Untrained bartender... So I order a Glenlivet 12 at a high end bar in the high limit area in the casino that had at least 100 different high end whisk(e)y offerings. She asks do you want it straight up or on the rocks? I say I'll actually have it neat please. She rudely corrects me saying yeah that's the same straight as straight up pouring a measure in the 3/4oz small side of the jigger that still had a little Midori in it. I than go over to the other bartender working there and ask her what strait up is and what neat is getting the correct response. I than ask her if 3/4oz is there standard pour and she says no it's usually 1.25oz but they generally free pour more than that for their usual customers, big players, and generally nice people. I explain what happened and tell her to taste my drink. She smells it and immediately pours it out and pours about 4oz of Glenlivet 21 instead of the 12 I payed for in a clean glass and apologizes. Needless to say I gave her the 3 red chips I had...
How did you like the 21 compared to the 12? I have some 15 year Glenlivet, and I find that I like the taste of the 12 year more. I find it's a little easier to palate, and in my opinion, has less cask taste to it.
I feel this list. I got a shitty pour at a bar, but at the very least the bartender was amazing. The bar didn't have great selection (typical bottom/top shelf tequila, vodka, bourbons, and mixers) their scotch was Glenfiddich 12 and Glenlivet 12. I was gonna order a whiskey sour with Makers and the bartender tells me "look man honestly my sour mix isn't so great right now, do you want something else?" so I start looking over the bar once more and out of the corner of my eye I spy an unopened Monkey Shoulder. I'm ecstatic. I tell him, "forget the sour mix, can I just get a pour of Monkey Shoulder neat?" his eyes light up and he says "alright, just gimme a sec". I see him talking to what I presume was the bar manager and he excitedly points at the monkey shoulder and takes out a jigger. Dude comes back and tells me what happened. So apparently he had been begging mgt to get better scotch at the bar, but they wouldn't shell out for anything other than Glenfiddich/Glenlivet so he finally convinced them to get the Monkey Shoulder. We spend the next 20 min or so just shooting the shit about scotch and it was great. Then the bar got busy and my friends got there, but damn did I have a good time.
In fairness Glenfiddich/Glenlivet are better whiskeys than many bars stock. Where I live in there are some bars that the only Whiskeys they sell are Bells and Grouse.
Dont bad mouth glenfiddich, it may be on the simpler side without much to it but it's still a perfectly good enjoyable whiskey for when you dont want to think to hard about tour drink (and where I am more expensive than monkey shoulder)
@@DagothDaddy Well depends on the tequila. 5 shots of Patron Silver? Yeah. Shit tequila. 5 shots of Casamigos Anejo? Pretty fine stuff. Even if they served it to me in shot glasses, I'd still be sipping them.
Chic Knave it’s funny you call Patron a shit tequila and then talk about casamigos which is George Clooney’s overpriced tequila that has been proven to be made with diffusers. Patron may be over hyped but at least it isn’t made with a diffuser reducing the quality of the tequila. If you want a more affordable tequila that doesn’t diffuse the agave you should check out Espolon. It’s good stuff and can be found at a very reasonable price.
I often have to re-affirm. Yes, I want black coffee, or espresso. Please don't add anything. I like my coffee with creamer too, but I really like a cup of black coffee most.
And I'll drink with guy I buy my whisky from, and because I buy 1-2 bottles I just have a lot for free there that in his opinion I defenitly have to try while 3cl drams are between min 3 and yeah for example the octomore 14euro so no max price... Ow men I have the best whiskyshop in the world. It's a small store, but with more than 3000 bottles and with over 900 open bottles it's fun as hell to go there. The first time I went and because I'm not a snob (I found out later this was one off the reasons) he drank with me like 6 drams off different islay's single malt. So I pay for my bottle cask strength Laphroaig 10 (150 euro that was normal 155euro but he said I sell it to you for 150) and an ardbeg 10 (50 euro). And I was confused like euhm I drank all that other stuff isn't it more... And no it wasn't.. He said he enjoyed the company. (I was there almost for 2 hours talking about scotch) Perfect drinking buddy.👍
For me personally it's when restaurants insist upon chilling the glass when you've requested it neat. It's like they refuse to accept that room temperature is even a thing.
Okay. I am in no way a whisk(e)y expert but I am a type of wine sommelier and you actually say that room temperature is about 18°C so to achieve that is a 20-21°C room you actually chill the glass and the wine slightly to have it be 18° when it reaches the table. Maybe that is also their reason. Also the fresh notes disperse faster when warm so you want it so warm up as you taste it.
Yeah they'll even give you a chilled glass for beer that's already cold when they pour from the tap. Hate that. If I want a chilled glass or ice I'd ask.
Regular old Jameson with friends around the camp fire passing around good cigars after a long day fishing stinking of bait. That’s the best whiskey experience.
My best buddy and I have been friends since second grade, and this sounds exactly like what he and I do on the opening weekend of trout season every year
For years my favorite whisky "glass" was a 10lb porcelain coffee mug that I dug out of the mud of a creek. This offended several of the whisky know it all's in my hunting camp at the time. I'm pretty sure one of them stold it.
I went to a bar in London last week and they gave me a Glenfiddich 21 in an ice cold/frosty tumbler. The menu said it was £6 a glass, which is why I choose it, I was charged £16... and was then told, “Um yeah, that’s an old menu.” Having said that, in another bar I was charged £7, for a double Laphroaig 10... Not complaining. As for bad company, I once chatted with a guy in a whisky bar who told me that books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings should be burnt because adults shouldn’t be reading them.
If you're gonna sit at the bar you have to be ready for literally anything. If you can bring the proper attitude with you fun can always (almost) be had. One time in a hundred there's a bar fight. Be ready for that too. I always wear my fastest pants.
I went to a bar once, and asked the bartender for a whisky with a splash of water. She gave me my drink in a plastic cup with one ounce of whisky in it. When I asked, “where is my water?,” she proceeded to fill my whisky cup to the rim with water. :-(
I ordered a Laphroaig, neat, in a bar near me and not only did I have to stop the bartender from putting ice in it, I also had to cover the glass with my hand before they instinctively topped up the glass with coke.
Haha you guys want to talk about being poured too much? I worked in a restaurant as a young lad back when I had no idea about whisky at all and a guy ordered a "wild turkey dry" or something like that. Me, not knowing what that meant just literally poured him an entire glass full of Wild Turkey 101!!!! He paid like 5 aud!!!!!!!!!
The first time I did a whiskey tasting at the distillery I work for, I’m the apprentice distiller and don’t work in the store at all, I had no idea how high to fill the glencairn. When the store guy came back after his break he was pissed cause I like filled up the glass like half way, and the customer tried 5 whiskeys. Luckily the happy customer bought 3 bottles so it all worked out in the end. After that I got taught how to pour.
Jonnie Walker is the most overrated whisky...I would never spend $25 for a shot of blue label. With that money I can get a 21yr Glenmorangie or Highland park
Wait, you're upset about the best pricing on Blue I've ever heard of in my life??? XD It's far from my favorite Scotch tbh, but part of the reason I've never even aimed to develop an affinity for it is because after 10+ years of drinking and bartending in South Florida, I've never seen it sold for under $45 a jigger (1.5 oz.), and that's the absolute lowest, the most common pricing is $60 a drink. By contrast it seems like a very minor nuisance to request a better glass. A lot of the bars out here stock great juice, but it always costs an arm and a leg. For example, 15 yr. Pappy's tend to start above $100 a pour, and pours at many trendy places are only 1.25 oz. I've worked at two spots that have brought it on and kept it under $80 @ 2 oz. and people acted shocked at how "fair" our prices and pour sizes were, we ended up selling off the bottle in under a month. Hope that insight to the other lawn's grass, so to speak, gives you at least some consolation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Cheers!
Along similar lines of ordering "neat" and getting it with rocks (UGH! hate that) ... I went into two different whisk(e)y stores in my area, that have large Scotch offerings on the wall. I asked for The Arran. Both clerks looked at me and said "What?". "The Arran Scotch" I say, then I spell it - The A-R-R-A-N. "Never heard of it" they both said. This was 2 different high-end whisk(e)y stores....
