Recommendations for Woodford DO

Stormbringer

After hearing so much about this, I bought some Woodford DO for SWMBO. It's quite different from whiskies from the Scottish Isles (e.g. Talisker, Lugavulin), those are smokey and peaty on the nose and taste. The W-DO OTOH has caramel and toffee notes and less full-on compared to the Scottish ones.

She's looking for recommendations for how y'all drink it. With ice, with mixers and if so which ones?

pgprescott

Stormbringer said:

After hearing so much about this, I bought some Woodford DO for SWMBO. It's quite different from whiskies from the Scottish Isles (e.g. Talisker, Lugavulin), those are smokey and peaty on the nose and taste. The W-DO OTOH has caramel and toffee notes and less full-on compared to the Scottish ones.

She's looking for recommendations for how y'all drink it. With ice, with mixers and if so which ones?

DO is a sweet bourbon. I always say drink what you like and how you like it. That said, it would not be my first choice for cocktails personally. I sip it either neat or over a large ice cube or sphere. You can find something a little “spicier” for half the price that will hold up nicely in a cocktail. However, if you’d like a bourbon cocktail and you DO is your only choice or your perceived best choice, go for it! 

Cheers to you both! 🥃

fishlessman

neat, a once a year mint julep for derby day, simple godfather mixed with disaronno and ice.  bourbons are typically sweet to me, i prefer a descent rye

Langner91

I like it with a couple of small cubes.

MasterC

Woodford Double Oak cocktail recipe
Ice 
2oz Woodford DO 
Splash of spring water 


Enjoy 

fishlessman

theres a bourbon slush recipe floating around here thats pretty popular

nolaegghead

Eoin

Neat. Did you catch it on offer at Waitrose?

fishlessman

its good in a rootbeer float, get the good rootbeer

Eoin

No rootbeer here.

dmchicago

MasterC said:

Woodford Double Oak cocktail recipe
Ice 
2oz Woodford DO 
Splash of spring water 


Enjoy 

2oz?

rookie. 

nolaegghead

Eoin said:

No rootbeer here.

That makes sense, rootbeer was a pre-European, indigenous American beverage made from the root of the sassafras tree.  Safrole, a key component of the root, was banned by the FDA in the 60s because of it's carcinogenicity.  Safrole, interestingly, is also a precursor to making MDMA.

Acn

I drank with one large cube, but truth be told I’ve only ever bought one bottle and finished it probably 5 years ago.  I’d just as soon have regular and $11 left in my pocket, or even more so recently, Elijah Craig small batch and an extra $20.

GrateEggspectations

Anytime I see this bourbon, I think of @bgebrent. Cheers. 

Ozzie_Isaac

fishlessman said:

its good in a rootbeer float, get the good rootbeer

I agree.  Here is my recipe:

4oz Bourbon, pour in glass, enjoy.

lousubcap

Surface, surface there @Stormbringer.  Sounds like many options offered above.
Stay healthy and safe out there-
Cap

Botch

nolaegghead said:  "...carcinogenicity..."

Siri tells me this is an actual word.
So you get a pass.
This time.  

ColbyLang

Neat, no ice no water….have another taste, bottle changes somewhat with air introduction. You’ll pickup different notes the next go round 

Legume

When you’re done with the DO, get some less fancy bourbon and use this recipe.  Don’t skip the egg white or use those red cherries.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/classic-whiskey-sour-2829240

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

When you’re done with the DO, get some less fancy bourbon and use this recipe.  Don’t skip the egg white or use those red cherries.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/classic-whiskey-sour-2829240

I’ve never tried this with the egg whites.  What do they really add?

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

Legume said:

When you’re done with the DO, get some less fancy bourbon and use this recipe.  Don’t skip the egg white or use those red cherries.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/classic-whiskey-sour-2829240

I’ve never tried this with the egg whites.  What do they really add?

Texture. And protein, of course. It gives the drink more body and results in a layer of velvety foam. Very much worth a try. A favourite here. 

Legume

^^^^^ What he said.

JohnInCarolina

Well alright alright alright.

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Legume said:

When you’re done with the DO, get some less fancy bourbon and use this recipe.  Don’t skip the egg white or use those red cherries.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/classic-whiskey-sour-2829240

I’ve never tried this with the egg whites.  What do they really add?

Texture. And protein, of course. It gives the drink more body and results in a layer of velvety foam. Very much worth a try. A favourite here. 

@nnolaegghead Can you use legume water (aquafaba) in place of the egg whites.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

GrateEggspectations said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Legume said:

When you’re done with the DO, get some less fancy bourbon and use this recipe.  Don’t skip the egg white or use those red cherries.

https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/geoffrey-zakarian/classic-whiskey-sour-2829240

I’ve never tried this with the egg whites.  What do they really add?

Texture. And protein, of course. It gives the drink more body and results in a layer of velvety foam. Very much worth a try. A favourite here. 

@nnolaegghead Can you use legume water (aquafaba) in place of the egg whites.

Absolutely.  But more importantly, aquafaba introduced into lamb diets reduces methane emanations by 70%.  (or something I recall like that)

danhoo

Try a Kentucky mule, but maybe with less pricy bourbon. 

fishlessman

Eoin said:

No rootbeer here.

thats as crazy as mushy peas.  you can sub out the rootbeer with any soda, ginger beer would be good. hard cider would work

Stormbringer

Thanks for the info folks. @Eoin yep picked one up in the recent Waitrose bonanza.

JRWhitee

Neat or one large cube is how I like it.

PigBeanUs

Stormbringer said:
 DO SWMBO W-DO OTOH

OMG, that is a lot of IRL initialisms. IDGAF, NGL, but JFC, JSYK, some OAF members W/O a scorecard are gonna be “WTF?” and “WDYM?”

YMMV, and WDIK. But TBF, they can keep PPL from understanding your POV.