The Hard Liquor and Miscellaneous Stiff Drinks Thread

[Sasaki Kojiro]

They make the best gin in Plymouth (United Kingdom) down on the Barbican. Plymouth Gin is quite widely available, and should be taken with some good tonic and a slice of lime.

Plymouth is good indeed. Makes a great martini, seems like the flavor would be a little subtle for a gin and tonic though. Works well in a gin pink too, though I've never been clear on how much a dash is.

Am very impressed with the johnny walker black--better than the dewar's 12 I tried before. Just a little pour lasts me a long time since the flavor stays in my mouth for so long. Will have to try some single malt next time.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

What is the vodka with the least flavor? Like harsh water...

[Strike For The South]

What is the vodka with the least flavor? Like harsh water...

Anything with less alcohol.

Or the reeeealll expensive stuff.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I want high alcohol level, so expensive it is...

I spoke to a WWII veteran who told me they took engine diesel (for a plane? tank? I don't recall exactly...), added berries and other fruits for flavor and did some sort of "alcoholization" to it. Have no idea what they did (or if it's even possible), but I'll take his word for it. He said they had a couple sips of that stuff and were drunk and passed out. He said it was the stupidest thing he'd ever done because he was sure he killed tons of braincells.

[Reverend Joe]

I want high alcohol level, so expensive it is...

I spoke to a WWII veteran who told me they took engine diesel (for a plane? tank? I don't recall exactly...), added berries and other fruits for flavor and did some sort of "alcoholization" to it. Have no idea what they did (or if it's even possible), but I'll take his word for it. He said they had a couple sips of that stuff and were drunk and passed out. He said it was the stupidest thing he'd ever done because he was sure he killed tons of braincells.

Wow... that sounds so beyond stupid. The only way I could conceive of wanting to do that is if I really wanted to get drunk AND didn't care of I died.

Of course, if this guy was fighting on the Eastern front, I could see that happening...

[rajpoot]

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A question. How bad is Vodka? Health wise?
I mean I'm not a perpetual drunk. Infact I go to the bar just once a week, and have some 120 ml of vodka, and some whiskey when my pocket permits.
But lately, I've been hearing a lot of stuff from my friends that vodka is the most harmful of all hard drinks......and that it can do terrible things to the body. What most agitated me was a talk where this chap said to me that vodka causes water accumulation in the, ahem, balls.
So can anyone tell me if it's really all that bad or is it no worse than the other types?

[Moros]

Well I'm still in perfect health so it can't be that bad at all. Unless beer is the cure for evertyhting bad wodka does. If I were you just drink beer and wodka together, that can't be bad at all. ;)

[drone]

A question. How bad is Vodka? Health wise?
I mean I'm not a perpetual drunk. Infact I go to the bar just once a week, and have some 120 ml of vodka, and some whiskey when my pocket permits.
But lately, I've been hearing a lot of stuff from my friends that vodka is the most harmful of all hard drinks......and that it can do terrible things to the body. What most agitated me was a talk where this chap said to me that vodka causes water accumulation in the, ahem, balls.
So can anyone tell me if it's really all that bad or is it no worse than the other types?

I haven't heard anything like that. Vodka is actually one of the healthiest distilled drinks out there, the multiple filtering that the good vodkas go through clear out a lot of the harmful substances. It takes a lot of good vodka to produce a hangover, and most of this is just from the dehydration.

[Dutch_guy]

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A question. How bad is Vodka? Health wise?
I mean I'm not a perpetual drunk. Infact I go to the bar just once a week, and have some 120 ml of vodka, and some whiskey when my pocket permits.
But lately, I've been hearing a lot of stuff from my friends that vodka is the most harmful of all hard drinks......and that it can do terrible things to the body. What most agitated me was a talk where this chap said to me that vodka causes water accumulation in the, ahem, balls.
So can anyone tell me if it's really all that bad or is it no worse than the other types?

As long as you buy wodka with a semi respectable brand you'll be fine. Don't ever go for the (ridiculously) cheap wodka in, say, your supermarket. That's the nasty stuff, that's what causes all kind of problems - like blindness and the such.

[Ramses II CP]

Vodka is one of the purest forms of liquor and certainly no worse for you than anything else of the same proof. In fact it's probably better than most just because it doesn't contain the impurities that give them their flavor.

As far as water accumulation in your testicles? That's an old wive's tale, literally. Women would tell men that to stop them drinking. Next time you hear something that dumb tell your buddy to stop being an old woman.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

As long as you buy wodka with a semi respectable brand you'll be fine. Don't ever go for the (ridiculously) cheap wodka in, say, your supermarket. That's the nasty stuff, that's what causes all kind of problems - like blindness and the such.

That's methanol that causes blindness. Though I have heard of cases where unscrupulous people sold methanol as vodka, I doubt the sold in a supermarket.