Guys I loved this. What is awesome is that the food guide in USA allows for up to two pours (1.5 oz as you said ) of like 90 proof liquor PER DAY as part of a healthy diet. LOVE IT! Now.... what ruins my whisky experience when I am out is being served a dirty-ass glass. POLISH YOUR GLASSWARE or upgrade your dishwasher(person or machine lol) bar / pub owners! Don’t give me no lipstick prints. If I want lipstick prints I sure as heck don’t want them on my glass. Cheers guys🥃🥃🥃🥃 Mark
We were at a fairly high-end restaurant recently and I ordered a rye cocktail that looked like it might be good from their menu. It came in a short rocks glass about 3/4 full of CRUSHED ice. Needless to say it was well watered by the time it was half consumed, and annoying to drink too, what with trying to avoid swallowing a mouthful of slush with every sip. A shame, too, because the recipe was actually pretty tasty. I had to ask the server what maniac decided that it was proper to serve a whiskey cocktail with crushed ice and she told me that a lot of people had said they were unhappy with it.
During my recent year experimenting with cocktails, I came across a recipe in a book that boiled down to: 1. 2 oz scotch. 2. 1 oz sweet vermouth 3. dash of bitters 4. scoop of crushed ice 5. pour everything into a blender and blend well 6. serve in a martini glass. I crossed that recipe out of my book, with the words "WHY WOULD YOU BLEND A PERFECTLY GOOD ROB ROY!!!" written across it in sharpie.
I’d also suggest with the type of glass... the glencairn encourages sipping where the pint glass, if it were beer, you just finish it. And with pattern recognition I’d end up just glugging.
PoweredbyPlants I get that, but really it’s the only way to try out a few different whisky’s without committing to a bottle that you may not necessarily like.
Yeah, that's true. But some liquor shops have a good selection of 200ml, 375ml and single serve bottles. I've discovered some good ones that way without the commitment of the big bottle, like you were saying.
Agreed. Bars are a waste of money. Of course my wife and I regularly have guests over and a lot of expendable income with us both working and not having any children yet so we often buy bottles of different spirits to try and share. Life is good. Was never into the bar scene. Bunch of losers getting drunk.
+1 to heartburn. Got a bottle of Talisker a while back and every time I went to have some neat a gross amount of heartburn and gutty work discomfort. Really sucked too, cause it was damn nice and it's never happened before.
A new local (2 blocks from my house) restaurant/bar opened and the owners have NO bar experience (they went from a food truck to a full blown restaurant). I got into a conversation with their "bar manager" about different whiskeys, because their selection was: Crown, Jack, Jim and Johnny. I offered to help them with "upping their game". I brought in Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Jeffersons Reserve and Masterson's (a nice rye) and all of these are available at the liquor store in the same shopping center for very reasonable prices. We shared with all of the patrons (there were 3 people there besides the owner, bar manager and me) and everybody enjoyed all of them. The bar manager said they would start to stock them. Then, to show them what upper end whiskeys are like, three days later I brought my Jefferson's Presidential 21 and 30 year, Rhetoric Orphan Barrel 25 year and Blood Oath #2 and #4 for them to taste. There was one other patron there, besides the owners, bar mangager and a new bartender. The bar tender asked if the patron could try some, and I said "sure" and went back to talking to the owners...major mistake. Well, the new bartender had no idea: she filled a rocks glass full of CRUSHED ice and then filled it to the brim...with the Presidential 30! I wasn't able to stop her before she poured. To say I cried is an understatement. And the patrons comment made me cry harder: "that's pretty good stuff, I bet it would make a good Manhattan".
Oh my god! On the pour size issue, I used to live in a small town in northern Minnesota that had only one bar that had any exciting whiskey. And they rarely bothered to measure out their pours. I don’t know how many 3 oz Blantons, Balvenies, and Laphroaigs I had there over the years, but it was considerable!
For me: 1. Oxygen (I really need to keep fewer bottles open at a given time... #RIP). 2. Snobs. 3. "Wrong" glass. 4. "Assumed ice" - Ice added instantly to a glass of whisky without a bartender asking you...
5:45 I can so relate, I finished a final and went across the street to the college/navy bar (I live in a navy city and my university is en-route to the base) I asked for a double knob creek because that was all I was familiar with at the time and I enjoyed it. I knew that I was probably going to get a 1oz serving so I asked for a double. After an hour I got another one because that final sucked and I wasn't driving. Time to pay the bill. $22 a shot, yes my double know creek was $44 so my total came out to over $90 after taxes. Needless to say there wasn't a tip involved and I wasn't happy after the manager told me it was an expensive bottle, I said that's BS it cost maybe $40 on the high end and I just paid for two bottles with my 4oz's
I work for the DOS and DOD and live in remote war zones 8000 miles away from home in Texas and you guys play a big role in helping me feel like I am home. It’s easy to miss America and the whiskey experiences. You guys support home sick guys like me more than you know. Thanks for the content. It keeps me sane. My selection of whiskeys is down to a dozen but I make them work. Next annual trip back home I will have to stop by for a drink!
You guys are awesome! After 60 years drinking whiskey, I still learn a lot from your videos. But "Bad Company"?? That has to be the number one buzzkill for a whiskey or any dining/drinking experience. Thanks guys...
You know, sometimes I offer to be the designated driver. I like to go out with my friends and of course you can have a good time without drinking. Whenever I know I have to get up early, got stuff to do or when I just dont feel like it, I drive. What do I get? A good night out with my buddies who often pay for my nonalcoholic drinks with the satisfaction that they get home safe. When I hear the stories of my dads generation about their drunk driving I shiver, we all know its not worth it. Nowadays taking one for the team is (in my opinion and many others) an honorable stance and a favor likely to be returned
My favorite, what I call my signature drink, is Woodford Reserve Burbon mixed in pinapple juice with one standard ice cube in a clear glass tumbler that is as wide at the bottom as the top. I've never found an acceptable glass at a bar for drinking neat.
Your total wine story reminds me of last time I was at total wine. I wanted to buy a bottle of Laphroaig and a couple glencairn glasses. They were out of glencairn but showed me a gift set with a total wine brand Islay and 2 glencairns and they insisted that “scotch is scotch and it’s even from the same city!” *Facepalm*
The things that usually ruin the experience for me are: 1. People telling me I’m doing it wrong 2. People trying to talk to me when I just want a quiet drink 3. Having some other flavour introduced (like having a good whiskey with a platter of fish) that ruins the taste for me
@@sausage7383 I got the joke, it's still possible to hear a joke, and then make an intellectual point based on that joke. Most people don't think about it, whether it be whiskey, cola or beer they'll say that's an empty bottle/glass/can of x, but in fact there is no such thing as an empty glass/can/bottle of something, it may be a whiskey glass, cola bottle or beer can, but if the contents are removed it is now just a glass, bottle or can.
@@lamrof Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain to name but a few very famous heavy drinkers that were more than capable of forming and articulating intellectual points.
Back in college I was drinking Buffalo Trace out of a snifter. My friend asked what it was and I told him to try it. His version of trying was to shoot the whole 1.5 ounces in the glass. I was not pleased. The following year, the same friend asked me what my favorite bourbon was for drinking straight up and not mixing. I recommended Buffalo Trace. He got a bottle and drank it all in one night. I was the old man of our friend group.
A friend saw my bottle of Longmorn 16 and said that's your favorite right, can I have a taste? I excitedly said yes, wanting to share a passion of mine! I got down 2 Glencarins and poured. While I was smelling the glorious nectar I glanced over just in time to see my friend shoot his pour! TOTALY RUINED MY OWN ENJOYMENT! When he asked for another I got down 2 rocks glasses and poured us some Dewer's White Label on the rocks that had been on my shelf for about 4 years.
I tend to not share my good whiskeys with my friends that don't really appreciate them. Whilst my Talisker, Aberlour, Balvenie, Bunnahabhain and a few other whiskeys are at the front of my drinks cabinet, I have some supermarkets own make hidden from view for my less sophisticated friends. Last week was my Birthday and my wife had bought me a MacAllan Gold Cask, when my friends came round I asked if they'd like a bit of MacAllans. I poured myself the MacAllan and poured them the supermarkets own make under the guise of pouring them a MacAllan, and they said it was the best whiskey they'd ever tried. For those that don't know most supermakert own brands just taste of sugar even a beginner whiskey drinker would know it wasn't MacAllans.
