What is the RIGHT WHISKEY for you???

Trying to figure out the right kind of whisky for you? We've got you covered. BIG THANKS to all the Magnificent Bastards who shared the flavors they're finding across 6 popular whisk(e)y categories! In this episode, Rex and Daniel reveal the results to help you narrow down your ideal whiskey path. Afterwards, they show the words most commonly used by 12+ big distilleries when describing their most popular whiskeys. PLUS, an epic battle of man vs machine for the advancement of Whiskey-Science.
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- SPEYSIDE SCOTCH Flavors
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[@Brentranome]

Speyside word cloud on the right "Your Mom". Whoever did this, you are truly a MB

[@billk.7889]

Agreed... but who added gristy?

[@stevenr972]

Our the word diarrhea in the Islay notes.

[@TheToddNJ]

Brentranome I was excited to comment on that, you beat me to it🥃

[@canadianwhiskysmith6453]

Bunnies in Bourbon. Okay...???

[@qthemusiq4461]

MB for bourbon put "bunnies" and somebody put "66"?

[@etecfan]

The right whisky for me is the one someone else paid for.

[@joewas2225]

Well anything free is good.

[@JifferRiffic]

It was said that WWIII started at a small distillery somewhere in the USA when a young man stated, “all whiskey taste the same”

[@groton27]

that also started a mini civil war in the USA at the same time when Kentucky and Tenn declared war on each other but Ireland , Japan, Canada and Scotland stepped in

[@nolenlifts4661]

And Kentucky won

[@loknaz97]

Them: This smells like vanilla, oak, apple, etc. Me (A newbie): This smells like Whiskey!

[@calebmitchell4491]

Bought my FIRST bottle of scotch yesterday... Laphroaig 10. The owner of the liquor store thought I was nuts. But the reaction video (that you referenced here) peaked my interest. SMOKE. Smoked fish. Iodine. Brine. More smoke. Twenty minutes later, still taste salty. I love it. Can't wait to try Lagavulin.

[@davidzedan9370]

LOL!!!!! Good one! "Your mom" in the Glenfiddich 15 taste description...

[@SovietLlamaMC]

Lecker!

[@BillieBee_]

I'm pretty broke so I've been sticking to budget and right now my personal favorite is bushmills original!

[@jared1zn]

Agreed but try one step up bushmills black bush it’s honestly better than Jameson in my opinion of course

[@patricksviola]

Good call. Bushmills is a great intro to exploring

[@thunderhorseiron-lung1428]

Delish! Look into Tullamore if you haven't.

[@JH-in5oq]

Nothing wrong with that. The thing about whisky is that price doesn’t necessarily equal quality. Price is more correlated to a bottles rarity, than its age or how it tastes. I’m more of a Bourbon man myself. I’ve had pretty much every available Bourbon there is and I always come back to Wild Turkey 101. I LOVE Wild Turkey 101. I’d take it over any other bourbon and it’s only $20 a bottle.

[@tripphines432]

Yeah Bushmills is dope!

[@mossbergk]

Fun fact: Lagavulin was the second whiskey, and second hard liquor I ever tasted. First was some super cheap blended scotch. When I tasted that cheap scotch, I was like ”Wait a minute, I think I might like it, but I need the real deal”. Went an bought an entire bottle of Lagavulin, had my first sip, and, I swear, the Hallelujah choir from Handel’s Messiah started singing. My first ever tasting note for Lagavulin: ”Tastes like the fireplace at Christmas” 😍

[@RodrigoGlez_94]

"Merica" in the bourbon tasting notes LoL! Edit: i just saw "ass" and "Daniel's feet" on the Islay notes.... i died 😂

[@tomguz17]

All right I'm not the only one who saw anus

[@klippisfull]

Wild turkey 101. Maybe my new favorite bourbon. Dont drink whiskey lying down though. Went down the wrong pipe and my fiance was real close to calling 911 😂

[@kwfonz]

I've been there and done that. Painful for s long time.

