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Best value priced whiskey?

brokedownpalace10 said:
Benchmark
JTS Brown
Very Old Barton
Henry McKenna
Evan Williams Black

Off the top of my head and in increasing cost order. All under around 12$ - 750ml, and all quite drinkable even straight.
There are also a few Bourbons which are decent mixers at an even lower cost. It's easy to find a decent Bourbon in the $25 range.

Now... Canadians? Canada has some weird whiskey rules. Bourbon, Scotch, Rye, all have some rules of the road in America. Canada's rules are loose and allow them to tinker quite a bit to produce a good, cheap, whiskey. For instance, the 9.09% rule allows other spirits, even wine, to be blended in and still call it Canadian Whiskey.

A very common strategy with Canadians is to distill some of the spirit to a higher proof (180-190) and age it at that proof. Some spirit is distilled to a more "whiskey" proof (140 or so) and aged at that proof. The higher the proof it is distilled to, the less congeners. Congeners willy nilly equal a hangover, but congeners also equal flavor. A very good whiskey will, through the picking of the distillation window, minimize the former and maximize the latter.

Anyway, then the two different proof spirits will be blended. This makes a much better product than an American blended whiskey which is whiskey blended with grain neutral spirits (un-aged 190 grain alcohol). The resultant Canadian whiskey is "thin" and lacking in a great amount of character, but it is smooth and avoids the mineral spirits taste of a cheap blended american whiskey.

So, if you like it, Canadian is a hella good whiskey for the money. I'm not sure why anyone would use anything else in a generic "whiskey and soft drink".

However, I like Bourbon, and there are decent Bourbons for the same price as a middle shelf Canadian.
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Very informative
 
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darvocet21 said:
Very informative
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This is a great book. Lot's of info on various whiskeys around the world.

Mr. Krinkle said:
cheap whiskey....

cmon man
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I grew up on Bourbon and cigars, decent blue collar vices. Now, they are both trendy and expensive.

The middle shelf has shifted up. Now that there are $200/$300 bottles, and $80 bottles are not too uncommon, your $30 stuff is considered middle shelf by most.

If I'm feeling self indulgent, Makers Mark or Wild Turkey 101 are plenty tasty for me.
 
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brokedownpalace10 said:
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This is a great book. Lot's of info on various whiskeys around the world.


I grew up on Bourbon and cigars, decent blue collar vices. Now, they are both trendy and expensive.

The middle shelf has shifted up. Now that there are $200/$300 bottles, and $80 bottles are not too uncommon, your $30 stuff is considered middle shelf by most.

If I'm feeling self indulgent, Makers Mark or Wild Turkey 101 are plenty tasty for me.
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Thank you for that and for drinking whiskey sounds like a lot of the good stuff which I have nothing against. Especially Maker's Mark.
 
According to my brother who is something of a connoisseur and can afford to be the Japanese have harnessed their ingenuity to improve upon the best Scotch and are routinely barred from International tasting competitions by nitpickers
 
Beam's Eight Star is 20% aged whiskey (for flavor) and 80% grain neutral spirits (aka vodka). I don't avidly recommend it but it's flavor is drinkable if you have no money. I would pick it over cheap vodka.
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simstim said:
Beam's Eight Star is 20% aged whiskey (for flavor) and 80% grain neutral spirits (aka vodka). I don't avidly recommend it but it's flavor is drinkable if you have no money. I would pick it over cheap vodka.
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Now you're using your Noggin
 
A whiskey (true) story:

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There it is plop it in a bag take it to the car make a break for it....

Come on man you haven't pinched alcohol from your parents Liquor Cabinet since you were 18 years old!

Yeah but the last time remember you took that bottle of Seagram's to a party with a pink sticker still on the unopened cap and somebody said who brought this?
I did.
Did you know it says 1971??
No, crack it open
I just did!
So how is it?
S M O O T H
Now I feel bad!
Not for long plus you won't be getting a hangover from this stuff!

Later that night.... Ohh my HEAD!
 
This time I did the right thing I pointed out the bottle of Four Roses that was mostly empty and asked if I could liberate it.
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Sure came the answer.
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That Mister Paul Jones sure was a romantic!

THE END
 
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