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      Jack Daniels not being in Canada anymore is a net positive for me because i never accidentally get jack when I ask for whiakey.

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      I bet lots of rockstars on their starting days only drank it because they didnt know better and didnt have enough money. Guns n’ Roses had a song after a weird caffeinated wine that was very cheap, it’s the same thing I think. It was called Night Train.

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        Yeah I did the same when I was 16. Had no money and didn’t know better. Just went to the store, bought some JD and drank it with friends in the park. (age limit is now raised to 18 in my country but I was legal to drink at 16).

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    I wanna know how you buy just two packets of ramen.

    What, do they sell the packets individually at a corner store?

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    As a Tennessean, drink something else. Because of Jack Daniels legal thca is being criminalized in the state starting July 1.

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        if you are looking for whiskey: Westward, Dickel, Clemens, 6666, Tincup, Heavens door, Westland, Balcones or Bear fight are good options.

        If its Bourbon: Highwest, Redwood empire, smoke wagon, Penelope, Remus, Pursuit, Old forester, Michters, Russell’s, Dancing panda, Lasso, Hirsch,Four roses, Basil Hayden are all good to decent options

        For Scotch: monkey shoulder, Glenfiddich, Drambuie, Aberlour, Brenne, Dewars, Glenlivet and Singleton are good options

        for Irish whiskey: Jameson, Writters tears, Red Breast, Slãint, and Whistler are decent picks.

        For Japanese whisky: Toki (white or black) kikori and Nikka and Sato Hiki are good Japanese picks

        For Canadian Whisky: Pendleton, crown, black velvet, Pike Creek and forty creek are decent options.

        I tried going with options I have not seen in the comments and I tried to make sure very few was MGP or other white label distilleries. Also I was aiming in the 30ish to 60ish USD range.

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          FOR THE PRICE, Buffalo Trace always seemed okay for me, mostly for cocktails, but I’m not a big liquor guy. I remember loving Angel’s Envy Bourbon years ago, but it wasn’t super cheap.

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          Bullet is also a solid affordable whiskey, coming higher end of take Blanton’s over anything on your list

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            I have 3 different Blantons bottles, 3 E.H. Taylor’s, a Stagg Jr. Penelope Light, a Burnheim 20 year, and a few other notables in my high end collection. Blantons is over priced and over rated. its good, but not $110+ and hard to find good. The cask strength is worth it I think.

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          If you want to buy better alcohol for the price of Jack Daniels… just buy 90 proof and mix something yourself l.

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          Goddamnit, you reminded me Glenfiddich exists and my bottle ran out ages ago. You monster. <cries while purchasing>

          (not an alcoholic, you’re not a monster, just to be clear, I just love the occasional sip of that one, it was my grandfather’s favourite.)

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          Japanese whiskeys are nice. Suntory and Nikka Days make pretty good mixers but if you wanna sip there’s always Hibiki.

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            Happy cake day! I thought about including Hibiki but most prices I see on it start around $50+ but I totally agree, good sipping.

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              Have you tried any Australians, specifically Tasmanians. I have a half dozen names I could throw out but not sure how far out of Australia they have name recognition. Well besides the Springbay but that’s nowhere near the price range these days.

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          Solid reccomendations, thank you! I haven’t tried about 60% of the list, I’ll see what the nearby stores have and get sampling!

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            No worries, I really tried giving a list of not the most common things, a few Commons sprinkled in but I wanted to focus on good stuff thats maybe under represented or under appreciated.

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        Haha you are absolutely not wrong.

        There’s a couple higher end variants that’s are drinkable. But I’m not going to give them the coin to get them.

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      How the eff is that even possible? One producer of a vice is criminalising another vice??

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    Black Label is the absolute minimum I’ll go. When times are better, Aberlour 16 or Glenfarclas 15.

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      I was in the same boat until I discovered the glory of Famous Grouse. It’s not bad, not great, $32 for a handle and hits about the same as black label. I’d still prefer a nice single malt, but times are tough.

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    Is that a 375ml bottle? That one is the 2nd worst priced bottle to buy next to the 1 liter bottle. Idk why they price them so awful but they do. Best priced is 1.75 liter then 750ml followed by the pint bottle which is the first bottle pictured here i believe. Source, worked in liquor store for 3 years.

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    Everyone’s talking about the whisky, but are we not gonna discuss how Maruchan’s Creamy Chicken is one of their worst flavors?

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    [serious] If you can afford whiskey, you can afford decently balanced diet.

    My grocery receipts got a whole lot thinner after I stopped drinking alcohol. And trust me when I say that in my country alcohol is super cheap.

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    Have some class goddamnit! You are living like an animal!

    Glenfiddich and Nong Shim Shin Ramyun Black, get it now!

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        That sounds interesting. I am always trying to cut down on meat consumption in the laziest ways. Thx.

        Edit: And proper vegan! Yep, good stuff. My brother may one day respect me. _

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    Not going to get enough nutrition like that! You need to get multiple flavors!!

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    As an alcoholic with anxiety attacks, I miss being just an alcoholic. I used to feel joy at the sight of a bottle of whisky.