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Cheap alcohol vs. top shelf alcohol - Whats your favorite brands?

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Specop 007 said:
1) If you need to use a mixer, then you are drinking shit alcohol. Keep the soda for the kids. If it has an umbrella in it or tastes like fruit give it to the wife.

2) Cheap alcohol is for drunks. If you need to buy cheap alcohol you should go to AA rather than the liquor store.

3) Drink scotch. No ice, no soda. A glass, some scotch and a splash of hot water in the winter or cold water in the summer.
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You're exactly the customer Sidney Frank is looking for...
 
lxskllr said:
I'd ignore it. I don't drink to get drunk. I drink for flavor.
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i never liked the taste of anything with alcohol in it less it was like 3.5%.
most of the mixed drinks gave me an unquenchable thirst for some reason. but last few years, any amount of any alcohol gives me bad headaches, so i very rarely drink anymore.
 
System_Mechanic said:
i never liked the taste of anything with alcohol in it less it was like 3.5%.
most of the mixed drinks gave me an unquenchable thirst for some reason. but last few years, any amount of any alcohol gives me bad headaches, so i very rarely drink anymore.
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The variety I drink isn't very broad, I don't like vodka in anything, and gin and tonic is the only cocktail I drink. Wine with dinner on occasion, and the rare sherry, but otherwise I drink beer and whisky, but mostly whisky.
 
I don't buy the ultra expensive top shelf stuff or the plastic bottled bottom shelf stuff. Vodka I usually get Absolut. I think I'll try the Swevdka stuff people are mentioning after reading this thread. I never drink alcohol straight though can't stand the taste.
 
I don't drink cheap alcohol. It's fucking gross. I'm not rich enough to drink super top shelf stuff--like I drink scotch but I'm not buying 21+yr. With beers I spend in the range of like Sam Adams, Magic Hat, etc.; also get some imports like Tsingtao and Hacker-Pschorr.

With scotch, Balvenie Doublewood is my 'regular'. I've also got Balvenie carib cask, glenlivet 15/18, and oban 14. Looking to get some abermore 15 as well.
 
For Rum I usually buy Cruzan, I think it's the best rum for the price. Sometimes I get Appleton though.

For Gin, I prefer Bombay Sapphire, but I also like Seagrams if I'm buying cheap.

We only use Tequila for margaritas, so I find the Margaritaville to be the best for the price for that use. I don't drink tequila straight.
 
Top shelf is smoother and doesn't give me a headache.

Don't like scotch, it tastes like burnt rubber.
Jack Daniels tastes like crap.

I mostly drink Maker's Mark. Lately I have been trying out Bulleit and Knob Creek. Like them both.
 
middle of the road stuff i get is usually..

sailor jerry
svedka
captain jack 94

wild turkey 101 is my fav if i spending a little extra

usually mix it up though, lately i've bought some jameson, crown royal, and patron...
 
For some things it doesn't make a big difference. Scotch, Whiskey & Tequila I'd say are the ones you don't want to skimp on. The taste and your hangover will benefit. I don't think vodka makes as big of gains as you spend more, but some people will tell me I'm wrong.

My little home bar:
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EDIT: Sorry for the crap resolution. I took the picture with my phone. To compensate, it appears to have included my GPS coordinates. Splendid.
 
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I usually buy middle of the road booze. IMO price isn't that indicative of quality in alcohol once you get above the really cheap stuff.
 
Mid shelf for most booze works just fine.

I have been known to splurge on some rums and the occasional bottle of calvados.

Wine is an entirely different story.
 
rye.

can't make a cocktail without rye. other than a martini. which isn't really a cocktail. though gin is practically a cocktail in the bottle.


vodka + anything != cocktail
(vodka + vermouth is properly called a kangaroo, not a martini)
 
360 vodka
Patron or 1800 tequila
Bombay sapphire gin
Hennessy
Johnny Walker
Jameson

My go-to's of their respective category
 
what i tell myself before buying alcohol:

"is the difference in taste and impact worth $xx.xx?"

if not, i get the cheap stuff. if it is, i get the name brand stuff.

most of the times, i get the cheap stuff. it depends on the drink.


even with beer... sometimes, there's $1 pbr cans at this local bar. is it worth it for me to get my usual or just get pbr for a buck? i get the pbr... the savings is worth it.
 
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