TS: brown liquor vs. clear liquor

lol yeah it's 80 miserable proof, this is like the schwag of moonshines

yeah that proof seems like its more designed to rinse out and sterilize the bottles that they put the real moonshine in tbh

fill yr bong w/that stuff imo

is this a good place to talk about how i hate rum? because seriously fuck rum

made in lolwilliamsburgle i believe

nooooooooooo

i don't know why white whiskey is suddenly trendy but it is. actually bought a bottle the other day, it.....has its uses but not all that many.

that bottle is fucking retarded

rum's cool in the right context, helps if you are on a tropical vacation

also I have love for it in historical context, it was at one point the go-to liquor for hopeless cases

I saw a commercial for this horrible looking Kraken Rum last night.

it's probably harder to make good rum drinks than good gin/whiskey/tequila drinks, but it can be done and it pretty awesome.

oh yeah the Kraken is garbage but go down to Puerto Rico and be a joyless rumhater if you want, to me that's like going to Poland and ordering whiskey instead of vodka, the pleasure of drinks is often a matter of context

http://itsallfreeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Kraken-Rum.JPG
ugh

prepping myself to sip a bunch of rum in st. thomas next week!

rum is good in nice weather but not during the winter

ive mostly been drinking whiskey sours this winter or bourbon & mulled cider

prepping myself to sip a bunch of rum in st. thomas next week!

I did that a couple of years ago and it was SO. DAMN. RELAXING. have fun!!!

that could explain it because where i live there is no nice weather so xpost

xp thx man!!

i don't know why white whiskey is suddenly trendy but it is. actually bought a bottle the other day, it.....has its uses but not all that many.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, March 17, 2011 7:46 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

because it doesn't take months to years to barrel and eventually sell it. also it goes along w/the whole oldie timey pre prohibition/americana trendiness.

i've had a white manhattan and i wasn't super enthused. also the bartender at the bar they mention in the article was a total dickhole, so maybe it tainted what i thought about the drink.
http://sfist.com/2010/05/07/sfist_drinks_the_white_manhattan_at.php

yeah i def get why it's being produced, less so why it's being consumed. i lurk on a bourbon board and listening to those guys go on about this stuff is fucking hilarious.

i was curious about that recipe! need the dolin blanc. also abt. n. white, i've seen a few of his drink recipes out there.

white whiskey is 4 chumps & pseuds

deal with it

it's probably harder to make good rum drinks than good gin/whiskey/tequila drinks, but it can be done and it pretty awesome.

i like scotch cause it tastes like what i thought booze always tasted like growing up. first 'drink' i ever had was bourbon (snuck into a cup of coffee tbf), made me think alcohol was just not a viable option for me

i can never do more than tolerate vodka, and it starts tasting worse the more you drink it wtf

is that our darraghmac posting back in 2004?

likely. Was i being a dick?

u were mod shakin iirc

drinking tequila. didn't realise you'd been here that long

didnt realise i was drinkin tequila that long tbph

yeah there's a reason for that

nah dont really f/w the stuff. Whiskey in all its forms.

i always thought i didn't like rum either, but recently went to the fucking raddest tiki bar in sf called Smuggler's Cove. i thought tiki drinks were just totally sweet and nasty, but the bartender was great. i told him i usually drank whiskeys but i wanted to open my horizons and he made me a drink up on the spot w/rum. something he didnt even know what it was, but it was pretty great. he also steered me towards some more trad juice based tiki drinks that weren't too sweet and fucking fantastic. he was also a really nice guy and answered some of my noob home bartender questions and even steered me towards a really great tiki iphone app. totally recommended http://beachbumberry.com/tiki-app/

and the whole other thing w/rum and tiki bars is that you think the whole hawaiian shirts, pirate ship, lounge music theme is silly, but if you really think about it, so is prohibition stuff, dudes w/curly mustaches and vests or suspenders. it's all an act. disneylandish.

Liqour is RUBBISH. It's just a watery parsley sauce.

As in pot liquor (or pot likker)?

Finally started a batch of this piss-colored liqueur today.

Word! u gotta make me some of that pronto

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Rum + Watermelon juice = awesome

I have yet to come up with an appropriate name for this concoction. currently going with Tropical Chachi

rum is great all u haters are crazy

I like it the rum.

yes, just sayin. all be uprising for wray and nephew.

http://www.thebeveragestore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/265x265/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/w/r/wray-and-nephew-white-rum.jpg

Haha that shit is crazy (and seems to be super popular in my neighbourhood for some reason) it tastes p much like lighter fluid iirc

weird. went out last night and the bar had a drink w/white rye in it. bartender let me try it. so nasty. burned my lips and tasted like tequilla

spent last night sipping 12 yr macallan

I've tried Buffalo Trace's "White Dog" version, which is just the unbarreled, unaged product. I could drink it, although it lacks flavor and is pretty sweet. I don't understand why people are paying higher prices for this shit than aged liquor. It's a product that's easier to make!

yeah i'm hearing these white dogs make for ok sipping with an american pale ale accompaniment, which could be decent for those nights

There is nothing better than a good whiskey/beer combo, imo.

i've had a white manhattan and i wasn't super enthused. also the bartender at the bar they mention in the article was a total dickhole, so maybe it tainted what i thought about the drink.
http://sfist.com/2010/05/07/sfist_drinks_the_white_manhattan_at.php

― jaxon, Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:05 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ok i made this:

1.5 oz death's door white whisky
.5 oz dolin blanc
.5 oz. benedictine
3 dashes orange bitters

it's interesting, and not half bad although something in the finish is off for me. benedictine is fairly difficult to mix with imo--i'd be curious to try this with all dolin, or with cointreau or maraschino or something else instead.

what's benedictine like? wiki calls it a medicinal aromatic herbal beverage. is it similar to like fernet or something? my new recent favorite purchase is allspice pimento dram. super spiced. wonderful for winter cocktails, but in every recipe i've followed i've had to cut it by at least half. it's super overpowering.

the lion's tail from here is outstanding, but i cut the pimento in half and the lime almost in half (the wife can't deal w/citrus all that well)
http://drinkboston.com/2008/05/21/i-say-pimento-you-say-allspice/

ouzo is gross imo. i prefer dark rum to white - but maybe i just havent had good white rum

Ouzo is similar to arak and many other rather raw near-eastern anise-flavored liquors. It is not mellow stuff. It is traditionally drunk with water added, which turns it a milky color. I can't say it is worth a special trip just to drink some, but if you are in Greece and some is offered to you, try it. You might like it.

yea if you like anise you will like ouzo

Oh, I just looked up what anise is. Can't imagine I'd be into it.

If you have ever had Pastis, it is pretty similar. Ouzo is really refreshing with ice and water. It has a bad rep because tourists tend to pound shots of it.

Or sambucca i guess.

sambuca + espresso = deliciousness