Having Scottish genes must have given me a cheap pallete. Heaven Hill's Evan WIlliams Bottled in Bond is my go to. Wild Turkey 101 is my 'treat'. Buffalo Trace is lovely, so is Elijah Craig small batch and occassionally I'm a sucker for Maker's Mark. My Gallon Jug O' Infinity is a unique blend of several bourbons, WT rye, and a small amount of Goslings for those Carribean cask notes Very impressed with your selection and knowledge of American whiskey there in upside down land :D
My preferred bourbon is Eagle Rare 10 year from Buffalo Trace Distillery. It may be simple on the palate, but it goes well in pretty much any cocktail, is easy to sip and is relatively inexpensive.
As an American, I love Bourbon and I love whisk(e)y as a whole. This was a great intro series to the spirit, and I recommended it to a friend who was interested in getting into it! Another fantastic video! Keep up the great work!
Great video, my favorite whiskey, living in East Tennessee, Jack Daniels, yes, we are very proud of it, to learn the difference in them by being told by an expert, adds to what you learn by tasting them, you can really tell he knows what he is talking about
The other thing that's REALLY taking off re. variations in American whiskey is the use of a wider range of both yeasts AND grains--many of the newer distilleries are finding "heirloom" corns and ryes to use which have different levels of starch than the standard ones which greatly affects the yield and flavor. The other interesting thing about all those barrels is that a LOT of them head for Scotland to age Scotch in. In one amazing deal to guarantee the supply and quality of their barrels, Glenmorangie bought something like 10,000 acres of American oak and made a deal with Brown/Foreman (Jack Daniels, Old Forester, Woodford Reserve and more) which unlike most other distillers has their OWN proprietary cooperage, to let them use the oak in return for sending the whiskey-aged barrels to Scotland for their exclusive use afterwards.
It is not true that _all_ American Whiskies have to be aged in new, charred, American Oak barrels. Although the labelling laws are interesting and the predominant styles meet that criteria :-). For a whiskey to be labelled as "Burbon" it must use new oak barrels. But you can have American Whiskey aged in other ways. Just a single example, Ironroot Republic Hubris is primarily aged in used European oak barrels so it has to be labelled as a "Corn Whiskey" (not a Burbon).
Sprite are often different ABV for different markets. Tax is very high on spirits here, and done according to the alcohol content so this isn’t the only example of it! We do have a separate product, Makers 46 which is (unsurprisingly!) 46% but it’s more expensive obviously.
With the Tennessee whiskey I know most people thank of Jack Daniels but George Dickel is the one I think of. And they have another step they chill there whiskey down then run it through the charcoal. I have been told they use a thicker layer of charcoal to.
@@BehindtheBar BTW, Dickel is fast becoming one of the largest suppliers of spirits to those doing blends and startups who haven't got their own stock yet--I'm told second only to MGP for doing this. The difference is that those using MGP say so, whereas Dickel prohibits disclosing this via a Non-Disclosure Agreement for some reason known only to them.
I know it's not a true bourbon. But the crown royal 13 year old bourbon mass. To me was a really good sipping whiskey. But I didn't care much for the younger version of the blinders mash. To me it was more reyish than the normal corn faward flavor of more common bourbon.
Please do one of what are the best / fail safe whiskey drinks to order at American bars. Because I swear most of the bartenders here have no clue what's what & make THE WORST drinks lol.
The regulations just say oak containers, they don’t specify where the oak has to come from. For example, Buffalo Trace has a brand called Charter oak and their first release was aged in Hungarian oak.
That’s true! It’s always hard to cover all the infinite nuances in these videos and the American new oak influence (vanilla, cream, baking spices etc) tends to be what people associate with bourbon 😊
It depends on what country it's in. In Canada, whisky can be called Rye so long as it has some rye grain in it. *edit, which is covered in the next video, of course.
What makes corn whiskeys not bourbons isn't their higher corn content but their not aging in charred new American oak barrels. A corn whiskey aged in charred new American oak barrels is also simultaneously a bourbon. Jack Daniels at 80% corn is a straight Tennessee bourbon corn whiskey, as is Dickel at 84%. You can be both.
My husband and i are big burbon drinkers , him preferring Elijah craig and myself preferring 1912 . We like to mix equal parts burbon and disarono/tuaca with a couple cherries ! Not sure if this is an actual drink or something we made up ... Would love to know what you think pairs best with burbon.
