Do you drink it? If so, how do you take it?

I've come to enjoy it more in my older age (37). In the past, I couldn't stomach it, but I've found that Bullet, or Knob Creek, with just a little bit of ginger ale or coke is pretty good.

Still can't do that mess straight though.

9/10/2017 12:32:38 AM

Blanton's if u wanna get kinda fancy...on ice imo, as well as the ones u mention.

The cheaper stuff u mix.

9/10/2017 12:41:02 AM

How do you drink Blantons? On ice or with something else?

9/10/2017 12:58:56 AM

it makes me sad to know that people put anything in their Bulleit

9/10/2017 1:59:36 AM

I really can't drink it straight. I'll try it with some water next time. But I've tried drinking straight whiskey since 1998, because I like the flavor. But it doesn't like my stomach.
My apologies, I just realize I misspelled bulleit in the OP.

[Edited on September 10, 2017 at 2:12 AM. Reason : Can't spell]

9/10/2017 2:10:29 AM

I'll add a small bit of water to whiskey or an ice cube. Mellows out the harshness just a touch and opens up the bouquet a bit so the aroma isn't too hot and harsh.

I also sip it. No rush to drink makes it easier on the stomach if I'm not pounding them back.

I also only drink straight with the good stuff. Lower end are used as mixers for whiskey sours or something else.

9/10/2017 5:29:25 AM

Coke? Are you a teenage girl?

At least you didn't spell it whisky

9/10/2017 6:46:52 AM

I pretty much drink it exclusively neat, except for the occasional old fashioned. I might add a few drops of water to stuff >120 proof, but ice is way too much dilution, IMO

9/10/2017 8:37:06 AM

Drink your adult beverages in whichever manner suits your personal tastes.

9/10/2017 9:22:59 AM

Cheap Irish Whiskey (Paddy) + Black Coffee

Or straight with a single ice cube

9/10/2017 10:54:36 AM

My favorite lately has been knob creek, typically neat but now that i have a ice mold, ill throw one sphere in the glass

9/10/2017 11:36:59 AM

https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/17/16088926/whiskey-alcohol-dilution-water-drinking-chemistry

9/10/2017 12:01:22 PM

https://youtu.be/83Q-B6KepX4

Willie Nelson - Whiskey River - 9/13/1984 - Austin

9/10/2017 12:59:54 PM

9/10/2017 1:04:54 PM

I drink it with a cube or 2 of ice in the summer, neat in the winter.

my standby is basil haydens but I drink all kinds

9/10/2017 1:43:19 PM

This has been in my rotation a lot lately - pretty tasty

9/10/2017 2:52:09 PM

I only drink my whiskey neat, regardless of how cheap it is. I used to like it mixed with ginger ale, but lately I just want a ginger ale on the side to sip occasionally. I could care less if other people drink it neat or mixed with whatever; whatever wets their whistle.

9/10/2017 5:15:59 PM

9/11/2017 12:04:35 AM

^^ could you care less?

9/11/2017 12:36:24 AM

I like my whiskey on ice and my women on fire

9/11/2017 1:47:10 PM

Can you find Blanton's in Raleigh? It seems like there is some artificial supply/demand thing going on whenever I pop in an ABC store in ENC.

9/11/2017 7:20:26 PM

Quote :

"it makes me sad to know that people put anything in their Bulleit "

I mean...Bulleit is good...but it's not exactly top shelf.

And for the "I ONLY DRINK MY WHISKEY NEAT" guys...a splash of water really opens the flavors, especially in the good stuff.

9/11/2017 7:28:06 PM

who said anything about it being top shelf?

9/11/2017 8:14:10 PM

no one.

so far only one person has argued that it is not top shelf.

[Edited on September 11, 2017 at 9:00 PM. Reason : ^ who exactly is it that "loves to argue" again?]

9/11/2017 8:58:30 PM

What do you guys consider top shelf? I've had Woodford Reserve, thought it was pretty good. It's a little more than Bulleit, but geez, if 40 for a fifth isn't top shelf, what is?

9/11/2017 9:19:52 PM

Bulleit is closer to $30 for a fifth, not quite top shelf prices.

9/11/2017 9:24:32 PM

I prefer to drink my Basil Hayden out of the bottle. Its that good.

