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Best value priced whiskey?

Landrew said:
last time i did a meth run I bought a mickey of Fireball and nearly killed myself cuz I liked the taste. I hadnt eaten and forgot that plus the meth/sleep dep would make a mickey more like two or three of them.

after drinking it way too fast I was holding onto a fence down by the dugout in gastown with my eyes closed and saying "fuck. Then I puked a couple times, tumbled to crab park and passed out for a few hours. Missed my shelter curfew by 30 mins but they gave me a pass ;)
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I recently went through a serious 3-week run of Fireball after wanting to find a stronger alcohol than white wine. I finally bought the $22 handle of Fireball and I got so grossed out by it after a few days that I swore I would never drink it again.

I like your username, btw. L’Andrew the Love Child. Such a talent…
 
I actually tried fireball for the first time a couple of weeks ago and found it surprisingly easy to drink straight. It’s clearly not a high grade whisky but it far surpassed my expectations (tbh I thought the cinnamon would taste nasty and overpowering).
 
Evan Williams Honey goes down easy.
It's my ladyfriend's drink. She pours it over as much ice as she can fit in a glass and lets it melt for a bit to get a tamer drink more like a mixed drink. Straight shots go down like candy a la Fireball.

Any hot whiskey can be tamed with a little sugar. A small amount won't even be tasted as sweet, it'll just mellow the whiskey. This is actually often done with store bought Rum before you buy it since Rum has few regulations regarding it's production.
 
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hmm..... Canadian Mist doesn't have a handle just an indentation. Need to find an inexpensive whiskey brand that can be weaponized easier
 
Another decent cheap whiskey that I used to drink is the Heaven Hill 6 Year 100 proof (regular Heaven Hill is only aged 3 years and is 80 proof).

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Whats your budget? Top 2 under 30 is evan williams bottled in bond or dewars japanese smooth. If youre gonna mix, Straight Bourbon (from cardinal spirits) is next level at 25.

By a fucking longshot.

Now if you got some class to you, widow jane 10 yr, eagle rare 10yr, mckenna 10 yr bottled in bond, angels envy, lagavulin 16, i could go on
 
Jeebis2 said:
Whats your budget? Top 2 under 30 is evan williams bottled in bond or dewars japanese smooth. If youre gonna mix, Straight Bourbon (from cardinal spirits) is next level at 25.

By a fucking longshot.

Now if you got some class to you, widow jane 10 yr, eagle rare 10yr, mckenna 10 yr bottled in bond, angels envy, lagavulin 16, i could go on
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Definitely a fan of Dewars white label a solid choice for drinkability no idea about Japanese import versions unless we're talking New Wave records
 
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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