That’s great, and excellent choices! Scotch and Amaretto is called a Godfather so you’ll have to think of a good name for the American version... Nutty flavours will always work well, so do stone fruits like peach and apricot, and berries work well with spicier bourbons too. We’ve done 5 different styles here that might give you some inspiration: th-cam.com/video/mG4tW-zjFCU/w-d-xo.html Maybe give the Paper Plane or Scofflaw (substituting in bourbon) a go?
Someone should explain NAS whiskey to this dude. With elijah craig and many other brands, it was a huge controversy when these companies put out non-age-statement whiskies. no longer 12 years, to everyones lament....
@@BehindtheBar the coverage or elijah craig. that bottling specifically dont mean to be a hater. elijah craig used to be an amazing steal. that particular lose is a big one.
While Jack Daniels is a Tennessee whiskey, it also technically fulfills all the legal requirements of a bourbon., They could claim bourbon status if they wished, but they essentially created a new whiskey category "Tennessee whiskey" by adding the charcoal filtering process to a run of the mill bourbon.
Rittenhouse is a rye rather than a bourbon so much spicier and definitely delicious! If you like that style, a high rye bourbon like Basil Hayden or Four Roses Small Batch could be right up your alley 😊 I’ve done a couple of videos on the different styles here: th-cam.com/video/HifjiVJ7jbg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_esT8Uls-6jxxmv2 th-cam.com/video/1Yr3oGgxJqI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Bf_e_djHD7YXITmc
It hurts when these channels use Canadian club (it's crap) as an example of Canadian whiskey, its like using Jose Cuervo as a flagship for Mexican tequila. Lol
@@Barprints I would say for not overly expensive ($25-$50) a bottle (not sure what it would be outside of Canada) Lot 40 Forty creek double barrel Pike creek (yes we are apparently unoriginal as 3 unrelated companies have either 40 and or creek in the name haha) Little more expensive but really nice and probably able to find internationally would be J.P Wisers 18 yr and whistlepig which is technically American but everything is sourced in Canada. Side note maybe it's stereotype Canadian but Alberta where I am from has gotten a lot of love for its whiskey but we never really think of it as being that great so Alberta premium cask strength won Jim Murray's whiskey of the year whatever that's worth anymore lol
You can't classify American and Canadian whiskies together. They are not even similar in the making, let alone interchangeable. And as much as it pains me as a Canadian to say it, American whiskey is much better.
Hey Adam! I think we do make it clear that Canadian whisky is quite different from the States, we go in to it in more detail here: th-cam.com/video/pDG74vBOqAU/w-d-xo.html But I think given the similarity of the grains used it’s not unreasonable to have them in the same discussion (the same way that Scotch, Irish and Japanese can be loosely grouped with similar grains and styles of distilling) although we’ll of course look at Canadian in greater detail another time!
@@BehindtheBar it sounds like you're just saying that it's also whisk(e)y and therefore similar. But if you're comparing within the larger category of whisk(e)y, that argument can't be valid. 4 grains (wheat, rye, barley, corn) are responsible for 95%+ of all the worlds' whisk(e)y (guessing off the top of my head, with no qualification of any sort lol), so to me that doesn't constitute an argument for similarity within that larger category. And mostly, it's a combo of regulation and blending/aging styles that make the two types dissimilar. Canadian regs allow for sweeteners, colourings, etc. Not to mention the separate aging of the different grain whiskies before blending them together, instead of making the "whole" whisk(e)y as one spirit. I can't see them as similar based on those points. And as I said before, I wish we were better at whisk(e)y here, but we just haven't figured it out yet I guess. Please don't take my comments the wrong way. I've discovered your channel recently and become a big fan. And even if I feel like you're sometimes wrong or mistaken, I very much enjoy your videos. Cheers!
@@BehindtheBar Nice political correct opinion piece promoting inclusiveness. There are some technically correct bits in the article, but I know a lot of Canadians who will argue they are not American. I also know a lot of Mexican citizens who take affront to be calling American. That being said, you primarily are discussing whiskeys made in the United States of America. Canadian Club is made in Canada and is therefore a Canadian Whisky (and, not even the best example of a good Canadian Whiskey.) In my opinion, calling a Canadian an American is tantamount to calling a Scottish person an English or British person.
Joe Gibson I mean a Scottish person is a British person but that’s a whole other kettle of fish haha. If you watch the video I think we make it clear that Canada has a different set of rules but I think it’s always important to include outliers basically so I can discuss what makes them different to everything else we have there! And we went on to make a Toronto so had to include Canadian whiskey. It’ll certainly get its own video at some point 😊
@@BehindtheBar Are you following the ridiculous attempts by the Scotch Whiskey Association to go after distilleries in Canada and down your way for daring to use Scottish names such as "Caledonian" etc. etc.--even when the distillers have Scots heritage--on the grounds that somehow consumers will be "duped" into believing what they are drinking is Scotch? Insane and really contemptuous of the distillers and consumers both.
