Comment on Was starting to run low on the essentials

• Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  if you are looking for whiskey: Westward, Dickel, Clemens, 6666, Tincup, Heavens door, Westland, Balcones or Bear fight are good options.

  If its Bourbon: Highwest, Redwood empire, smoke wagon, Penelope, Remus, Pursuit, Old forester, Michters, Russell’s, Dancing panda, Lasso, Hirsch,Four roses, Basil Hayden are all good to decent options

  For Scotch: monkey shoulder, Glenfiddich, Drambuie, Aberlour, Brenne, Dewars, Glenlivet and Singleton are good options

  for Irish whiskey: Jameson, Writters tears, Red Breast, Slãint, and Whistler are decent picks.

  For Japanese whisky: Toki (white or black) kikori and Nikka and Sato Hiki are good Japanese picks

  For Canadian Whisky: Pendleton, crown, black velvet, Pike Creek and forty creek are decent options.

  I tried going with options I have not seen in the comments and I tried to make sure very few was MGP or other white label distilleries. Also I was aiming in the 30ish to 60ish USD range.

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  • ivanafterall@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    FOR THE PRICE, Buffalo Trace always seemed okay for me, mostly for cocktails, but I’m not a big liquor guy. I remember loving Angel’s Envy Bourbon years ago, but it wasn’t super cheap.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Buffalo trace is awesome but it’s got a huge shortage

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    • Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Buffalo Trace is a solid option and I agree mainly for cocktails, and most of the Angles Envy around me starts at $60ish. But also good stuff.

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  • Zannsolo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Lafroig is great and cheap of you like really smoky Scotch Oban is a step up and less smoky.

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    • mech@feddit.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Laphroaig tastes like a burnt-down hospital by the seaside.
      It was legal to sell in pharmacies during the prohibition because the authorities didn’t think anyone would drink it for fun.

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      • Zannsolo@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Fools

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  • Zannsolo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Bullet is also a solid affordable whiskey, coming higher end of take Blanton’s over anything on your list

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    • Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I have 3 different Blantons bottles, 3 E.H. Taylor’s, a Stagg Jr. Penelope Light, a Burnheim 20 year, and a few other notables in my high end collection. Blantons is over priced and over rated. its good, but not $110+ and hard to find good. The cask strength is worth it I think.

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      • Zannsolo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I agree it’s overpriced now, I mostly drink bullet bourbon but I got a bottle for $80 at Safeway recently.

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  • teslekova@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Goddamnit, you reminded me Glenfiddich exists and my bottle ran out ages ago. You monster. <cries while purchasing>

    (not an alcoholic, you’re not a monster, just to be clear, I just love the occasional sip of that one, it was my grandfather’s favourite.)

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    • Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      There a beautiful 12year I’ve seen out…enjoy the drink!

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  • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Japanese whiskeys are nice. Suntory and Nikka Days make pretty good mixers but if you wanna sip there’s always Hibiki.

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    • Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Happy cake day! I thought about including Hibiki but most prices I see on it start around $50+ but I totally agree, good sipping.

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      • shads@lemy.lol ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Have you tried any Australians, specifically Tasmanians. I have a half dozen names I could throw out but not sure how far out of Australia they have name recognition. Well besides the Springbay but that’s nowhere near the price range these days.

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  • TransNeko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If you want to buy better alcohol for the price of Jack Daniels… just buy 90 proof and mix something yourself l.

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  • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Solid reccomendations, thank you! I haven’t tried about 60% of the list, I’ll see what the nearby stores have and get sampling!

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    • Neondragon25@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      No worries, I really tried giving a list of not the most common things, a few Commons sprinkled in but I wanted to focus on good stuff thats maybe under represented or under appreciated.

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