What’s your poison?
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No kidding bunch of high roller drinkers. Guess a cold beer just isn't cool enough?
Water - the nectar of the Gods
Tea - when I want that nectar spiced
Coffee - to get amped
I used to drink a lot but now it's the cleaner life for me. I still enjoy a nice glass of Glenfiddich with friends though.
Tea - when I want that nectar spiced
Coffee - to get amped
I used to drink a lot but now it's the cleaner life for me. I still enjoy a nice glass of Glenfiddich with friends though.
While I won't deny that I've been curious about what this stuff tastes like (for ~30 years...) I've never had the money to 'throw away' on a bottle that stupidly expensive. At the same time, I am also curious about what you are suggesting is "as good/better"? for a less insane price?
Ya'll gotta realize that up here in Canada (1 hour south of the Seagram's Distillery where they make the Crown Royal that ya'll cherish and I find boring) our selection of booze is a LOT smaller than yours, and a LOT more costly than yours. So no, I'm not afraid to admit that my palate is limited and my education is stunted.
Willing to learn though, by all means,,,, willing to learn. As well as "go back for a second opinion", Heh.
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On a completely other note, I've never once understood why people mix their booze with something, let alone something 'sweet'. It just totally confounds me why so many others need to have "candy drinks". For me it has always been either 'straight' or with a bit of branch-water mixed in.
Leave the 'sweet' and the 'coconuts' for your grass skirts, in my opinion. But yeah, nobody asked, right?
For one...it tastes amazing. However, what it's worth is a personal matter. I have never bought a bottle as I would estimate that 30% of the cost, currently at ~$4K, is the bottle. Can you get an Hors d'Age cognac that is cheaper that is as good...yes. One that I have had is the AE Dor Vieille Reserve No 11. I would estimate that is about $2K per bottle...a plain glass bottle. There are others as well that are cheaper but won't be in that league. No two cognacs are the same even if they are aged for the same length of time. There are also others that are $6K, $10K , etc. Is any liquor worth it? Not to me but in much the same way, a $5K rifle is unfathomable to most. The best way to learn is to start with a VSOP. Stick to the 4 principal houses....Remy Martin, Hennessy, Courvoisier and Martel. Once you see what that is like, move up to an XO and see if you can notice a difference.
It all goes up from there. Once you get beyond XO into the Napoleons and Reserves, you are on your own in terms of like and dislike. It is much like good whisky. You have to know what you like and be happy with it. Taste is completely personal despite what you read and hear. Too many people are afraid to say I like this or that because it becomes cantankerous. I have no issue saying that I like Crown Royal...it makes a freaking smooth Manhattan. I keep a big bottle at home along with 12 to 13 other bottles of better whisky but that is saved for a solitary ice cube.
I happen to like some sweet drinks. I LOVE Tiki drinks but then again I love a Gibson made with Plymouth or FEW gin and my homemade onions. I never question what a man drinks. That is just me.
Nik, thanks for that. I do appreciate the lessons and the statements. I won't deny that I am/have been vocal in my thoughts regarding drinks and 'mixes'. I just have a palate, I guess, where anything added instantly turns it to 'syrup' and absolutely mega-emphasized the sweetness. I don't know what it is, as when I was younger I drank coke-a-cola straight. Add some booze and it turned into syrup without the carbonated water.
For how my taste-buds work, there ain't NOTHING pleasant or enjoyable about that. Seems not everyone's the same, and that is hard to remember sometimes. ;D
I don't drink very often, but when I do, I prefer to savor the moments. I'm not 19 and trying to get blasted as fast as I can. It's the journey, not the destination. Other's mileage might vary. Hence why I'm interested about 'gooder stuff'. Ya'll have the experience to share your lessons due to ya'll having SO MUCH MORE access to SO MUCH MORE variety.
I'll raise a glass, as well as share a pour with anyone who comes around.