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Having Scottish genes must have given me a cheap pallete. Heaven Hill's Evan WIlliams Bottled in Bond is my go to. Wild Turkey 101 is my 'treat'. Buffalo Trace is lovely, so is Elijah Craig small batch and occassionally I'm a sucker for Maker's Mark. My Gallon Jug O' Infinity is a unique blend of several bourbons, WT rye, and a small amount of Goslings for those Carribean cask notes Very impressed with your selection and knowledge of American whiskey there in upside down land :D
They’re all great whiskies! Your palette may be cheap but it’s good 😜 BT is my go to for cocktails but also good to sip neat.
My preferred bourbon is Eagle Rare 10 year from Buffalo Trace Distillery. It may be simple on the palate, but it goes well in pretty much any cocktail, is easy to sip and is relatively inexpensive.
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That’s if you can find it anywhere. An elusive unicorn at the moment
Maker's Mark is my favorite of these here. Love the sweetness from the corn!
Excellent video. My favorite bourbon is Woodford Reserve Double Oak.
LOVE it too. The perfect sipper for evenings with music and a good book or perhaps a great movie.
As an American, I love Bourbon and I love whisk(e)y as a whole. This was a great intro series to the spirit, and I recommended it to a friend who was interested in getting into it! Another fantastic video! Keep up the great work!
Thanks pal! Glad to hear it was useful and we love when people spread the word 💕
Your whole whiskey series is really well done. I found it very interesting
Thanks pal, so glad to hear that!
I like Buffalo Trace. It makes for a pretty good Manhattan if paired with Carpano Antiga Formula.
Hmm so much interesting whiskey to drink.... you have done it again it's not even lunch time and I'm thirsty!
The sun is over the yardarm somewhere!
thanks for subtitles.
Great one, Cara, and your guest knows its whiskies ! Cheers !
Great video, my favorite whiskey, living in East Tennessee, Jack Daniels, yes, we are very proud of it, to learn the difference in them by being told by an expert, adds to what you learn by tasting them, you can really tell he knows what he is talking about
Great series on whisky! Will you be going in depth on Scotch and Irish whiskeys?
Definitely! Sooner rather than later on Irish, make sure you hit the notification bell!
Jeebus. I had to check my liquor cabinet at the beginning, half of those are in it. I thought it got raided
Good taste!
Now THAT'S my kind of cabinet!
The other thing that's REALLY taking off re. variations in American whiskey is the use of a wider range of both yeasts AND grains--many of the newer distilleries are finding "heirloom" corns and ryes to use which have different levels of starch than the standard ones which greatly affects the yield and flavor. The other interesting thing about all those barrels is that a LOT of them head for Scotland to age Scotch in. In one amazing deal to guarantee the supply and quality of their barrels, Glenmorangie bought something like 10,000 acres of American oak and made a deal with Brown/Foreman (Jack Daniels, Old Forester, Woodford Reserve and more) which unlike most other distillers has their OWN proprietary cooperage, to let them use the oak in return for sending the whiskey-aged barrels to Scotland for their exclusive use afterwards.
Wow! That's great info! Good to know👍
Great work guys!!
Thanks Danny!
It is not true that _all_ American Whiskies have to be aged in new, charred, American Oak barrels. Although the labelling laws are interesting and the predominant styles meet that criteria :-). For a whiskey to be labelled as "Burbon" it must use new oak barrels. But you can have American Whiskey aged in other ways. Just a single example, Ironroot Republic Hubris is primarily aged in used European oak barrels so it has to be labelled as a "Corn Whiskey" (not a Burbon).
This was so great! V helpful!
As a Kentuckian, it hurts my heart to see a bottle of Buffalo Trace with so few pours taken from it
Haha don’t worry, it didn’t stay that way forever!
That's cause they finished the last one so fast, and had to crack a new one.
That is my daily drink. It was hard to get magnums for awhile, but they seem to be available again.
Awesome video! You guys should follow up on American Single Malt as well
Why is the makers mark 40%? Here in Sweden it's 45%
Sprite are often different ABV for different markets. Tax is very high on spirits here, and done according to the alcohol content so this isn’t the only example of it! We do have a separate product, Makers 46 which is (unsurprisingly!) 46% but it’s more expensive obviously.
Yeah in Canada it’s also 45%
With the Tennessee whiskey I know most people thank of Jack Daniels but George Dickel is the one I think of. And they have another step they chill there whiskey down then run it through the charcoal. I have been told they use a thicker layer of charcoal to.