@@frankd.506 Depends on the whiskey, Vodka is widely regarded as just a means to make other things alcoholic, some cheap whiskeys are just a means of making things alcoholic but taste nicer than vodka. if your drinking a good single malt with cola that's just wrong, but if you are just wanting to get pissed, then cola mixed with a cheap blend might be okay.
Well, i thought my friend would enjoy the freshly imported Jamaican blue mountain Java beans, medium roast I made by pour over using a hand press. I was gleaming with pride as the aroma filled the room. He took one sip and let his face concort and asked me to pour warm milk on it and douse it with a pile of sugar. Lesson learned, not a everyone shares your enthusiasm and if they do usually not at the same level. That goes for any subject you can list in life.
For me, it’s when I order something “on rocks” and it comes “drowned”. I suppose it’s due to a perceived pressure that the tender feels for the glass to seem very full - likely brought on by a string of customers who have grilled them unfairly over a single when they should’ve ordered a double. Could also just be a lack of training.
I agree with the glass, although I will get my whisk(e)y in a snifter glass, only because I like the way I can hold it, and I get big pours. So a highball can be annoying, but even that I get filled up pretty well.
This video is a perfect example of what I like you guys. It’s a bit funny, has nice pieces of trivia, some whisky talk and just all round entertaining.
As someone who has had a few drinks with Rex, it was FINE. I mean, sure, it led to me waxing random parts of him (very poorly I might add!), but other than that it was FINE.
Thanks for this review!!! I will continue to hang out with you guys for these reasons!!! --you guys ROCK the whisky world and make the experience worthwhile!!!
My dad, my brother and I walked into a bar named The Rusty Nail one time because of our family custom of drinking rusty nails on certain celebratory occasions. We asked the cocktail waitress if she could bring us a round of rusty nails and she said she didn’t know what that was. After a moment of me patiently trying to describe it, she still didn’t get it so we ordered three draft beers. 😬
I do have to admit being on the winning side of the lack of quantity awareness. I ordered a whiskey at a gig where the band got to have a few free drinks. After being handed my 3/4 full cup of Talisker, I’m like well ok, looks like I’m set for the night. 😁
This has happened to me before!! I asked about Buffalo Trace that I could see on the shelf and they said they didn't have it. I said, "Isn't that it right there?" and pointed to it. Funny experience, it was no big deal, but it was funny to hear a bartender say they didn't have a whiskey that I had already seen on their shelf. She said, "You know your whiskey don't you?" Lol funny to hear that others have had this happen too!
List is on point and #1 is a bullseye because bad company will of course ruin any experience. I'll also point out how spicy food will absolutely throw everything out of whack... I love spicy foods and it takes some rest time before I can enjoy my whiskey and cigars after.
The bar I frequented in college (I haven't frequented a bar since I was in my mid 20s) would give designated drivers free non-alcoholic drinks all night. I used to have quite a bit of fun being the DD there. I could hang out with my friends and dance with girls all night and they weren't threatened because they knew I wasn't abandoning my friends, and I had as much free soda, tea, and virgin cocktails as I wanted and it didn't cost me a dime.
One of my worst experiences should have been one of my best. My wife and I were taken to dinner by a business associate who graciously offered to buy a before dinner drink of anything off the menu, so I being the magnificent bastard (or as my wife calls it “whiskey snob”) that you guys have so thoroughly taught me to be ordered a 50.00 Johnny Walker blue pour which was brought to me in an old fashioned glass... a sad shallow sight to behold. So of course I asked if I could get a Glencairn and my waiter just looked at me like “what’s that?” At the least the bartender had the sense enough to pour it neat. I agree 100% the glass experience makes everything better, and even better in good company. That’s why I prefer my scotch in one of my personal Glencairns while watching you magnificent bastards doing what you do best
i admittedly like my whisk(e)y neat, sometimes with a splash or drops of water. tonight however i am sick as hell, and the ginger ale is the only thing helping my stomach. but its new years so i have combined the two. tried it with Glenmorangie highland single malt. i must say i enjoy it, might even try it when im healthy!
Whiskey ginger ale is how I got started with drinking. My grandmother loved them. Seagram's and ginger ale or Wild Turkey and ginger ale. I still drink them when trying a new bar. Because if they screw those up, I know the bar can't be trusted.
Used to think whiskey just tasted like liquid smoke for the longest time, then I tried a laphroiag while smoking an aromatic cigarillo and it was as if the pearl gates opened in my mind and mouth, and since then I've been able to taste the amazing little flavors tucked away in that lovely amber and became an avid whiskey drinker.
I was in Austin this weekend and was asking for a decent scotch in a small shop and they tried to sell me jim beam and fireball. I just have no words. Twin liquors needs to train their folks better.
I'm gonna disagree with the spicy food and alcohol. With mildly spicy food, I enjoy a beer or whiskey with a spicy chili or pasta or even some jalapeno poppers. Definitely not pricey alcohol but a glass of a drinkable beer or whisky I find quite refreshing. Stouts and sweeter whiskeys are particularly nice for this purpose.
Thing I love is going to an Irish mate's place and saying let's have a whiskey before we head out and he has 3 glencairns and pours out 3 nice measures of his Highland Park that he had. We almost said let's just stay here and finish the bottle. When you have mates who appreciate the art of whiskey and have the right glasses, it makes the drink that much better. We are by no means experts or snobs, but we know what we like and like to savour the experience.
Daniel you’re a good sport and a magnificent bastard, always willing to take one for the tribe. It literally makes my day to see what crazy evil genius idea Rex has come up with to do to you. Thanks guys! To your health gentleman.
4:35 I ordered a pour of Auchentoshan Three Wood neat at a bowling alley recently (they had a strangely well-stocked bar) and they had no idea what the cost was so after two people working there discussed it they decided on $5 for a pour. This is an $80-90 bottle of whiskey in local shops so at 1-1.5oz they were basically giving it to me at cost. I was already happy about that but then they poured what was probably 3oz+ so yeah, probably going back there soon.
The proper glass is one of my best booze stories. Between meal times at an empty Virginia Beach restaurant ... no bar tender ... asked the waiter for a black Russian. He was in a panic since he had to make it ... told him it was just Kahlua and vodka. I don't remember if I ordered food ... he got the vodka/Kahlua ratio right ... but in a 16 ounce water tumbler. YEEE HAW
As a bartender I promise you'll get your money's worth, I'm a firm believer in consistency. If you're ever in central Florida Whiskey Tribe then then consider this a contract obligation I'd take care of you. Much love for this channel.
I stopped in a motel restaurant and bar in North Bend, Oregon with a friend. I looked at their meager whisky selection as we entered and saw a bottle of Bowmore Darkest. It was a sports bar, selling mostly beer or shots with a chaser. I ordered the Bowmore neat. She asked me what neat was. A glass, no water, no ice, no mixer, just whisky. She brought me pint glass filled with the Bowmore. I left a great tip and entered up getting a room at the attached motel.
A few years back I was in Spain and I asked for a double Lagavulin on my birthday at a whiskey bar. The bartender said "11 Euros" so I made it a triple. 14 Euros (like $16) for a triple of Lagavulin 16. Where I live in Canada that would be $40+ in most Whiskey bars.
@@baron5688 I somewhat agree. I personally drink from whiskey glass here at home but when I get some whiskey at my granfathers place I get a normal glass. Just not the same. Anyways it was the irony I was pointing out.
To be fair, they said to enjoy it the way you enjoy it. I’ve yet to meet someone that enjoys whisky in a beer glass, solo cup, shot glass, etc (although I admit to drinking whiskey from all manner of implements when out of options...)
@@poopscoopproductions3177 It's a joke bruh. It all depends on if you're a serious whisky drinker or not. Most people I know drinks it out of a regular glass or even tall glass and mixes it with a soda or even water.
