American Honey

Aliantha • May 8, 2010 7:02 am
Wild Turkey Bourbon.

I bought a bottle today, and I have to say I'm impressed. I've been known to sip the odd Makers Mark in my time, but I think this is the best bourbon I've every sipped. Mind you, it does say it's a liquer blend, so that probably accounts for something, but still, it's a nice drop.

I assume there's a few of you have taken a tipple of this one by now?
xoxoxoBruce • May 8, 2010 7:19 am
Sweet 75 proof liqueur?
skysidhe • May 8, 2010 10:52 am
I've never sampled Wild Turkey.

I have tried Pendelton and it's very smooth Canadian whiskey made right here.
squirell nutkin • May 8, 2010 10:51 pm
Isn't Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort?
monster • May 8, 2010 11:19 pm
squirell nutkin;654886 wrote:
Isn't Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort?


Both of which sound like euphemisms on a brothel menu. For all i know about such things.
Aliantha • May 9, 2010 1:52 am
Wild Turkey is just a bourbon. I like it in its original form, but this new version is very nice. It's basically just the standard bourbon mixed with a honey liquer.
zippyt • May 9, 2010 2:01 am
Isn't Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort?

No NOT at ALL !!!
piercehawkeye45 • May 9, 2010 3:19 pm
xoxoxoBruce;654780 wrote:
Sweet 75 proof liqueur?

I thought Wild Turkey was 101 proof?
kerosene • May 10, 2010 12:09 am
Wild Turkey and So Co were what we drank in college dorms. Good stuff...barfy memories. I wish I hadn't ruined the taste for myself way back when.
Flint • May 10, 2010 12:38 am
zippyt;654927 wrote:
Isn't Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort?

No NOT at ALL !!!
ha ha ha it's okay Zip, take a deep breath!
Gravdigr • May 10, 2010 1:21 am
squirell nutkin;654886 wrote:
Isn't Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort?


monster;654892 wrote:
Both of which sound like euphemisms on a brothel menu. For all i know about such things.


Flint;655026 wrote:
ha ha ha it's okay Zip, take a deep breath!


:facepalm:
Urbane Guerrilla • May 10, 2010 3:02 am
Southern Comfort tastes like a less herbal, less sophisticated Drambuie. Based on bourbon. Nice over vanilla ice cream.
Shawnee123 • May 10, 2010 8:40 am
Southern Comfort = Liqueur
Wild Turkey = So NOT liqueur.

Some of you suck at being alcoholics!
glatt • May 10, 2010 8:48 am
case;655019 wrote:
Wild Turkey and So Co were what we drank in college dorms. Good stuff...barfy memories. I wish I hadn't ruined the taste for myself way back when.


Same here. Yuck.
Shawnee123 • May 10, 2010 8:51 am
I've never liked the smell or taste of whiskey. Don't know why, it turns my stomach and not from a bad experience or anything.
squirell nutkin • May 10, 2010 10:03 am
OK, let me rephrase my question. Is Wild Turkey sweetened bourbon the way Southern Comfort is sweetened whiskey?
Gravdigr • May 10, 2010 1:32 pm
Uh-uh. :headshake
xoxoxoBruce • May 11, 2010 10:16 pm
Shawnee123;655072 wrote:
Southern Comfort = Liqueur
Wild Turkey = So NOT liqueur.

Some of you suck at being alcoholics!


Wild Turkey American Honey is a 71 proof Bourbon-based liqueur.
squirell nutkin • May 11, 2010 10:23 pm
So WT Am. Honey IS sweet (like So. Comfort) if it is a liquer.

Whatever, I want no part of sweet booze.
xoxoxoBruce • May 11, 2010 10:34 pm
Yes, the naysayers are probably unaware that Wild turkey bottles several proofs (80, 90, 101, 108) and blends like American Honey.
Aliantha • May 11, 2010 10:44 pm
It's not sweet like so co. It just has a richness of flavour and the aroma of honey is quite strong.

I'm not a so co fan.
xoxoxoBruce • May 11, 2010 10:50 pm
But it's still sweeter than straight Wild Turkey bourbon. That's why it's a liqueur, and that's what he was referring to, I think.
Aliantha • May 11, 2010 10:53 pm
Yes well that's probably right. I just don't want him to think it's really that sweet cause it's not. It just tastes smoother. A lot like drambui I thought.
xoxoxoBruce • May 11, 2010 10:56 pm
But it doesn't curl your toes and shoot thunderbolts from your ears, like old school, Wild Turkey 101. :haha:
Aliantha • May 11, 2010 10:57 pm
Nope, and that's exactly why I like it. lol
Trilby • May 12, 2010 8:09 am
Shawnee123;655072 wrote:
Some of you suck at being alcoholics!


hee, hee. that's funny, shaw!
Shawnee123 • May 12, 2010 9:49 am
It was confusing. I thought Ali had dubbed (regular old)Wild Turkey "American Honey." Then when the question was brought forth "is Wild Turkey like Southern Comfort" I was like...NO WAI!

Turns out, I missed the Ali part where she said it was a liqueur, or I might have googled it to see there is indeed a reasonable facsimile. Then I might have said WAI. But with the question being Wild Turkey vs SoCo...

Oh well, we could all use a little google, I suppose.
Gravdigr • May 12, 2010 4:51 pm
Shawnee123;655695 wrote:
Oh well, we could all use a little Wild Turkey, I suppose.


FIFY.
squirell nutkin • May 12, 2010 10:45 pm
Drambuie is as sweet as syrup.
I don't like sweet booze.
Aliantha • May 12, 2010 11:03 pm
squirell nutkin;655911 wrote:
Drambuie is as sweet as syrup.
I don't like sweet booze.


OK, you don't have to drink it. :)
wolf • May 13, 2010 1:56 am
Aliantha;654779 wrote:
Wild Turkey Bourbon.

I bought a bottle today, and I have to say I'm impressed. I've been known to sip the odd Makers Mark in my time, but I think this is the best bourbon I've every sipped. Mind you, it does say it's a liquer blend, so that probably accounts for something, but still, it's a nice drop.

I assume there's a few of you have taken a tipple of this one by now?


I love this stuff. I hope they keep making Wild Turkey American Honey, or at least let me know if they're intending to stop so I can lay in a supply. I tried it when I was looking for an equivalent to a British honeyed whisky that a friend brought back from Tintagel (or someplace else mystical in England).
Urbane Guerrilla • Jun 11, 2010 8:22 pm
squirell nutkin;655911 wrote:
Drambuie is as sweet as syrup.
I don't like sweet booze.


Mnah, you put it on vanilla ice cream, then. Ya don't like it as booze, you may prefer it as a dessert topping.
GunMaster357 • Jun 14, 2010 8:04 am
My own favorite would be Blanton's Single Barrel