Recommend me some alcohol

amddude

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I'm looking for two items:
-something fancy that I can have for special occasions
-something I can drink on a regular basis

These could be a drink unto itself or a mixed beverage.

I'm not a big drinker and don't really know exactly what to get. I wouldn't mind buying something online for the fancier item.

What I like:
tequila
gin and juice
long islands
cider beer
mojo (vodka fruity thing that I think is only sold in Canada)

What I don't like:
wine
yuengling

I appreciate any suggestions! :)
 

ShawnD1

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May 24, 2003
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Aren't you 15?
Oh now you tell me. I always end up having sex with someone then afterward they tell me they're 15. It's fucking bullshit.


Right now I'm drinking Smirnoff watermelon vodka. It's quite good. It's smooth enough that you can drink it straight out of the bottle. Try doing that with some shit vodka like Radka and you'll die.
 

OCGuy

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There are plenty of high-end tequilas out there right now for drinking on the rocks/shots.

There are plenty of "well" level tequilas out there for mixing.


Enjoy.


Edit: Your name is "AMDdude", so I am assuming your budget is low. Stick with Jose Cuervo.
 

IcePickFreak

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Since you like gin, ever try a Bombay Sapphire martini? Wouldn't be something to drink all the time, but good for occasions. It works in gin & tonic as well, but a bit expensive for that IMO.
 

ShawnD1

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Try Hornitos
Did anyone else look at this and first read it as Tim Hortons then go back and read it a second time after realizing the sentence makes no sense?

Anyway, what you can do is buy shit alcohol and pass it through a Brita filter. The charcoal will remove all kinds of garbage organic impurities. The key part to charcoal filtering is that lower temperature makes it work better. Put your vodka in the freezer before you run it through the Brita filter. Drink some of it first just to make sure you have the confidence to do this correctly. Also, you should have a filter that is strictly dedicated to alcohol. If you pass alcohol through your regular water filter then go back to filtering water, the water will taste horrible. I speak from experience.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adsorption
 

zerocool84

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Don Julio makes some good tequila. You just have to make sure you don't get the bottom of the barrel one.