Johnnie Walker blue label - worth it?

[Anonymous]

Don't buy an expensive blended whiskey of any kind. It's swill. Single malt is the only thing worth shelling out major bucks. At the risk of sounding like the anti-US jackholes over on the car thread--American scotch six. Only the Scots know how to make good scotch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:BTW all of these can be found at the new DC Costco, probably cheaper than your local liquor store. They also had Kirkland single malt, believe it or not. And some luxury high-dollar 25 y.o. that was $650, I think. [/quot

Oh stop bragging! Hell will freeze over before Montgomery County Costco sells alcohol.

Not bragging. I live in Montgomery County too and am as frustrated as you. Just providing helpful advice. I'll be doing my Costco-ing in DC from now on. Totally worth the weekend drive. (Unless maybe I try Frederick--that's what posters on the which-Costco-is-best thread suggest.)

Ok, Billy Bob, there is no Costco in the limits of DC. It is a suburban phenom.

[Anonymous]

Might want to get out more, Cleetus.

http://www.costco.com/WarehouseLocatorDetailsView?langId=-1&storeId=10301&catalogId=10701&warehouseNumber=1120&BeginAddress=washington%2C%20d.c.&numOfWarehousesToReturn=5&location=washington%2C%20d.c.&callingPage=WarehouseLocatorView

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/275888.page

[Anonymous]

The MoCo county stores often have great deals on bourbon, not sure about whiskey as I don't drink it, but probably worth checking out if you can't get to the DC costco easily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't buy an expensive blended whiskey of any kind. It's swill. Single malt is the only thing worth shelling out major bucks. At the risk of sounding like the anti-US jackholes over on the car thread--American scotch six. Only the Scots know how to make good scotch.

Just a teeny point. The Scots don't call it scotch, they call it whisky.

[Anonymous]

THE humid streets of Waco, Tex., may not have much in common with the misty glens of Scotland, home to some of the world’s best malt whiskeys.

Not much, that is, until last month, when a single-malt whiskey from the Balcones Distillery in Waco bested nine others, including storied Scottish names like the Balvenie and the Macallan, in a blind panel of British spirits experts.

It was the first time an American whiskey won the Best in Glass, a five-year-old competition to find the best whiskey released in a given year. Balcones, said Neil Ridley, one of the organizers, is everything you’d expect from a young American: brash, robust and full of flavor. “It was like putting a New World wine against an Old World chateau,” he said.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. American whiskey is all about corn and rye; malted barley, the primary grain in the Scotch variety, traditionally plays a minor role in bourbon recipes. And single malts have long been considered an exclusive province of Scotland.

But suddenly, American malted whiskeys — most of them single malts — are popping up, some to loud acclaim. “There’s been a wave this year,” said Sean Josephs, a co-owner of Char No. 4, a restaurant in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, that features a bar flush with domestic and imported whiskeys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/dining/american-malted-whiskeys-win-acclaim.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

support the small guys. they are doing great stuff.
I like all of these:
http://www.balconesdistilling.com/singlemalt
http://www.clearcreekdistillery.com/products/whiskey/

also support DC own for gin http://greenhatgin.com/

[Anonymous]

Cool, thanks for the links. And go Green Hat!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Caol Ila-not for the faint of heart

My DH is a huge single malt lover and this is his absolute favorite of them all.

[Anonymous]

Btw how much do you pay for a jw black? $35 average?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

THE humid streets of Waco, Tex., may not have much in common with the misty glens of Scotland, home to some of the world’s best malt whiskeys.

Not much, that is, until last month, when a single-malt whiskey from the Balcones Distillery in Waco bested nine others, including storied Scottish names like the Balvenie and the Macallan, in a blind panel of British spirits experts.

It was the first time an American whiskey won the Best in Glass, a five-year-old competition to find the best whiskey released in a given year. Balcones, said Neil Ridley, one of the organizers, is everything you’d expect from a young American: brash, robust and full of flavor. “It was like putting a New World wine against an Old World chateau,” he said.

This wasn’t supposed to happen. American whiskey is all about corn and rye; malted barley, the primary grain in the Scotch variety, traditionally plays a minor role in bourbon recipes. And single malts have long been considered an exclusive province of Scotland.

But suddenly, American malted whiskeys — most of them single malts — are popping up, some to loud acclaim. “There’s been a wave this year,” said Sean Josephs, a co-owner of Char No. 4, a restaurant in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, that features a bar flush with domestic and imported whiskeys.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/16/dining/american-malted-whiskeys-win-acclaim.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

support the small guys. they are doing great stuff.
I like all of these:
http://www.balconesdistilling.com/singlemalt
http://www.clearcreekdistillery.com/products/whiskey/

also support DC own for gin http://greenhatgin.com/

Any idea of where to buy Balcones in Maryland or the District?

[Anonymous]

Call first
http://1000corks.com/search?sort=closest&distance=10&st=Balcones&local_mode=on

[Anonymous]

Don't know specifically about Balcones, but I have found excellent whiskey selections at Ace Beverage on NM Ave. (near AU) and at the liquor store just west of Dupont Circle, P Street at 20th. If you go to P Street one, ask for Prav--he's the daytime guy (I think one of the owners). Not all of the staff there are knowledgeable (some will tell you it's all "out of this world"), but Prav knows his stuff.

As PP said, for a particular whiskey, call first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Call first
http://1000corks.com/search?sort=closest&distance=10&st=Balcones&local_mode=on

Thanks.