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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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I have a glass or two a couple times a week. Most flavored crap is flavored because it wasn't good enough before the flavoring was added. YMMV Port is a rich sweet desert type wine. It was mentioned above in relation with scotch, because sometimes scotch is aged at least partly in casks that had previously served to age Port or Sherry. The result is the scotch picks up some of the characteristics of the cask's previous "resident". Malt; well There are two kinds of scotch, single malt and blends. Well RL calls, I'll get back later with more info in a bit. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Thanks...I am a hotel and restaurant major, and am will study this type of stuff later in my program. As for the flavored vodka, I always though it was a move to expand the lines and to tap into the "mix" departments. I know Smrinoff and Absoulthas a big line, and though they were quality vodka producers (never had the vodka of either). |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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I'll have a glass or two a couple of times a week. As for the flavored vodkas, I've only had a couple. When we were in Helsinki about this time last year, me, my boss, and one of my coworkers pretty much cleaned out the bar at the Scandic hotel in downtown Helsinki. We had some raspberry vodka, lemon vodka, and orange vodka that was outstanding. I don't remember much after that, except for the sauna in my boss's room, then going on to the balcony immediately afterwards in the -20 degree weather to roll in the snow, then throw beer bottles into the construction site next door. Malt is one of the ingredients in whiskey. There are several kinds of whiskey, scotch, bourbon, etc. It's also broken into two camps, single malt, and blended. Most whiskeys in the US are blended. Seagram's, Jack Daniels, Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, they are all blended whiskeys. Most of the whiskey that comes from Scotland is single malt, and there are distinctive areas that produce varying flavors. I, myself, prefer the Islay style, as they usually have more of a peat moss flavor to them. As for port, it usually referrs to a specific kind of dessert wine that comes from the Oporto region of Portugal. It is usually much sweeter than dinner red wines. There are several varieties of this as well. The two most known are ruby ports and tawny ports. I prefer the tawny ports. And, as for most kinds of wine, there are certain years that are known to have produced exceptional batches.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Sounds like Europe was fun. ![]() Thanks for the breakup, as well the post before. I know the whiskey, but not about the offsprings such as malt and that. Isn't malt consider a "premium" product? So the flavored vodkas are good quality then? |
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas
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Malt is a common grain. It's one of the base components of beer. However, in regards to whiskey, different kinds of malts have different flavors once distilled into whiskey. Single malt scotches are just that, distilled from a particular kind of malt mash that is brewed only one time. Blended whiskeys are made from a mixture of malt mashes, some of which may be brewed multiple times, which lowers the overall quality of the product, but also lowers the price, allowing for mass production. Since they cost more, generally tast better, and fewer bottles are made, the single malt scotches get the "premium" designation.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: i live in tx
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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Ah to complete my thoughts from above, and add onto what the others have said.
A single malt scotch is the result or product of a single distiller's efforts for a season or year. In other words, they take all of the whisky from a single of their "treatments" for a single year and age it in casks, combine the results of the years work, dillute is a bit, bottle it and sell it as a "single malt scotch". A blended whisky is made by a distiller that purchases portions of other distillers' single malts, and combines them together. Hopefully the result is a scotch that is greater than the sum of it's single malt parts. Some blends like the Johnny Walker Blue mentioned above are better, well smoother and more complex than many of the single malts. For anyone starting out with Scotch I recommend trying a variety to determine your specific tastes. Fine liquor stores carry miniature bottles of the single malts and blends, so you can see if you like something for $5 rather than $75. As a guide Islay scotches are smoky and peaty with a bit of a saltiness. Speyside scotches are salty, and smoky and peaty. Highland scotches are lighter than the Islays and Speysides, much less smoke and peat. Last but not least. Don't drink it straight, and don't drink it over ice or with cold water soda or other wise. The cold kills the taste. If you are drinking cheap stuff(Scotch or otherwise)to have a good time, ice it up and get lit, that is fine. If you are trying to actually taste the scotch, then cut it with room temp bottled water. I usually go one fourth to one third water. The water really brings out a lot of the flavor and scents of the scotch. I used to think it was silly or at least not very manly to "cut" the scotch, but the difference is quite notable. |
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Location: NJ
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: i live in tx
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Location: i live in tx
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Yeah really, the Brocktoon sketch is one of the last great SNL skits.
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Location: NJ
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: i live in tx
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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I will admit that before the advent of cable and the internet i often had to resort to fantasies of the moms from Mr. Belveder and Growing Pains engaged in activities. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Kelowna, BC, Canada
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing
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The bar is made from a Liberty Ship hatch cover. It was a gift from my ex-wife that blocked me from installing what I wanted, which was something with a cool box and a kegolator. I would be happy to sell you it, plus the chairs for $1200 plus shipping. Quote:
When I bought my house it had the wet bar (located behind the bar in my photo) and I decided to buy a mountain of booze to go with it. The liquor is more of a decoration than a statement on my current drinking habits. To be honest, I expected to entertain a bit more than what happened, and even when I did people rarely drank. So now, I make a mixed drink every so often. More often, I put something in a coffee. I think the Stoli flavored vodkas are pretty darn good, but it would be almost as easy to flavor a drink with something else. For instance, instead of having a vanilla vodka it would be just as east to put vanilla in a vodka, or have vanilla schnapps.
