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added by DBUK Jun 19 '12 at 10:28

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added by DBUK Jun 19 '12 at 10:27

<comments removed> Please do not use comments to answer these questions. This proposal is not part of a Q&A site, and the task at hand is to help define what is on and off topic for a site. Comments are here to help improve the questions; not to answer them. Thank you. – Robert Cartaino♦ Mar 5 at 14:55

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added by DBUK Jun 19 '12 at 10:32

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added by Otavio Macedo Jun 19 '12 at 14:40

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added by SamSPICA Jun 21 '12 at 11:28

Remember that this is just a proposal for a new site. Comments are intended to discuss whether or not the question would be a good fit for the new site. Wait for the beta to begin to answer the questions. Use this time wisely to define the scope of your new site. Good luck! – jmort253 Sep 20 '12 at 1:12

<comments removed> Please do not use comments to answer these questions. Comments are here to help improve the questions. This proposal is not part of the Q&A site, and the task at hand is to help define a future site. Thank you. – Robert Cartaino♦ Sep 20 '12 at 13:41

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added by knut Jun 26 '12 at 9:35

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added by knut Jun 26 '12 at 9:37

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added by knut Jun 26 '12 at 9:38

<comments removed> @duDE Please do not use comments to answer these questions. This proposal is not part of a Q&A site, and the task at hand is to help define what is on and off topic for a site. Comments are here to help improve the questions; not to answer them. Thank you. – Robert Cartaino♦ Mar 5 at 14:56

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added by knut Jun 28 '12 at 18:01

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added by Jon Lin Aug 5 '12 at 17:30

I would prefer to see "what kind of whiskey would you recommend for a beginner?". I wouldn't recommend any single malt scotch for someone new to whiskey. – AutoSponge Aug 11 '12 at 21:33

I think it's a good question, but needs to be careful to avoid being to subjective. I'd recommend a lowland scotch to a whiskey beginner. – freiheit Sep 19 '12 at 22:48

We should consider very carefully how much we want this QA site to be in the whisky-recommendation / whisky-review business. This has the potential to overwhelm the site, and not necessarily in a good way. – mattdm Mar 4 at 21:14

See blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/…, if you haven't already. – mattdm Mar 4 at 21:16

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added by AutoSponge Aug 11 '12 at 21:23

Would need to include some idea of the actual whiskeys... – freiheit Sep 19 '12 at 22:51

I did a tasting with Crown Royal SR, Redbreast, Knob Creek single barrel, and Chivas 18. I planned the menu but there wasn't a great resource, so I figured it would make a good question. – AutoSponge Sep 20 '12 at 1:15

Not at all - just single malt :) – duDE Jan 25 at 13:36

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added by AutoSponge Aug 11 '12 at 21:38

Isn't this worded in such a way that would return only subjective responses? – mikeybaby173 Nov 5 '12 at 19:19

True. Maybe something like "how does an aerator impact taste..." or similar. – DBUK Nov 6 '12 at 13:41

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added by AutoSponge Aug 11 '12 at 21:41

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added by woliveirajr Sep 20 '12 at 16:52

A better way to ask this might be "What characteristics of whiskey are affected by temperature?" – mikeTheLiar Mar 4 at 16:36

@mikeTheLiar thanks a lot for your suggestion! – woliveirajr Mar 4 at 17:11

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added by FossilizedCarlos Sep 24 '12 at 8:47

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added by Alexander Kosubek Oct 1 '12 at 14:53

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added by FossilizedCarlos Oct 10 '12 at 4:47

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added by FossilizedCarlos Oct 10 '12 at 4:48

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added by Karin, edited by woliveirajr May 3 at 17:57

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added by Karin Dec 11 '12 at 6:36

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added by Karin Dec 11 '12 at 6:40

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added by ruffp Dec 15 '12 at 9:56

For the people who downvoted, it would be better to put a comment to explain why this question is not good and how it can be improved. – ruffp Mar 9 at 16:57

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added by Robin Feb 21 at 13:45

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added by SF. Feb 27 at 9:38

	(not for homebrewing, but just as piece of knowledge - what different parts of the process contribute to the final product) – SF. Feb 27 at 9:39
	How should questions like this be moderated? Will it be the same stance as homebrew, or is home distilling out altogether? – anthony-arnold Mar 19 at 6:13
	@anthony: note this is not really a homebrewing question, but more like a very fundamental theory question. I guess homebrewing whiskey requires quite a few sacrifices and shortcuts, but this one is more of the kind of "What is whiskey?" defining the subject through process to obtain it. Of course we can expect homebrewing questions too, just noting this one is not an example of these. – SF. Mar 19 at 17:15

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added by SF. Feb 27 at 9:42

(e.g. is there a set of features/properties/processes or some consortium that decides whether given liquor can be named whisky or not?) – SF. Feb 27 at 9:44

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added by Hugo Dozois Mar 13 at 23:46

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added by Beofett Apr 19 at 15:44

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added by Gertjan Assies Mar 21 at 10:25

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added by Michael Gruber Jul 24 '12 at 14:48

closed as not constructive by mattdm, Robert Cartaino♦ Mar 5 at 14:54

This question is not a good fit to our Q&A format. We expect answers to generally involve facts, references, or specific expertise; this question will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion.

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added by Hugo Dozois Mar 19 at 23:52

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added by Esa Paulasto Apr 10 at 9:20

per television documentary of Jack Daniels' process. – Esa Paulasto Apr 10 at 9:22

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added by Mark Booth Oct 9 '12 at 10:31

I imagine there could very well be a lot of questions like this. From having conversations with people this kind of question pops up a lot: "ooh I had a lovely one, can't remember the name but it was really smokey". – DBUK Oct 23 '12 at 7:26

Thanks DBUK, what interests me is whether it would it be a suitable question for the site. Normally shopping questions aren't suitable for stack exchange, but this doesn't feel like a shopping question to me. However it also doesn't feel like a good fit for a stack exchange question either, since I can't see how it could help future visitors or be easily discoverable for those few people who are interested. Since this is intended to work out whether this type of question is suitable, please vote (up or down) or close. – Mark Booth Oct 23 '12 at 7:52

I understand the pain for someone searching for that one amazing whisky they had one night and forgot the name of, but I definitely agree that it isn't a good question for a stack site, but I can imagine lots of them popping up (and needing closed). – DBUK Oct 24 '12 at 9:20

@DBUK - As well as voting down, people might want to vote to close this question or flag it as needing closing. As I implied earlier, I don't mind loosing a little rep to down votes if it helps clarify what is a good question for this proposal. – Mark Booth Oct 24 '12 at 10:13

This is a common "reverse search" question - given characteristics identify name. There's a plenty of "identify this game" on arqade, "Identify this book" on SciFi or "identify settings/filters/postprocessing effects" on Photography, "Name this dish" on Seasoned Advice or "identify movie" on Movies. This kind of questions is unanswerable for machine searches and Q&A sites are the only that can really answer these. Of course in case of whiskey and how vague and subjective the descriptions can be, it may be far harder to answer than in others. – SF. Apr 8 at 12:10

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added by RioRaider, edited by warren May 1 at 1:00