Official Offseason Thread

[Snowman]

Just give me a good single malt neat.

[Tapate50]

Gross. Crown is terrible whiskey that happens to come in a purple bag.

This.

There is nothing special about Crown at all. Might as well get some Seagrams and call it a day.

There are plenty of options with a better profile than Crown for damn near the same price.

Basil Hayden is about my favorite at the price point.

[jpx7]

Similarly, the tonic is just as important as the gin in a good gin and tonic.

Agreed. If gun-tonic is the best a bar’s got, I wouldn’t order anything above the Boodles / Beefeater price-range.

[msstate7]

Gross. Crown is terrible whiskey that happens to come in a purple bag.

If I drink, I just drink whatever is cheapest. I was blessed in that I get no hangover, and I don't drink for taste... I drink for the effect. I buy like Evan Williams lol

[bravesfanMatt]

Gross. Crown is terrible whiskey that happens to come in a purple bag.

All my pot smoking friends in college loved the purple bags to keep the weed smoking devices organized. I think it is no coincidence that cheff lives in California.

[The Chosen One]

Chopcountry board meet-up for cocktails? LOL

Oh damn. I passed through Greensboro twice last week.

[bravesfanMatt]

Oh damn. I passed through Greensboro twice last week.

Hope you won’t regret all the girly drinks you missed out on.

[salmagundy]

Just give me a good single malt neat.

Scotch?? Irish?? Bourbon??

2 or 3 fingers??

[MadduxFanII]

#Actually, pretty much all alcohol tastes bad.

[nsacpi]

#Actually, pretty much all alcohol tastes bad.

a chacun son gout

[JxnMissFan]

When I was in college and going to bars a lot, a whiskey sour was my go to drink. Either that or Cranberry vodka (until I developed an allergic reaction to that particular drink and somehow wound up 4 and a half miles down a local nature trail with hives all over my body. I somehow developed a deadly allergy to cranberries at age 22 lol). But a whiskey sour is so good for getting a ton of alcohol in you in a short amount of time.

I have so many weird drunk college stories where I wake up in strange places. One time I got hammered at a frat party and woke up laying on the 37th row of M.M. Roberts Stadium at 6 a.m. Apparently I was annoying all the frat guys by trying to start a spontaneous pick up football game at our college stadium (for some drunk reason) and they all told me that they would meet me there to get me to go away. I still don't know how I got into the stadium, because I'm pretty sure its locked up most of the time.

As a fellow Golden Eagle I hate to break it to you that I doubt they lock the gates. They are just happy someone wants to go in the stadium.

[JxnMissFan]

So what time is JD signing his contract today???

[Super]

So what time is JD signing his contract today???

around cocktail hour, apparently

[jpx7]

If I drink, I just drink whatever is cheapest. I was blessed in that I get no hangover, and I don't drink for taste... I drink for the effect. I buy like Evan Williams lol

This is wrong, sorry.

[jpx7]

#Actually, pretty much all alcohol tastes bad.

Congratulations on your definitive worst take ever. A startling twenty-year run to get here.

[jpx7]

This.

There is nothing special about Crown at all. Might as well get some Seagrams and call it a day.

There are plenty of options with a better profile than Crown for damn near the same price.

Basil Hayden is about my favorite at the price point.

I tend to drink mid-shelf because of my budget, and I prefer American rye whiskeys (Rittenhouse and Old Overholt; Dickel rye in a pinch) and dry gin (though we just got a Suntory gin called Roku with Japanese botanicals that is fire).

If I’m drinking bourbon, I’ll go with Four Roses or Old Grandad bonded. Scotch is where I won’t skimp, because I find even mid-tier Scotches like JW Black or Macallan 12 over-peaty and gross; there’s a Balvenie 14 aged in Caribbean rum casks that I’ve been feeling recently, though, which is sort of in that high-mid/low-top-shelf region.

[UNCBlue012]

around cocktail hour, apparently

The Pensacola Dongalson is one of my favorite drinks!

[jpx7]

The Pensacola Dongalson is one of my favorite drinks!

Does it come with a sidecar for your mom?

[Enscheff]

This.

There is nothing special about Crown at all. Might as well get some Seagrams and call it a day.

There are plenty of options with a better profile than Crown for damn near the same price.

Basil Hayden is about my favorite at the price point.

In my defense I just recently started transitioning from beer-only to including liquor in my repertoire, and know nothing about anything other than my father in law likes Crown and now so do I.

I will be making a trip to KY to help sell slot machines to Churchill Downs next week, so I plan on educating myself a bit with several bourbon tastings.

[UNCBlue012]

In my defense I just recently started transitioning from beer-only to including liquor in my repertoire, and know nothing about anything other than my father in law likes Crown and now so do I.

I will be making a trip to KY to help sell slot machines to Churchill Downs next week, so I plan on educating myself a bit with several bourbon tastings.

There's a lot to unpack in this message.