Dickel 😋 and yes, the charcoal step is what differentiates Tennessee whiskey, but it also meets the requirements for bourbon!
@@BehindtheBar BTW, Dickel is fast becoming one of the largest suppliers of spirits to those doing blends and startups who haven't got their own stock yet--I'm told second only to MGP for doing this. The difference is that those using MGP say so, whereas Dickel prohibits disclosing this via a Non-Disclosure Agreement for some reason known only to them.
Interesting that you identify JD as "foam bananas" -- man, I feel PRUNES... all day long.
Both really common tasting notes, the dried fruit is definitely there too!
The way we used to consume JD at the Naval Air Station outside Memphis I can see where PRUNES might be an appropriate descriptor.
Great episode! Fun to see an Australian’s take on American whiskey. It seems like all the big brands are popular in Australia as well.
Sure are! It would be great to see more of the craft stuff over here actually. Maybe I’ll just have to take a research trip to the States!
Should have covered a 'bottled in bond' product, and a barrel proof.
Great point! Maybe in pt 3?!
Thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep this in mind!
Put the 3 part together
i HAVE A recommendation for a video topic: discuss what the Mash Bill is and how to find one for each type of Whisk(e)y.
On the cards for sure!
That's an excellent point! Really ups your game when you know what that is and how that makes a difference in your product👍
I know it's not a true bourbon. But the crown royal 13 year old bourbon mass. To me was a really good sipping whiskey.
But I didn't care much for the younger version of the blinders mash. To me it was more reyish than the normal corn faward flavor of more common bourbon.
Please do one of what are the best / fail safe whiskey drinks to order at American bars. Because I swear most of the bartenders here have no clue what's what & make THE WORST drinks lol.
"American oak" which is white oak from American
Ah, thanks for the clarification!
The regulations just say oak containers, they don’t specify where the oak has to come from. For example, Buffalo Trace has a brand called Charter oak and their first release was aged in Hungarian oak.
That’s true! It’s always hard to cover all the infinite nuances in these videos and the American new oak influence (vanilla, cream, baking spices etc) tends to be what people associate with bourbon 😊
It depends on what country it's in. In Canada, whisky can be called Rye so long as it has some rye grain in it. *edit, which is covered in the next video, of course.
Bourbon also can't exceed 80% corn by law, above that it is deemed corn whiskey. Great episode.
What makes corn whiskeys not bourbons isn't their higher corn content but their not aging in charred new American oak barrels. A corn whiskey aged in charred new American oak barrels is also simultaneously a bourbon. Jack Daniels at 80% corn is a straight Tennessee bourbon corn whiskey, as is Dickel at 84%. You can be both.
Not true ! it can be 80% or more and still be bourbon if it is aged in a new charred oak barrel!
@@Quintinohthree my mistake, I was thinking of the proof limit 160 (80%) which it can't be distilled above
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My husband and i are big burbon drinkers , him preferring Elijah craig and myself preferring 1912 . We like to mix equal parts burbon and disarono/tuaca with a couple cherries ! Not sure if this is an actual drink or something we made up ... Would love to know what you think pairs best with burbon.
That’s great, and excellent choices! Scotch and Amaretto is called a Godfather so you’ll have to think of a good name for the American version... Nutty flavours will always work well, so do stone fruits like peach and apricot, and berries work well with spicier bourbons too. We’ve done 5 different styles here that might give you some inspiration:
th-cam.com/video/mG4tW-zjFCU/w-d-xo.html
Maybe give the Paper Plane or Scofflaw (substituting in bourbon) a go?
My favorite bourbon would be Bookers or the the Wild Turkey Rare Breed.
Great video =)
Bookers Manhattan is one of my all time faves 😋
@@BehindtheBar I don`t like cocktails all that much, but I will give it a shot =)
Someone should explain NAS whiskey to this dude. With elijah craig and many other brands, it was a huge controversy when these companies put out non-age-statement whiskies. no longer 12 years, to everyones lament....
Not sure what makes you think he doesn’t know about it...he sure does. We just weren’t talking about that here.
@@BehindtheBar the coverage or elijah craig. that bottling specifically dont mean to be a hater. elijah craig used to be an amazing steal. that particular lose is a big one.
Hai madam drinking whiskey with thumbs up good or bad
Jack Daniels is not bourbon it is a Tennessee whiskey says this Kentucky lol.
Absolutely correct sir!
