Whisky weekend
- Thread starter The Cooterpoot
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In a blind taste test, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and your favorite. It's all marketing.
17 off rookie/puss*
I'm a Makers fan and some Four Roses. Jack Daniels is charcoal water. Beam is the basic like Elijah.
Just for funsies are you going to be in the junction for any game this year? If so, let's do a blind taste test.
My former neighbor (RIP) considered himself a bourbon connoisseur and even he understood you can't tell most apart. He organized a blind taste test during a neighborhood party for the (6 or 7) men who had a favorite brand. Guess what? Picking their favorite out of four they were less than 50% accurate.
On a related note, I’ve done the same for friends but with light lager beers usually Miller, bud, coors light. I’ve done it dozens of times. So far 0% have been able to pick their brand much less tell the difference.
...yep...and add Evan Williams Black for bourbon and for a whiskey Johnny Walker Red. I gave up hard liquor long time ago but still pick a bottle up just to look at it
Well they probably suck.
Now if you line up 4 similar bourbons that use a similar mash bill(let's say 4 versions of Maker's) it could get tough.
But if you don't think you can line up a Blanton's, Weller, Stagg Jr, and Sazerac (all from Buffalo Trace) and a dozen or more of us in this board can't bat .1000 on picking out which is which, you would lose a lot of money. I know @Raiderdawg, myself, @NTDawg and a few others will take that bet.
That said if you're point is expensive doesn't mean better, I concur. I have done a personal blind tasting between Eagle Rare 10 year, Buffalo Trace, Benchmark, and Benchmark bonded. They are all the same juice going in the barrel and are just aged different times, in different rickhouses, and are cut with more or less water.
Results
Benchmark Bonded #1 - $17.95
Eagle Rare 10 year #2 - $35.95
Buffalo Trace #3 - $25.95
Haitian refugee porta potty water #4
Benchmark a distant #5 - $14.95
Turns out I prefer the higher proof of the bonded even at only 4 years of age vs a lower proof 6-8 year old BT or even 10 year old ER. The regular benchmark is 80 proof and approximately 18 months old. It tastes like fermented Cheerios. I prolly drink 5-1 Benchmark Bonded over everything else these days.
All that said, best sip I have ever had was a neat glass of King of Kentucky that will sell for $2k plus by the bottle usually.
I'm so poor, I call it po' (can't afford the o and r).
Agree, Angel’s envy is great, but calling it cheap seems like a cover for some other deficiency
I’ll drink and enjoy all of the ones you listed and they all do the same thing.
We did that in the Junction several years ago, most folks couldn't pick "their" beer out of four.
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