[@jasonmackintosh1253]

"this isnt usually a violent channel......." Laughed so hard, keep it up rex, daniel needs you there to act as his conscience (:

[@PhatTrumpet2]

Irish tasting notes: "bad decisions," "sweaty musk," "hobbit." Highland tasting note: "hobbits." Bourbon tasting notes: "your mom" again, "bunnies," "66," "merica," "eagle rare," "hobbit," "Villella," whatever that is. Rye tasting notes: "loneliness," "regret," "warm hugs," "pain." Islay tasting notes: "frog," "vomit," "theuniverserevealed," "44," "50," "tranquility," "ron swanson," "ass," "daniels feet," "20," "rexs beard," "bricktotheface."

[@elixwhitetail]

"bad decisions" has so many layers of meaning to it

[@markannen5882]

"66" Whigs Fan?

[@chronomancer6665]

You missed "anus" on the Islay. HAHA!

[@themandan4000]

@@chronomancer6665 he also missed diarrhea and laphroaig

[@08yankeefan]

Your mom in speyside as well...very popular

[@Cander5142]

I just use a flow chart. “Is it whisky?” -----> “Drink”

[@larryfurman6735]

My buddies and I just had a tasting party: Green Spot, Balvenie Double Wood, Caol Ila, Port Charlotte, and Royal Lochnagar. We watched your reviews while we drank....what a difference it makes watching you drink while we drink. So much more! What a hoot!

[@outdoordad1656]

Seeing other people's tasting notes is super helpful. I've always thought Speysides taste like some one mixed some tequila in whiskey. Definitely get an agave flavor. Thank you MB who represented that.

[@reiniskarolis1582]

Just recently joined the whiskey journey as I become the part of the company which makes it for the world consumer. I found out about this channel just because I was willing to understand more about the company I joined and what is what.. and the channel helped me a lot on these details to figure out things how it is made and many many other details of whiskey world. Ultimately I am becoming more and more familiar with the different tastes of the whiskey. So far I have started with only one choice for being at my home "Bulleit" Bourbon 10 year as it has all that nice sweet vanila candy flavours with these mild hints of the other flavours in it. I think I would be enjoying the Rye more, but I have a lot of time for it. I am trying to get into smokier ones as I have tried "Caol Ila" and it is something I like to enjoy, but not every day as it leaves so much after taste for the whole day and reminds me of old basement of my Grandfather (which is nice to remember but not for the whole day) :D. so less harsh tastes would come from the ones like "Talisker," "Lagavulin" which I find.. one of them has that sweet spot of being just the right amount of the smokines in it that doesnt stay with me for the whole day. I really enjoy the channel and keep up your great enjoyments You Magnificients!!!

[@thomassamelstad4486]

Ok, the journey into whisk[e]y was an inauspicious one to say the least. With Southern Comfort in college, it quickly moved to Jack. Four years later, I happened to pick up a bottle of The 101 and fell in love. Little did I know it is the go to for so many whiskey lovers. It was my go to for over 15 years until I found The Tribe and started to explore. Now the world of whiskey is finally opening up. Thank you fellow MBs for all your insight and passion for such a historical spirit!

[@1218Draco]

Vanilla is a common note because wood used for barrels contains a chemical called Vanillin, which tastes like vanilla. And why Imitation Vanilla Extract is so cheap: it’s made from wood

[@paulpledge5895]

DracoRogue1218 imitation vanilla comes from a beavers anal gland

[@moncorp1]

While vanillin may be in wood, OPS got his facts wrong about vanilla extract. Per the FDA it has to be made using vanilla beans. Vanilla is easy and cheap to grow, there's no reason to use wood. It would be a costlier manufacturing process to use wood. Wood.....sheesh. The crap you see on the interwebz.

[@dumbmonk8047]

It comes from beaver anus

[@mattwenstrom4575]

@Paul Pledge Some people. How many beavers would you need for providing all that imitation vanilla? They'd be on the endangered species list. And if not, where is the beaver anal milking farms? Where's the protest for free range beavers? I've heard this source of imitation flavors for Gatorade zero, and a few others. I just don't know........