As someone who doesn't drink often, I am usually the designated driver. Usually I don't mind, but it breaks my heart when someone opens a whiskey I really love or have been wanting to try.
Two specific instances come to mind for me that are spot on: (1) One time at a local sports bar, I ordered a bourbon neat. Came in a typical rocks glass with probably around 1 oz of whiskey. After finishing, decided I wanted to avoid having to make multiple trips over the course of the night and ordered a double. Was given the same size rocks glass with minimum 5-6 oz. Definitely made out with the second pour but my lesson learned from that night is, if I’m going to be there for a while, always order a double. (2) At a tequila bar in New Orleans I ordered a serving of one of their reposados. Came in a mini shot glass even though I ordered it neat. Gave me the impression that not too many people order them to sip and just throw em back. Wasn’t even a standard shot size for that matter. Other general things that are disconcerting are when menus mislabel their whiskey or don’t seem to have any system, just throwing everything under the catch all “Whiskey”
Someone posted a personal story long ago on a Vault video talking about poor sizes. He said he was at a small bar in Italy and he ordered a class of Lagavulin 16. The bartender used a beer glass and filled it almost to the top. Charged him like 5-10 euros (if I am remembering that right). Hahaha.
Getting into Whiskey recently, I like Evan Williams 1783 quite a lot just a tiny twist of orange thrown in balances the quite acidic after taste I get. Just tried some JWB and boooy was that different to the Evan Williams hahaha JWB isnt something id want every day but I reallylike the exploration of senses it gives. Still drinking out of old fashion glass because I cant find any tulip shape shippers in the store and I'm too lazy to order online. I dont mind using an old fashion glass but I definately know the aspect of having at least a nice glass to drink out of.
Enjoying the video love you guys awesome,my favorite leisure time when I come back home after work usually 10.30 pm )I’m a jazz musician) drink two glasses John walker double black and pistachio nuts!is it bad to drink and go to sleep kinda un vining think I do!thank again for the video
I once had an experimental beer from a local microbrewery that went national, and they had an experimental thai peanut beer.. It was interesting but I would never drink a full glass of it.
Okay, I'll admit that I'm kinda strange. That being said, I LOVE hot and spicy food, and I have become accustomed to drinking whiskey with my spicy foods. Granted, not my good whiskey, but a glass of Wild Turkey 87, or even 101, and I'm still enjoying both the whiskey and the Habanero Bacon Burger.
Is there a way to compliment warm or hot peppers with whiskey? I'm not sure if this has been answered but I would love to see them blend distinct whiskey flavors with equally strong but possibly inverse flavors like sweet and savory play together. Maybe a sweet Japanese whiskey with a medium pepper or other strong flavor maybe something earthy (avocado or mushroom.) On an unrelated note I'd love to see comparisons between strong coffee or tea drinks. Amazing videos regardless.
1. Finding the unicorn you've been looking for and having to decide whether you will accept being absolutely gouged for it or pass and keep looking for another 1-2 years.
When drinking out of a bigger and longer glass you are also stretching out the stream of whiskey and exposing more of it's surface area to oxygen and leaving more on the inside of the glass if you have a more viscous brand.
I've noticed whiskey experience ruiner #1 myself. If I'm in boring company, it's hard to enjoy. Hell, sometimes I'm my own bad company. So it's more to it than that...whiskey tastes good when the time is right. Beer tastes good any time, but straight whiskey has that self moderating quality about it.
number 2 is very relatable. I got it from the other side though, working in a liquor store. Daily I got customers coming in for a whisk(e)y but totally mispronouncing the name. it does result in funny moments luckily.
Re the spicy food. I feel like a weirdo now. I actually think it works great sometimes. Made a spicy haggis pizza the other day, paired it with Ardbeg (blended 10 + An Oa + Corryvreckan) and it blew my head off.. if you wanna feel alive (after a punch, followed by a bunch of kicks in the head), it's awesome!
Ordered a neat scotch at a dive bar a while back and they filled the damn glass... pretty neat surprise. Another must have poured me 2oz of Johnny walker blue which was an amazing experience
I've heard the best way to store whiskey is in a dark, cool, dry place. However, I admire the look of shelves with bottles on them, much like in the background. Is that an ok way to store whiskey or is it best to again, keep it in a dark, cool, dry place?
found you guys last week and I have fun watching you guys and you make me feel better about my whiskey. I am big into the jack and dr pepper and I know a lot of people are going to be like NOOOOOO you drink jack and then NOOOOOO you add dr pepper. Im trying to expand a little and I watched a few videos where you guys have pointed out Monkey shoulder and Highland 12 so I got bottles of them. I tried to drink them neat I just don't know if Im made for neat drinking. I have to figure a different way to drink them. I think its the burn that is the problem.
I went through the same thing until I read about "the wall". Try and ounce or so once a day for about two weeks, that burn should go away as you acclimate and your senses filter out the alcohol. After two weeks I took a sniff expecting that little burn and all I got was notes of everything but alcohol. Walah!
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Untrained bartender...
So I order a Glenlivet 12 at a high end bar in the high limit area in the casino that had at least 100 different high end whisk(e)y offerings. She asks do you want it straight up or on the rocks? I say I'll actually have it neat please. She rudely corrects me saying yeah that's the same straight as straight up pouring a measure in the 3/4oz small side of the jigger that still had a little Midori in it. I than go over to the other bartender working there and ask her what strait up is and what neat is getting the correct response. I than ask her if 3/4oz is there standard pour and she says no it's usually 1.25oz but they generally free pour more than that for their usual customers, big players, and generally nice people. I explain what happened and tell her to taste my drink. She smells it and immediately pours it out and pours about 4oz of Glenlivet 21 instead of the 12 I payed for in a clean glass and apologizes. Needless to say I gave her the 3 red chips I had...
How did you like the 21 compared to the 12? I have some 15 year Glenlivet, and I find that I like the taste of the 12 year more. I find it's a little easier to palate, and in my opinion, has less cask taste to it.
I feel this list. I got a shitty pour at a bar, but at the very least the bartender was amazing. The bar didn't have great selection (typical bottom/top shelf tequila, vodka, bourbons, and mixers) their scotch was Glenfiddich 12 and Glenlivet 12. I was gonna order a whiskey sour with Makers and the bartender tells me "look man honestly my sour mix isn't so great right now, do you want something else?" so I start looking over the bar once more and out of the corner of my eye I spy an unopened Monkey Shoulder. I'm ecstatic. I tell him, "forget the sour mix, can I just get a pour of Monkey Shoulder neat?" his eyes light up and he says "alright, just gimme a sec". I see him talking to what I presume was the bar manager and he excitedly points at the monkey shoulder and takes out a jigger. Dude comes back and tells me what happened. So apparently he had been begging mgt to get better scotch at the bar, but they wouldn't shell out for anything other than Glenfiddich/Glenlivet so he finally convinced them to get the Monkey Shoulder. We spend the next 20 min or so just shooting the shit about scotch and it was great. Then the bar got busy and my friends got there, but damn did I have a good time.
In fairness Glenfiddich/Glenlivet are better whiskeys than many bars stock. Where I live in there are some bars that the only Whiskeys they sell are Bells and Grouse.
Dont bad mouth glenfiddich, it may be on the simpler side without much to it but it's still a perfectly good enjoyable whiskey for when you dont want to think to hard about tour drink (and where I am more expensive than monkey shoulder)
I love visiting with bartenders when it's quiet; I still have a lot to learn.
Monkey shoulder taste like monkey poop
@@repliedreplied5552
I should try some monkey poop then.
1. For me is People saying with a disgusted tone "How can you drink that it's so gross." Then turning around and ordering 4 shots of Tequila
Agreeeeed my man!
@mr big I'm not I am saying claiming whiskey is hard to drink while you drink Tequila like its water is stupid
@@DagothDaddy Well depends on the tequila. 5 shots of Patron Silver? Yeah. Shit tequila.
5 shots of Casamigos Anejo? Pretty fine stuff. Even if they served it to me in shot glasses, I'd still be sipping them.
