[fso301]

New whisky is clear, but gains its color from the used oak barrels during maturation.

What is it about oak that is so special to wines and spirits? Why can't maple, hickory or birch be used for barrels?

[MarkL]

I'm not sure what brand of scotch they put in this whenever I order it...

Mark

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Does anyone else keep their’s in the freezer?

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

How to drink whiskey...

1. Short glass full of ice.

2. Fill 3/4 with Glenlivet.

3. Swirl glass gently for three or four minutes.

4. Drink it down.

[nathanbedford]

ping

[Little Ray]

Tried some scotch once. It tasted like burnt wood. I’m told it was a very good scotch and that is what it was SUPPOSED to taste like.

[FoxPro]

As I have explained to my kids:

All booze starts out as vodka. Basically alcohol and water.

Then it is flavored, with wood or berries and so on and so forth.

When they make Jack Daniels, they first make vodka, then they put it into barrels.

So all booze is basically flavored vodka.

It may be a bit more complicated than that, but not by much.

I live a simple life, so I drink cheap vodka, which is basically the same as expensive vodka, because I have never been able to discern a difference between the two. It is just alcohol and water. I just cant wrap my head around one company’s alcohol and water be better than an others.

[Political Junkie Too]

Like this?

-PJ

[count-your-change]

How to drink whiskey? O.K., I’ll have a go at it:

Wrap fingers around full glass, raise to lips by bending arm, imbibe as usual. Practice helps. Details provided on request.

[drjimmy]

I’m an Oban man myself.

[yldstrk]

yech hate scotch. First time I ever got drunk as a teen it was on scotch and coca cola, never touched the stuff after that. Hate hare liquor, will have a glass of red or a glass of champagne but that is it.

[yldstrk]

hard