[@Charlesb88]

moncorp1 Inc um, I don’t know where you get your facts from but I’m pretty sure as longs as it’s stated it’s artificial vanillin rather then from vanilla beans, it can be used in foods per the FDA. Most vanillin these days come from alternate sources rather then from vanilla beans as demand outstrips vanilla Bean production. Most imitation vanillin is made from refining petrochemicals. Typically, two chemicals are combined to create vanillylmandelic acid, which, when it reacts to oxygen, produces synthetic vanillin, the main ingredient in imitation vanilla.15% of sythetic vanillin comes lignosulfonates, a byproduct from the manufacture of cellulose via the sulfite process with the sole producer of wood-based vanillin currently being the company Borregaard located in Sarpsborg, Norway. Now I don’t know how easy vanilla is to grow these days but apparently its not being grown in quantity to keep up with demand as many food products the days use the immitrton vanillin vs real vanilla bean extract. As I have noticed, at the store the “pure vanilla extract” typically costs more then imitation vanilla extract. At one time, they did indeed use imitation vanillin in food made from castoreum, a substance admitted from a gland near the beaver’s butt but that was eventually deemed to complicated and expensive so it’s no longer used when making the stuff for for food these days (FDA says it’s safe to consume though). It is however still used in some perfumes and such.

[@iluminatti1980]

Hi guys, I really love the channel and have been following for more than 2 years. I’ve become sort of the “whisky guy” in my family and work, people usually ask me for my opinion on whisky to try or to give as a present. As for the whisky I like to drink, I consider myself a Speyside drinker, but currently I have been enjoying a lot of good Bourbons, specially Four Roses and Jefferson’s. As I am from Brazil, we don’t have many options to buy and have to rely on somebody bringing when the travel to the US. Once again, congrats on the channel.

[@andrewcollins6206]

I appreciate you guys so much, you made drinking an experience instead of a blurr! Just tried a couple bruichladdich’s pretty good stuff well absolutely amazing thought i would never like scotch but holy crap the complexity when you really dive into the flavor profiles and layers that peel back with each sip freaking amazing stuff and you guys are more than entertaining have a great day MB’s

[@dmshampton]

I’ve been loving Island scotch. It’s very balanced with its smoke but the brine and herbal notes over the sweetness add so much nuance and layering that makes it pair well with so much. I think Talisker 10 is what I find to be the perfect representation of the category.

[@bricenip]

was a beer drinker, wife went on a business trip to galway Ireland and brought back a bottle of Connemara and bottle of Tyreconnel. I opened the Tyreconnel and instantly fell in love. been a lover of whiskeys ever since and slowly building my own small little collection of my own. love your channel and LONG LIVE THE MOOCH!!!!! Cheers from Newfoundland Canada!

[@migthulhu]

I don't like scotch much but here in New Mexico at Santa Fe Distillery they make a singe malt that uses mesquite instead of peat and I love it. It's like all my favorite camping memories in a flask. Otherwise I drink bourbon, Wild Turkey 101 and Knob Creek being my favorites, I like the sweetness. I can't drink Jack Daniels, it gives me Army barracks party flashbacks.

[@fullantonio]

Great episode! Good job guys. I really enjoy this Whiskey Tribe channel

[@Invisible_willy]

I really do like that you guys make fun of yourselves while also still educating me on whiskey. Keep it up fellas.

[@paulinthe6194]

Thank you for broadening my horizons. Jack on the rocks for years with a cigar. Bought a 750 Four Roses today.

[@XxBigRoseyxX]

As a whisky drinker, I used to mainly stick to Irish because it's super friendly and has a lot of sweeter, nicer notes, but not too long ago I used speyside as an introduction into Scotch, specifically Balvenie. At a local liquor store I'm fond of, they had a sampler pack of Balvenie on sale for $40 and it got me three 250ml of Balvenie, the classic 12 year double wood, the 18 year double wood and the 14 year Caribbean cask. I really fell in love with the subtlety of a specific molassesy note in the Caribbean cask and so that was my first full bottle of Scotch. After that I started exploring Scotch pretty heavily until I nut up and finally bought a bottle of Laphroaig after months of psyching myself out about Islays. I can firmly say that now I am an Islay drinker through in through. I'm glad I decided to buy that sampler because it helped me on my journey a lot.

