Official Offseason Thread

jpx7 said:
Gross. Crown is terrible whiskey that happens to come in a purple bag.
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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.
 
nsacpi said:
Similarly, the tonic is just as important as the gin in a good gin and tonic.
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Agreed. If gun-tonic is the best a bar’s got, I wouldn’t order anything above the Boodles / Beefeater price-range.
 
jpx7 said:
Gross. Crown is terrible whiskey that happens to come in a purple bag.
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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
 
BeanieAntics said:
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.
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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.
 
Tapate50 said:
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.
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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.
 
Tapate50 said:
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.
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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.
 
Enscheff said:
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.
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There's a lot to unpack in this message.
 
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