I want to get into hard liquor. help me

[TakingBackSunday]

I had a martini this past weekend and I loved it.  It was a vesper (I know, bond joke guffaw guffaw) and really liked the process of making it and everything–so I want to get into it more.

what are some of your guys' favorite cocktails/martinis/mixed drinks in general?  I'll be honest when i saw I haven't had many, but of the ones I've tried (old fashioned, vesper, godfathers, and my favorite white russians) I've enjoyed drinking them for the most part.  so list some favorites and tell me some necessity purchases in terms of liquor and mixers

[Mandark]

chocolate milkshake

[TakingBackSunday]

wine

I'm overwhelmed so I'll wait until I can afford shit.  two buck chuck for now

[Mr. Gundam]

Gin (Tanqueray) and tonic is really the only drink I enjoy that's not beer or wine.

[Madrun Badrun]

SCOTCH

[drew]

tanqueray mixed with pop or straight jose cuervo chased with diet coke is where its at

tequila is an aquired taste that ive just recently started liking this past summer, youd definitely love tanqueray though, very strong stuff and tastes great

[Rman]

Gin (Tanqueray) and tonic is really the only drink I enjoy that's not beer or wine.

Same.  Although I've been messing around with Tequila and Mezcal lately.

[Mr. Gundam]

Tequila is the fucking devil. Bad memories from college, man.

[etiolate]

Gin and Tonic, or gin and club soda. Toss in a lime if you need. Prefer Tanqueray.

Rum and Cranberry Juice. Parrot Bay goes good with this, but my personal rum lately is Sailor Jerry's.

Vodka and Cranberry Juice. Get good vodka. Or end up puking.

Whiskey on ice.

Brass Monkey: Vodka, rum and OJ.

Dr. Kervorkian: Dark rum and Dr Pepper.

[Fresh Prince]

looking at your post you seem to like everything..

it's only if you want to drink hard liquor straight then you really research.

[Phoenix Dark]

SCOTCH

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[Joe Molotov]

Bathtub gin

[Bloodwake]

fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK GIN


Bourbon is where it's at. If you have a little money, go for Blanton's. If not, Maker's is alright.

[tiesto]

I like Seven and Sevens (Seagrams 7 Whiskey + 7up), but I'm not really much for hard liquor. More of a wine guy.

[Robo]

You need a third ingredient to make it a cocktail.  Mountain Dew and vodka is an emergency.

[Mupepe]

Gentleman's Jack and ice.  Ta-da!  Fucking delicious.

[Dickie Dee]

Rum and Diet Coke

[muckhole]

Gin and tonic. With cucumber in the summer.

[BlueTsunami]

Whiskey will have the added benefit, over time, of making your voice sound like your balls have dropped a second time

[chronovore]

wine

I'm overwhelmed so I'll wait until I can afford shit.  two buck chuck for now

Just keep in mind that even with hard liquor, you get what you pay for.

[Mr. Gundam]

You need a third ingredient to make it a cocktail.  Mountain Dew and vodka is an emergency.

Nice Mad Men reference.

[Brehvolution]

Kamikaze
    *  1 oz. Triple Sec (Cointreau)
    * 1 oz. Vodka
    * 1 oz. Lime Juice
    * 1 wedge Lime

My wife is into skinny girl margaritas and they are pretty good too. Even better with Patron.

[Barry Egan]

And I want to get up in dem guts.

[Bacchus7]

Gotta be bourbon on the rocks. As for cocktails, the obvious Long Island to get shmammed, and Negroni to sip on like a G and still end up lit.

[tehjaybo]

What is a mixed drink?

Drink bourbon.  Or vodka. 

[Diunx]

Gin, drink it straight from the bottle.

[tehjaybo]

Gin is like drinking perfume.  Men don't do that.  We drink gasoline.

[Brehvolution]

Gin is like drinking perfume.  Men don't do that.  We drink gasoline.

[Diunx]

Gin is great, you guys are out of your element.

[Mupepe]

Okay, Donnie. 

[Robo]

Speaking of, in spite of being clichéd amongst the slacker set, white russians are magnificent.  Black russians, too.

[Diunx]

What alternatives you guys recommend for coffee liquor() on a White Russian.

[Mupepe]

Speaking of, in spite of being clichéd amongst the slacker set, white russians are magnificent.  Black russians, too.

White Russians are fantastic.  But I'll admit, I'd never even heard of a Black Russian.

[Robo]

A black russian is just a white russian without the cream or milk.

[TakingBackSunday]

 

it needs the cream, I think

[Mupepe]

we all know you love the cream.

[Dickie Dee]

The only liqueur men are allowed to drink is Bailey's.

