I need Whiskey help please. Top 5 whiskeys.

[buffalobo]

Your list is started ok. Finish with

(Bullet)Bulleit Frontier
(Bullet)Bulleit Rye
Gentleman Jack

Check Cigar Aficionado magazine for the latest top five cigars(am a fan of the Makers Mark cigars, I buy them at a liquor in Casper when I pass thru). I know very little about cigars except what I like and the fact that I don't want to spend alot of money on them.

[bczandm]

Balvenie Double Wood- My favorite single malt

Dimple Pinch- My favorite blend

Lagavulin- My favorite with steak, but exceptional overall!

My only suggestion would be to avoid certain single malts, depending on your crowd. Some of the single's (Bowmore, Laphroaig for examples) don't do well with people who don't drink scotches on a regular basis.

[jmg8550]

Glenfiddich Solera Reserve Single Malt
Crown Royal XR
Jack Daniels Single Barrel
Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey

[Sharpienads]

I hate Stranahans. But I do like Jack and Jameson. I have simple tastes. Buffalo Trace is really good as well. A whiskey bar is a really cool idea.

[ghettodub]

Whisky is such a broad category... So even though I quit drinking three years ago, here's the list from this former alky (and strictly a whisky drinker). And FWIW and my .02, don't go less than 15 year. Makes a huge difference...

Dalwhinnie is probably my favourite scotch whisky
I liked Makers Mark for bourban
Rye: Hard to beat Crown Royal
Irish: Jameson 18 is wicked, as is Connemara
Japanese: Suntory Yamazaki is pretty great.

[J]

Stranahan's is about the best for the money and it's local (don't you dare ruin it with a mixer...). A glass of that and a Cohiba are weekly traditions around my fire pit. I wouldn't spend $250 per bottle on rare whiskey that no one is going to appreciate. If I run across the pond again before you leave, I'll grab you some cubans...

I think I must be a whiskey snob. But stranahans is very overpriced for the quality IMHO compared with what you can get in single barrel small batch out of bullet county. feel the same way about peach street out of palisade. I really want a good Colorado whiskey, haven't found it yet.

The CO guys charge 15-20 year prices for a 3-5 year whiskey.

[J]

Rye: Hard to beat Crown

Crown is a blend, less than half rye.

[275RLTW]

I hate Stranahans.

Blasphemy! I forgot, you AF guys probally hate MREs too and enjoy chow hall slop. Are you even allowed to sit around some Ranger TV (camp fire) or do you get hazardous duty for not having a toilet nearby?

[J]

Blasphemy? More like truth. It is really a very mediocre $50+ bottle of whiskey.

[bobbyfairbanks]

Hands down Jefferson's Reserve is the finest Bourbon ever made.