Assassin Cactus /
Chic Knave it’s funny you call Patron a shit tequila and then talk about casamigos which is George Clooney’s overpriced tequila that has been proven to be made with diffusers. Patron may be over hyped but at least it isn’t made with a diffuser reducing the quality of the tequila.
If you want a more affordable tequila that doesn’t diffuse the agave you should check out Espolon. It’s good stuff and can be found at a very reasonable price.
Espresso lovers have a similar experience. Being served a double in an 8oz mug is straight painful
I often have to re-affirm. Yes, I want black coffee, or espresso. Please don't add anything. I like my coffee with creamer too, but I really like a cup of black coffee most.
You're 100% right. Espresso is meant to be served in a small demitasse cup
I avoid bad company with a simple trick:
I drink alone.
the real question is is bad company better or worse than no company at all.
A man of culture
sensible in this day and age.
And I'll drink with guy I buy my whisky from, and because I buy 1-2 bottles I just have a lot for free there that in his opinion I defenitly have to try while 3cl drams are between min 3 and yeah for example the octomore 14euro so no max price... Ow men I have the best whiskyshop in the world. It's a small store, but with more than 3000 bottles and with over 900 open bottles it's fun as hell to go there. The first time I went and because I'm not a snob (I found out later this was one off the reasons) he drank with me like 6 drams off different islay's single malt. So I pay for my bottle cask strength Laphroaig 10 (150 euro that was normal 155euro but he said I sell it to you for 150) and an ardbeg 10 (50 euro). And I was confused like euhm I drank all that other stuff isn't it more... And no it wasn't.. He said he enjoyed the company. (I was there almost for 2 hours talking about scotch) Perfect drinking buddy.👍
“ I don’t want another drink .. I just want that last one again .. “
Tom Waits
I was at a bar I hadn't been to before
"What Whiskey do you have?"
"Here is our whiskey menu"
😂
For me personally it's when restaurants insist upon chilling the glass when you've requested it neat. It's like they refuse to accept that room temperature is even a thing.
Okay. I am in no way a whisk(e)y expert but I am a type of wine sommelier and you actually say that room temperature is about 18°C so to achieve that is a 20-21°C room you actually chill the glass and the wine slightly to have it be 18° when it reaches the table. Maybe that is also their reason. Also the fresh notes disperse faster when warm so you want it so warm up as you taste it.
Yeah they'll even give you a chilled glass for beer that's already cold when they pour from the tap. Hate that. If I want a chilled glass or ice I'd ask.
Regular old Jameson with friends around the camp fire passing around good cigars after a long day fishing stinking of bait. That’s the best whiskey experience.
My best buddy and I have been friends since second grade, and this sounds exactly like what he and I do on the opening weekend of trout season every year
Switch out the jameson for a blantons and yes 👌🏻
For years my favorite whisky "glass" was a 10lb porcelain coffee mug that I dug out of the mud of a creek. This offended several of the whisky know it all's in my hunting camp at the time. I'm pretty sure one of them stold it.
I went to a bar in London last week and they gave me a Glenfiddich 21 in an ice cold/frosty tumbler. The menu said it was £6 a glass, which is why I choose it, I was charged £16... and was then told, “Um yeah, that’s an old menu.”
Having said that, in another bar I was charged £7, for a double Laphroaig 10... Not complaining.
As for bad company, I once chatted with a guy in a whisky bar who told me that books like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings should be burnt because adults shouldn’t be reading them.
If you're gonna sit at the bar you have to be ready for literally anything. If you can bring the proper attitude with you fun can always (almost) be had.
One time in a hundred there's a bar fight. Be ready for that too.
I always wear my fastest pants.
Richard, if you're not an SPNB, you're nobody.
Well fuck that hater
Cool advise. Never thought if this way actually. But I’m gonna remember it from now on.
Is it bad form to wish he bites his tongue? Should be burned he says. For shame.
I'm with George. I drink alone.
Yeah because when I drink alone I prefer to be by myself
I went to a bar once, and asked the bartender for a whisky with a splash of water. She gave me my drink in a plastic cup with one ounce of whisky in it. When I asked, “where is my water?,” she proceeded to fill my whisky cup to the rim with water. :-(
You gotta order them separately, most of the bartenders I've faced don't know shit about drinks
oml O.o I'm more of a rum drinker but I screamed out loud when I read that haha
God, I hated this so much I almost disliked your comment (no worries though friend, I can imagine how maddening that would be)
Omg that’s horrible bro... wtf. Idk how you maintained composure... I probably would’ve lost it lol
wtf
I ordered a Laphroaig, neat, in a bar near me and not only did I have to stop the bartender from putting ice in it, I also had to cover the glass with my hand before they instinctively topped up the glass with coke.
Haha you guys want to talk about being poured too much? I worked in a restaurant as a young lad back when I had no idea about whisky at all and a guy ordered a "wild turkey dry" or something like that. Me, not knowing what that meant just literally poured him an entire glass full of Wild Turkey 101!!!! He paid like 5 aud!!!!!!!!!
The first time I did a whiskey tasting at the distillery I work for, I’m the apprentice distiller and don’t work in the store at all, I had no idea how high to fill the glencairn. When the store guy came back after his break he was pissed cause I like filled up the glass like half way, and the customer tried 5 whiskeys. Luckily the happy customer bought 3 bottles so it all worked out in the end. After that I got taught how to pour.
Ordered a glass of Johnnie walker blue neat for $25 at one of my local bars and got given it in a shot glass...
Francis Fazio seems like it happens all the time anytime you order neat
RIP
Jonnie Walker is the most overrated whisky...I would never spend $25 for a shot of blue label. With that money I can get a 21yr Glenmorangie or Highland park
Wait, you're upset about the best pricing on Blue I've ever heard of in my life??? XD It's far from my favorite Scotch tbh, but part of the reason I've never even aimed to develop an affinity for it is because after 10+ years of drinking and bartending in South Florida, I've never seen it sold for under $45 a jigger (1.5 oz.), and that's the absolute lowest, the most common pricing is $60 a drink. By contrast it seems like a very minor nuisance to request a better glass. A lot of the bars out here stock great juice, but it always costs an arm and a leg. For example, 15 yr. Pappy's tend to start above $100 a pour, and pours at many trendy places are only 1.25 oz. I've worked at two spots that have brought it on and kept it under $80 @ 2 oz. and people acted shocked at how "fair" our prices and pour sizes were, we ended up selling off the bottle in under a month. Hope that insight to the other lawn's grass, so to speak, gives you at least some consolation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Cheers!
blue label shot.. wierd flex XD
Along similar lines of ordering "neat" and getting it with rocks (UGH! hate that) ... I went into two different whisk(e)y stores in my area, that have large Scotch offerings on the wall. I asked for The Arran. Both clerks looked at me and said "What?". "The Arran Scotch" I say, then I spell it - The A-R-R-A-N. "Never heard of it" they both said. This was 2 different high-end whisk(e)y stores....
Guys I loved this. What is awesome is that the food guide in USA allows for up to two pours (1.5 oz as you said ) of like 90 proof liquor PER DAY as part of a healthy diet. LOVE IT! Now.... what ruins my whisky experience when I am out is being served a dirty-ass glass. POLISH YOUR GLASSWARE or upgrade your dishwasher(person or machine lol) bar / pub owners! Don’t give me no lipstick prints. If I want lipstick prints I sure as heck don’t want them on my glass.
Cheers guys🥃🥃🥃🥃
Mark
Getting charged extra for ordering neat..... weird things in some fancier joints.
A normal pour is 2 oz. A neat pour is 3. That's why you get charged more. Just so ya know
laurrie wood actually on the menu it stated 1 1/2 oz or 3 with the upcharge for neat not even on the menu.... so no.
We were at a fairly high-end restaurant recently and I ordered a rye cocktail that looked like it might be good from their menu. It came in a short rocks glass about 3/4 full of CRUSHED ice. Needless to say it was well watered by the time it was half consumed, and annoying to drink too, what with trying to avoid swallowing a mouthful of slush with every sip. A shame, too, because the recipe was actually pretty tasty. I had to ask the server what maniac decided that it was proper to serve a whiskey cocktail with crushed ice and she told me that a lot of people had said they were unhappy with it.
