I Take It Straight

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:54 pm

I really don't drink that much anymore. But, I do appreciate a quality shot every so often. Straight...Beer Back.... I've had a little airline bottle of Gentleman Jack for several years, and I decided to put it out of it's misery this evening. I usually don't care for Jack Daniel's, but, I have to admit that Gentleman Jack is a quality sipping whiskey. I usually get one winter bottle before Christmas....this might be it, or maybe a nice bottle of 1800 100% Blue Agave cactus squeezin's.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:07 pm

Good for you! I drank enough before I was 40 that would equal what everyone here on the board has drank.......combined. Been 18 years since I even smelled the stuff but.........the pictures Pitchy had on another post (with the dog and the sled in the snow) really brought back memories. I used to love to snowmobile with a quart of Old Granddad or Old Crow or Jack Daniels or Wild Turkey

stashed under my armpit. I never did care about the brand, as long as it had alcohol in it.

Dang, you put that in my head. I'm headed to the liquor store.

-----------Sixgun

Birdman · Post by **Birdman** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:10 pm

Once in a blue moon I like a shot or two of Jack. I'll go months at a time, but once in awhile it just seems right. Tonight may just be that time. Good idea.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:12 pm

I have a good bottle of Mescal I have been saving for a while.
This holiday sounds like a good reason.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:18 pm

Not a whiskey fan. But I did enjoy the Wild Turkey American Honey, that I had at a wedding a month ago.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:30 pm

Sixgun wrote:Good for you! I drank enough before I was 40 that would equal what everyone here on the board has drank.......combined. Been 18 years since I even smelled the stuff but.........the pictures Pitchy had on another post (with the dog and the sled in the snow) really brought back memories. I used to love to snowmobile with a quart of Old Granddad or Old Crow or Jack Daniels or Wild Turkey stashed under my armpit. I never did care about the brand, as long as it had alcohol in it.

Dang, you put that in my head. I'm headed to the liquor store. -----------Sixgun

Forty was about the age where I reached my lifetime quota of booze, and beer

. I can now have 2 or 3 without having to get plastered. I'm thankful that my liver is still in perfect shape for an ex-boozer, old fat man with diabetes.....(another reason not to drink too much

)

Good on you for recognizing your limitations.

Streetstar · Post by **Streetstar** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:27 am

BlaineG wrote: Forty was about the age where I reached my lifetime quota of booze, and beer . :

Whoops ---- I'm already 41 and i still party like a village idiot!

I make the excuse to my wife that it gives me a reason to work out --- but i am a bit OCD about that too.
Its the goofiest thing, nothing tastes better after a mountain bike ride or a solid workout to me than a few beers.

Regarding liquor, i am on the same fifth of Jack at home that i got for Christmas a couple of years ago, but if i am out at a bar, i occasionally like a couple of shots of "boutique" tequila (Patron, Sammy Hagar's swill, etc)

OldWin · Post by **OldWin** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:59 am

I don't drink much but nothing beats a cold beer in the summer. Once the weather cools a wiskey. Gentleman Jack is top notch. Have'nt tried single barrel yet. Another good one is Jim Beam Black. darn.....wish I were'nt at work!

Dave B · Post by **Dave B** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:28 am

I prefer Jack Daniels on the rocks with 3 lemon slices squezed in and an ice cold can of Bud. Works for me.

Dave B

guido4198 · Post by **guido4198** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 4:59 am

Around the house lately...I've been enjoying a variety of Scotch Whiskies. Lately settling in on Jameson's Irish Whiskey.
That Said....whenever I'm away from home, typically in some far-flung third-world toilet, sittting around a campfire at night...there's nothing like passing around a bottle of Jack Daniels for a little "taste-of-home".

Old No7 · Post by **Old No7** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:33 am

BlaineG wrote:"...I have to admit that Gentleman Jack is a quality sipping whiskey. I usually get one winter bottle before Christmas...."

Great choice!

It's a great choice for a spring, summer or fall bottle too

-- but maybe you knew I'd say that...

Old No7

jh45gun · Post by **jh45gun** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:03 am

I have drank Bourbon almost 40 years like Blaine now being diabetic I limit it to two or three. But in the past year trying some good Irish Whiskey it is also a good choice smooth stuff with a good taste. But then I suspect them Scotch/Irish folks from the hills started our bourbon tradition in this country.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:17 am

I didn't drink more than a two three beers a year until I was almost 40 and got divorced. A couple years of acting like a juvenile I developed a real taste for Makers Mark. I got a bottle last weekend for my birthday and I'm surprised there's any left.

Starting to think it's time to slow down a bit.

jb

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 9:48 am

Blaine's description of his physical state matches mine. So, I don't drink much anymore. But, my preferred drink is Canadain Mist. Started drinking it as a low ranked fuzz butt, and like the taste. My current bottle is a bit over a year old, and a bit over half full. Does wiskey go bad?

SteveR · Post by **SteveR** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:22 am

I like the single malt scotch now. Some have really complex flavors, smoky peat and honey, some more like Jack Daniels.

I had some one night many years ago with a friend of the family, he is an actor, and had been given the bottle of scotch, I said not thanks, I hate scotch, but it was one of the best sipping whiskeys I have ever had. I started my road down the single malts looking to find that kind again. I wish I saved the bottle.

I may have a scotch tonight, haven't had one since summer.

Steve

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:28 am

Quit for 20 years then talked myself into trying it again, swore i`d stay home but ended up in town howling so no more for another 20 years.

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:35 am

For many years Black Velvet has been my favorite (tastes good and you find it on sale regularly). Then last year some friends gave me a bottle of something called "Pendleton". You can't find it on sale, but for taste -- I'm afraid it has beat out my old favorite Black Velvet.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:16 am

Tequila is the only liquor that doesn't make me puke, literally.

