The Hard Liquor and Miscellaneous Stiff Drinks Thread

The most important thing for liquor is that it should be cold, unless it's actually frozen its never too cold.

I like to drink my rum as a 50-50 mix with ginger beer (stronger flavour than ginger ale) I find the flavour to complement any hard liquor quite nicely. I always leave the ginger beer in the freezer until it's just starting to form ice. Can't beat it, also goes well with bourbon, whiskey or scotch. My uncle who is a scotch drinker introduced me to the iced ginger beer method.

Talking about all this fine alcohol is making me thirsty, too bad its a monday night, everything will be shut by now :sad:

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Originally Posted by King Henry V

Oh, tommyrot. Scotch and soda is a perfectly refreshing drink for a summer's evening.

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:thinking: Hmm... isn't Scotch meant for women (and Englishmen... same thing) to begin with?

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Originally Posted by Reverend Joe

:thinking: Hmm... isn't Scotch meant for women (and Englishmen... same thing) to begin with?

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I assume you have not tried a real cask strength Islay Scotch yet :snobby:

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Originally Posted by Ser Clegane

I assume you have not tried a real cask strength Islay Scotch yet :snobby:

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No, and I haven't tried turpentine fresh from the factory either.

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~D :smash:

I've developed a disturbing predilection for straight gin.

Best whiskey I have ever had the good fortune to sip was made by a Saskatchewan farmer.

Absolutely smooth.

Water is essential to enjoying a good whiskey. Scotch, Irish, Bourbon benefit because your taste buds actually get a chance to taste the parts; after that first sip of straight whiskey I doubt anyone can taste the full profile as the taste buds go into shock. For the good stuff water is essential.

OK, a science question (I mean I know I can search the internet for an answer, but why do so much work when I've got a group of excellent fellow guild men to help me out ... :grin3:)
Right, so, why is it that alcohol affects us more when had on an empty stomach?? :juggle2:

I have heard a couple of reasons why it slows alcohol absorbtion. One is that it dilutes the alcohol, and the other is that when we eat the stomach closes up to digest the food and stops anything from getting through to the small intestine. The small intestine absorbs stuff more quickly into the blood stream then the stomach, so having the alcohol stay in the stomach rather than pass to the small intestine would cause slower absorbtion. My scientific skills extend no further than yr12 biology, but they seem to make sense to me.

I believe that is correct. Carbonated drinks like beer and champagne open the valve to the small intestine and so get you drunk quicker on a full stomach than liquor will.

Having just got back from Cuba I'm hooked on Cuba Libre's which is Rum, Coke and Lime Juice, they're very nice.

Mojitos are also good if they're well made, if they're not them they are quite disgusting.

Bloody Mary all the way, don't like sugary stuff.

The hardest alcoholic drink I ever had...
99,99999 % pure ethanol, analytical grade... drank accidentally when I pippete them with my mouth... apparently 2 or 3 ml are going down my throat... that really burns....

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So afterall, I prefer drink jamaica Rhum anyway...

Isn't the alcohol you use in a pipette supposed to be denatured or something to prevent naughty kids from gulping it down?

not denatured, analytical grade, pure ethanol (denatured w pyridine w made them rather basic, and denatured w methanol w made them useless in oxidative standard)

I was use open pippete which should manually pumped out w mouth