Hearing someone order a Highland Park 25 on ice is worse than hearing someone, likely the same miscreant, order a prime steak cooked well done.
THIS!
Chui, yes definitively a Scotch drinker, mostly Single Malts (neat) but I do drink the occasional blended Scotch with soda water with and w/o ice "Highball". And far as ketchup, only on fries, meatloaf and burgers and NEVER, EVER on a hot dog!
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
Frogman: Yes I did try Buffalo Trace and found it better than Knob Creek. I really would like to acquire a taste for "Whiskey" so I'll continue to experiment. In the meantime, nothing comes close to a Talisker 18 or a Lagavulin!
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
That Coors Light is considered normal points to a sad state of affairs. It is a sorely lacking product to anyone who actually likes real beer. And no, by real I don't necessarily mean dark or heavy beer either.
It's not about cost or exclusivity, I generally can't swing "exclusive" luxury items. These are great and cost far less:
Wild Turkey whiskeys generally have high rye mash bills, so they're a little spicy for some palates.
My palate is fine - the problem for me with Wild Turkey is the guaranteed 45 minutes I'll spend on the chitter approximately 1 hour after drinking it. Literally - Wild Turkey and Southern Comfort do that to me for some reason.
I don't drink bourbon either. All I know is whenever I drink Turkey or SoCo I am literally like this within the next hour or so.
I've stopped drinking Turkey and SoCo.
I never have that issue with vodka/gin/schnapps or any other spirit nor have I had the issue with Scotch or Pendleton or JD single barrel. I thought maybe it was in my head but one night of drinking for free with a hot bartender and BAM it hit me - I asked her what was in the drinks she's been giving me and as soon as she said SoCo - it clicked. Sort of wondering if it's the rye? I don't use rye in any of my homebrew so it's basically the only place I'm exposed to it.