The Alcohol thread?

Masturbating with a hangover is fantastic

I don't think I'd want to drink anything over 50% (100 proof for you Shifty :P) anyway.

I know in official tastings of whiskies, they'll try them watered down to about 20% with distilled water, as over that burns taste buds, so you don't get all the flavour.

I agree with you when I'm drinking for the taste and for pleasure.... but to be honest most of the time after the first couple of glasses I'm drinking purely to get hammered.

That's why when I'm up for it I start off with a whiskey vodka.

I've never drank for taste, only to get drunk.

That can't possibly be true. Really?

Yeah, I don't think my taste buds were made to actually like alcohol in terms of taste. It all tastes like **** to me, I just can stand some more than others. If I'm drinking, I wanna be buzzing or it feels pointless.

Out of interest, have you tried drinking nice wines or single malts? Can you at least tell the difference between an drink which is considered 'good' and one which is considered 'bad'?

I can definitely taste the difference between a good whiskey and a good vodka from cheap ones because it goes down smooth and you don't feel that burning sensation from cheap liquor. That said, I never have actually felt like I actually liked the taste, it just made it easier to drink to get ****faced.


One of the only drinks I recall liking was a White Russian and that feeling went away when I realized it had milk and hangovers with lactose intolerance doesn't go well at all.

I suppose you're not white so you cant be expected to have good taste

I didn't like red wine though, until I started trying more and more, little by little I began to love it

Red wine is pretty nasty. Even more coming out of me. I think life would be easier if I developed a taste and/or penchant for it.

Sir Sir_Didier_Drogba, what whiskey would you recommend? I've recently grown quite a liking for it and would like to get some recommendations. So far I'm liking the Dalmore 12 y.o. and J. Walker Double Black. Recommendations under $50 would be appreciated. Unless it's a stunning whiskey that must be tried and there's no cheaper substitute.

skiptomylou;3211254 said:

Red wine is pretty nasty. Even more coming out of me. I think life would be easier if I developed a taste and/or penchant for it.

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This. Though maybe it's something that'll come with age. Like when you're old and grey you'll enjoy red wine as much as anything. At least that's what I hope.

Try some Irish if you've only recently started drinking scotch straight. Even the regular Irish Whiskies are very smooth compared to most Scotch.

Try Tullamor Dew, it's much better than run of the mill Jamieson's. Or Bush Mills is another nice one.

Irish and Scotch whiskies are both made from the same grain, and both "normal" (ie. Malt barley) whiskies (as opposed to sour mash, rye etc), so quite similar flavour. Irish just has to be triple distilled, and some of the storage/ageing regulations are different (type of cask etc). But they're generally fairly similar. Irish is generally a little lighter than most Scotch, and I'm sure you'd love it.

Red Wine is a bit of a catch 22. You need to like it to drink it, and drink it to like it. I started liking it by drinking tiny bits at a time. Then attempt a glass (of something nice, light and fruity), and slowly work your way up.

It's not meant to be "drank" like most guys try and drink - it should be sipped (ie. Fairly small mouthfuls). That's not to say you don't drink 3 or 4 bottles in a night though. Just a sip at a time.

skiptomylou;3211221 said:

Yeah, I don't think my taste buds were made to actually like alcohol in terms of taste. It all tastes like **** to me, I just can stand some more than others. If I'm drinking, I wanna be buzzing or it feels pointless.

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Yeah, I'm the same way. If I want to drink something that I like I'll buy a soft drink. Booze is for boozing to me.

Alex;3211246 said:

I didn't like red wine though, until I started trying more and more, little by little I began to love it

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Do you suggest buying box wine and having a glass a day until I like it? That's pretty much how I got to like beer. Enough Natty Ice and eventually it becomes tolerable, which makes good beer good.

Zlatan;3211312 said:

This. Though maybe it's something that'll come with age. Like when you're old and grey you'll enjoy red wine as much as anything. At least that's what I hope.

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Here's a question for you, my grandpa's drink was always a Genever martini. He'd always get it from people for Christmas because it isn't the easiest thing to track down in the states and certainly not if you want something other than Bols. As a Dutchman, do you have any opinion on Genever? What's it like? I'm VERY intrigued and think it would make me look eccentric, but in a good sophisticated way, if this became a standard drink of mine.

Well here in Amsterdam we have a tradition of doing 'een kopstootje' (a headbutt), where one is to drain a shot of genever and chase it with a glass of beer after which you eat like cheese with mustard (I'm not kidding you).

That said though it is kind of an old tradition and usually done by grey old alcoholics in local pubs. It is kind of an sophisticated old man's drink, in any case. I don't usually drink genever, though I do have a bottle of young graingenever sitting around here at my home. I kind of like it, although it wouldn't quite be my preferred alcoholic drink. It does generally have more taste than other high percentage alcoholic beverages.