I thought I had too but I could not find it so I made another.
Hey how would you guys characterize the flavor profile of different whiskeys?
Canadian
Irish
Scotch
Bourbon
Rye
Most Canadian whiskey is just very...boring. It's good for mixing only. It's usually smooth but of no interesting flavor.
Irish is a less smooth Canadian.
Cheap bourbon is a less smooth,sugary Irish.
Jack Daniels is a less smooth bourbon.
Scotch, bourbon and rye get very tricky as their flavors and profiles go all over the place depending on age, techniques and barreling. Scotch can be somewhat uninteresting yet smooth as warm butter in something like an 18 year Macallan. It won't punch you in the face with a bunch of different things going on. It's just a velvet hammer of smooth warm yummy. But then you pick up something like Lagavulin and the smokey, peaty punch that comes with it and it's an entirely different experience.
Bourbon is similar in that it goes all over the place in flavor and smoothness. Some are sweet. Some are burning. Some are cinnamon and clove. Some are butterscotch. And from bottle to bottle it can change depending on year and selection. A woodford double oak is a like a well aged Macallan. Old Crow Distillery does stuff that has the smokey/peaty notes of a scotch. Bookers is like an aereosolized explosion of cinnamon, burning, vanilla and oak. It's really hard to compare from one to another.
Rye tends to be drier and less sweet than bourbon. And it's got a spicy bite to it that is very different than bourbon. It's what makes it a great mixer for cocktails when you don't want a sugar bomb drink. A manhattan with a good spicy rye and a luxardo cherry is heavenly.