Real Talk

[Howard Alan Treesong]

gin and tonic is one of the building blocks of western civilization and fuck anyone who says otherwise

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    It is a curious fact, and one to which no one knows quite how much importance to attach, that something like 85% of all known worlds in the Galaxy, be they primitive or highly advanced, have invented a drink called jynnan tonnyx, or gee-N’N-T’N-ix, or jinond-o-nicks, or any one of a thousand or more variations on the same phonetic theme. The drinks themselves are not the same, and vary between the Sivolvian “chinanto/mnigs” which is ordinary water served at slightly above room temperature, and the Gagrakackan “tzjin-anthony-ks” which kills cows at a hundred paces; and in fact the one common factor between all of them, beyond the fact that the names sound the same, is that they were all invented and named before the worlds concerned made contact with any other worlds.

    What can be made of this fact? It exists in total isolation. As far as any theory of structural linguistics is concerned it is right off the graph, and yet it persists. Old structural linguists get very angry when young structural linguists go on about it. Young structural linguists get deeply excited about it and stay up late at night convinced that they are very close to something of profound importance, and end up becoming old structural linguists before their time, getting very angry with the young ones. Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy discipline, and a large number of its practitioners spend too many nights drowning their problems in Ouisghian Zodahs.

    Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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I like rum. but don't buy anything with a cartoon character on it. or that's named after an imaginary purveyor of island lifestyles. I like Ron Matusalem Gran Reserva 15 and Vizcaya VXOP



however Boritos may prefer:

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[Positive Touch]

jesus buncha cocktail amateurs up in here.  if you go out to any place that isn't a total hole-in-the-wall shit bar, they should have a drink menu if you ask for it.  you'll usually end up with something at least decent tasting and more interesting than a gin & tonic or rum & coke  Also just go to the liquor store and start trying stuff.  Most stuff in the $20 - $30 range should be pretty good, and you can look up mixers online or at any bookstore.  There's limitless variety out there - have fun!

[Positive Touch]

p.s. zelda sucks

[Bacchus7]

Okay, Donnie. 

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Walter

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[Mupepe]

I know, but I didn't want to be Donnie.  He

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dies

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[Costanza]

just stick with PBR

[E-DuB]

Scotch, Wine, Gin, Rum...in that order...

[Positive Touch]

also if anyone tries to tell you tequila sucks because "i had the WORST night with it once and i'll never touch it again" punch them in the face repeatedly until they stop moving

[Howard Alan Treesong]

also if anyone tries to tell you tequila sucks because "i had the WORST night with it once and i'll never touch it again" punch them in the face repeatedly until they stop moving

the new slang for this is "go Minecraft on their ass"

[Positive Touch]

this minecraft you speak of looks like some kind of digital lego playground.  is this assessment correct?

[Fresh Prince]

If you drink to get drunk drink vodka
If you drink to look like a man drink scotch
If you drink to look like a guy that wants to have fun drink bourbon or rum
If you drink to look like an alcoholic drink gin
If you drink to look rich drink cognac

 

[lennedsay]

When I'm out I drink one of the following 4 drinks:

1. Margaritas (as long as they're done right, of any kind/flavor honestly )
2. Malibu & pineapple (100% vitamin c, no hangovers  )
3. Vanilla vodka & cranberry juice (at bars that have nasty pineapple juice and I fear their ability to make a decent margarita)
4. Wine of the semi-sweet white variety (Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Himmelswein [I don't know a ton about wine, but I know enough to know what I like and what I absolutely do not like, and enough to recommend the basics to someone. I apologize to the wine snobs in here for my inferior wine preferences.])


But don't follow my lead; those are girl drinks. Drink straight turpentine or else you won't get laid.

[E-DuB]

Drink straight turpentine or else you won't get laid.

That's how I met my girlfriend

[lennedsay]

I love a good love story! Make a full length feature and I'll drag my husband to see it in theaters!

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For the record, I've never made my husband (or any other guy ever) watch a chick flick with me. 

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[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Tequila Jagermeister is the fucking devil. Bad memories from college, man.

Fixed for my personal experience

[etiolate]

I'm not a fan of barbados rum. Has anyone else tried Cohiba's 7 year rum? I only know them as a cigar manufacturer, but I tried that rum of theirs and it was just fine.

[Beezy]

Honessey

[Cormacaroni]

The only question I ask myself when determining whether I want to drink something or not is: Is it within reach?

[billyofcourse]

Jack and Coke

[Boogie]

Fuck The Business.

[Fresh Prince]

The Business is correct tho. Southern Comfort isn't a serious drink too.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I'll take a picture of my liquor spread this weekend and make all y'all cry the tears of a THUG

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American Honey isn't hard liquor

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I still own a bottle

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[Boogie]

The Business is correct tho. Southern Comfort isn't a serious drink too.

On that point, yes.

I was referring to his previous disparaging remarks about my patriotic drink of choice.