For how my taste-buds work, there ain't NOTHING pleasant or enjoyable about that. Seems not everyone's the same, and that is hard to remember sometimes. ;D
I don't drink very often, but when I do, I prefer to savor the moments. I'm not 19 and trying to get blasted as fast as I can. It's the journey, not the destination. Other's mileage might vary. Hence why I'm interested about 'gooder stuff'. Ya'll have the experience to share your lessons due to ya'll having SO MUCH MORE access to SO MUCH MORE variety.
I'll raise a glass, as well as share a pour with anyone who comes around.
Tres Generaciones or Hornitos. More often than not in a Margarita but often enough just sipping. Usually Reposado but it's Anejo in the glass right now.
I don't care much for whiskey, which is just as well because whiskey really doesn't like me.
I don't care much for whiskey, which is just as well because whiskey really doesn't like me.
Love tequila but something about it has always been like poison the next day. Body chemistry I guess. Whiskey in a water glass or tumbler seems to fit the bill. I also use it medicinally occasionally for pain, allergies and insomnia.
I have in my cabinet a bottle of James E Pepper 1776, Blantons and 4 Roses for bourbon, the Jamison’s and Bushmills. When I want a drink it is usually a Shiner Bach
I never understood the cabinet point. Mine is on a piece of furniture...lots of bottles.
Why do people keep booze locked away???
Why do people keep booze locked away???
I adore you guys who are realistic about alcohol consumption. I'm self medicating...the 21st Century literally beats my brains out at 63. Without alcohol (good stuff) and anti anxiety/anti depressants I'd not be long for this world.
Didn't see the "current state of affairs" coming and I'm just working my ass off to make it to retirement when I can ride my bike, load/roll my own ammunition, and just stay out of the Way until the end comes. I did my time in the trenches and worked 3 jobs at a time...paid off my home and cars and put .5 mil $ in the bank. Up every day at 5 AM and work my nutz off. Never been arrested and never fucked up anybody that didn't need fucked up.
Alcohol is legal and accepted and I use it to make the bullshit go away. Until my liver gives out I raise my glass to Snipers Hide.
VooDoo
Didn't see the "current state of affairs" coming and I'm just working my ass off to make it to retirement when I can ride my bike, load/roll my own ammunition, and just stay out of the Way until the end comes. I did my time in the trenches and worked 3 jobs at a time...paid off my home and cars and put .5 mil $ in the bank. Up every day at 5 AM and work my nutz off. Never been arrested and never fucked up anybody that didn't need fucked up.
Alcohol is legal and accepted and I use it to make the bullshit go away. Until my liver gives out I raise my glass to Snipers Hide.
VooDoo
Why am I not surprised...love the fridge on carpet look...LOL
Coors light. Or if I'm going to go for the good imported stuff, Corona
I’m an Irish whiskey fan. However, I do like Rye whisky and one bourbon, Weller. Right now I’m drinking an over priced Jameson product call Distillers reserve, it’s not worth the money.
The great thing is that about any type I have tried works. It started with taking a natural supplement call Zyflamend for my back : https://www.amazon.com/New-Chapter-Supplement-Herbal-Relief/dp/B014GSWDEC. I noticed suddenly my awful acid reflux disappeared. Finally someone suggested it was the ginger in it.
I’ve used fresh ginger, powdered ginger and crystalized ginger. Currently I am making shakes with milk, hand full of spinach, honey, fresh chopped ginger and sometimes a bit of peanut butter. I blend on “frap” (high) for a few minutes. I also save the peelings because they peel with a lot fruit left on the peeling. Those i blend with water and strain. That can be used as tea, added to a shake, drank as is with honey or added to soda water for ginger ale.
I am convinced that as folks age, ginger should be in your diet for a variety of health benefits not to mention the stomach. Our stomachs take a beating as we age.....
Hope I answered your questions. If I missed anything let me know.
