- My grandfather always told me
that breakfast is the most important drink of the day.
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The word whisky comes from an old Gaelic word
called, "uisce beatha".
Uisce beatha means, "water of life".
- I like the way that when you're drinking it,
you're drinking art and history.
- What I look for in whiskey is that first impression.
We drink whiskey with our eyes, our nose,
and our palette.
Oh, that's a lovely whiskey right there.
- It's aggressive.
- That nail polish remover kind of, um,
acetone characteristic.
- Chocolate orange, you know,
that you get at Christmas that you--
- And, a little rubber.
- A prickly finish.
- It's a lovely draft.
I would give this four stars.
- I'll give this a three.
- A very shiny, new penny.
- Pleasant on the nose.
- It's not jumping up to me.
- Really smooth.
I appreciate this.
- There's a hint of waxiness.
One of the things about single grain whiskies
or grain characteristics,
to me, I've always gotten cotton candy and bubble gum.
- This is tolerable.
- I'd give this a three.
- Four out of five.
Looks like an oilier one.
- Good God, oh Lord.
- Werther's Original.
- I want to shave my tongue right now.
- Can I dip my finger in it?
Smelling a little toasty oak.
- If you were to make a cocktail out of this,
the best thing to add to it would be more whiskey.
- So, I would give this a two.
- This barely gets a half star.
- Spicy on the nose.
- So, I see a nice balance between age and elegance.
- Like a baked cinnamon apple.
- Ah, man, I tell you, I'm confused on this one.
- This tastes very bready.
- Sweaty shoes and butterscotch,
with a hint of sweaty saddle leather.
I'm getting drunk. (laughs)
Ah, but, you know what?
Yeah, okay.
- Maybe 3.5.
- Four stars.
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- I would not consider that a whiskey.
- There are so many
beautiful expressions available to drink.
- It's like I took a handful of Red Hots
and a mouthful of Big Red
and then just took grain whiskey
and threw it down the hatch.
- This is no way to live, you guys
- I can't drink this.
It gets one.
- Negative infinity.
- You guys were cruel on a couple of those.
- It's important to know
why you don't like
what you don't like.
So, that was a good refresher course.
- There were also some whiskies that
I thought were fantastic.
- I believe that everyone will find
their whisky that they really love.
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- It speaks to you, you know.