Fine Liquor

[SKO]

Frankly, I don't drink much beer. I do, however, consume vast quantities of whiskey and rum and I know many of you do as well. As a college student with a budget I usually can't go much higher than $25 dollars a bottle and for that price range Jameson, Johnny Walker Red, and Jim Beam are the trio that I turn to most when the working day is done. I only drink Jack Daniels when I intend to punish myself like the flagellants of old. As far as rum goes, Bort and I were just extolling the virtues of Sailor Jerry in the shoutbox the other day. I realize most of you guys are a bit more sophisticated (and expensive) with your hard liquor choices, and I know Tonk will recommend a good single malt scotch, but what are some other excellent whiskey, rums, or gins (vodka is for Chads and suicidal Russian authors and tequila is the work of the devil)?

I recommend Knob Creek for anyone looking for a strong, smooth, higher-end bourbon, and The Glenlivet is the only single malt scotch I've had and I was not disappointed.

[Bort]

RE: Scotch

I'm a huge fan of Islay malts like Laphroiag, but it's definitely an acquired taste. Talisker and Lagavulin are also nice.

As far as smooth-tasting Speyside single malts that aren't very expensive, I'm partial to Aberlour.

[R-V]

Lynchburg Lemonade is my usual go-to whiskey, but Ginger Splash is really starting to grow on me.

[Internet Apex]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

But I'm open to all kinds of fun. This thread's gonna ROOOL

[Bort]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

George Dickel, you asshurt hilljack!

Nah, JD has its place.

[Internet Apex]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

George Dickel, you asshurt hilljack!

Nah, JD has its place.

And that place is my liver.

[SKO]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

George Dickel, you asshurt hilljack!

Nah, JD has its place.

And that place is my liver.

I remember a night my freshman year where my roommate and I'd saved up the money to buy a bottle of Knob Creek to split that weekend. We had trouble finding someone of age to go buy it for us, however. By the time we found someone, the good liquor stores were closed, so we sucked it up and told the guy to grab some Jack Daniels at CVS. They were out. We ended up drinking Kessler. It was the worst case of results vs. expectations I'd ever had in my life. I'm not sure what my point is. Jack Daniels is awful, awful stuff.

[Tinker to Evers to Chance]

[Bort]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

George Dickel, you asshurt hilljack!

Nah, JD has its place.

And that place is my liver.

I remember a night my freshman year where my roommate and I'd saved up the money to buy a bottle of Knob Creek to split that weekend. We had trouble finding someone of age to go buy it for us, however. By the time we found someone, the good liquor stores were closed, so we sucked it up and told the guy to grab some Jack Daniels at CVS. They were out. We ended up drinking Kessler. It was the worst case of results vs. expectations I'd ever had in my life. I'm not sure what my point is. Jack Daniels is awful, awful stuff.

Wow, that is a bad case of results vs. expectations. My only comparison was the time a buddy and I were trying to score some blotter, but the dealer never showed up at the bar, so we ended up splitting 6 of budweiser and some Evan Williams Green Label.

I've been sort of delving into anejo tequila lately. I know very little about it, though I enjoy Casa Noble. Anyone got any recommendations?

[Internet Apex]

Jack Daniels, you fancy Dans.

George Dickel, you asshurt hilljack!

Nah, JD has its place.

And that place is my liver.

I remember a night my freshman year where my roommate and I'd saved up the money to buy a bottle of Knob Creek to split that weekend. We had trouble finding someone of age to go buy it for us, however. By the time we found someone, the good liquor stores were closed, so we sucked it up and told the guy to grab some Jack Daniels at CVS. They were out. We ended up drinking Kessler. It was the worst case of results vs. expectations I'd ever had in my life. I'm not sure what my point is. Jack Daniels is awful, awful stuff.

Wow, that is a bad case of results vs. expectations. My only comparison was the time a buddy and I were trying to score some blotter, but the dealer never showed up at the bar, so we ended up splitting 6 of budweiser and some Evan Williams Green Label.

I've been sort of delving into anejo tequila lately. I know very little about it, though I enjoy Casa Noble. Anyone got any recommendations.

Ever taken blotter that wasn't? Oh, how...

[SKO]

Maker's Mark is an excellent whiskey. Have you ever had one of their cigars? Tastes just like the whiskey. I had one while drinking the whiskey and it was surreal.

[Internet Apex]

I think somebody who knows something needs to get in here and save us from our running Osco commercial. Or we should start talking about acid again.

[SKO]

I think somebody who knows something needs to get in here and save us from our running Osco commercial. Or we should start talking about acid again.

Gil recommended Woodford Reserve in the shoutbox yesterday. That looks like a classy bourbon. I didn't feel like ponying up the 36 bucks last night, so I bought a bottle of Sailor for 14.00. But I will try it at some point. It just Looks like a fine bourbon.

[Slaky]

Woodford Reserve is fucking fantastic. It's just delicious. It heals the sick.

A recent discovery of mine is that sipping a fine scotch, in this case Nectar D'Or, with a big cigar on one's rooftop deck is pretty much unbeatable. Cigars and scotch go together like Fork and fagatronics.

Like Jon, I also enjoy the peaty, islay scotch from time to time. Laphroaig will make you into a man post-haste.

As for vodkas, it's different, but Zubrowka vodka from the Motherland is one of my favorites. Really smooth and has a unique taste due to the blade of grass in there. I always have a bottle in the freezer.

[flannj]

Rum: Appleton Reserve, Mount Gay (especially if you can get some that is actually bottled in Barbados), and I agree on the Sailor Jerry.

Gin: I know Tonker likes Plymouth as do I but I prefer Tanqueray (the regular London Dry not Tanqueray 10). Bombay tastes like soap.

Tequila: Herradura Blanco. Hmmm... agave.

Vodka: Sorry SKO but you haven't lived until you've had a perfectly made Grey Goose martini. Up with just the thinnest layer of ice and blue cheese stuffed olives.

Whiskey: Can't... do... it. It doesn't matter what kind, all of it brings me back to puking into an evergreen hedge in 1977.