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Vox Nihili posted:Have you tried 114? It's excellent, and not nearly as overpowering as you'd fear. Possibly, I'm thinking of getting myself a nice bottle of bourbon to kill this weekend after a 70 hour event week and I'm still not sure what. What's the best within the $50 or so price range? That, or maybe a nice bottle of brandy, a spirit which I know almost nothing about
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# ? Jun 7, 2017 14:06 |
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Price for most Bourbon is under $50, it's availability of the good bourbons that is an issue. Id guess of the sub $50 that you might still be able to find, Elmer T Lee would be a good bet.
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# ? Jun 7, 2017 16:34 |
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Epic High Five posted:Possibly, I'm thinking of getting myself a nice bottle of bourbon to kill this weekend after a 70 hour event week and I'm still not sure what. What's the best within the $50 or so price range? Four Roses Single Barrel or Old Forrester 1920 prohibition style are great and in that price range Edit: actually you may also be able to get Russells Reserve Single Barrel for around that price too Deceptive Thinker has issued a correction as of 16:44 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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2DCAT posted:Price for most Bourbon is under $50, it's availability of the good bourbons that is an issue. Id guess of the sub $50 that you might still be able to find, Elmer T Lee would be a good bet. I live like an hour and a half from the bourbon trail so I can actually get my hands on most stuff that isn't designed to be extremely limited availability for NYC bourbon bars Deceptive Thinker posted:Four Roses Single Barrel or Old Forrester 1920 prohibition style are great and in that price range Pretty much all of these are available here, I'll go with the Old Forrester I think
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Epic High Five posted:Possibly, I'm thinking of getting myself a nice bottle of bourbon to kill this weekend after a 70 hour event week and I'm still not sure what. What's the best within the $50 or so price range? Just buy a bottle of Buffalo Trace and if you want it fancier for 50$ buy two.
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 03:26 |
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At least IMO the difference between mid priced bourbon and high priced bourbon isn't that much at all, especailly compared to scotch or brandies. edit: It should be under $50 but I recently finished a bottle of Le Reviseur Single Estate which I though was really good Cognac. Bip Roberts has issued a correction as of 03:36 on Jun 8, 2017 |
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Bip Roberts posted:Just buy a bottle of Buffalo Trace and if you want it fancier for 50$ buy two. Finally, a smart post on this subforum.
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 03:46 |
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I'm not sold on expensive bourbons being necessarily worth the cost, but it's my favorite genre of spirits and I've never gone pricier than $25 in my life, so why not ya know?
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 03:48 |
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Also I think Scotch is a massively overpriced ripoff
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 03:49 |
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Epic High Five posted:Also I think Scotch is a massively overpriced ripoff Japanese stuff is the worst now in terms of value. Scotch can have ok value around 10-12 years of age if you know what you want, the price balloons massively after that. Bourbon and rye are ridiculously competitive in terms of price, but the really good stuff is extremely hard to find and occasionally priced through the roof. If you like rye, Pikesville is a pretty good choice. In terms of bourbon, the best consistent value in the higher-end range is probably Russell's Reserve. If you can find Booker's for $50 or less it's pretty decent, too, but the age goes down and the price goes up every year now. Can't go wrong with Evan Williams Single Barrel, of course, but that's not "expensive enough" to be high-end I guess.
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 08:02 |
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Ballantine and Pinch are the low-priced scotches for me.
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 08:03 |
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Vox Nihili posted:Japanese stuff is the worst now in terms of value. Scotch can have ok value around 10-12 years of age if you know what you want, the price balloons massively after that. Evan Williams is perf for the discriminating alcoholic on a budget, imo in my case, i have been ingesting endless gin and tonics while using new amsterdam gin, and it has been luscious join me!
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 08:09 |
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Bip Roberts posted:Just buy a bottle of Buffalo Trace and if you want it fancier for 50$ buy two. IMO Bourbon should be bottled at at least 100 proof
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 12:27 |
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Vox Nihili posted:Japanese stuff is the worst now in terms of value. Scotch can have ok value around 10-12 years of age if you know what you want, the price balloons massively after that. Russel's Reserve 10 year it is then
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Lindsey O. Graham posted:Evan Williams is perf for the discriminating alcoholic on a budget, imo my grandma liked gin and squirt, and i do too
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 13:46 |
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if you're spending 50 dollars on a single bottle, how much do you spend on scratch offs and do you still have left over for a gallon of milk for your kids
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 13:46 |
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An Apple A Gay posted:if you're spending 50 dollars on a single bottle, how much do you spend on scratch offs and do you still have left over for a gallon of milk for your kids I just got a huge raise in a new position that I just worked a bunch of overtime for during an event week and I don't have any kids so
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 14:01 |
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get two fifths of wild turkey 101 for less than 50 or go to sams you don't need a membership to buy tobacco or liquor, they'll have 1.75s on sale edit: next you're gonna tell me how you play golf too like trump
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An Apple A Gay posted:get two fifths of wild turkey 101 for less than 50 or go to sams you don't need a membership to buy tobacco or liquor, they'll have 1.75s on sale golf is a plague I'm getting a $50 bottle of bourbon before going back to EW white label as my day to day and YOU CAN'T STOP ME
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 14:12 |
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Epic High Five posted:Russel's Reserve 10 year it is then RR has become my new daily sipper as of late and it's super delicious
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 14:35 |
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o p p o r t u n i t y c o s t cheers
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# ? Jun 8, 2017 16:43 |
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got any sevens posted:my grandma liked gin and squirt, and i do too a kindred spirit! also, you must be thirty years my junior being that i am in my sixties! i love it i like gin an' squirt, mint juleps, mojito's, an' i like ma' bourbon, jameson, and rhye, neat
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An Apple A Gay posted:o p p o r t u n i t y you jus get rid o relevant costs, like food, and clothing, and you realize you got jus enough
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# ? Jun 9, 2017 08:36 |
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Staying in Seoul rn to dehumanize myself and face to bloodshed Soju is 40 proof and 1500won (like $1.30) is a high price in a grocery store for 500ml Dehumanizing pretty hard
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# ? Jun 9, 2017 12:09 |
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Watched a guy drink 4 liters of it too, yesterday
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An Apple A Gay posted:o p p o r t u n i t y i pick opportunity up any time i see it at costco
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Epic High Five posted:I just got a huge raise in a new position that I just worked a bunch of overtime for during an event week and I don't have any kids so Congrats, dude.
