Whiskey Choices

[stan33]

I guess they must be having the "9am, Morning Specials".

 

[/pine]

...If we count local favorites, white liquor from southwest VA, northeast TN and western NC rules. Hands down...

May "rule" there but every trade has perfectionists,wannabes and in betweens...like a lot of illicit commodities that are sold UTC...the closer to the source the better/purer the product...to really experience the "hands down" best of anything like a fermented/distilled (and often distilled again) libation...the "best of the best" rarely get outside regular circles...

This county has some history on the subject and the late James Kilgo noted in an essay entitled "Mountain Spirits," published in the Sewanee Review, Kilgo writes of an uncomfortable encounter he had while on a fishing trip in Rabun County:

two locals offered him their homemade brew, bemoaning the fact that people had lost pride in making whiskey and that so much of the "radiator likker they're selling now will kill you."

FWIW...it's hard to find a wet cove (spring) anywhere in this county (that's secluded) that you can't find remnants of an operation...some nothing more than broken bell jar glass and charcoal...lots of others have more...

 

[dragoneggs]

I knew this thread would unravel. Took longer than I thought though. I'm finding myself trying to read the sweatshirt on the babe to the left.

 

[stan33]

Personally, my favorite cold weather sipping libation (not a "whiskey") is Cognac

I have to agree with you there. An ordinary French 'Napoleon' isn't too expensive. I add a dash to hot cocoa on a cold evening.

 

[nickc]

My first choice would be Elija Craig or Basil Haydens, but I'll happily settle for Jim Beam w/ ginger ale.

 

[MossRoad]

I reckon I've tried a little of everything at one time or another in my lifetime, and tastes do change over the years. I used to be a Budweiser beer drinker. Now I keep a few Shiner Bock beers in the shop refrigerator; won't drink 6 a year; only have a cold one when I get hot and sweaty working in the yard. I know bourbon or just the Tennessee and Kentucky whiskeys are supposed to be popular, but I just never liked the taste. When we had a house with a wet bar, I had a bottle of Jack Daniels that set there for 11 years; no one we knew liked that stuff. Now I like to keep a bottle of Crown Royal on hand; just have a drink occasionally in Coke Zero. Before I was 21, I remember an older friend telling me that Scotch was an acquired taste; that no one liked it at first. But I was 25 when a neighbor offered me a Johnny Walker Red Label scotch and water, and I decided with one taste that if I were going to drink whiskey, scotch would be the one. In recent years, I learned of single malt scotch and that's what I keep on hand; again only occasionally have a scotch and water.

What I DO drink, not every day, but most afternoons before supper, is a glass of Franzia or Carlo Rossi Sangria.

As a young police officer, I learned that the wine of choice among the street people (homeless alcoholics) was Thunderbird. I had occasion to taste it once and figured I'd just as soon drink kerosene. But in the late '60s or early '70s the wine of choice changed to MD 20-20. I don't know why it changed from the white Thunderbird to the red MD 20-20, but I've always wanted to taste MD 20-20; just not enough to buy a bottle, since I'm pretty sure I would not like it.:laughing:

What's the word?
Thunderbird!
What's the price?
30 twice!

:laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

I knew this thread would unravel. Took longer than I thought though. I'm finding myself trying to read the sweatshirt on the babe to the left.

I hope it says Iron Horse...

 

[MinnesotaEric]

I hope it says Iron Horse...

It does. The Iron Horse is just across the street.

 

[sld]

Boulevard Wheat for beer and Jim Beam for whiskey. Don't need much else but a glass and some ice.

 

[deerefan]

Boulevard Wheat for beer and Jim Beam for whiskey. Don't need much else but a glass and some ice.

Did little experiment last night. Poured 1/4 glass of gentleman jack and added a small shot of fireball. Was actually pretty good. Gave it a slight bite. And me a slight buzz!!