[@coffeemanx]

Great channel! As a beginner, I find it easier to start the evening with friendlier sweeter whisky before progressing to the more robust and complex ones. My palate is like a muscle that needs to be warmed up.

[@freezejr2000]

me myself, I find the opposite. I usually prefer to start with the heavy, complex whiskys and finish with something light and sweet. by the time I'm at the end, I can't taste as deep or as thorough as when I start but as they always say on this channel: "the best whiskey is the whiskey you like to drink, and the best way to drink it is the way you like to drink it" I just find it interesting how different people have different experiences, and I think it's important to share our differences

[@inf0phreak]

Currently trapped in the clutches of loving the smoky offerings of Scottish whisky. And I must say that I agree with your appreciation of Lagavulin 16. It may not be the _best_ Islay Scotch, but damn if it isn't a great ambassador for that style.

[@kellywellington7122]

Yeah, for those of us bludgeoned by Laphroaig 10 in our youth, peat can be an impediment. In my search for a 'lilting hint of peat' I'd found in a Highland Park retail travel special, I trialed Lag 16. It was still 'too peaty', but it will still get consumed. Instead, I finally found my way to the chalice of my taste, Benromach 15.

[@anonymouspagan]

Hey fellas, I am new to the channel and you guys have given me a new view on whiskey because my most common seen representation is people fast drinking bottom shelf or heavily flavored whiskeys to mask the tastes just to get drunk. I enjoy watching you magnificent bastards.

[@JS-gk9et]

Love to explore all over the whisk(e)y map. When I ‘come home’ though, it’s to Bourbon - Weller SR in particular, typically. Makes me smile.

[@Squoski93]

I’m still relatively new to my whiskey journey, but I’ve been thoroughly enjoying Irish whiskey for about a year now. My favorite so far is probably Paddy’s. But I think 2 gingers is a close second just because of the fun memories I’ve had when my cousin gave my wife and I a bottle for my birthday.

[@greghobson4161]

Bottle of choice at the moment is Aberfeldy 12. Loving it. Perfect for the autumn.

[@HeathRS]

I'm definitely a bourbon drinker and my current favorite is Maker's 46.

[@benbarrows9677]

My favorite category right now is Highland Scotch. I just bought a new bottle of Glenmorangie, and I love how it is a perfect split down the middle between Islay and Speyside whisky.

[@mortimergladbreath]

LOL! Laphroaig was my first whisky! I was hooked!

[@grzegorztlusciak]

I really like Lagavulin, Laphroaig and I really enjoyed Ardbeg Uigeadail. Love smoky whisky.

[@nerdpopeking]

Loving smokey scotches, and I think Talisker is truly the king o drinks.

[@dallasshatel566]

Dipping my toes into Smokey whisky. Started with Talisker Storm which I enjoyed, just picked up Laphroiag Quarter Cask, will be trying this weekend

[@seandcannon]

Did anyone catch the "your mother" in one of the scotches flavor descriptions? Lol!

[@christopherauvenshine2092]

I bought my first Monkey Shoulder this weekend. Thank you guys for the AMAZING channel and all the recommendations!

[@darrenpellichino2923]

My journey to whisky kinda started with espadin mezcals. I love how complex these mezcals are but didn't know about islay until I read a comment on a mezcal review site comparing islay scotch to mezcals. Before I just associated whisky with Crown and JD. I'm kinda late to the game but glad I made it =)

[@coleboozer4032]

Rye is the only whiskey I'll consistently want on ice because of how that oily flavor blends and reacts with the ice. Just opens it up and it holds it's own

[@kylearmstrong2340]

American Rye, right now I'm hooked on knob creek cask strength

[@StrainsYT]

I've been loving Blantons bourbon lately. Eagle Rare is also great, some cool, unique stuff like Angel's envy and Blackened have been really good as well.

[@icanhaspizza616]

I am a simple man. Laphroaig 10 year was my intro to Islay Scotch and it's still at the top of my list.

