[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

If you drink Vodka straight up you can tell the difference...but I agree you may not be able to discern a particular brand

If you read the link I posted above you will see that in their taste test they did straight up shots and then mixed vodka drinks. Either way they couldn't tell difference.

Besides, those who like to pay $60 for a pretty vodka bottle are actually amateur snobs.

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A shot glass of Billionaire Vodka costs more than your house.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

I hate it when they run out of the little umbrellas to stick in my drink. One would think they would give a discount when that happens, but sadly no.

Or comp my meal !!!

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Gpsma

Its Soda not pop.

I vote for pop. Soda is the water you mix with scotch.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

Not sure about the law in Florida, but I owned a bar business in Massachusetts and it was illegal for me to go an by alcohol at a liquor store for resale in my bar. All alcohol had to be purchased through the distributor.

It was the same in Michigan.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Originally Posted by Bonny

I vote for pop. Soda is the water you mix with scotch.

In the deep South, all soft drinks are called Cokes.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Rapscallion St Croix

In the deep South, all soft drinks are called Cokes.

We called the coke type pop, cola, but Coke was Coke. Pop was called what ever flavor it was.

[Henryk]

I like vodka as much as the next gay, but I value smoothness, no burn. I also agree that if you mix it with anything then drink the cheapest you can find.

My preference, however is gin and I'm a Bombay guy. If it's good enough for the Queen of England, then darn it, it's good enough for me. Tasty botanicals. Don't, however, care for Bombay Sapphire--don't need the extra proof and it burns.

As long as I'm on my soap box, I like martinis. Asking for a vodka martini or a "hold the vermouth" martini are both oxymorons--just ask for gin or vodka on the rocks.

[Chatbrat]

And Winston Churchill drank Johnny Walker RED-we drink what we like

[dewilson58]

Originally Posted by Henryk

I like vodka as much as the next gay, but I value smoothness, no burn. I also agree that if you mix it with anything then drink the cheapest you can find.

My preference, however is gin and I'm a Bombay guy. If it's good enough for the Queen of England, then darn it, it's good enough for me. Tasty botanicals. Don't, however, care for Bombay Sapphire--don't need the extra proof and it burns.

As long as I'm on my soap box, I like martinis. Asking for a vodka martini or a "hold the vermouth" martini are both oxymorons--just ask for gin or vodka on the rocks.

Gin Guy here..............Not a Sapphire fan, the fruity tastes turn me off. Bombay Dry is much preferred. Try Booth's sometime, I was surprised. There is a Booth's "Sapphire type", not impressed. I don't want my glass to even see the vermouth bottle.

[Chatbrat]

We're not gin drinkers, but we drink Nolet gin for an after diner drink

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

We're not gin drinkers, but we drink Nolet gin for an after diner drink

Nolets The Reserve Dry Gin 750ml

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

Nolets The Reserve Dry Gin 750ml

Couldn't have said it better... Yikes..

[GoodLife]

Originally Posted by Chatbrat

We're not gin drinkers, but we drink Nolet gin for an after diner drink

After "diner" drink, so you're saying that after you go to Darrels Diner, you enjoy a $500 Nolet?

[vintageogauge]

I was a vodka drinker for years and only drank Smirnoff's, not because of the taste tests that it won as I started well before those were taken. It is one of the few vodkas that does not give me a headache and I've tried most of them over the years. And yes, I have left restaurants that did not have it or I would just drink water. One that I went to was advertising that they had over 100 brands of vodka, this was around the time that Smirnoff was winning the taste tests and no, they did not have it, I left. When I drink I want to drink whatever I like, same with ordering food. Several times over the years I asked bars if they would start carrying Smirnoff's and at least two of them started and to this day still carry it, very popular brand.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

Nolets The Reserve Dry Gin 750ml

I always enjoy a nice glass of this with my Jr. Whopper.