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owls or something posted:All whiskey tastes the same to me. I remember a guy I know passing around some super expensive bottle of Jonnie Walker and I tried it. I was like "yeah this is really great mam, wow". But really it just tasted the same as everything else I've ever tried. That's sorta reasonable. Unless you drink the stuff regularly and make an effort to notice the different flavors, whiskey will just taste like burning
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I'm making some BBQ sauce and poured some Makers Mark in there because it's cheap and not that good.
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Honestly I don't tend to cook them myself, or even necessarily use sugar, I just slice/pierce the cherries. You can crack a few pits for that "almond" (cyanide) taste; IANAD but unless you go whole-hog on dozens of pits you should be fine per google. Me personally I take pliers and crunch a couple pits, but it's optional. do you know that they sell almond extract in stores, and those little bottles are alcohol based so would have zero problem mixing the flavor in? maybe use a drop of that instead if you'd like some non-lethal almond flavor.
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Jul 3, 2016 00:43
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Authenticity.  Plus a bottle of extract costs a couple bucks, but I already own pliers.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:25
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Old crow is 51% bourbon and 49‰ grain neutral spirits. That's why you go for Kentucky gentleman, benchmark or my old trusty, Jim Beam.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:34
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owls or something posted:All whiskey tastes the same to me. I remember a guy I know passing around some super expensive bottle of Jonnie Walker and I tried it. I was like "yeah this is really great mam, wow". But really it just tasted the same as everything else I've ever tried. Yukon Jack is horrible.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:34
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Where are people where Maker's Mark is cheap? Around CA that crap thinks its top shelf, even sells for full Jim Beam prices in half-sized (350ml) bottles. A couple bucks more gets you 1.75 liters of Evan.
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Jul 3, 2016 03:38
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owls or something posted:All whiskey tastes the same to me. I remember a guy I know passing around some super expensive bottle of Jonnie Walker and I tried it. I was like "yeah this is really great mam, wow". But really it just tasted the same as everything else I've ever tried. ever since i quit smoking and moved to colorado most whiskey tastes like literal flat soda sugar water to me. probably more the effect of the former than the latter, but both at the same time gave me a taste for the dry poo poo. crown and beam are like jolly ranchers in a bottle. ugh
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doctorfrog posted:Where are people where Maker's Mark is cheap? Around CA that crap thinks its top shelf, even sells for full Jim Beam prices in half-sized (350ml) bottles. A couple bucks more gets you 1.75 liters of Evan. It's a price point up from Jim most places, but not nearly as good as something like Basil Hayden or Eagle Rare. Cheap probably has to do with locale costs. I'm sure I could get a liter of makes for 30 around here (down south (land of bourbon and domestic abuse)).
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Jul 3, 2016 03:42
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old crow and jack daniels are loving puke even for mixing
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Jul 3, 2016 03:45
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Bruce Kison posted:Yukon Jack is horrible. Unless it is mixed into a snake bite, 
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Jul 3, 2016 04:16
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doctorfrog posted:Where are people where Maker's Mark is cheap? Around CA that crap thinks its top shelf, even sells for full Jim Beam prices in half-sized (350ml) bottles. A couple bucks more gets you 1.75 liters of Evan. I'm in Orange loving County where even gasoline is $0.20 a gallon more than LA, but Makers Mark is $19 a bottle.
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Jul 3, 2016 05:49
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Bruce Kison posted:Yukon Jack is horrible. I just like the way the bottle looks. That is how I always decide what liquor to buy.
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Jul 3, 2016 06:10
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shoutout to the ancient age posters
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Jul 3, 2016 07:29
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And why don't we have random military endorsing cheap whiskeys these days?
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Jul 3, 2016 07:41
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doctorfrog posted:And why don't we have random military endorsing cheap whiskeys these days? I suggest more heroin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=letMVlVvp14
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Jul 3, 2016 09:31
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Drank some woodford reserve, not bad. Dewars is loving gasoline though, gently caress that. Have a bottle of Ten High im aftaid to drink though. Should i be worried? Is it bottom shelf or is it sit on the floor tier?
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Jul 3, 2016 09:46
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The best whiskey is the one that's in front of you.
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Jul 3, 2016 10:03
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If I ever pay for top shelf stop me. I don't want to get into logistics. Wait. Is this a ditch?
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Jul 3, 2016 10:25
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Got some Wild Turkey 101 for today's festivities.
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Butch Cassidy posted:I'm rather fond of infusing Seagram's gin with cherry and no sweetener, as well. Makes great tonics and yummy with the old fashioned treatment. I'm deeply disappointed that you don't flavor gin by putting on waders and slogging through swamps to find slow berries and prick them individually with a vintage silver pin.
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Jul 6, 2016 04:44
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American Pride brand Canadian whiskey
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Jul 6, 2016 05:23
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Finally tried Evan Williams. It's less harsh taken neat than Old Grand-Dad but not as peppy and interesting in flavor. Going to have to play with it more to see if I like it enough to make a regular. Rebel Yell may give it a run for its money in the boring but decent enough neat spot on the shelf. Also completely ran out of Old Overholt but have a batch of cherry bounce infusing in the cupboard to show for it. 
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Jul 10, 2016 15:40
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Thank god Old Overholt is good because there are basically no other cheap and readily available rye options out there.
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Jul 10, 2016 16:37
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Christian Brothers
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Jul 10, 2016 17:26
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Evan Williams is growing on me. Makes a respectable sour. Not gonna replace Old Crow as my go-to sour whiskey, though. Increasingly passable neat to tie with Rebel Yell. Probably over-all better since Rebel Yell makes a substandard sour.
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Jul 10, 2016 20:48
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How'd you do your bounce recipe? How long fixing to leave it?
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Jul 10, 2016 22:49
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We should just change this into a general booze thread, I think we have moved past its original theme.
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WT 101 is the best obviously. It's not bottom shelf, but it's also like >$30 a bottle which qualifies it as cheap, ish.
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Jul 11, 2016 01:15
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For when you want to make your fridge classy.
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Jul 11, 2016 02:03
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SLICK GOKU BABY posted:For when you want to make your fridge classy. One day Buffalo Trace will pay for their crimes.
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Jul 11, 2016 02:06
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The French Army! posted:Thank god Old Overholt is good because there are basically no other cheap and readily available rye options out there. Rebel Yell now does a rye that, at least around me, costs around the same as Overholt.
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Jul 11, 2016 02:19
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Has anyone tried "Armaans Black Booster"?
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Jul 11, 2016 02:24
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Clitch posted:One day Buffalo Trace will pay for their crimes. Fireball is clearly gross poison, but as a bartender it ruled. The markup is good and no group of excited to get drunk dopes ever stops at just one round of Fireball shots.
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Jul 11, 2016 02:30
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"Enjoy" Fireball.
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:How'd you do your bounce recipe? How long fixing to leave it? http://imbibemagazine.com/Cherry-Bounce-Recipe/ With the lemon juice and reduced sugar for sweet cherries.
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Fireball is the only thing that's almost landed me in jail and it can gently caress off.
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Jonny 290 posted:ever since i quit smoking and moved to colorado most whiskey tastes like literal flat soda sugar water to me.
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Reminder that Canadian whisky is garbage. Fireball is a cordial and is gross. And remember that old crow is only considered whisky over grain neutral spirits by a 2% margin. Old overholt is legit though. Jim Beam makes a decent rye as well, but it can be tricky to find.
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