[@srilanka96]

I normally drink Speysides but started drinking Talisker from The Islands and really enjoy the spice and smoke. Looking forward to trying some Islay scotches soon, especially with cooler months coming here in Australia. I really enjoy all whiskys.

[@rossfudd256]

"My eyes! The goggles do nothing" is a quote from the Simpsons Episode Radioactiveman.

[@garrettjones4967]

I've been enjoying bourbon and I love wild turkey 101 and four roses single barrel.

[@christina3512]

I started with Irish whiskey in college, and loved it immediately. My first taste was Bushmills, followed quickly by Jameson and Powers. I still love Irish, but my go-to has been Islay and other smoky whiskys from the Isles for years. I would definitely agree that Lagavulin is a great representation of the style, and an absolutely wonderful whisky, though I've been enjoying Port Charlotte 10 lately. I'm enjoying the underlying vanilla bean notes as well as the briney finish. My go to is Ledaig 10, which is from Mull, and very well balanced despite being on the peatier side. I filled my flask with it for a highland games this summer (as you do), and one friend's response after tasting was "there's a lot of dirt in that!" LOL. He had a rum cask MacAllan in his flask. I have a background in coffee tasting, and I've always found it interesting how our palates vary.

[@mikehanderson2010]

Just watched the Laphroiag commercial Daniel mentions. "I can smell the seagull's armpit". 'Bout died laughing!

[@danielcloud7439]

One of the tasting notes in the word cloud for the Islay scotch from the people was ‘diarrhea’ 😂😂

[@TheTinManTJ]

Vomit was in there too, lol.

[@timcorniels4521]

Ont he bourbon I saw "your mom". LOL!!!

[@Jimmy-es8bc]

and "anus"

[@Jimmy-es8bc]

explains why i love eating ass so much, right? RIGHT?

[@ricardodelorenzo3954]

I love how some of the listed Rye notes are "pain, loneliness, and regret"

[@kaachea]

While watching I was having a Balvenie Caribbean Cask with a piece of dark chocolate. Beautiful.

[@michaelsousa-johnson3794]

I’m loving speyside scotch, and monkey shoulder is amazing. Learned about it from you guys!

[@AlphaOneActual]

I’ve been on a bourbon kick since it’s National Bourbon Month, so my favorite bourbon is Balcones Texas Blue Corn Bourbon.

[@normlang1994]

Aberlour 12 year is an outstanding, affordable single malt starter scotch.

[@nolenlifts4661]

Islay scotch note when I was a teenager: Permanent Marker!

[@TheAethora]

Had 2-3 drinks of four roses small batch at a friends last week. oh man, those flavors were perfect for a night out with friends. probably my current favorite.

[@evansgoff476]

I've been bouncing around general bourbons, Talisker Storm, and a local bottle I just picked up. Pretty good stuff.

[@jarrettjordan]

The MBs who said bourbon tastes like “happiness”.....those are my people

[@MrDraehl]

I'm normally a Scotch guy, but lately Irish. Jameson Stout aged for an amazing budget pick. For about twice the price is the super smooth and flavorful Redbreast.

[@nicgolding2093]

As I was watching this I was sipping on Glenmorangie original, funnily enough as you were describing it I started tasting more and more of the subtler flavours such as hay. It's just interesting how once someone points it out that you start to pick up that association.

[@moopert86]

Right now Highland with Macallan 12 and Irish with Redbreast 12 as my go to whiskeys.

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

Isn't Macallan a Speyside?

[@lexboegen]

I've been a beer drinker for decades, and I have the twelve-pack abs to prove it! I started to switch to whisky a couple of months ago and I'm finding that I'm enjoying it more than I thought that I would. I've tried Bourbon, Rye, and Irish whiskey and so far, I like Jameson's the best. I've shied away from Scotch (after having a couple of bottles of Islay and finding it a bit too much to start with. Maybe later.) I really enjoy your videos and I'm learning a lot from them, as well as being entertained. I aspire someday to becoming a Magnificent Bastard. Some people would say that I'm half-way there--I'm just missing the "magnificent" part.

