Bourbon recommendations?

[ladymuck]

Thanks lads

Ahem?

I need to look up some good whiskey cocktails too.

Go to Diffords Guide. If you can't find a cocktail recipe there, it doesn't exist.

You want to try a sazerac or old fashioned. Both excellent cocktails.

 

[d000hg]

Old Fashioned is wonderful though I never tried to make one; a mint Julep is my go-to in the summer. Never even heard of Sazeofc before.

Thanks man.

 

[vetran]

Ahem?



Go to Diffords Guide. If you can't find a cocktail recipe there, it doesn't exist.

You want to try a sazerac or old fashioned. Both excellent cocktails.

he can't spell Lass, common failing - goodnight all!

 

[Lockhouse]

I tend to drink Woodford Reserve, either the normal or their Rye. I drink a lot of Rye and use it in cocktails; mostly Manhattans and Old-Fashioneds, both recommended. I also use Sazerac, which is nice and Bulleit which is 95% Rye.

I made my own cocktail cabinet from English Ash, replacing an old bookcase in the kitchen as I couldn't find one that held more than half a dozen full size bottles.

 

[quackhandle]

JD is mass produced crap, once you drink the proper Kentucky bourbon (as opposed to Tennessee Whisky) you will know the difference.


Huge fan of Bourbon, so I can recommend:

Blantons Gold
Elijah Craig
Basil Hayden
Evan Williams
Four Roses
Makers Mark (good for cocktails and Egg Nog)
Michter's small batch
Woodford Reserve Rye
Eagle Rare (this is really, really nice; bizarrely you used to get this in Asda for 35 notes when Selfridges had same thing for £50!)

Currently drinking one called Boondocks, valentines pressie from Mrs qh, had one too many last night, but damn worth it. 8/10


I can remember around 15 years ago you could get a bottle of Pappy van winkle for hundred notes, wish I'd done so as worth over 10 times that now.

qh

 

[DaveB]

Old Fashioned is wonderful though I never tried to make one; a mint Julep is my go-to in the summer. Never even heard of Sazeofc before.

Thanks man.

If you like an Old Fashioned you'll like Manhattans as well.

 

[d000hg]

If you like an Old Fashioned you'll like Manhattans as well.

I do More a "going out" drink but you can't so...

 

[d000hg]

Or...

Monkey Shoulder
Bulleit Bourbon
Bulleit Rye

Isn't monkey a scotch blend rather than bourbon?

 

[ladymuck]

Isn't monkey a scotch blend rather than bourbon?

No idea. I just looked at the stash of brown fluid HWMBO has at mine and read the labels off. At least I managed not to include the armangnac

 

[PCTNN]

I'm much more a whisky guy but sometimes the sweeter taste of bourbon hits the spot. But I have no reference beyond Jack Daniels and a bottle of gentlemen Jack once which wasn't bad.

Anyone got any recommendations for a sipping whiskey? Where is Jack rated... Is it the Bells of bourbon or not so bad?

To have neat, I like Woodford Reserve

To make an old fashioned, I like Buffalo Trace