What's Your Favorite Beer?

[Cheezy the Wiz]

No, the best shot drink in my opinion, is Bacardi Gold.

That would be because its RUM! The best drink ever. After Sam Adams.

 

[Whomp]

Woosies. Chilled Don Julio with a lime. No other shot is even worthy.

 

[Dann]

Oh yeah? Try this:

Tastes horrible but the 56% alcohol gives you lots of bragging rights.

And as it's tiny (100ml) you're supposed to drink it straight from the bottle. (Sometimes in one gulp. )

 

[Markus6]

Any ale knocks the socks off everything in that list. Lager is for girls (and maybe at BBQs but only if you're doing the cooking to prove your manliness).

Quick FYI, cognac is brandy and scotch is whiskey.

 

[Bartleby]

[Whisky bore]

Have you ever had Glenn Levitt? That stuff is goood.

There is no distillery in Scotland by that name. However, if you mean Glenlivet,

yes, it's reasonably good.

For many years the generally acknowleged Best Whisky in the World was this:

but it is now hard to find and will set you back a couple of hundred (sterling) for a bottle. Although I'm on the wagon atm, if I was going to buy a bottle of Scotch, I'd probably go for this:

[/whisky bore]

As you were.

 

[ComradeDavo]

I know a couple of people with a t-shirt of that pic

I also drink in The Hobgoblin pub It's the local rock/metal/goth place

 

[IglooDame]

Oh yeah? Try this:

Tastes horrible but the 56% alcohol gives you lots of bragging rights.

And as it's tiny (100ml) you're supposed to drink it straight from the bottle. (Sometimes in one gulp. )

Is that Soju? *shudder*

Among beers, Steinlager. In the poll, Bud. Among alcohols, Crown Royal. Among corpse-preservation liquids, Soju for sure.

 

[Che Guava]

MAUDITE!

8% of fermented fun....

 

[aaglo]

[whisky bore]
Oh, don't forget about this:

nor this:

[/whisky bore]

 

[eyrei]

Carlsberg is by far my favorite beer, and it has just recently become available in my area. Not the crappy 'Carlsberg Export', but the real thing.

 

[Dann]

Is that Soju? *shudder*

Baijiu

Don't worry they don't 'push' that stuff on foreigners here out of politeness. Unless you're Russian. Then you're expected to be able to take it.

 

[colony]

Oh yeah? Try this:

Tastes horrible but the 56% alcohol gives you lots of bragging rights.

And as it's tiny (100ml) you're supposed to drink it straight from the bottle. (Sometimes in one gulp. )

56%? That's getting towards the nasty end of alcohol, but I've had worse. There was the 80% Absinthe that gave me a headeache after 2 shots of the stuff (bright green and came in a plastic bottle)

As well as that there was the 90% vodka that evaporated in my mouth before I could swallow it (could've been paintstripper for all I know, the only thing on the bottle I could read was "90%" and "33cL", the rest was in Greek). That really felt strange, just a warm burning feeling in my throat, and swallowing what felt like alcohol fumes, without any liquid to it

@Davo: Grant's might be cheap but I had the misfortune of growing up with 2 whisky loving parents, so I've got used to a nice Islay Malt now, and can barely drink Bell's etc without needing to look for a bucket. Because of this my whisky drinking days are over until I can afford £20 per bottle, or if it's dirt cheap and mixed with something.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

[Whisky bore]


There is no distillery in Scotland by that name. However, if you mean Glenlivet,

yes, it's reasonably good.
As you were.

Oh, Okay my spelling was wrong, I've only looked at the bottle once, and then for only a second.

So Scotch is Whiskey? Are you kidding me? It must be Whiskey's older, better tasting brother!

 

[Markus6]

So Scotch is Whiskey? Are you kidding me? It must be Whiskey's older, better tasting brother!

Scotch is just whisky from Scotland but it is the best whisky. I have a friend who hated brandy and yet bought himself a big bottle of Cognac, convinced it was different. Which was a shame as I had to help him drink it.

 

[Keroro]

Marcus6 - I agree with you on ale, it's far superior. As are the people who drink it eh?

One of the best ales I ever quaffed was called 'Wobbly Bob'. It was appropriate since I first drank it while celebrating Robert's birthday. After a few pints he did go sort of wobbly. In London I tend to stick to 'Waggledance'.

Miller is reasonable, if I have to answer the poll question.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Scotch is just whisky from Scotland but it is the best whisky. I have a friend who hated brandy and yet bought himself a big bottle of Cognac, convinced it was different. Which was a shame as I had to help him drink it.

Well the reason I thought they were different was that Scotch doesn't have that pure rubbing alcohol rankness that, say Ancient Age has, which would be the whiskey upon which I made my anti-whiskey decision.

So I just like Scottish whiskey? I can live with that.

 

[Keroro]

Well the reason I thought they were different was that Scotch doesn't have that pure rubbing alcohol rankness that, say Ancient Age has, which would be the whiskey upon which I made my anti-whiskey decision.

So I just like Scottish whiskey? I can live with that.

I think the difference is that Scotch is filtered through peat. That gives it a distinctive taste.

 

[Dann]

56%? That's getting towards the nasty end of alcohol, but I've had worse. There was the 80% Absinthe that gave me a headeache after 2 shots of the stuff (bright green and came in a plastic bottle)

As well as that there was the 90% vodka that evaporated in my mouth before I could swallow it (could've been paintstripper for all I know, the only thing on the bottle I could read was "90%" and "33cL", the rest was in Greek). That really felt strange, just a warm burning feeling in my throat, and swallowing what felt like alcohol fumes, without any liquid to it

@Davo: Grant's might be cheap but I had the misfortune of growing up with 2 whisky loving parents, so I've got used to a nice Islay Malt now, and can barely drink Bell's etc without needing to look for a bucket. Because of this my whisky drinking days are over until I can afford £20 per bottle, or if it's dirt cheap and mixed with something.

But the problem is they drink this stuff in bulk. This stuff isn't that expensive and so at the end of the meal everyone has a pile of empty bottles in front of him. And is either very noisy or has already passed out.

 

[Bartleby]

[Whisky pedant]
Scotch whisky (spelt without on e) is made by slightly different processes to American whiskey, both in the preparation and distillation, with the result that the Scotch spirit is lighter and capable of revealing more subtlety than, for example, Bourbon. However, the whiskies of Islay (one of the Scottish islands) are made with peat-dried malt, and very peaty water which makes them taste very smoky (for example, Laphroiag-the second picture posted by aaglo, an excellent choice, but not recommended for a whisky novice).
Irish whiskey (again with an e) is slightly different again and is usually even lighter than scotch, although some fairly robust Irish is around (eg. Power's).
If alcoholic strength is what floats your boat, many scotch whiskies are available at "cask strength" i.e. they are bottled at more or less the strength of the aged whisky as it comes out of the barrel, usually well in excess of 100 proof (57% vol). The strongest whisky I have had was 66%
While stronger spirits are available, few taste as powerful.
[/whisky pedant]

 

[Keroro]

@ Bartleby - I knew it was something to do with peat .