I agree for the most part on Jack (it's not THAT special in generic form), but if you've ever had JD Single Barrel, well....it shows it IS a quality whiskey, or could be anyway....I guess they've just been pushed to mass produce....but they do only draw their water from that one spring in TN, so it's not ALL bad!!
The best whiskey I've ever had was called Midleton Very Rare....I was in a mode of testing whiskeys from all over and that was IT....oh it's so good!! I tried Tullamore Dew at the same time period and oh, gawd, awful...too 'spicy'....As of yet, Midleton has been the best I've ever sampled. Folowed by JD Single Barrel.
It's true all TN Whiskey has to come from those springs, I think they are limestone or something. That is what makes it TN Whiskey.
The single barrel is much better and I can drink regular JD with coke. But if I am gonna do that I would rather have crown and coke. All depends on the booze budget.
I will have to look for that Midleton.
I also love Irish but I was just talking about American before. Oh how I love Bushmills.
Tullamore is okay and isn't a whisky but a whiskey (it's Irish, so it has an "e"). Most bourbon seems closer to the Irish whiskey to me, and Canadian whisky is closer to Scotch. I prefer Irish/American. Not a big fan of blends, though, and Dew is a blend. It's a better blend than any Scotch, though.
Best I've ever had was a very special Jameson. Yes, it's a blend, but fuckadoodle, it's a good one. It's Midleton to you and I think, "Rare Reserve" or "Rarest Reserve". One of the two. Not cheap but really very very good. Smooth as anything and worth drinking neat just for the sake of it. If you ever get the chance, and you like whiskey, worth it!
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I agree for the most part on Jack (it's not THAT special in generic form), but if you've ever had JD Single Barrel, well....it shows it IS a quality whiskey, or could be anyway....I guess they've just been pushed to mass produce....but they do only draw their water from that one spring in TN, so it's not ALL bad!!
The best whiskey I've ever had was called Midleton Very Rare....I was in a mode of testing whiskeys from all over and that was IT....oh it's so good!! I tried Tullamore Dew at the same time period and oh, gawd, awful...too 'spicy'....As of yet, Midleton has been the best I've ever sampled. Folowed by JD Single Barrel.
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It's true all TN Whiskey has to come from those springs, I think they are limestone or something. That is what makes it TN Whiskey.
The single barrel is much better and I can drink regular JD with coke. But if I am gonna do that I would rather have crown and coke. All depends on the booze budget.
I will have to look for that Midleton.
I also love Irish but I was just talking about American before. Oh how I love Bushmills.
Tullamore is okay and isn't a whisky but a whiskey (it's Irish, so it has an "e"). Most bourbon seems closer to the Irish whiskey to me, and Canadian whisky is closer to Scotch. I prefer Irish/American. Not a big fan of blends, though, and Dew is a blend. It's a better blend than any Scotch, though.
Best I've ever had was a very special Jameson. Yes, it's a blend, but fuckadoodle, it's a good one. It's Midleton to you and I think, "Rare Reserve" or "Rarest Reserve". One of the two. Not cheap but really very very good. Smooth as anything and worth drinking neat just for the sake of it. If you ever get the chance, and you like whiskey, worth it!