Liquors & Cocktails
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Tim
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Yo, thanks for this suggestion, bought El Dorado 15 last time I was at the store, its excellent.
p02greengrocer
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Lost Virtue
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Now go track down a 21yr El Dorado. Its amazing how a 21yr-aged old liquor goes for around $90-100. If it was Bourbon or Scotch, it would easily be $150 minimum.
Once you finish the El Dorado, go buy some Flor De Cana (just make sure not to Google their labor practices). I cannot decide if I like El Dorado 15 or Flor DE Cana 12yr more...
Ron Zapaca is another good choice. Same with Plantation rum if you want a more robust (but not as delicate or fine) flavor.
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Eomer
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I knew there had to be a thread for this.
I like clear liquers lately, taking shots.
Got this one today, Tastes great. Clean smooth taste. No rubbing alcohol feel to it at all.
This shit is CHEAP AND GOOD. You want cheap good vodka, go with this. Not as nice as the Deep Eddy, was expecting rubbing alcohol, got tender and smooth girl.
Really nice clear rum. Owner of store told me this is made right next to the Bacardi plant and that the locals all drink this instead of the crap they sell to the mainland.
Very smooth, light taste. If you want something that is going to let you know you are drinking rum, this is NOT it.
I like clear liquers lately, taking shots.
Got this one today, Tastes great. Clean smooth taste. No rubbing alcohol feel to it at all.
This shit is CHEAP AND GOOD. You want cheap good vodka, go with this. Not as nice as the Deep Eddy, was expecting rubbing alcohol, got tender and smooth girl.
Really nice clear rum. Owner of store told me this is made right next to the Bacardi plant and that the locals all drink this instead of the crap they sell to the mainland.
Very smooth, light taste. If you want something that is going to let you know you are drinking rum, this is NOT it.
Intrinsic
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Been having trouble with the bottle caps for Deep Eddy clear and sweet tea vodka. Basically the slightest amount of torque would break the seal from closed back to open. Made closing them a huge pain in the ass. Emailed the company and got a response back they had identified an issue and changed the design and I probably had a bottle from older stock. And they're sending me Deep Eddy swag to compensate. Pretty good CS.
Kiroy
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So this afternoon/tonight I'm working my way through a bottle of Noah's Mills small batch bourbon. I'm almost exclusively a strait bourbon/rocks drinker and I compare everything to Evan Williams, which no matter what the snooty hipster buttholes say, is the gold standard for fairly priced bourbon that tastes like it's suppose to.
Noah's Mills is good. It's slightly smoother, about the same sugar and has a bit more oak than Evan Williams. That said, the extra complexities in Noah's Mills take effort, pallet and experience to discover (i imagine). These are three things which I do not have, especially when drinking. I cannot justify the 5x cost over a bottle of the gold standard. I regret not just grabbing a bottle of Basil Haydens for my 'want to spend a few extra bucks' drinking afternoon, but do give the small batch boys marks for trying.
Will report hangover differences tomorrow.
Noah's Mills is good. It's slightly smoother, about the same sugar and has a bit more oak than Evan Williams. That said, the extra complexities in Noah's Mills take effort, pallet and experience to discover (i imagine). These are three things which I do not have, especially when drinking. I cannot justify the 5x cost over a bottle of the gold standard. I regret not just grabbing a bottle of Basil Haydens for my 'want to spend a few extra bucks' drinking afternoon, but do give the small batch boys marks for trying.
Will report hangover differences tomorrow.
Kiroy
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Evan willaims if you're a bourbon n00b who is drinking to drink. Go from there but realize the money/taste ratio will never be the same. If you're in public at a bar or something, bulleit on up works fine, but it costs.
Chanur
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I think there is a certain amount of the more expensive is better snooty attitude that pervades wine. That being said the beauty of whiskey now days is there are so many different flavors that you can find what you like and fuck the snob's.
Personally my go to lately is Four Roses Single Batch but I will probably try that Evan Williams provided it's not smokey.
