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If it's anything but water, you're wasting your money on anything above "well" quality.I recently found out that my mother in law likes to mix drinks with whiskey..
Idk about that. If you're pouring a stronger drink, good whiskey is still good whiskey.If it's anything but water, you're wasting your money on anything above "well" quality.
Just get hood river brand or whatever.
I bought the "cheap" redbreast (12 year) I might say that its mighty tasty
You can drink rubbing alcohol?My late great-uncle Jack, a veteran of WW1 trench warfare, had what he called a 'lightning pick-you-up'. It was his firm belief that getting this down you would result in an near-instant recovery from most things short of general decapitation. Since he came home, and most of his pals did not, you can take it to the bank that it was efficacious....
Here it is -
1. Take a ten-ounce glass and 3/4 fill it with pure rubbing alcohol. Here in yUK we'd use methylated spirits, but that has a purple colouring it in to stop old lags buying it as a medicine. I use it it for firing up my live-steam model trains...or when I run out of my usual ethanol.
2. Top it up to within 1/4" of the rim with 'California Syrup of Figs' - at that time, and well into the 1970s, a well-known relaxative of the bowels. I say 're-laxative because having taken the stuff, you keep right on 'going'....
3. Finish it off with a heaped tablespoonful of Andrew's Liver Salts/Krueschen Salts/Nitrate of Magnesia or your favourite non-tablet form of Alka-Seltzer.
4. Stir vigorously and get it down your neck before the fizz disappears.
You WILL feel better. Great-uncle Jack said so.
You can drink rubbing alcohol?
But you won't get drunk right?
View attachment 557175 Man,not sure how I missed the train on this thread!
I love doing "flights" and my famous "world tours" at my bar to figure out what a person likes. Nothing helps figure out your taste better than 10-12 different examples side by side.
Whiskey- imo, you first have to establish how much, or if at all, one likes rye. My taste buds are not a fan, so any mash bill more than 20% gets a gas face from me. Rye brings out a spicy flavor best way I can describe it. If you like rye, the world is your oyster!
Every whiskey and region has its own personality. Canadian, Bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, Irish, Scottish, Japanese.
If someone is a "beginner", I like to start them off with some Irish. Jamison and Bushmills. Smooth, easy, not a powerful flavor. Next would be Canadians. I'm not a fan, but Crown Royal and Pendleton are great examples. Then the bourbons. The real yum!
Knob Creek is an excellent choice at a very good value. One of my favorites. Blanton's is my top bourbon choice right now and I'm 4 horses into completing the race.
If you must mix, the Chairman of the Board did it best with Jack and Coke.
I recently found out that my mother in law likes to mix drinks with whiskey, now and then. I think it would be a great Christmas gift for her that she could enjoy all year. I do not know anything about whiskeys, other than I bought a bottle of Dry Fly Wheat Whiskey a while back. That and I know that it is made in barrels.... So a novice here wanting to get a good gift for someone.
Anyone have any good whiskey suggestions for a gift?
Anyone else try this one yet? It's not bottled in a traditional glass bottle but instead uses a stainless can which might be pretty handy on my Alaska trips.
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At Maker's Mark their aging barrels were in an outdoor rack with 3 sides and a roof. It was about 50' x 200' and covered with corrugated steel roofing/siding, all painted flat black.Yep, some of the distilleries are experimenting with different advanced aging techniqes including putting barrels on ocean going vessels. Temp swings and agitation creating better exposure to oxygen have both been proven to advance aging of spirits. If I remember right one of the distilleries had the roof of one of their barrel storage buildings ripped off during Katrina. Due to other prorities it did not get repaired for quite awhile. The barrels sat exposed to the wind, rain, sun and constant temp swings for well over a year. When the contents were sampled they couldn't believe how fast the aging was taking place. I believe some of there product is purposely stored outdoors now.