I just don't get whiskey

[Jim14510]

Just had a taste of this and it's supposed to be good.

 

[Driveway Jordan]

I love whiskey...bourbon, Irish, and Canadian in that order.

It’s definitely an acquired taste.

 

[David Webb]

At least you got a handy.

 

[Jim14510]

At least you got a handy.

The guy is often full of shit but he says this is a $2,600 bottle.

 

[Kaladin]

When I was an 8th grader I drank many shots of Jack Daniels one night and thought it was amazing.

I haven't been able to drink it since that fateful night.

 

[hothouse_corn]

When I was an 8th grader I drank many shots of Jack Daniels one night and thought it was amazing.

I haven't been able to drink it since that fateful night.

That's similar to my young experience with Skoal wintergreen (or chaw in general).

 

[MtnHusker]

When I was an 8th grader I drank many shots of Jack Daniels one night and thought it was amazing.

I haven't been able to drink it since that fateful night.

Drank a bottle of Southern Comfort one fateful night and have not been able to even smell it without cringing. Almost threw up on my mom the next day.

 

[Jim14510]

I found it for $800 he always exaggerates.

 

[Saudi_aurora]

Just had a taste of this and it's supposed to be good.

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I’m not a huge fan of rye bourbons, but shit... for that price/value? Yeah I definitely drink the bottle.

 

[hothouse_corn]

I found it for $800 he always exaggerates.

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Is that the same website someone else found$400 dollar bottles for$69, and also a bunch of other really weird items? I wish I could remember the specifics.

 

[huskermack]

When I was an 8th grader I drank many shots of Jack Daniels one night and thought it was amazing.

I haven't been able to drink it since that fateful night.

It was Kessler for me.
Glad it wasn’t something good.

 

[Blackshirts_Win_'ships]

When I was an 8th grader I drank many shots of Jack Daniels one night and thought it was amazing.

I haven't been able to drink it since that fateful night.

This was exactly me until Japanese whisky provided the gateway I needed.

 

[BushAK]

It was Kessler for me.
Glad it wasn’t something good.

Wild turkey for me on my 21st birthday. Made me throw up, my friends figured it out, and that’s all they bought for the rest of the night at the pla-mor country bar outside of Lincoln.

 

[Black5hirt]

I’m not a fan of rye, it’s an acquired taste I never acquired.

 

[Ext. 55]

Rye isn’t much my thing either. Not bad for a mixer, but doesn’t do it for me.

And Jose and Southern were my two...argh.

 

[Johannes de Silentio]

The guy is often full of shit but he says this is a $2,600 bottle.

More than likely full of shit, as your post later in this thread discussing seeing the Handy available elsewhere for $800 (and you can do better than that if you look broadly enough nationally) demonstrates, but there's one possible way that this guy could be telling the truth. The Handy, like each of the BTAC releases, are annual. So you have a different batch released each year with not only a different proof but sometimes fairly distinct characteristics. Some are better-liked than others; some are, at this point, much rarer than others. All of that can influence the price.

Trying to do your research and/or shop on the internet for these bottles can make comparison pretty difficult or even impossible. Many bottle shops don't have photos or reliable data sheets about release year, ABV, etc. The ones that do have photos will often just have one that they never change despite the bottling being different each year. You get the point. The bottle you have pictured is 64.5% ABV; the one in the listing you found appears--it's blurry--to be 67.4% ABV. Maybe it's the same bottling; maybe it's not. Maybe your friend has a really "good" or "rare" one. I'm too lazy to do that research.

Also, rye>bourbon.

 

[Johannes de Silentio]

Also, as for liking whiskey or not, something like that is definitely not going to be for everyone, either at the beginning of their whiskey journey or ever. Relatedly, try to avoid the mistake that just because something is highly-sought after, rare, and expensive that it's going to be proportionately better than cheaper stuff you're normally consuming. A lot of the price you're paying for rare stuff is based just on that: rarity. After a certain point, you're just going to run out of space to be double, triple, quadruple, etc., etc. better than a good $80-100 bottle.

 

[Jim14510]

More than likely full of shit, as your post later in this thread discussing seeing the Handy available elsewhere for $800

Main point I was trying to get across was its obviously not some cheap shit. Sipping it and letting it sit on your tongue it actually tasted decent. Then you swallow and I'm choking back gag reflex.






That's what she said.

 

[HCFord1]

Main point I was trying to get across was its obviously not some cheap shit. Sipping it and letting it sit on your tongue it actually tasted decent. Then you swallow and I'm choking back gag reflex.






That's what she said.

Barrell proof whiskey isn't for beginners. That's some strong stuff.

 

[Johannes de Silentio]

Barrell proof whiskey isn't for beginners. That's some strong stuff.

@Jim14510 is also a huge pussy. Should have been my first thought in all of this. Feel like an idiot now.