[@MLaak86]

Now this is something I've been kinda looking for - not sure if my pallet needs to get used to whisky, since after wine my father introduced me to liquers with more sweetness and or flavour than whiskies seem to have (ie Glayva, Grand Mariner, etc) so something that provides a helpful hint is definitely useful.

[@TheCrustyCupcake]

Just got a bottle of Ardbeg 10 to try with some friends on Wednesday. Can't wait to see their reactions and of course my own.

[@Pheatrix]

I only knew the cheap/available Whisky from parties, like Jim Beam and Jack Daniels. Then I got a Scottish Whisky as a birthday present. And I still didn't like it. I thought I just don't enjoy Whiskeys. Then I tasted a Bushmills (Iriish Whiskey) and I fell in love with it.

[@1313ryanchatfield]

I love islays and blended malts! Ardbeg and compass box are some of my favourites

[@joesgoodlife]

Lagavulin was my gateway scotch. My local liquor shop opened a bottle for me to try when I told him I didn’t like scotch whisky. I thought it was okay, went home and dreamt about it (for real) went back and bought a bottle. Now I have almost 200 bottles of scotch. I realized I’m not a fan of grain whiskied scotches. But the single malts....love em all but the peatier, the better. Right now I’ve been playing with Rum. But Ardbegs, and Woodford Double Oakes

[@duckcc73]

First time I cracked open a Lagavulin 16, my wife and daughter asked if the neighbors were burning a slash pile again. After the first sip, that's when the band aid note hit me. Like a Curad soft foam one, not the plastic "Band-Aid" one.

[@mdesmet9111]

Glenmorangie Original is the one that got met into Whiskey, but Lagavulin 16 is the one that made me fall in love with it!

[@vasath364]

I thought I hated whiskey/scotch until I was offered a glass of 19 year aged Ardbeg. Instantly fell in love with the peaty scent and flavour, and have recommended/bought it for friends who also found it unique to what they've had before

[@jong2359]

Japanese - lightly smoked Greenwood, followed by vanilla bread, followed by malted apples, followed by floral notes like jasmine tea and honey.

[@kingpin2434]

For me I bought a bottle of The Classic Laddie and I fell in love with scotch, I recently went through a short rum faze then bought some monkey shoulder to come back towards the whiskey

[@jamesbricher300]

Good ol bourbon. And I always have a bottle of eagle rare around

[@doctorzombie9799]

I've been enjoying the whiskey lately. The High West Double Rye is amazing! I love Islay single malt but have turned to rye with the advent of the tariff.

[@doctorzombie9799]

I like that the nose is sweeter than the palate. The amount of spice is a pleasant surprise. I got the same sensation from Michter's Straight Rye and preferred the flavor a bit.

[@nolenlifts4661]

Been getting a lot of black pepper in high proof bourbon lately and loving it

[@PhinClio]

Right now I'm on a Texas craft whiskey kick...more specifically, a Balcones kick. Their product line is incredibly diverse, but it all has a particular house style. Though I like some of their products more than others, I've yet to taste one that I wouldn't happily drink.

[@entitycreations825]

I'm fairly new to whisky, (have only been drinking it for 2 months) but I've found Islay to be my favorite type. I started with Laphroaig 10 and Ardbeg 10, then Laphroaig Select and Bruichladdich Port Charlotte. I recently acquired a bottle of Lagavulin 16, but unfortunately can't try it yet, as I promised a friend that we'd try it first together.

[@richardedgemon109]

I'm flooding between a Evan Williams single barrel with a frozen bullet and a neat eagle rare...lots of fun and complimentary flavers and clashing flaveors!:)

[@charlagarth926]

I’ve found, as a newbie, I like Scotch and Rye but not bourbon. Who knew? Just bought a 10 year old Laphroig. Holy mackerel. Not sure if I can do that. Had a 15 year old Macallan that I absolutely love. I’ve learned a lot from you.

[@BearusAurelius]

For some reason my local liquor store has a bourbon with snowmelt from the rockies by the Breckenridge, CO Distillery. It is actually really great. Bourbon is my go to at the moment. So many great flavors.