During my recent year experimenting with cocktails, I came across a recipe in a book that boiled down to:
1. 2 oz scotch.
2. 1 oz sweet vermouth
3. dash of bitters
4. scoop of crushed ice
5. pour everything into a blender and blend well
6. serve in a martini glass.
I crossed that recipe out of my book, with the words "WHY WOULD YOU BLEND A PERFECTLY GOOD ROB ROY!!!" written across it in sharpie.
I’d also suggest with the type of glass... the glencairn encourages sipping where the pint glass, if it were beer, you just finish it. And with pattern recognition I’d end up just glugging.
People ruin whiskey when they drink all of mine
I HATE bars and restaurants, so by drinking at home, I eliminate most of these things!
PoweredbyPlants I get that, but really it’s the only way to try out a few different whisky’s without committing to a bottle that you may not necessarily like.
Yeah, that's true. But some liquor shops have a good selection of 200ml, 375ml and single serve bottles. I've discovered some good ones that way without the commitment of the big bottle, like you were saying.
You should stay home. The bar staff hates waiting on you too...clearly a PIA
@@laurriewood3244 or maybe he's just antisocial, but way to read way more into it
Agreed. Bars are a waste of money. Of course my wife and I regularly have guests over and a lot of expendable income with us both working and not having any children yet so we often buy bottles of different spirits to try and share. Life is good. Was never into the bar scene. Bunch of losers getting drunk.
Two things that can totally incapacitate me from enjoying whisky:
-perfumes and deodorants
-heartburn
Tomislav B. Heart burn definitely
yep synthetic smells and whisky is nasty
or a cold, I just realized I've never drank whisky with a cold before, and it's ruining it solidly
+1 to heartburn. Got a bottle of Talisker a while back and every time I went to have some neat a gross amount of heartburn and gutty work discomfort. Really sucked too, cause it was damn nice and it's never happened before.
Perfume, aftershave or shitty/strong deodorant. Always offensive.
A new local (2 blocks from my house) restaurant/bar opened and the owners have NO bar experience (they went from a food truck to a full blown restaurant). I got into a conversation with their "bar manager" about different whiskeys, because their selection was: Crown, Jack, Jim and Johnny. I offered to help them with "upping their game". I brought in Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Jeffersons Reserve and Masterson's (a nice rye) and all of these are available at the liquor store in the same shopping center for very reasonable prices. We shared with all of the patrons (there were 3 people there besides the owner, bar manager and me) and everybody enjoyed all of them. The bar manager said they would start to stock them.
Then, to show them what upper end whiskeys are like, three days later I brought my Jefferson's Presidential 21 and 30 year, Rhetoric Orphan Barrel 25 year and Blood Oath #2 and #4 for them to taste. There was one other patron there, besides the owners, bar mangager and a new bartender. The bar tender asked if the patron could try some, and I said "sure" and went back to talking to the owners...major mistake. Well, the new bartender had no idea: she filled a rocks glass full of CRUSHED ice and then filled it to the brim...with the Presidential 30! I wasn't able to stop her before she poured.
To say I cried is an understatement. And the patrons comment made me cry harder: "that's pretty good stuff, I bet it would make a good Manhattan".
GAH! That was even painful to read.
Oh my god! On the pour size issue, I used to live in a small town in northern Minnesota that had only one bar that had any exciting whiskey. And they rarely bothered to measure out their pours. I don’t know how many 3 oz Blantons, Balvenies, and Laphroaigs I had there over the years, but it was considerable!
For me:
1. Oxygen (I really need to keep fewer bottles open at a given time... #RIP).
2. Snobs.
3. "Wrong" glass.
4. "Assumed ice" - Ice added instantly to a glass of whisky without a bartender asking you...
5:45 I can so relate, I finished a final and went across the street to the college/navy bar (I live in a navy city and my university is en-route to the base) I asked for a double knob creek because that was all I was familiar with at the time and I enjoyed it. I knew that I was probably going to get a 1oz serving so I asked for a double. After an hour I got another one because that final sucked and I wasn't driving.
Time to pay the bill. $22 a shot, yes my double know creek was $44 so my total came out to over $90 after taxes. Needless to say there wasn't a tip involved and I wasn't happy after the manager told me it was an expensive bottle, I said that's BS it cost maybe $40 on the high end and I just paid for two bottles with my 4oz's
I was told that Maker's isn't wheated because it is high corn.... Yeah it's bourbon.
Ah total wine.
I work for the DOS and DOD and live in remote war zones 8000 miles away from home in Texas and you guys play a big role in helping me feel like I am home. It’s easy to miss America and the whiskey experiences. You guys support home sick guys like me more than you know. Thanks for the content. It keeps me sane. My selection of whiskeys is down to a dozen but I make them work. Next annual trip back home I will have to stop by for a drink!
You guys are awesome! After 60 years drinking whiskey, I still learn a lot from your videos.
But "Bad Company"?? That has to be the number one buzzkill for a whiskey or any dining/drinking experience. Thanks guys...
You know, sometimes I offer to be the designated driver. I like to go out with my friends and of course you can have a good time without drinking. Whenever I know I have to get up early, got stuff to do or when I just dont feel like it, I drive. What do I get? A good night out with my buddies who often pay for my nonalcoholic drinks with the satisfaction that they get home safe. When I hear the stories of my dads generation about their drunk driving I shiver, we all know its not worth it. Nowadays taking one for the team is (in my opinion and many others) an honorable stance and a favor likely to be returned
My favorite, what I call my signature drink, is Woodford Reserve Burbon mixed in pinapple juice with one standard ice cube in a clear glass tumbler that is as wide at the bottom as the top.
I've never found an acceptable glass at a bar for drinking neat.
Your total wine story reminds me of last time I was at total wine. I wanted to buy a bottle of Laphroaig and a couple glencairn glasses. They were out of glencairn but showed me a gift set with a total wine brand Islay and 2 glencairns and they insisted that “scotch is scotch and it’s even from the same city!” *Facepalm*
When they were talking about prices I felt that one, where I live I can go to 2 different bars and order budweiser, ones $3 the other is $7
The things that usually ruin the experience for me are:
1. People telling me I’m doing it wrong
2. People trying to talk to me when I just want a quiet drink
3. Having some other flavour introduced (like having a good whiskey with a platter of fish) that ruins the taste for me
My worse whiskey experience was getting charge $51 for a neat Jameson 18 at an Irish pub
Luis Guillermo Lopez was it in temple bar in Dublin City centre or in a hotel ?? Probably worst places for whiskey over here in Ireland
You guys make my Saturday, every Saturday....
the only bad glass of whiskey is an empty one
Then it isn't a glass of whiskey. It's just a glass.
@@24magiccarrot the joke flew right over you're head
@@sausage7383 I got the joke, it's still possible to hear a joke, and then make an intellectual point based on that joke.
Most people don't think about it, whether it be whiskey, cola or beer they'll say that's an empty bottle/glass/can of x, but in fact there is no such thing as an empty glass/can/bottle of something, it may be a whiskey glass, cola bottle or beer can, but if the contents are removed it is now just a glass, bottle or can.
@@24magiccarrot drunks make intellectual points?
@@lamrof Winston Churchill, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway and Mark Twain to name but a few very famous heavy drinkers that were more than capable of forming and articulating intellectual points.
Why do I feel like I have to have the exact right glass when drinking scotch or Irish Whiskey but am okay drinking American Whisky out of a Mason Jar?
Tradition
@@benpearson49 It's the wrong glass , but the right size!
Back in college I was drinking Buffalo Trace out of a snifter. My friend asked what it was and I told him to try it. His version of trying was to shoot the whole 1.5 ounces in the glass. I was not pleased. The following year, the same friend asked me what my favorite bourbon was for drinking straight up and not mixing. I recommended Buffalo Trace. He got a bottle and drank it all in one night. I was the old man of our friend group.