I agree but would ad in Pierre Ferrand. Try the Selecion de Anges. Around $160. Cognac is a brandy from a region in France and only brandy from that area can be called Cognac. The saying goes "All Cognac is brandy but not all brandy is cognac." Then withing the region there aare divisions, Grand Champagne, Petite Champagne, and a cou[e others I dont recall. The most interesting bottle Ive had was one I picked up in Atlanta circa 1985. I asked if he had any thing unusual and he brought out a dusty bottle of Courvoisier "Grande Fine". Had been in the sotre forever so he let me have it for $65.00. Did a bit of research and found out it had been blended with 70 year old grapes. It amazed me that I was drinking liquor that hac been put in casks before Hitler was in power...1915 or so, very smoothe with great nose.
You nailed it. Great minds. Done that many times. I like warm water and just enough water so it slides down. You’ll build up a resistance over time to ginger. It can be strong for some folks. I have been known to eat it raw sliced off the root when my acid reflux kicks in. It burns in the stomach but its a good burn. I carry some root in my pack when hunting, if it’s flaring up. I take a lot of advil so that is what gets after my stomach. If not for ginger I don't know what I would have done. I used to eat tums. Those are a waste of time now.
Interesting. Watch that Advil, Aleeve wich is similar fucked my stomach. If youre taking it for arthritis try these;
Fresh local honey
Licorice root
Curcumin taken with black pepper extract
Glucosamine.
the last 3 can be ordered from Swansons Vitamins cheaply.
I love it, use it in my baking, but its high in white sugar, not so good.
For anyone who decides to try Cognac, its almost an art form. Perhaps the best thing to come out of France since the Revolution. Get a good glass, they call them 'snifters'. The wide bottom of the bell shape allows a lot of surface contact with your palm and the heat vaporizes the cognac. Then the nose is inserted into the glass and you inhale the vapor. The vapor will ring your bell (nicely) and then you get a breath of fresh air and you come right back...to inhale it again. Up and down. finally you knock back the liquid. Kinda like glue, I rekon, never having tried that.
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I have bought this a couple times https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Peace-Instant-Ginger-Crystals/dp/B002SWB73C
As a young Marine, Wild Turkey 101 was my daily, and weekend bottle. Typically, it was held in the right hand, lit Camel cowboy killer in the left, accompanied by a Country California(Tennessee influenced) rebel rock and roll yell as WOOOOOOO YEAAHHHHHHH ROCK AN ROOOOOLLLLLLL!
Some asshat got me onto JD, which gave me a headache, and tasted like dead bread and ass. Moving back to bourbons later on, and always having gin on hand, my go to's are:
Bourbon, neat, or iced
Old Fashioned
Whiskey Apple Pie
Whiskey Sour
Martini
Gin and Tonic
Blue Meanie(Gin, curacao, sours mix)
Cpper and Kings Absinthe, Port, Irish, and Brandy are on hand as needed or desired
Some asshat got me onto JD, which gave me a headache, and tasted like dead bread and ass. Moving back to bourbons later on, and always having gin on hand, my go to's are:
Bourbon, neat, or iced
Old Fashioned
Whiskey Apple Pie
Whiskey Sour
Martini
Gin and Tonic
Blue Meanie(Gin, curacao, sours mix)
Cpper and Kings Absinthe, Port, Irish, and Brandy are on hand as needed or desired
I love me some beer. I drink lots of it, ice cold, bottle or can. With that said, I enjoy gin every so often, and my favorites are Dutch Courage and Junipero. I drink whiskey and bourbon now and then, but the only one I've enjoyed, unfortunately, was a flask of Woodford Reserve stuff brought over by a friend. He picked it up at their distillery and I have not been able to find more of it.
Jerry
Jerry
I'm not a whiskey guy.
I'm not a scotch guy.
I'm not a bourbon guy.
I would like to be, but I just can't drink the whiskey.
I try to, but I just can't do it. It tastes terrible. I'm sure it's an acquired taste, but I just can't get over the flavor.
Thus, I stay away.
So, I stick to beer.