If I have a drink with vodka, whiskey, rum, anything... there's gonna be projectile vomiting.

I like the Patron Anejo straight.

To mix I buy something like Jose Cuervo Especial.

In my adult incarnation I usually just stick to a good beer.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:33 am

I'm drinking Makers Mark as I type this, it's just right after walking the dog around a frosty park.
So CHEERS to all you Levergunners...

mikld · Post by **mikld** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 12:32 pm

I always dreamed of sitting next to the fireplace in my rocker, favorite slippers on with my redhead at my feet (Irish Setter), with a good sour mash sippin' whiskey, enjoying a nice quiet winter evening. But I always wound up in a cold alley, or cement lined drunk tank, barefoot, sharing a cement bunk with a smelly wino. But, by the grace of God, I haven't had a drink since June 1986...

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:49 pm

Pitchy wrote:Quit for 20 years then talked myself into trying it again, swore i`d stay home but ended up in town howling so no more for another 20 years.

As long as you didn't fly the plane to town....

Ji in Hawaii · Post by **Ji in Hawaii** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 2:38 pm

The only hard liquor I have in my house is Habu-sake which is basically a venomous Habu snake aging in Sho chu (Japanese vodka), and a bottle of Gingseng So Ju or Gingseng root aged in So Ju (Korean vodka). I take a shot occasionally for medicinal reasons but I must admit they are both quite tasty though taken in small amounts infrequently. I used to be a Dark Rum, and single malt scotch guy but haven't had a bottle of either in my home for over 7 years.

Habu sake

flyfisher66048 · Post by **flyfisher66048** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 3:19 pm

Sir Ji,

Holy smokes, I never knew something like that existed. You are a much tougher man than I ever wanted to be drinking that stuff. Never did care for snakes too much.

Ben_Rumson · Post by **Ben_Rumson** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:02 pm

Yeah.. my preferred drink was bourbon.. The stuff dang near got the better of me though... I don't keep any booze around anymore... But on occasion I'll upend a bottle and take a couple of good pulls straight off of the bottle...(My favorite way to drink it) Last time I had occasion to imbibe was in the spring when my nephew came for a visit... Having never tried Rye Whiskey I had him get me some from the local liquor store... They had one bottle of Rye Whiskey in the house... He came back with something named Bulleit Rye American Whiskey that I don’t know if it is a good brand or not... T’wernt cheap! But it was smooth. & tasty ...I liked the old fashioned plain type bottle and the nice squeak the cork makes when you un cork it... I’d recommend it for something different...

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:19 pm

I very rarely drink liquor, but I'm with FWiedner, my preferred is Patron Anejo. I can do a good spiced rum every once in a while, like Captain Morgan private stock, or the dark Bacardi, but I usually mix those with Coke. For a smooth sippin' whiskey Pendleton is the best I've found so far. I went to Mexico this summer and we brought back about 9 bottles of liquor. I don't know why, maybe just because they were cheap. I'll probably be drinking on those for 20 years.

TedH · Post by **TedH** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 5:27 pm

Another vote for American Honey.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:09 pm

Probably the only one who would share that Mescal with me is Big Sky 56.

Marvin S · Post by **Marvin S** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:31 pm

I dont always drink wiskey, but when I do I prefer Fireball. Just had to say that. It is a newer cinnamon flavor wiskey when served ice cold is pretty tastey.

yooper2 · Post by **yooper2** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 6:33 pm

Nothing better on a chilly night night than a little glass of good scotch or Bushmills.

Eric

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:28 pm

Mescalero wrote:Probably the only one who would share that Mescal with me is Big Sky 56.

Heck, I'm in.....My buddy goes across the border in Yuma and gets some really chit.......

rjohns94 · Post by **rjohns94** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:33 pm

While serving in the navy, I put down enough wild turkey to alarm the WTF haha. I got back to the base one night drivng and didn't know how I made it there or how i got through security. That was my wake up call. I still have an occasional drink, but it is not often but it still is Wild Turkey 101.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 7:50 pm

Except for around this time of the year, and on special visitations, I will confine myself to a good beer. An Amber, or IPA, or Hefeweizen....anything not too bitter. Blue Moon with a hint of citrus is pretty good.

Griff · Post by **Griff** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:01 pm

If it ain't HM's Rum... it'll be beer. I still have a quart of HM's Rum that my cousin gave me nearly 30 years ago. Well... ok, a little less than a finger left... but it's still smooth! Caon't remember where my cousin told me it was from... just it was from his issue rations! The Brits and such are so much more civilized about this than the dern Quakers on this side of the pond!

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:04 pm

I am surprised Blaine.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:25 pm

Mescalero wrote:
I am surprised Blaine.

Why is that?

DadsMod12 · Post by **DadsMod12** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:05 pm

If I'm sipping then it is Makers Mark 46. If it is mixed then I use regular Makers Mark.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:14 pm

Mescal is usually an aquired taste,
usually by southwesterners.

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 10:59 pm

I'm in on the mescal. I don't like it as much as tequila, but it is similar.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:15 pm

REAL Mescal,
is much more enjoyable.

Blaine · Post by **Blaine** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:08 am

Mescalero wrote:REAL Mescal,
is much more enjoyable.

My Bud has prolly 20 or more bottle of stuff he picked up south of Yuma, and other places. Some of it is pretty darn good.....I prefer the 100% Blue Agave stuff.....smooth as a baby's butt.....He's got a couple bottles of different Scorpion brand mescal....very intense....

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:38 am

The Agave is first rate.
We really do have to get together if you make the move!

Canuck Bob · Post by **Canuck Bob** » Sun Dec 02, 2012 2:00 am

I'm allergic to the stuff.

I break out in spots.

Spots like Yellowknife and jail.