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Post by CaajScot on Mar 22, 2017 10:19:10 GMT
What's the difference between scotch, whisky and bourbon? Is it just the malts? I am getting our Whisky and Whiskey mixed up again, bourbon is a type of American Whiskey made primarily from corn but I will let others tell you about that. |
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Post by Bestie on Mar 22, 2017 10:23:44 GMT
Whisky is an overall term, like 'Laptops' cover Macbooks and Dell. Although to me it only represents whiskies made using the Scottish/Irish processes. 'Whiskey' is the Irish spelling that Americans use because reasons.
Scotch is really just a legal marketing term - any whisky sold bearing 'Scotch' on the bottle has to have been made in Scotland. It's an Americanism really.
Bourbon is a type of 'whisky' made in with a certain percentage of corn/maize. The differences in for example Bourbon vs. Scotch apart from where they are made is in what the base ingredient is. What I would consider 'proper' whisky is made with malted barley, or a malt-biased blend. Others like Bourbon or Tennessee are made with corn at different minimum percentages (of corn, not alcohol). Others would be rye or grain. Grain whiskies are mostly produced in Scotland/Ireland but aren't made with malted barley.
To really confuse things there is such a thing called Pot Still whisky which can be either grain or malted barley but must be distilled in, go figure, pot stills.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2017 10:41:08 GMT
Whisky is an overall term, like 'Laptops' cover Macbooks and Dell. Although to me it only represents whiskies made using the Scottish/Irish processes. 'Whiskey' is the Irish spelling that Americans use because reasons. Scotch is really just a legal marketing term - any whisky sold bearing 'Scotch' on the bottle has to have been made in Scotland. It's an Americanism really. Bourbon is a type of 'whisky' made in with a certain percentage of corn/maize. The differences in for example Bourbon vs. Scotch apart from where they are made is in what the base ingredient is. What I would consider 'proper' whisky is made with malted barley, or a malt-biased blend. Others like Bourbon or Tennessee are made with corn at different minimum percentages (of corn, not alcohol). Others would be rye or grain. Grain whiskies are mostly produced in Scotland/Ireland but aren't made with malted barley. To really confuse things there is such a thing called Pot Still whisky which can be either grain or malted barley but must be distilled in, go figure, pot stills. Right, I'll study this as I go. The different types of beer were confusing once too. |
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Post by ratbag on Mar 22, 2017 13:30:25 GMT
Jack Daniel's isn't whisky. Agreed but I didn't start that conversation. Slightly off topic I guess |
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Post by redcase on Mar 22, 2017 13:59:03 GMT
Tried Lagavulin purely because of Ron Swanson.
Sublime.
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Post by RAZ on Mar 22, 2017 14:15:46 GMT
Tried Lagavulin purely because of Ron Swanson. Sublime. Marvelous choice.i got my own kind of "whisky bar" at home with about 20 bottles or so.lagavulin is always in there.if a bottle of lagavulin is empty,i'm getting a new one.one of my all time favourites.lovely,lovely drink. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 23, 2017 20:42:06 GMT
Not a huge expert, but Lagavulin 16 is easily the best I've had. Tried JW double black and single malts such as Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12 and maybe a couple more. No contest as far as I'm concerned.
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Post by RAZ on Mar 23, 2017 20:57:31 GMT
Not a huge expert, but Lagavulin 16 is easily the best I've had. Tried JW double black and single malts such as Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12 and maybe a couple more. No contest as far as I'm concerned. Glenfiddich is not the best choice from my point of view.although the glenfiddich distillery produces some fine whisky other than the big name |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 24, 2017 12:24:24 GMT
I grow tonnes of mint in the garden so I'm having mint julep. This might be where I finally become a full blown alcoholic. Stuff is good.
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Post by RAZ on Mar 24, 2017 12:32:34 GMT
I grow tonnes of mint in the garden so I'm having mint julep. This might be where I finally become a full blown alcoholic. Stuff is good. good idea!i also grow moroccan mint in the garden every year.used it for cooking,tea and ice-tea so far.could actually try something new with it |
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Post by ratbag on Mar 27, 2017 13:39:39 GMT
Not a huge expert, but Lagavulin 16 is easily the best I've had. Tried JW double black and single malts such as Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12 and maybe a couple more. No contest as far as I'm concerned. Worth experimenting a little if you get the chance...as I said before, I am a fan of the peaty malts from Islay so I also like Laphroaig, Ardbeg and Bruichladdich...the last one is a bit lighter...I haven't tried Bowmore yet (no idea why) but I am told that it is pretty decent too... Otherwise, I like Dalmore but sadly (for my pocket) only the more expensive ones... |
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Post by RAZ on Mar 27, 2017 15:56:23 GMT
Not a huge expert, but Lagavulin 16 is easily the best I've had. Tried JW double black and single malts such as Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12 and maybe a couple more. No contest as far as I'm concerned. Worth experimenting a little if you get the chance...as I said before, I am a fan of the peaty malts from Islay so I also like Laphroaig, Ardbeg and Bruichladdich...the last one is a bit lighter...I haven't tried Bowmore yet (no idea why) but I am told that it is pretty decent too... Otherwise, I like Dalmore but sadly (for my pocket) only the more expensive ones... bowmore 18years is absolutely amazing.one of my favourites.a truly wonderful drink. and all the others you mentioned are great aswell.the people on islay definately know their business. its incredible to think of all this different world class whiskys they produce on that tiny island. its like burnley would regularly produce the worlds best football players.😁😁 |
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Post by Reduntildeath on Mar 29, 2017 18:45:06 GMT
Cardhu Gold Malt, on offer at Mozzer's,£25 down from £42, absolute fucking steal if you can get hold of any!
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Post by RAZ on Mar 31, 2017 20:24:18 GMT
Cardhu Gold Malt, on offer at Mozzer's,£25 down from £42, absolute fucking steal if you can get hold of any! cardhu is on my list of "need to try one day". never had a zip of cardhu but heard and read that they produce some fine stuff. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2017 7:02:36 GMT
Not a huge expert, but Lagavulin 16 is easily the best I've had. Tried JW double black and single malts such as Glenfiddich 12, Glenlivet 12 and maybe a couple more. No contest as far as I'm concerned. Worth experimenting a little if you get the chance...as I said before, I am a fan of the peaty malts from Islay so I also like Laphroaig, Ardbeg and Bruichladdich...the last one is a bit lighter...I haven't tried Bowmore yet (no idea why) but I am told that it is pretty decent too... Otherwise, I like Dalmore but sadly (for my pocket) only the more expensive ones... Just ordered my Ardbeg 10 so I'll know more about it next week. Glenlivet is offered at $40US at the airport so I'll do a direct comparative analysis when I'm back the week after.  |
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