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Hello!

Welcome from Vancouver Island! Great forum here - I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

Big fan. Seen all your videos, some multiple times. Appreciate your skill as a hobby machinist and love for teaching. It really is a gift.

And Milo and Atlas want me to ask you to say “Hi!” to Sprocket.
 
Welcome to the board from Kelowna BC, in the heart of the Okanagan Valley.
As others have stated...also a fan of your channel content and easy to follow tutorials.
I have referred to your videos on several occasions
You'll find there are a lot of members here who love a good challenge, be it with a process, a material, a machine revival or whatever...it's the community and the comradery that should make anyone feel welcome.
 
Blondihacks said:
Anything peaty and Irish or smokey and Scotch, really. Connemara is a favourite, as is Laphroaig. One thing I miss from the States is Pappy Van Winkle. Unobtainium up here, sadly.
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I have a square foot of Peat Bog in Scotland from all the Laphroaig that has found it's way into our house. The quarter cask is still my favourite.
You mentioned you were deep in the interior. The interior is usually BC but likely not close to Penticton. There was long discussion on the kentucky style Bourbon made there. I buy that and have Canada Post ship it so my wife stays happy.
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Chicken lights said:
Alright - what's the difference between whiskey and bourbon?
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Whisky is made from various grains. The malted barley in Scotland. It's made that way here in a local Vancouver Island distillery but can't be called Scotch. In Alberta Rye whisky is kind of self explanatory. True Bourbon whisky uses corn but again how and in what it's aged determines how it tastes. Same with all the other whiskies.
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@Blondihacks - Here's how you might be able to get Pappy Van Winkle in Canada:

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario occasionally receives very small allocations of Pappy Van Winkle and other rare whiskies. They typically sell these through highly anticipated online lotteries or controlled allocations, which are announced well in advance. You'd need to register for their special releases or Vintages email lists to be notified. The prices, while higher than MSRP, are typically still much lower than the secondary market.

The Société des alcools du Québec operates similarly. They have product pages for Pappy Van Winkle 20 and 23-year-old, but typically show them as "Not available online. Not available in stores." This indicates they are released via specific, limited allocation events only.

The BC Liquor Stores also have a "Collectibles" program. Pappy Van Winkle is listed in their brochure at specified prices (e.g., $300 for 15-year, $500 for 20-year, $800 for 23-year), but these are usually released through highly competitive special draws or allocations.

In Alberta, where liquor retail is privatized, the AGLC manages distribution. Some private liquor stores in Alberta (like BSW Liquor or Liquor Barn often showing "Sold Out" or "Unavailable" might receive allocations. These stores often run their own lottery or waitlist systems.

In Manitoba the Manitoba Liquor Marts have explicitly held "Premium Spirit Release" online draws for Pappy Van Winkle and other highly sought-after bourbons, as recently as September-October 2024. This looks to me like the best mechanism for potential acquisition.

Similar to other provincial bodies, the NSLC in Nova Scotia manage any limited allocations they receive through a lottery or special release.

There are also Secondary Market / Auctions: This is where most of the Pappy Van Winkle available in Canada appears, but at VERY significantly inflated prices like 5-10k for a bottle! (HOLY CRAP!) For example, Waddington's in Ontario is an auction house that is permitted by the LCBO to consign and sell spirits in the secondary market in Ontario. Similarly, there are a few on-line outfits that carry it for many thousands of dollars.

Hope that helps. If I were you, I'd register with the 4 western provincial liquor control boards and wait for it to pop up. Hopefully tarriffs won't apply.
 
Susquatch said:
@Blondihacks - Here's how you might be able to get Pappy Van Winkle in Canada:

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario occasionally receives very small allocations of Pappy Van Winkle and other rare whiskies. They typically sell these through highly anticipated online lotteries or controlled allocations, which are announced well in advance. You'd need to register for their special releases or Vintages email lists to be notified. The prices, while higher than MSRP, are typically still much lower than the secondary market.

The Société des alcools du Québec operates similarly. They have product pages for Pappy Van Winkle 20 and 23-year-old, but typically show them as "Not available online. Not available in stores." This indicates they are released via specific, limited allocation events only.

The BC Liquor Stores also have a "Collectibles" program. Pappy Van Winkle is listed in their brochure at specified prices (e.g., $300 for 15-year, $500 for 20-year, $800 for 23-year), but these are usually released through highly competitive special draws or allocations.

In Alberta, where liquor retail is privatized, the AGLC manages distribution. Some private liquor stores in Alberta (like BSW Liquor or Liquor Barn often showing "Sold Out" or "Unavailable" might receive allocations. These stores often run their own lottery or waitlist systems.