9/11/2017 9:37:14 PM

^^Hmmm, Ok I'll buy that. The Woodford Reserve I bought seemed like it was close to 40. But I'm not gonna spend any more than that on any kind of liquor. I guess I'm just cheap.

Or poor.

9/11/2017 9:38:59 PM

Quote :

"no one. so far only one person has argued that it is not top shelf. [Edited on September 11, 2017 at 9:00 PM. Reason : ^ who exactly is it that "loves to argue" again?]"

the implication being that he assumed I was saying that Bulleit is top shelf, obviously

9/11/2017 9:44:24 PM

To me top shelf is something like Elijah Craig 23 year....

9/11/2017 9:45:28 PM

Quote :

"the implication being that he assumed I was saying that Bulleit is top shelf, obviously"

or that such treatment is traditionally reserved for top shelf whiskey, which Bulleit is not...

[Edited on September 11, 2017 at 9:47 PM. Reason : ^ that's beyond what is commonly knows as "top shelf"]

9/11/2017 9:46:49 PM

Recently finished a bottle of Glenlivet. I have it with just a little water.

9/11/2017 10:01:12 PM

Bulleit, and whiskey like Bulleit, shouldn't be mixed with soda

that's usually reserved for the lowest shelf whiskey

if you can't handle whiskey on its own, you're wasting money by diluting a better whiskey with soda

9/11/2017 10:01:16 PM

well sure, but not all whiskey drinks are whiskey + coke.

i wouldn't want to use the cheap shit in a manhattan for example. you can still taste the quality of the something like bulleit in drinks like that.

9/11/2017 10:07:41 PM

the OP made no mention of a drink like a Manhattan or Old Fashioned, which is what I was replying to

9/11/2017 10:09:43 PM

So it doesn't it make you sad when people put vermouth in bulleit?

9/11/2017 10:18:49 PM

it makes me sad when people use shit vermouth to make a manhattan. I don't care if you mix your Breckenridge with soda, but don't buy a $6 bottle of Martini Rossi to go with your $50 bottle of bourbon. If your vermouth isn't worth drinking straight, then it's not worth being used as a mixer either.

Vya and Carpano Antica are my preferred sweet vermouths.

9/12/2017 12:47:17 AM

fukken hot vermouth takes

now i've seen everything

9/12/2017 9:22:54 AM

I recently heard about this new study on NPR

Why whiskey tastes better with a little water

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/17/health/whiskey-water-taste-study/index.html

9/12/2017 9:44:51 AM

My glass is gettin' shorter
On whiskey, ice, and water

9/12/2017 10:42:10 AM

Whiskey River take my mind,
Don't let her memory torture me.
Whisky River don't run dry,
You're all I've got, take care of me.

9/12/2017 10:44:28 AM

Globe cube does fine for me. I enjoy a cool drink over room temp, and the melt adds enough water to bring out the extra flavors.

Go to brand is Eagle Rare.

9/12/2017 10:56:14 AM

^^, ^^^


I'm a whiskey rock-a-roller
That's what I am.
Women, whiskey, and miles o' travelin'
is all I understand.

9/12/2017 1:17:40 PM

I drank enough whiskey to float a battleship around

9/12/2017 2:22:34 PM

Whiskey bottles
And brand new cars
Oak tree, you're in my way

9/13/2017 6:08:58 AM

It happened back in the bayou many years ago
Satan came to take him and he did it real slow
Well, they rushed him back to see the doctor
The doctor just shook his head,
"Twenty years of rotgut whiskey
Done killed the poor man dead."
He drank ole poison whiskey
'Til it killed him dead.

9/13/2017 8:54:38 AM

I like it, but it is an expensive Hobby.

9/14/2017 5:53:34 AM

Maybe you could cut other costs, like not wasting money on valuable capital letters where they don't belong.

9/14/2017 7:42:03 AM

I take my whiskey like my women - weak mixed with a lot of ginger


but really if I'm shooting, Beam. Beam is underrated imo

Sipping, usually a single malt scotch.

9/14/2017 9:06:53 AM

Jameson Irish Whiskey... shots. Occasionally followed by a shot of pickle juice aka pickleback

9/14/2017 8:07:40 PM