EbylHusker Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Maker's is a good baseline bourbon. Simple, good, and not too expensive. Perfect for an "every day" bourbon. It also mixes well, so if you have friends that would rather drink it that way, it works there, too. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! Maybe start by filling the glass completely full of ice with only a little booze. Then slowly cut back on the ice until you have just a couple cubes for coldness. Either that, or just keep mixing the heck out of the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! nuance was right. ice is good because it is cold and it waters it down, both helping make it more palatable. you could also start with some high end stuff (glenlivet) and work your way down to a nice happy medium (j&b). i liked cutty sark as my low end scotch, but even know it tastes a lot better when a few ice cubes melt in it. it is tough to beat jameson for a good value that i can drink neat. i had a friend that would drink evan williams straight from the bottle and insisted that it was an acquired taste. that was pretty extreme. it does just come down to taste and even mood. sometimes at bars i will have a scotch that i really like, but when i bring home a bottle it is not as good as i remembered it. Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! Maybe start by filling the glass completely full of ice with only a little booze. Then slowly cut back on the ice until you have just a couple cubes for coldness. Either that, or just keep mixing the heck out of the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. That's a good idea. Or try cutting back on your mixer a little bit each time. Have to be careful though, since your drinks will be stronger. Quote Link to comment
sd'sker Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! Maybe start by filling the glass completely full of ice with only a little booze. Then slowly cut back on the ice until you have just a couple cubes for coldness. Either that, or just keep mixing the heck out of the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. That's a good idea. Or try cutting back on your mixer a little bit each time. Have to be careful though, since your drinks will be stronger. the only thing i do with mixed drinks is drive. (that is a joke, please do not drink and drive). Quote Link to comment
carlfense Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Any scotch fans in the Omaha area need to go to the Dundee Dell. At last count they had seven hundred fifty three different single malts and most are available by the peg or dram. Any place with a collection big enough to require a rolling ladder is OK by me. (Best fish and chips in town, too!) http://www.dundeedell.com/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 I really wish I could get into drinking them straight but I just cant! Is it something that is acquired? I mix the heck out of them! Maybe start by filling the glass completely full of ice with only a little booze. Then slowly cut back on the ice until you have just a couple cubes for coldness. Either that, or just keep mixing the heck out of the stuff. Nothing wrong with that. That's a good idea. Or try cutting back on your mixer a little bit each time. Have to be careful though, since your drinks will be stronger. the only thing i do with mixed drinks is drive. (that is a joke, please do not drink and drive). Wait--isn't that one way you get clients? When people drink and drive? Quote Link to comment
deedsker Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 Any scotch fans in the Omaha area need to go to the Dundee Dell. At last count they had seven hundred fifty three different single malts and most are available by the peg or dram. Any place with a collection big enough to require a rolling ladder is OK by me. (Best fish and chips in town, too!) http://www.dundeedell.com/index.html Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Drinking straight is def. acquired. Start with ice. It'll be disgusting at first, but then you get past that and learn all the flavors you're tasting and don't notice the alcohol burn anymore. Just takes a couple of bottles! (not all at once, of course) Quote Link to comment
GSG Posted June 7, 2013 Share Posted June 7, 2013 Anyone heard of this or tried it? http://www.balconesdistilling.com/brimstone Nose confectioners' sugar, cold-smoked butter, corn husk, BBQ pit, stone fruit, chili peppers and graham crackers Taste candied oak smoke, English pipe tobacco, butter, orange marmalade, fruit cocktail, sweet tea, chili peppers Finish long dry finish, herbal/mint ends in a mineralness as smoke returns Quote Link to comment
StPaulHusker Posted June 8, 2013 Author Share Posted June 8, 2013 I am buying my dad a bottle of Jameson for Fathers Day. That should keep me in the good graces for another year Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Had a glass of Speyburn 10 year old last night. I'm not much of a Scotch drinker, but that tasted fine. Quote Link to comment
T_O_Bull Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Any scotch fans in the Omaha area need to go to the Dundee Dell. At last count they had seven hundred fifty three different single malts and most are available by the peg or dram. Any place with a collection big enough to require a rolling ladder is OK by me. (Best fish and chips in town, too!) http://www.dundeedell.com/index.html Dat be totally true, although the Joe Tess Fish House is good too. Quote Link to comment
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