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He's not talking about mixing styles, he's saying preference within style doesn't correlate with price, and I absolutely believe that holds with whiskey (cough

He's not talking about mixing styles, he's saying preference within style doesn't correlate with price, and I absolutely believe that holds with whiskey (cough whistle pig cough). The difference between wine and whiskey is how few options you get within a style in whiskey tasting compared to wine. The options are small enough in whiskey that an amateur on a budget can memorize all of the flavor profiles relatively easily. But that doesn't change the point that blind tasting whiskeys can give you interesting non-price correlated results.

tptacek 10y ago
Oh: strong agree, especially for American whiskey, where there's an extremely drinkable "well whiskey" price range, and an extremely memorable and excellent "boutique" price range (taken up mostly by Buffalo antiques), and virtually nothing worth paying for in the middle, where everyone shops. (What's worse is that a lot of brands want to claim a price in the boutique price range --- like WhistlePig --- and so you really have to know what you're shopping for if you want to pay extra for it). Sorry, Ron! I'm knee-jerk about people comparing wine tasting to beer and whiskey tasting. :)
- lisper 10y ago
  No worries :-)
- nkurz 10y ago
  > virtually nothing worth paying for in the middle I presume you know this, but an awful lot of those craft brands in the middle (including some of the Whistle Pig line) are made by the same distillery in Indiana. Which doesn't mean that they are bad, but it does disincline one to trust any of the puffery one reads on a label: http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/09/best-whiskey-spirits-from-mpg.html http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/09/best-whiskey-spirits-from... I did happen across one brand recently that surprised me by having a genuinely authentic and interesting story. They are doing a sweet potato base blended with their rye cover crop: http://www.outsideonline.com/2040581/drink-your-sweet-potatoes-sweet-potato-liquor http://www.outsideonline.com/2040581/drink-your-sweet-potato...

tptacek 10y ago

Oh: strong agree, especially for American whiskey, where there's an extremely drinkable "well whiskey" price range, and an extremely memorable and excellent "boutique" price range (taken up mostly by Buffalo antiques), and virtually nothing worth paying for in the middle, where everyone shops. (What's worse is that a lot of brands want to claim a price in the boutique price range --- like WhistlePig --- and so you really have to know what you're shopping for if you want to pay extra for it). Sorry, Ron! I'm knee-jerk about people comparing wine tasting to beer and whiskey tasting. :)

lisper 10y ago
No worries :-)
nkurz 10y ago
> virtually nothing worth paying for in the middle I presume you know this, but an awful lot of those craft brands in the middle (including some of the Whistle Pig line) are made by the same distillery in Indiana. Which doesn't mean that they are bad, but it does disincline one to trust any of the puffery one reads on a label: http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/09/best-whiskey-spirits-from-mpg.html http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/09/best-whiskey-spirits-from... I did happen across one brand recently that surprised me by having a genuinely authentic and interesting story. They are doing a sweet potato base blended with their rye cover crop: http://www.outsideonline.com/2040581/drink-your-sweet-potatoes-sweet-potato-liquor http://www.outsideonline.com/2040581/drink-your-sweet-potato...