In Manitoba the Manitoba Liquor Marts have explicitly held "Premium Spirit Release" online draws for Pappy Van Winkle and other highly sought-after bourbons, as recently as September-October 2024. This looks to me like the best mechanism for potential acquisition.

Similar to other provincial bodies, the NSLC in Nova Scotia manage any limited allocations they receive through a lottery or special release.

There are also Secondary Market / Auctions: This is where most of the Pappy Van Winkle available in Canada appears, but at VERY significantly inflated prices like 5-10k for a bottle! (HOLY CRAP!) For example, Waddington's in Ontario is an auction house that is permitted by the LCBO to consign and sell spirits in the secondary market in Ontario. Similarly, there are a few on-line outfits that carry it for many thousands of dollars.

Hope that helps. If I were you, I'd register with the 4 western provincial liquor control boards and wait for it to pop up. Hopefully tarriffs won't apply.
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Interesting that you know so much about buying booze anywhere in Canada... Interesting... Hmmmm....
 
Welcoming Blondihacks to the forum drifting a bit to a “what whiskey do you like” discussion.

So here is my 2 cents worth: Canada’s J P Wiser’s Triple Barrel (42.6%) is near the top of my list for great value. But my all time favourite goes to the Irish and IMO their best of the best is 21 year old Redbrest.
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CWret said:
Welcoming Blondihacks to the forum drifting a bit to a “what whiskey do you like” discussion.

So here is my 2 cents worth: Canada’s J P Wiser’s Triple Barrel (42.6%) is near the top of my list for great value. But my all time favourite goes to the Irish and IMO their best of the best is 21 year old Redbrest.
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I'm a peasant. I like Wisers deluxe

I might regret asking this- is whisky meant to be neat or do you mix it? Bourbon always seems to get referred to as "sipping" for some reason, do those guys get straws?
 
Another welcome from Ontario Quinn. I love you your videos, they are great for a beginner like me.
I am a long time beer drinker, that is starting to dabble in Scotch.
(I have put a bottle of MacAllan 12yr Scotch on my Birthday wish list)
 
Chicken lights said:
I'm a peasant. I like Wisers deluxe

I might regret asking this- is whisky meant to be neat or do you mix it? Bourbon always seems to get referred to as "sipping" for some reason, do those guys get straws?
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Now we're getting into dangerous territory.

Purests will say neat (without mixer, water or ice). "Sippin'" Whiskey originally (so I've been told) referred to aged/smooth whiskey as opposed to what comes out of the still (back when many people, including George Washington, made their own).

However, back in the 70's I visited the Black & White Distillery outside of Glasgow and they added a spash of water to their whisky prior to serving it. Also, in the 90's when passing through Heathrow I stopped for a taste at the Duty Free and the young lady advised I should try the Single-Malt (I forget which brand) with a little water to "open it up."

Fine Liquores and Brandy should be enjoyed undiluted at room temperature, or slightly warmed either by hand or a gentle flame (outside the glass!) so that one may savour the aroma.

Ed McMahon (Johnny Carson's sidekick) used to say, "You can mix Bourbon and Coke, and you can look at it, but you can't drink it."

On the other hand, Sandy Kominsky claimed that his favorite drink (Jack Daniels & Diet Dr. Pepper) was concocted by Leonard Cohen.

To make matters worse, zero alcohol spirits (you can't call them whiskey or whisky, although some do so) and brews are becoming popular, including Guinness (which is actually pretty good, as is Heineken Zero). I tried Spiritless Kentucky 74 last year, but only because they had a money-back guarantee (less shipping): it was horrible; even though they only recommend using it in mixed drinks, it still tasted like real stump water (not the pure water ladled from a hollow stump, but water in which shards of bark had been boiled – oaky, yes, but not in a good way). It was barely OK mixed 2:1 (real whiskey [not bourbon!]: Spiritless), so I got my money back. Adding insult to injury, these "beverages" cost significantly more than the real thing (even without tariffs) due to additional processing steps and low volumes.
 
ChazzC said:
To make matters worse, zero alcohol spirits (you can't call them whiskey or whisky, although some do so) and brews are becoming popular, including Guinness (which is actually pretty good, as is Heineken Zero
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I read somewhere that the 0 % beers are now made with a different type of yeast that does not produce alcohol, or very little, as opposed to old way which was to basically cook regular beer until the alcohol had fumed off, taking most of the flavours with it. My wife likes the near beers but I'm still a peasant and want my bad habits to have consequences so I stick with regular brews.
 
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