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Don't worry, those are two of my absolute favorites... *licks lips*
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Never had Silver. Is it a vodka, rum, ect? Grey Goose is the best stuff in the Vodka market I think. But at around the price tag (around $30 a bottle right?), its not something I can afford on my college student salary. Last edited by SunDancer : 01-27-2005 at 11:18 AM. |
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Heh, maybe $30 for a very small bottle of Grey Goose. The stuff certainly ain't cheap.
Patron Silver in a very nice, smooth tequila. Great stuff...
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Thats a pretty nice, and pricey, cabinet for 4 college guys. Man, I sometimes wonder how profitable liquor stores can be. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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A bottle of Goose usually goes for around $30 a bottle. It's one of the most expensive vodkas avaliable. |
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Wanted to ask...
Is a bottle of something a good gift for a birthday or something? I know you can give wine, but my friends like the rum, vodka, ect. |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: La Mirada, CA
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And once I tasted Patron Silver, I walked away from Jose and never looked back.
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Your Rite Aid sells Grey Goose Vodka? How much is Silver? |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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Patron Silver is about $35-$40 for 750ml I like, maybe prefer, the Patron Reposado($40-$50) or Patron Anejo($35-$40) as well. Also a nice thing about the Patron tequilas, is they market 350 ml bottles for about half price. So you can taste and compare these for a bit less than many of the others. Also really once you have tried any of the above, you will lose any regard for Cuervo Gold. Which is odd, because that is what so many people think Tequila tastes like. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Thanks..I never really tried tequilla, but its something I want to give a taste. Take it "Cuervo Gold" is not the real stuff? |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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The higher end tequilas are very sippable. Cuervo Gold is best thrown down the back of your throat without touching your tongue. So no. I really like Don Julio. It's a nice change of pace from scotch. |
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Location: Here and There
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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Desnudo has it right. Cuervo Gold was great while I was in college, and then later when I wanted to get drunk. It is passable in Margaritas, but really the difference in taste and smoothness is remarkable between gold and the more "premium" tequilas. Along with Patron, I find the Herradura offerings to be very good and relatively low priced(a bit cheaper than Patron). |
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Join Date: Oct 2000
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They can be very profitable. Especially when they're right on the other side of the border of a state that doesn't allow alcohol sales on Sunday. Especially on holiday weekends in the summer. Though working those weekends can be a bitch. Last edited by mckerney : 02-01-2005 at 01:57 AM. |
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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I always wonder about them. You don't need a high level of employee, dont have to pay for anything expect the bills to run the place (rent, electric), the alcohol is your product (so no assembly, ect). Just wonder about the legal work. |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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An old thread, but I wanted to bump this. Anyone try Cabo Wabo, saw it in the liquor store the other day, but's its on the pricey side. Put up a bottle of Goldschlager instead. I want to try a real tequilla. Never had Patron. |
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Dallas, TX
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I can't stomach tequila anymore. I stick with the basics:
Jack Daniel's Malibu Captain Morgan Smirnoff All can be mixed with coke, so I'm all about the economies of scale... |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Fresno, CA
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I've Never tried Cabo Wabo, but I've heard good things about it from a not too stodgy at all friend. She says she likes it, because it is much better than Cuervo. In my mind not exactly wild praise, but it tells me it is probably at least a cut above "the Gold". |
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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well i dont have a liquor cabinet but i have a freezer with lots of liquor from a party we had this weekend so they are all between half full and lower
Goldschlager Jack Daniels Grey Goose Malibu Rum Bacardi and in the fridge 3 more 30 packs of good ol' keystone and 2 24 packs of bud light. had too much shit left over so we have to have another party this weekend lol |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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I don't have a "refined" palate, so only the good stuff
![]() 4 pints of Everclear 2 fifths of the good Captain 2 fifths Jose Cuervo Tequila 1 fifth Bacardi 151 1 gallon Crown Royal In the fridge there is about a half case of Bud Light and another case on the floor next to the fridge. This is about all I drink alcohol wise so I always make sure I have a little bit of all of everything on hand at all times. EDIT: All the hard stuff isn't in a "cabinet", its all in the freezer.
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: San Jose, CA
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I had Cabo Wabo about a month ago, and I'd definitely put it with the Patron's of the tequila world...Very smooth and palatable..
I don't have a liquor cabinet yet (combination of college student income, and inability to save alcohol once it's bought)
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Same here.... ![]() All I have is a quarter bottle of Barcadi Gold rum (actually my roomie's, but we share), and Goldschalger. Anyone mix Goldschlager with anything? |
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Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Fort Worth, Texas
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ive mixed it with coke, its not too good but its not too bad either, i personally think goldschlager is just better to drink straight rather than mixing it. |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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I think so too. It's sweet enough where you don't really need to add a sugar drink. I've actually tried sipping it before, and it's not half bad. I wouldn't recommend more than one glass though. |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Yeah, one glass and you would be pretty tipsy, if not drunk. |
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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I once played "Asshole" while drinking Goldschlager. Not a good night...
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