If I know its gonna be a good night, it's a case of Silver Bullets on the menu. If I just want to have a few, I'm all over the IPAs. Singles, doubles, even a triple now and again.
Thank god for the deregulation on the beer industry.
I'm not a scotch guy.
I'm not a bourbon guy.
I would like to be, but I just can't drink the whiskey.
I try to, but I just can't do it. It tastes terrible. I'm sure it's an acquired taste, but I just can't get over the flavor.
Thus, I stay away.
So, I stick to beer.
If I know its gonna be a good night, it's a case of Silver Bullets on the menu. If I just want to have a few, I'm all over the IPAs. Singles, doubles, even a triple now and again.
Thank god for the deregulation on the beer industry.
I have one brother who doesn’t like whiskey or cigars. I’m starting to think he was secretly adopted.
Do you drink the whisky neat (straight) or have you tried a whisky cocktail? Drinking whisky neat or on ice can be fantastic or horrific depending on the whisky. Scotch is the worst for me. There are VERY FEW scotch whiskies that I can stomach. Most taste like a charcoal briquet. American whiskies can be similar. I know I'll piss off some but Jack Daniels and Jim Beam suck ass. There are others as well.
A properly made Old Fashioned or a Whisky Sour is hard not to like
I've never had either, but I'll definitely give them each a try before too long. Heard them referenced WAY too many times, so I figure I might as well know what's being talked about.
Just as long as there's no little umbrella's involved!
You mean like this one in my Zombie
No umbrellas...LOL
Make sure they use an egg white in the sour to give it a nice frothy head.
Make sure there is no soda water added to the Old Fashioned
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If foofoo drinks are your bag, you can do worse than a Paloma or Cuba libre.
I just really like whiskey. Drinkin' whiskey I like with some ice cubes. Everything else I like neat.
@Nik H - I've tried to be a connoisseur with some degree of sophistication, but I haven't figured out what folks mean when they talk about scotch tasting like charcoal.
Some examples of scotch I don't like too much:
Laphroaig
Lagavulin
Some examples of scotch I love:
Aberlour (A'Bunadh, especially)
Bunnahabhain
Balvenie
Can you articulate what you mean by "charcoal briquet" taste? There's a local distiller in TX that makes a whiskey called "Brimstone" which, to me, tastes like a campfire smells, and I love that shit even though it maxes out the harsh scale IMO.
About mixed drinks:
Good booze should not be mixed with anything but water.
The best way to do it I have found is to take a small sip of good booze, swirl it in the mouth to coat the taste buds, then take a tiny sip of water and swirl it too.
The water opens up the taste buds and enhances the flavor that way.
I have never managed to mix well in a cup.
Margaritas do not need the best Tequila, something like a Kirkland 3 year from Costco should rival any "top shelf" margarita you find. And forget blended, always on the rocks.
Good booze should not be mixed with anything but water.
The best way to do it I have found is to take a small sip of good booze, swirl it in the mouth to coat the taste buds, then take a tiny sip of water and swirl it too.
The water opens up the taste buds and enhances the flavor that way.
I have never managed to mix well in a cup.
Margaritas do not need the best Tequila, something like a Kirkland 3 year from Costco should rival any "top shelf" margarita you find. And forget blended, always on the rocks.
Well...maybe charcoal is the wrong word. The two you mentioned that you don't like are the ones I hate. Some say it is peat...I just taste burned smoke. The only scotches I like are Glenmorangie, Johnnie Walker Blue or Talisker
Also, if someone gives you a drink from a nice bottle, don't throw it back like it's $3 shot night at the local dive bar. That's just rude.
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I learned that lesson early on in life (like 7th grade IIRC). Doesn't just apply to whiskey, either.
Savor those finer moments in life.
Q
QuickNDirty
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That sounds about right. To me it tastes more like scotch tape or cough syrup. A sharp and somewhat unpleasant wave in the 2nd quarter.
I dig Glenmorangie as well. Guess I'm not a peat sort of guy =)
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