[Fragony]

As long as you buy wodka with a semi respectable brand you'll be fine. Don't ever go for the (ridiculously) cheap wodka in, say, your supermarket. That's the nasty stuff, that's what causes all kind of problems - like blindness and the such.

That must be why I don't see very cheap vodka? What are you talking about?

[Ice]

Cheap Vodka is really bad for you? Lol, my friends and I are really screwed.

[rajpoot]

Well, I don't drink cheap. Never. I guess I'm reassured. Vodka with fruit juices is my favourite drink. Wouldn't want to give that up for anything.

[Beirut]

I admit to drinking vodka.

It's a tough thing for a bourbon drinker to 'fess up to, but honesty is its own reward. I like it straight or with just enough cranberry juice to change the colour a bit.

But if you're going to drink vodka, try Iceberg vodka.
http://www.bevmo.com/Shop/ProductDet...59&Ns=Name%7c0


I like the Russian vodka better, but this stuff is really good and it's from Newfoundland. How cool is that?

[Dutch_guy]

That's methanol that causes blindness. Though I have heard of cases where unscrupulous people sold methanol as vodka, I doubt the sold in a supermarket.

That must be why I don't see very cheap vodka? What are you talking about?

This is based on my trip to Russia last February, where you'd literally see a warning sticker on a bottle of €2/3$ vodka. That's bad stuff, no doubt about it. Doesn't get sold here on in any other western country, of course, so sure hope I didn't cause a panic.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

This is based on my trip to Russia last February, where you'd literally see a warning sticker on a bottle of €2/3$ vodka. That's bad stuff, no doubt about it. Doesn't get sold here on in any other western country, of course, so sure hope I didn't cause a panic.

Well yeah. The Russian Government actually started putting out its own super cheap vodka to cut out the blackmarket stuff, which can kill you.

[rajpoot]

Well yeah. The Russian Government actually started putting out its own super cheap vodka to cut out the blackmarket stuff, which can kill you.

That doesn't make sense.....people are going to die drinking the government made super cheap vodka insted of snuffing after having black market stuff....
Well nothing the governments do makes much sense to me anyway......

[miotas]

Here in Oz, the cheapest alcohol we have is goon. Less than 10 aussie dollars for 4L of wine, about the same price as metho. If there is any alcohol that will kill ya then it's goon. That is the nastiest shit you can buy.

My choice of alcohol is good quality aussie rum, which has the dual benefit of being both delicious and too expensive for me to drink to excess.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

That doesn't make sense.....people are going to die drinking the government made super cheap vodka insted of snuffing after having black market stuff....
Well nothing the governments do makes much sense to me anyway......

I believe they were selling the stuff at a loss, so though their vodka was super cheap it wasn't deadly.

[King Jan III Sobieski]

Peach schnapps are tasty, and I can't stand drinking most liquors straight up, they have to be mixed (I know, I'm a sissy!)

[AlexanderSextus]

drinking whiskey with anything in it other than ice is a sacrelige unless you are female.

[Samurai Waki]

drinking whiskey with anything in it other than ice is a sacrelige unless you are female.

Indeed sir. Straight up Bourbon (on the rocks if need be) and a 1-51 Tracer. That'll give you a little extra fur on the chest.

[AlexanderSextus]

Indeed sir. Straight up Bourbon (on the rocks if need be) and a 1-51 Tracer. That'll give you a little extra fur on the chest.

DAMN man you dont mess around. I'd substitute Gentleman Jack for the Bourbon however.

[King Henry V]

drinking whiskey with anything in it other than ice is a sacrelige unless you are female.

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

[AlexanderSextus]

Vodka with fruit juices is my favourite drink.

UR

Be a man. Drink Whiskey.

[AlexanderSextus]

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

BLASPHEMER!

[Ser Clegane]

Actually the ice already is a sacrilege... (at least if you use it to ruin a perfectly fine single malt )

[AlexanderSextus]

Actually the ice already is a sacrilege... (at least if you use it to ruin a perfectly fine single malt )

Yes, the rule is even more strict for Single Malt scotch. Ice is only okay for Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey.

[Beirut]

UR

Be a man. Drink Whiskey.

Son, I've been drinking bourbon since the '70s and though I used to share your opinion, I must admit that it is the wrong opinion.

The master distiler at Jim Beam, the man who makes the finest bourbon in the world, Booker's Best, says if you enjoy your whiskey with water, then it's okay to drink your whiskey with water. He says for many people it opens up the whiskey and allows for a better tasting.

I am of the opinion that his opinion is the opinion.

Also, my grandfather drove a tank in World War I and lived well into his nineties and he put water in his whiskey. Who am I, or anybody, to judge him?

The World's Greatest Bourbon Whiskey.