[@annajull328]

Ayyyy idk if anyone will see this but I clicked over from another vid to get at those word clouds and found myself looking right at one. I’m not exactly experienced, so I was thrilled to see that I guessed correctly from the words in the cloud that it was the tribe cloud for rye.

[@christopherpate7204]

I love Jefferson's aged at ocean voyage 17

[@grantconklin5012]

I am currently in a corner whiskey phase, Balcones' Baby Blue is one of my favorites right now.

[@donalabate4143]

Lots of "smoked fish jerky" from Alaska and Washington state too :)

[@I_NeedCoffee]

I just tried Teeling Irish whiskey for the first time and that buttey, light caramel flavor is awesome. I totally onderstand the shortbread comparison now.

[@woodsman105]

I bought a bottle of Teeling at the airport the last time I visited Dublin. It was fantastic.

[@tjerkeikmans4561]

Love speyside! Just bought glenfarclas 25 💟😊

[@sinemetu1040]

I envy the person that can drink and love the taste of peated whiskey’s. My first jump in to scotch was JW Black then followed by Glenlivet 12, which I drank for years. I went and bought a scotch that was highly recommended to me by a friend which was Lagavulin 16... When I took my first sip I thought it was skunked or went bad for some reason!!! I’ve tried other peated scotches since like Ardbeg 10 and a Talisker and still can’t do it. So cheers to all the peated scotch lovers

[@AllanYacaman]

My current go-to Aberfeldy The Highlands & Sexton :) Sweet Life!

[@lunchy32579]

I'm currently enjoying some Kentucky Striaghts. George Dickel 12 was the bottle I just picked up because well, I never tried it, and I was surprised. But as for my favorite, Red Breast 15. To me, its heaven in a glass.

[@kellywellington7122]

Oh, yeah....I started with Glenfiddich 12 and then, when I sampled the Solera (15), I fell hard. For decades, each was my go-to, until I returned to the Orkneys and stumbled over Highland Park's lightly peated. Glenmorangie 10 is nice, light whiskey; I prefer the 14 after it's been through sherry casks. I haven't decided on a go-to bourbon, because I don't tend to drink it. After testing Balcones Baby Blue, my friends suggested I might like a local product, Freeland Bourbon. When I think 'classic rye', I think Canadian, despite having both Bulleit and Woodford Reserve ryes taking up space in my cabinet. I tend to be peat averse (and sherry dependent) and have used Laphroaig 10 to shock my guests. When I learned that peat tends to be the first flavor note to dissipate over time, I set on obtaining a Lagavulin 16. It didn't have what I wanted ('a soft lilting peatiness'), but at least I will revisit the bottle far more often than the largely ignored Laophroaig 10 (Lapsang Souchong tea...creosote). Loving Westlands Peated American Single Malt. Stranahan's Colorado Single Malt. And...I just opened a bottle of Glenmorangie Nectar d'Or. Wow. Is that different and good.

[@M4st3r0fN0n3]

bourbon has been my kick for several years, and my pick would be the bourbon barrel strength. lots of super sweet flavors, it almost tastes like the root beer hard candies, and it's fairly easy to drink for me

[@victordauphin2949]

Right now I'm really big into Canadian whisky. Gooderham and Worts 49 Wellington is a favourite of mine.

[@florencequarry1530]

Right now I'm enjoying Pendleton Midnight and Bushmills Black Bush. Liking the finishing casks.

[@tonycronin3080]

Been on a big bourbon kick since summer started, although did enjoy some Ardbeg Corryvrekken last night. For the record I indulge in all styles

[@darrianweathington1923]

my favorite flavor is *"quite"*

[@dmusicmonkey]

I’m definitely in a bourbon trip right now. Trying as many BIB offerings as I can. My current favorite is Henry McKenna 10 BIB and Angels envy not a BIB but still amazing.

[@jwalkblue7]

I love the McKenna 10. I understand that single barrels will always be slightly different, but damn my bottle is good.

[@lastdracon]

My favorite whiskey Jameson Black Barrel. I tried Sexton and I'm on the fence but it's a good mixer in my book.