A friend saw my bottle of Longmorn 16 and said that's your favorite right, can I have a taste? I excitedly said yes, wanting to share a passion of mine! I got down 2 Glencarins and poured. While I was smelling the glorious nectar I glanced over just in time to see my friend shoot his pour! TOTALY RUINED MY OWN ENJOYMENT! When he asked for another I got down 2 rocks glasses and poured us some Dewer's White Label on the rocks that had been on my shelf for about 4 years.
Oh god .... Ive been there to many times
I tend to not share my good whiskeys with my friends that don't really appreciate them. Whilst my Talisker, Aberlour, Balvenie, Bunnahabhain and a few other whiskeys are at the front of my drinks cabinet, I have some supermarkets own make hidden from view for my less sophisticated friends.
Last week was my Birthday and my wife had bought me a MacAllan Gold Cask, when my friends came round I asked if they'd like a bit of MacAllans. I poured myself the MacAllan and poured them the supermarkets own make under the guise of pouring them a MacAllan, and they said it was the best whiskey they'd ever tried.
For those that don't know most supermakert own brands just taste of sugar even a beginner whiskey drinker would know it wasn't MacAllans.
Ask for pop and I get my pistol
@@frankd.506 Depends on the whiskey, Vodka is widely regarded as just a means to make other things alcoholic, some cheap whiskeys are just a means of making things alcoholic but taste nicer than vodka.
if your drinking a good single malt with cola that's just wrong, but if you are just wanting to get pissed, then cola mixed with a cheap blend might be okay.
Well, i thought my friend would enjoy the freshly imported Jamaican blue mountain Java beans, medium roast I made by pour over using a hand press. I was gleaming with pride as the aroma filled the room. He took one sip and let his face concort and asked me to pour warm milk on it and douse it with a pile of sugar. Lesson learned, not a everyone shares your enthusiasm and if they do usually not at the same level. That goes for any subject you can list in life.
For me, it’s when I order something “on rocks” and it comes “drowned”.
I suppose it’s due to a perceived pressure that the tender feels for the glass to seem very full - likely brought on by a string of customers who have grilled them unfairly over a single when they should’ve ordered a double.
Could also just be a lack of training.
I agree with the glass, although I will get my whisk(e)y in a snifter glass, only because I like the way I can hold it, and I get big pours. So a highball can be annoying, but even that I get filled up pretty well.
This video is a perfect example of what I like you guys. It’s a bit funny, has nice pieces of trivia, some whisky talk and just all round entertaining.
As someone who has had a few drinks with Rex, it was FINE. I mean, sure, it led to me waxing random parts of him (very poorly I might add!), but other than that it was FINE.
Brad's Whiskey Journey , you misspelled titillating.
Made me laugh. At a restaurant in my area I ordered a Glenfiddich 18 neat. Without actually measuring I'm guessing it was a 3+ oz pour.
Mark Price niiiice
The collins glass also ruins how you drink. It screws up experince because there is no sip it forces you to drink a larger amount
Subtlely at its best:
Did anyone else notice the SUBSCRIBE signboard hanging in the background???
Love it.
Thanks for this review!!!
I will continue to hang out with you guys for these reasons!!! --you guys ROCK the whisky world and make the experience worthwhile!!!
My dad, my brother and I walked into a bar named The Rusty Nail one time because of our family custom of drinking rusty nails on certain celebratory occasions. We asked the cocktail waitress if she could bring us a round of rusty nails and she said she didn’t know what that was. After a moment of me patiently trying to describe it, she still didn’t get it so we ordered three draft beers. 😬
Lol whats a round of rusty nails?😅
Oh its a cocktail....🥃😂
I do have to admit being on the winning side of the lack of quantity awareness. I ordered a whiskey at a gig where the band got to have a few free drinks. After being handed my 3/4 full cup of Talisker, I’m like well ok, looks like I’m set for the night. 😁
Outstanding! I need to join a band!
texasf Ha, yeah I wish it went like that every time.
11:42
He spends a solid 5 seconds considering if free Whisk(e)y is ever bad.
Daniel should've played the granola bar off and made Rex take a bite.
This has happened to me before!! I asked about Buffalo Trace that I could see on the shelf and they said they didn't have it. I said, "Isn't that it right there?" and pointed to it. Funny experience, it was no big deal, but it was funny to hear a bartender say they didn't have a whiskey that I had already seen on their shelf. She said, "You know your whiskey don't you?" Lol funny to hear that others have had this happen too!
Nature Valley bar with hot sauce. Breakfast of champions.
List is on point and #1 is a bullseye because bad company will of course ruin any experience. I'll also point out how spicy food will absolutely throw everything out of whack... I love spicy foods and it takes some rest time before I can enjoy my whiskey and cigars after.
The bar I frequented in college (I haven't frequented a bar since I was in my mid 20s) would give designated drivers free non-alcoholic drinks all night. I used to have quite a bit of fun being the DD there. I could hang out with my friends and dance with girls all night and they weren't threatened because they knew I wasn't abandoning my friends, and I had as much free soda, tea, and virgin cocktails as I wanted and it didn't cost me a dime.
I absolutely love watching these videos!! Y’all make this a blast!
One of my worst experiences should have been one of my best. My wife and I were taken to dinner by a business associate who graciously offered to buy a before dinner drink of anything off the menu, so I being the magnificent bastard (or as my wife calls it “whiskey snob”) that you guys have so thoroughly taught me to be ordered a 50.00 Johnny Walker blue pour which was brought to me in an old fashioned glass... a sad shallow sight to behold. So of course I asked if I could get a Glencairn and my waiter just looked at me like “what’s that?”
At the least the bartender had the sense enough to pour it neat.
I agree 100% the glass experience makes everything better, and even better in good company. That’s why I prefer my scotch in one of my personal Glencairns while watching you magnificent bastards doing what you do best
i admittedly like my whisk(e)y neat, sometimes with a splash or drops of water. tonight however i am sick as hell, and the ginger ale is the only thing helping my stomach. but its new years so i have combined the two.
tried it with Glenmorangie highland single malt. i must say i enjoy it, might even try it when im healthy!
Whiskey ginger ale is how I got started with drinking. My grandmother loved them. Seagram's and ginger ale or Wild Turkey and ginger ale. I still drink them when trying a new bar. Because if they screw those up, I know the bar can't be trusted.
Used to think whiskey just tasted like liquid smoke for the longest time, then I tried a laphroiag while smoking an aromatic cigarillo and it was as if the pearl gates opened in my mind and mouth, and since then I've been able to taste the amazing little flavors tucked away in that lovely amber and became an avid whiskey drinker.
nice! 👍
I was in Austin this weekend and was asking for a decent scotch in a small shop and they tried to sell me jim beam and fireball. I just have no words. Twin liquors needs to train their folks better.
I used to go to a bar where the measured pour was one price but for an extra buck you could get a "free pour." It was probably 3 or 4 ounces.
I'm gonna disagree with the spicy food and alcohol. With mildly spicy food, I enjoy a beer or whiskey with a spicy chili or pasta or even some jalapeno poppers. Definitely not pricey alcohol but a glass of a drinkable beer or whisky I find quite refreshing. Stouts and sweeter whiskeys are particularly nice for this purpose.
Thing I love is going to an Irish mate's place and saying let's have a whiskey before we head out and he has 3 glencairns and pours out 3 nice measures of his Highland Park that he had. We almost said let's just stay here and finish the bottle. When you have mates who appreciate the art of whiskey and have the right glasses, it makes the drink that much better. We are by no means experts or snobs, but we know what we like and like to savour the experience.
Daniel you’re a good sport and a magnificent bastard, always willing to take one for the tribe. It literally makes my day to see what crazy evil genius idea Rex has come up with to do to you. Thanks guys! To your health gentleman.
4:35 I ordered a pour of Auchentoshan Three Wood neat at a bowling alley recently (they had a strangely well-stocked bar) and they had no idea what the cost was so after two people working there discussed it they decided on $5 for a pour. This is an $80-90 bottle of whiskey in local shops so at 1-1.5oz they were basically giving it to me at cost. I was already happy about that but then they poured what was probably 3oz+ so yeah, probably going back there soon.
Just finished watching about 3 hours worth of episodes !!