While Jack Daniels is a Tennessee whiskey, it also technically fulfills all the legal requirements of a bourbon., They could claim bourbon status if they wished, but they essentially created a new whiskey category "Tennessee whiskey" by adding the charcoal filtering process to a run of the mill bourbon.
I bet he eats his tip top bread with vegemite
I love fat Coke, but I keep it well away from my Bourbon.
Rittenhouse! Taste way better than makers mark
Rittenhouse is a rye rather than a bourbon so much spicier and definitely delicious! If you like that style, a high rye bourbon like Basil Hayden or Four Roses Small Batch could be right up your alley 😊
I’ve done a couple of videos on the different styles here:
th-cam.com/video/HifjiVJ7jbg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_esT8Uls-6jxxmv2
th-cam.com/video/1Yr3oGgxJqI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Bf_e_djHD7YXITmc
It hurts when these channels use Canadian club (it's crap) as an example of Canadian whiskey, its like using Jose Cuervo as a flagship for Mexican tequila. Lol
What are some good Canadian whiskeys?
@@Barprints I would say for not overly expensive ($25-$50) a bottle (not sure what it would be outside of Canada)
Lot 40
Forty creek double barrel
Pike creek (yes we are apparently unoriginal as 3 unrelated companies have either 40 and or creek in the name haha)
Little more expensive but really nice and probably able to find internationally would be J.P Wisers 18 yr and whistlepig which is technically American but everything is sourced in Canada. Side note maybe it's stereotype Canadian but Alberta where I am from has gotten a lot of love for its whiskey but we never really think of it as being that great so Alberta premium cask strength won Jim Murray's whiskey of the year whatever that's worth anymore lol
@@kelseywalker2342 awesome! Thanks for the recommendations👍🏽
@@Barprints Pike Creek is QUITE good.
You can't classify American and Canadian whiskies together. They are not even similar in the making, let alone interchangeable. And as much as it pains me as a Canadian to say it, American whiskey is much better.
Hey Adam! I think we do make it clear that Canadian whisky is quite different from the States, we go in to it in more detail here:
th-cam.com/video/pDG74vBOqAU/w-d-xo.html
But I think given the similarity of the grains used it’s not unreasonable to have them in the same discussion (the same way that Scotch, Irish and Japanese can be loosely grouped with similar grains and styles of distilling) although we’ll of course look at Canadian in greater detail another time!
@@BehindtheBar it sounds like you're just saying that it's also whisk(e)y and therefore similar. But if you're comparing within the larger category of whisk(e)y, that argument can't be valid. 4 grains (wheat, rye, barley, corn) are responsible for 95%+ of all the worlds' whisk(e)y (guessing off the top of my head, with no qualification of any sort lol), so to me that doesn't constitute an argument for similarity within that larger category.
And mostly, it's a combo of regulation and blending/aging styles that make the two types dissimilar. Canadian regs allow for sweeteners, colourings, etc. Not to mention the separate aging of the different grain whiskies before blending them together, instead of making the "whole" whisk(e)y as one spirit. I can't see them as similar based on those points. And as I said before, I wish we were better at whisk(e)y here, but we just haven't figured it out yet I guess.
Please don't take my comments the wrong way. I've discovered your channel recently and become a big fan. And even if I feel like you're sometimes wrong or mistaken, I very much enjoy your videos.
Cheers!
Canadian Club is NOT American whiskey.
www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/04/05/america-not-synonym-united-states
@@BehindtheBar Nice political correct opinion piece promoting inclusiveness. There are some technically correct bits in the article, but I know a lot of Canadians who will argue they are not American. I also know a lot of Mexican citizens who take affront to be calling American. That being said, you primarily are discussing whiskeys made in the United States of America. Canadian Club is made in Canada and is therefore a Canadian Whisky (and, not even the best example of a good Canadian Whiskey.) In my opinion, calling a Canadian an American is tantamount to calling a Scottish person an English or British person.
Joe Gibson I mean a Scottish person is a British person but that’s a whole other kettle of fish haha. If you watch the video I think we make it clear that Canada has a different set of rules but I think it’s always important to include outliers basically so I can discuss what makes them different to everything else we have there! And we went on to make a Toronto so had to include Canadian whiskey. It’ll certainly get its own video at some point 😊
@@BehindtheBar Are you following the ridiculous attempts by the Scotch Whiskey Association to go after distilleries in Canada and down your way for daring to use Scottish names such as "Caledonian" etc. etc.--even when the distillers have Scots heritage--on the grounds that somehow consumers will be "duped" into believing what they are drinking is Scotch? Insane and really contemptuous of the distillers and consumers both.
CANADIAN WHISKEY PLZ
Jack Daniels?