No, I am not moving from beer to whiskey. But I am intrigued by it for many of the same reasons that I am amazed by beer. So I concocted a tasting (while the wife was out of town) of four random airplane/mini-bar sized whiskey bottles.
1/2 soda and 1/2 whiskey. Here are the results: (in order of my preference)
1. Bulleit
Sawdust. Caramel. Coconut. Barrel. Bit of burn.
2. Canadian
Fruity and perfumey. Mild. Smoothest.
3. Bushmills
Medium peat. Slight burn. Light.
4. Woodford
Smells hotter and thinner. Not much flavor.
I don’t think I will ever become a fan of peat smokiness. But it defeats the Woodford which was very thin to me and had nothing else to add. Canadian Club had by far the smoothest and least burn with some floral hints but was also kinda light to me. The winner by far was the Frontier Whiskey from Bulleit. Loads of wood character and some sweetness as well. Now I can explore that territory since it seems to be my initial flavor preference.