The proper glass is one of my best booze stories. Between meal times at an empty Virginia Beach restaurant ... no bar tender ... asked the waiter for a black Russian. He was in a panic since he had to make it ... told him it was just Kahlua and vodka. I don't remember if I ordered food ... he got the vodka/Kahlua ratio right ... but in a 16 ounce water tumbler. YEEE HAW
As a bartender I promise you'll get your money's worth, I'm a firm believer in consistency. If you're ever in central Florida Whiskey Tribe then then consider this a contract obligation I'd take care of you. Much love for this channel.
you guys are so fun to watch. thanks for all the good info
thanks Stephen. glad you're here!👍
I stopped in a motel restaurant and bar in North Bend, Oregon with a friend. I looked at their meager whisky selection as we entered and saw a bottle of Bowmore Darkest. It was a sports bar, selling mostly beer or shots with a chaser. I ordered the Bowmore neat. She asked me what neat was. A glass, no water, no ice, no mixer, just whisky. She brought me pint glass filled with the Bowmore. I left a great tip and entered up getting a room at the attached motel.
A few years back I was in Spain and I asked for a double Lagavulin on my birthday at a whiskey bar. The bartender said "11 Euros" so I made it a triple. 14 Euros (like $16) for a triple of Lagavulin 16. Where I live in Canada that would be $40+ in most Whiskey bars.
''Drink whiskey any way you want, Ice,water or soda it's up to you''.
''But don't you dare drink in any other type of glass than a whiskey glass'' xD
some things are preference, other things are fact
@@baron5688 I somewhat agree. I personally drink from whiskey glass here at home but when I get some whiskey at my granfathers place I get a normal glass. Just not the same.
Anyways it was the irony I was pointing out.
To be fair, they said to enjoy it the way you enjoy it. I’ve yet to meet someone that enjoys whisky in a beer glass, solo cup, shot glass, etc (although I admit to drinking whiskey from all manner of implements when out of options...)
@@poopscoopproductions3177 It's a joke bruh. It all depends on if you're a serious whisky drinker or not. Most people I know drinks it out of a regular glass or even tall glass and mixes it with a soda or even water.
Let's be honest, we've all drank drinks from the wrong glass/cup before.
As someone who doesn't drink often, I am usually the designated driver. Usually I don't mind, but it breaks my heart when someone opens a whiskey I really love or have been wanting to try.
LOL, "I'm getting notes of eucalyptus....and regret." Classic.
Two specific instances come to mind for me that are spot on:
(1) One time at a local sports bar, I ordered a bourbon neat. Came in a typical rocks glass with probably around 1 oz of whiskey. After finishing, decided I wanted to avoid having to make multiple trips over the course of the night and ordered a double. Was given the same size rocks glass with minimum 5-6 oz. Definitely made out with the second pour but my lesson learned from that night is, if I’m going to be there for a while, always order a double.
(2) At a tequila bar in New Orleans I ordered a serving of one of their reposados. Came in a mini shot glass even though I ordered it neat. Gave me the impression that not too many people order them to sip and just throw em back. Wasn’t even a standard shot size for that matter.
Other general things that are disconcerting are when menus mislabel their whiskey or don’t seem to have any system, just throwing everything under the catch all “Whiskey”
Someone posted a personal story long ago on a Vault video talking about poor sizes. He said he was at a small bar in Italy and he ordered a class of Lagavulin 16. The bartender used a beer glass and filled it almost to the top. Charged him like 5-10 euros (if I am remembering that right). Hahaha.
at that point you just ask for a bottle and a funnel coz you might just get them
The only one I disagreed with was the hot foods. Some hot sauce pairs well with whisky.
Getting into Whiskey recently, I like Evan Williams 1783 quite a lot just a tiny twist of orange thrown in balances the quite acidic after taste I get. Just tried some JWB and boooy was that different to the Evan Williams hahaha JWB isnt something id want every day but I reallylike the exploration of senses it gives. Still drinking out of old fashion glass because I cant find any tulip shape shippers in the store and I'm too lazy to order online. I dont mind using an old fashion glass but I definately know the aspect of having at least a nice glass to drink out of.
When I started drinking we used to do Tabasco in vodka. One burn beats out the other.
Enjoying the video love you guys awesome,my favorite leisure time when I come back home after work usually 10.30 pm )I’m a jazz musician) drink two glasses John walker double black and pistachio nuts!is it bad to drink and go to sleep kinda un vining think I do!thank again for the video
I once had an experimental beer from a local microbrewery that went national, and they had an experimental thai peanut beer.. It was interesting but I would never drink a full glass of it.
Okay, I'll admit that I'm kinda strange. That being said, I LOVE hot and spicy food, and I have become accustomed to drinking whiskey with my spicy foods. Granted, not my good whiskey, but a glass of Wild Turkey 87, or even 101, and I'm still enjoying both the whiskey and the Habanero Bacon Burger.
Kris Andersen..The reason for that is ALL Wild Turkey's are magic and sprinkled with pixie dust.
Is there a way to compliment warm or hot peppers with whiskey? I'm not sure if this has been answered but I would love to see them blend distinct whiskey flavors with equally strong but possibly inverse flavors like sweet and savory play together. Maybe a sweet Japanese whiskey with a medium pepper or other strong flavor maybe something earthy (avocado or mushroom.) On an unrelated note I'd love to see comparisons between strong coffee or tea drinks. Amazing videos regardless.
1. Finding the unicorn you've been looking for and having to decide whether you will accept being absolutely gouged for it or pass and keep looking for another 1-2 years.
When drinking out of a bigger and longer glass you are also stretching out the stream of whiskey and exposing more of it's surface area to oxygen and leaving more on the inside of the glass if you have a more viscous brand.
This list is great.....but it applies to any quality drink/alcohol/exp. ...(except the glass) Change a cold glass to beer...and they all fit too.
I've noticed whiskey experience ruiner #1 myself. If I'm in boring company, it's hard to enjoy. Hell, sometimes I'm my own bad company. So it's more to it than that...whiskey tastes good when the time is right. Beer tastes good any time, but straight whiskey has that self moderating quality about it.
Love this channel. Keep it up guys!
number 2 is very relatable. I got it from the other side though, working in a liquor store. Daily I got customers coming in for a whisk(e)y but totally mispronouncing the name. it does result in funny moments luckily.
Re the spicy food. I feel like a weirdo now. I actually think it works great sometimes. Made a spicy haggis pizza the other day, paired it with Ardbeg (blended 10 + An Oa + Corryvreckan) and it blew my head off.. if you wanna feel alive (after a punch, followed by a bunch of kicks in the head), it's awesome!
I had some curry and dewars 12 recently. Amazing experience. Spicy and whisk(e)y can be great. Like bourbon and spicy fried chicken.
Ordered a neat scotch at a dive bar a while back and they filled the damn glass... pretty neat surprise. Another must have poured me 2oz of Johnny walker blue which was an amazing experience
Top thing is someone telling you how you should drink it!
I've heard the best way to store whiskey is in a dark, cool, dry place. However, I admire the look of shelves with bottles on them, much like in the background. Is that an ok way to store whiskey or is it best to again, keep it in a dark, cool, dry place?
found you guys last week and I have fun watching you guys and you make me feel better about my whiskey. I am big into the jack and dr pepper and I know a lot of people are going to be like NOOOOOO you drink jack and then NOOOOOO you add dr pepper. Im trying to expand a little and I watched a few videos where you guys have pointed out Monkey shoulder and Highland 12 so I got bottles of them. I tried to drink them neat I just don't know if Im made for neat drinking. I have to figure a different way to drink them. I think its the burn that is the problem.
I went through the same thing until I read about "the wall". Try and ounce or so once a day for about two weeks, that burn should go away as you acclimate and your senses filter out the alcohol. After two weeks I took a sniff expecting that little burn and all I got was notes of everything but alcohol. Walah!
Robert Quittner thank you I'm going to try that
"For a whiskey drinker, the journey is the point"
Henry Moreira that’s true. I really enjoy the taste of whiskey itself along with the subtle challenge of the strength/burn when you swallow it.
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I grew up in SC where they have to use mini bottles in any bar so the neat pour is always exactly the same. They also always use a small plastic cup.