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curufinor posted:Staying in Seoul rn to dehumanize myself and face to bloodshed Koreans are crazy drinkers 2013 data based on 1.5oz servings of liquor consumed per capita~ South Korea — 11.2 shots/week Russia — 5.0 shots/week Thailand — 4.8 shots/week Poland — 4.0 shots/week Japan — 3.6 shots/week Philippines — 3.5 shots/week Bulgaria — 3.3 shots/week Slovakia — 3.0 shots/week Ukraine — 2.8 shots/week France — 2.7 shots/week
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Vox Nihili posted:Koreans are crazy drinkers 2017 data based on 1.5oz servings of liquor consumed per capita~ Nite Crew — 47 shots/week South Korea — 11.2 shots/week Russia — 5.0 shots/week Thailand — 4.8 shots/week Poland — 4.0 shots/week Japan — 3.6 shots/week Philippines — 3.5 shots/week Bulgaria — 3.3 shots/week Slovakia — 3.0 shots/week Ukraine — 2.8 shots/week France — 2.7 shots/week Day Crew — 17 glasses milk/week
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It's crazy how many normies are basically teetotallers Vox Nihili posted:Congrats, dude. Thanx 24 hours of overtime but my team and I crushed it for an event that is under enormous executive scrutiny Now I am off to see Priscilla, Queen of the Desert at an outdoor amphitheater and then guzzle celebratory bourbon all weekend
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Vox Nihili posted:Koreans are crazy drinkers are they countin the wine for france, because they drink wine with dinna every night i for ma part put south koreans to shame
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Epic High Five posted:It's crazy how many normies are basically teetotallers nice! enjoy!
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# ? Jun 10, 2017 00:28 |
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JTS Brown Bottled in Bond is so drat good. $12 a bottle too. Just switched to that after my $30 Russel's Reserve 10 year and drat is it so much smoother and 6 proof higher. I hate that KY won't export this poo poo out of their state...
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2DCAT posted:JTS Brown Bottled in Bond is so drat good. $12 a bottle too. Just switched to that after my $30 Russel's Reserve 10 year and drat is it so much smoother and 6 proof higher. I hate that KY won't export this poo poo out of their state... i'm not flyin to kentucky for that, though the thought did cross my mind
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I got some Old Grand Dad 100 the other day and my brother gave me a death star ice mold. It's a pretty good sipping drink.
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# ? Jun 10, 2017 03:51 |
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im drinking jim beam and sparkling mineral water
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Baloogan posted:im drinking jim beam and sparkling mineral water mixed or chasers?
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got any sevens posted:mixed or chasers? mixed
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Baloogan posted:im drinking jim beam and sparkling mineral water interesting
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My favorite drink, and perhaps the most versatile drink around, the Irish Coffee The 'authentic' way Warm the glassware using hot water to ensure coffee doesn't immediately lose any warmth. Dump the water out and dry the mug. Add coffee and brown sugar - sugar's optional, but people insist it helps the cream float. Then, Irish whiskey. I prefer Bushmills, in a 3 to 1 ratio but anywhere from 2 to 4 is fine. Gently float heavy cream on top by pouring it on the the back of a spoon to layer the drink. The proper Irish coffee will have the perfect balance of bitter coffee to sweet sugar and smooth whiskey, from warm coffee to cold cream, from the upper of caffeine to the 80 proof depressant. The most reliable way Get coffee. Pour in some Bushmills. Taste it. Adjust coffee or liquor amount. Repeat. You lose the Instagram-approved layering but who cares. You have a no-frills drink that can be enjoyed at literally any moment that relies on the ubiquity of coffee, one of the most popular beverages in the world. Got roped into brunch? Irish coffee! At a wedding where dessert's being brought around? Irish coffee! Been day drinking and need to rally some energy? Irish coffee! Need to blunt a hangover? Irish coffee! Most importantly, check out this Irish coffee cup: What did Bunny Colvin tell us? You wave around a bottle of beer at the farmer's market or at a 10 AM meeting, for some reason people will hassle you, say you have a problem or are a public nuisance. Put your liquor in the same paper bag that they all drink from.
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