Miscellaneous Whiskey - Bourbon

[Tuppertn]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

 

[PigSquealer]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

I use it to clean sax parts🤣. Your sax delivers here today 😂.

 

[Targa]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

You could only have that opinion from drinking it.
Please list in ascending order the ten most disgusting things you have drunk.

 

[Wonko]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

You must have been drinking the wrong whisky's...😉
Anyway, tastes are very individual. My wife likes gin, I don't like gin....

 

[Grumps]

Early Times rotgut whiskey was my first. First to make me puke. Again. And again. So it took my friend Jack to bring me back to whiskey some years later. I also came to realize that drinking rotgut liquor was a sure route to a hangover, so I upgraded accordingly. But Jack is Tennessee whiskey and not true Bourbon.

I actually haven't really gotten into the whole bourbon craze. I actually prefer single malt scotch for my go to in this regard. Funny story how I had my first scotch that vintage horn fans should appreciate. I'm doing a gig with my father's band at a big party at a converted Catholic retreat (into an old folks home). The only call liquor they had... and I didn't want rotgut (see above)... was Dewars. So I figure both my grandfathers drank scotch, so I'll give it go. I asked for a "scotch and soda" and gave it a taste. It tasted like a musty old saxophone case. I like musty old saxophones... so I found my match.

 

[Tuppertn]

I use it to clean sax parts🤣. Your sax delivers here today 😂.

Douse her down! I'm not a fan, but she prefers single malt.

 

[JayeNM]

Bullleit is always a good one here, probably the default "I want something better than Wild Turkey" choice.

For the record - I actually LIKE Wild Turkey....their standard, not their 12-year. Turkey is the occupant of bar wells nationwide here.

Buffalo Trace and Knob Creek are probably the next two most common upper shelf ones most readily available here.

I know, not very cutting edge of me, but....

(Mind you I'd be happy to try Weller or Blanton or something of that ilk, sometime.....but have yet to find an audience member who will buy me one of those , nor would I be inclined to do that to someone who offered to buy me a drink 😳

 

[Tuppertn]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

You could only have that opinion from drinking it.
Please list in ascending order the ten most disgusting things you have drunk.

That's actually a Clara Oswald quote from Dr Who, series...7, I think, "Hide".

Silly things get stuck in my brain and come out at odd moments.

Unfortunately, I'm still not a fan. I had a friend come in from out of town. I took him to out for a nice dinner. Afterward we retired to the bar where he shelled out $150 each for a flight a 4 premium single malt scotches. He was convinced that if I tried really "good" scotch that I would see the light. I could get the smoothness, but I'd still rather just have a nice cup of tea.

 

[lig]

I’ve got a private party gig on Friday. Really looking forward to this one along with my keyboard player. It’s for a construction company that has done *really* well.

Last time we did this one they plied us with Yamazaki and Hibiki 18. Definitely having the missus dropping me off and picking me up after the gig.

I have come to prefer bourbon over the years but the top shelf Japanese whiskys are fabulous.

Kind of a drag that bourbon has become a thing now. Some good ones are getting crazy expensive / difficult to get. I looked up the date of this shot - almost 10 years ago. 🙂

 

[Targa]

That's actually a Clara Oswald quote from Dr Who, series...7, I think, "Hide".

Silly things get stuck in my brain and come out at odd moments.

Unfortunately, I'm still not a fan. I had a friend come in from out of town. I took him to out for a nice dinner. Afterward we retired to the bar where he shelled out $150 each for a flight a 4 premium single malt scotches. He was convinced that if I tried really "good" scotch that I would see the light. I could get the smoothness, but I'd still rather just have a nice cup of tea.

I never watched Dr Who except for maybe an occasional episode with William Hartnell.
The only thing stuck in my brain associated with it is a by now very old Punch cartoon showing a couple of Daleks at the bottom of stairs with the caption:
Well that's buggered up our plans to conquer the universe.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Whiskey is the eleventh most disgusting thing ever invented.

Agree. It’s up there with Oysters, but mostly if you consider yer bog standard Johnnie Walkers. I have had some single malts that were ok, not to mention some Irish.

Main issue could be it doesn’t mix very well, unlike yer gins and yer vodkas. And eve rum that can make a decent Mai Tai or Zombie.

 

[Grumps]

For the record - I actually LIKE Wild Turkey....their standard, not their 12-year. Turkey is the occupant of bar wells nationwide here.

I worked in a dive bar in Boston when I went to school. They outlawed drink specials, so bars shifted to food specials. On the weekends during the day, it was five cent hotdogs. Timmy, who basically cleaned up the place otherwise, was in charge of the dogs. They were the cheapest ones you could get at the Stop&Shop... but they were generally very good. In a pinch. I asked Timmy what his secret was to them. He'd steam them in St. Pauli Girls beer and Wild Turkey 101.

 

[progger]

I wish I didn't, but I like whiskey (and whisky...) very much indeed. Scotch, Irish, Canadian, and American, if it's good-quality, I'll enjoy it. I have a soft spot for Islay and Speyside scotches in particular, and I didn't really care about bourbon until about a dozen years ago, but then I got quite converted indeed...

Damn near anything by the Buffalo Trace distillery is wonderful, and I quite like Bulleit too (although I prefer Bulleit Rye). Basil Hayden's, Blanton's, and Michter's are all lovely. I currently have some Weller Special Reserve that I've been using for Manhattans and Monte Carlos at home, but it's excellent on its own. Legend is that Weller is the same as Pappy Van Winkle (extremely expensive), but the barrels that didn't quite pass a certain taste test, or something like that. I'm sure my palate is far too primitive to notice the difference, so Weller works great for me!

 

[JayeNM]

Kind of a drag that bourbon has become a thing now. Some good ones are getting crazy expensive / difficult to get. I looked up the date of this shot - almost 10 years ago. 🙂

It is true, a decade ago it was not so 'en vogue', lol. But from what I have seen, really, ALL upper-shelf spirits who market themselves in that way really ream you, sitting on their ostensible reputation.

 

[PigSquealer]

Hi, my name is Pigs.
I like oysters, Irish whiskey, cheap hotdogs, Dr Who and C Melody saxophones. I’ve gone 12 hours without having at least one of these.

 

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[Grumps]

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[trimmy]

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