Decent Bottle of Whiskey

bignev72 · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:29

Hey guys,

It's my friend's 30th birthday soon and he's a big Whiskey fan. He's partial to Whiskey in general but he mainly drinks Jack Daniels.

Does anyone have any suggestions around the £30-40 mark for something a bit more special?

tom_e · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:32

If he likes JD then a bottle of Gentleman Jack would probably be right up his street, I got a bottle for my birthday last year and it's very nice.

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:32

Jack Daniels Honey

bignev72 · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:34

Haha he had both of those before. Any other suggestions?

the_r_sole · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:47

crown royal/knob creek (just for the name)/woodford...
or there was one I saw on tv that was from new york but sounded expensive hudson bourbon maybe?

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 28 Jan 2014 at 15:48

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel

kinobestew123 · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:32

Sounds like we're going down the bourbon route so maybe get him a bottle of Jefferson's Bourbon:

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/mclain-and-kyne/jeffersons-bourbon-whisky/

I've not tried it myself, but my local Aldi have it in at the moment for about the same price and have done since before Christmas. Yours might too.

bignev72 · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:34

kinobestew123 said:
Sounds like we're going down the bourbon route so maybe get him a bottle of Jefferson's Bourbon:

http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/mclain-and-kyne/jeffersons-bourbon-whisky/

I've not tried it myself, but my local Aldi have it in at the moment for about the same price and have done since before Christmas. Yours might too.

Now that looks like a winner!

Mr_Orange · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:35

Woodford Reserve

bignev72 · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:42

Mr_Orange said:
Woodford Reserve

That also looks like a fine suggestion

Chicken #16 · 28 Jan 2014 at 17:09

I'd suggest a bottle of Penderyn Madeira single malt
http://www.welsh-whisky.co.uk/Our-Whiskies/Madeira-Single-Malt.aspx

budwozza · 28 Jan 2014 at 17:53

Simple, get him some Dimple

Skeptic · 28 Jan 2014 at 23:26

Makers mark / makers 46

Illgresi · 29 Jan 2014 at 09:34

Try a single barrel American Whiskey like this.

pitchfork · 29 Jan 2014 at 11:30

The merit of Jack Daniels is it's not a refined whisky, bourbon in general is not a refined expensive "age it for 30 years" type of product.

I'd recommend Makers Mark, Bulleit or Woodford reserve.

Guys who drink JD mainly are rarely scotch guys so I'd stick with the safe bet and go for one of those three.

But if you did venture into Scotch, Macallan 10 year (Sherry Oak) is a good one for getting into it.

matt_fsr · 29 Jan 2014 at 12:06

If he likes Whiskey, perhaps you could educate him into drinking something better, like Whisky?

Maybe a 'sampler' set, possibly home-made, of several miniatures of some scottish whiskies, around the darker / peaty single malts. (Macallan 10 year old sherry is excellent)

Not actually being serious with the whisky snobbery, I just find a lot of people who drink JD drink it because its their first intro to some whiskey/whisky, and haven't really explored the different types and flavours available much.

pitchfork · 29 Jan 2014 at 12:41

matt_fsr said:
Not actually being serious with the whisky snobbery, I just find a lot of people who drink JD drink it because its their first intro to some whiskey/whisky, and haven't really explored the different types and flavours available much.

Bang on, JD isn't a bad whisky, it's just expensive for what you get.

Ysmalari · 29 Jan 2014 at 13:14

For an excellent selection of all sorts of higher end spirits check out:
www.masterofmalt.com

You can even create your own blend!

TehBluebear · 29 Jan 2014 at 13:56

For American stuff, I personally love Bulleit Bourbon, lovely stuff.

ricky · 29 Jan 2014 at 20:05

Mortlach is a very nice single malt