small Island of the west coast of Scotland thay do a great range and I love it. But once again each to their own.

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Originally Posted by corrie

Have you tried the Isle of Arran Whisky, a small Island of the west coast of Scotland thay do a great range and I love it. But once again each to their own.

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They do a pretty good wool, too. [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by dirvine

interestingly, in 2020 the "expert" world judges of whisky voted an Aldi scotch at a cost of about $80 a bottle the best whisky for that year. Like many things the best when it is a measure of a person's opinion is just that. Unless the whole population can vote on these subjective assessment items, then in my opinion they are just that ...an opinion. I just know what I like and dont and I drink accordingly!!!

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much agreement here.

I have been drinking Jack Daniel's in it's many varieties for around 50years.

I have tasted so many other peoples "better" whiskeys and bourbons (although Jack Daniel Whiskey is not bourbon) and still cannot be swayed on my choice.

It is personal, and I don't like Bundaberg rum but enjoy Beenleigh Double Barrel rum.

I don't care about scotch whiskies and will mix them them with cola, dry ginger and lime/soda , something I wont do with Jack Daniel Whiskey.....again it's personal.

To go to Lynchburg and see the town that hasn't changed and meet the people that run and love the distillery has been one of lifes greatest opportunities.

There is an old joke about business that gets told a lot in Napa Valley: How do you make a small fortune in wine? Start with a large fortune.
The same goes for making whiskey. Equipment, barrels and enough space to keep them all can cost millions, money you won’t recoup until years later, when the spirit has matured. In the meantime, you’ll have lost 20 percent or more of your product to evaporation as it ages — what distillers wistfully call “the angel’s share.”
Whiskey, in other words, is ready to be hacked — at least according to Stuart Aaron and Martin Janousek. Their company, Bespoken Spirits, in Menlo Park, Calif., says it can make whiskey in just a few days, using heat and pressure to force alcohol in and out of small pieces of wood that give the spirit its characteristic flavor and color.
“With modern material science and data analytics, we can change this antiquated industry,” Mr. Aaron said.

NYTIMES [biggrin]

yes I agree again.

my son distills and he makes whisky and whiskey.

always tastes ok

he has all sorts of matter floating in his bottles before the final clean.

these days I don't think you'd know whats being sold off the bottle'o shelves and how it was made.

I had a bad beer brew a while back so he chucked it in the fermenter with more sugar and old banana peels and potato peelings and distilled that disgusting wort into a reasonable tasting scotch.

I still have a few bottles of that brew, it's made insect repellant and a potplant anti fungal spray and theres plenty more to make more scotch......he even bought a Glenfiddich flavouring which wasn't too bad after about two weeks.

We are being ripped methinks , even though I've been to Tennessee to watch my favourite Jack Daniel product being made.

Cracked it tonight.....would have been good if No.1 son was home to sample as he gifted it to me early as he had to return to work

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Geez, I reckon the Original Poster would enjoy that![thumbsupbig]

This is a great thread. The Scots will argue amongst themselves, the Irish ditto, the Yanks say theirs are best, the Japanese have awards saying theirs are, the Tasmanians will probably get some as well, and we all get to squabble here on a Land Rover forum. What joy!

My faves are;

American. Makers Mark. There are better, but I generally cannot afford them.
Japanese. Nikka single malt.
Tasmanian. Lark
Irish. ( gotta be careful here) The Sexton, but I can't afford that either.
Scotch. I love the Islay malts, peaty and a taste of the ocean. I aslo love the Speysides. But my favourite whisky of all has to be The MaCallan. 12 YO is superb, 18 YO is out of this world, and 25... well. Delicate, incredibly balanced, and yet intense beyond description.
But, I am ageing, but not as well as whiskies do. When I was 30 I wouldn't have made the same list.