I really like how this drink came out, but I've liked every drink I've made with plantation. Its only a bar spoon of the Dram in there, but the scent is very present and adds a nice taste. Remembering to get an orange and adding a twist of that would have been great.
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The gin with that cocktail's name, Aviation, is good! It's an American style, lower on juniper. Bluecoat is another good example of the American style, as well as Barr Hill.
Tanqueray is a staple gin for a reason, and their Tanqueray No. 10 is extremely good (more citrusy flavors). Hendricks is also very good with some cucumber taste in it.
There are a number of gins I haven't bought yet just due to not getting through bottles very fast, but I have hotlisted: Roku, Drumshanbo, The Botanist.
I’ve seen the botanist advertised online a lot, Babish and some cocktail making channels. Let me know if you ever get a chance to try it, curiosity burns.
Gin tastes like perfume. I do not like it Sam I am.
My ex used to buy the big like half gallon bottles of the sapphire one a few times a month...
I like whiskey and rum, but I don't drink often so I just have like a few ounces of Jameson sitting on my counter that's been there for like three years at this point.
I gotta try more rums though, the bottle I got is a cheap Bacardi one in a plastic bottle that I got to make strawberry daiquiris. But it kind of just tastes like sugar on it's own, I wanna get something in a funky Jamaican rum I think.
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I do not know rum well at all but I do have a bottle of Plantation 5 Year and it's rather good and was not at all expensive.
That looks pretty affordable for a 23 year old rum
The way Solera works, it's some proportion of the rum in the final blend that's 23 years old, the average age in the bottle is likely 6-7 years. I like Zacapa but its very obviously dosed with straight up sugar to get as sweet as it is, any straight up aged rum without that dosage isn't nearly as sweet.
I'm a big fan of cities that let you carry open drinks around. New Orleans was my first exposure to that with its pick up windows for drinks which rule. My pub crawl ghost tour through Savannah was awesome, and this summer I'm hoping to visit the Florida Keys for that atmosphere.
What are some of your favorite open container visits?
I'm a big fan of cities that let you carry open drinks around. New Orleans was my first exposure to that with its pick up windows for drinks which rule. My pub crawl ghost tour through Savannah was awesome, and this summer I'm hoping to visit the Florida Keys for that atmosphere.
What are some of your favorite open container visits?
Anywhere in Japan, especially during cherry blossom season or a nice summer day where you can chill in the park and get blasted with your friends, then walk around as the sun goes down and meet random Japanese folks eager to hang out and buy you more drinks at whatever local pub they decide to introduce you to.
I'm a big fan of cities that let you carry open drinks around. New Orleans was my first exposure to that with its pick up windows for drinks which rule. My pub crawl ghost tour through Savannah was awesome, and this summer I'm hoping to visit the Florida Keys for that atmosphere.
What are some of your favorite open container visits?
Anywhere in Japan, especially during cherry blossom season or a nice summer day where you can chill in the park and get blasted with your friends, then walk around as the sun goes down and meet random Japanese folks eager to hang out and buy you more drinks at whatever local pub they decide to introduce you to.
I'm a big fan of cities that let you carry open drinks around. New Orleans was my first exposure to that with its pick up windows for drinks which rule. My pub crawl ghost tour through Savannah was awesome, and this summer I'm hoping to visit the Florida Keys for that atmosphere.
What are some of your favorite open container visits?
Also to answer your question, pretty much everywhere else in the world because in my experiences it’s basically only America that sucks and is weird about having drinks outside.
Going to try making liqueurs this weekend, so I guess I won't really know how it turns out for a while, but I'm going to start with raspberry, blackberry, and coffee.
I'm also going to make my own grenadine so I can make the 12 Mile.
Going to try making liqueurs this weekend, so I guess I won't really know how it turns out for a while, but I'm going to start with raspberry, blackberry, and coffee.
I'm also going to make my own grenadine so I can make the 12 Mile.
Homemade grenadine is so much better than the bottled stuff. That and orgeat are two that I don't expect to ever go back to buying again.
Found Buffalo Trace in stock near me for above MSRP but at a level that's just sort of normal for this area, gonna give that a try tonight.
I recently saw Weller for a hundred fucking dollars and jesus wept. That was the daily driver in like, 2015 in Atlanta. Buffalo trace is also good but just what. And as a bourbon enjoyer I 100%agree with the pappy review. It's good stuff, but frankly, aint no bottle a $200 bottle, much less MORE.
Found Buffalo Trace in stock near me for above MSRP but at a level that's just sort of normal for this area, gonna give that a try tonight.
I recently saw Weller for a hundred fucking dollars and jesus wept. That was the daily driver in like, 2015 in Atlanta. Buffalo trace is also good but just what. And as a bourbon enjoyer I 100%agree with the pappy review. It's good stuff, but frankly, aint no bottle a $200 bottle, much less MORE.
I just watched a video where the guy recommends Weller as long as you can find it in the $20-$40 range and to just let it go if its over that.
Found Buffalo Trace in stock near me for above MSRP but at a level that's just sort of normal for this area, gonna give that a try tonight.
I recently saw Weller for a hundred fucking dollars and jesus wept. That was the daily driver in like, 2015 in Atlanta. Buffalo trace is also good but just what. And as a bourbon enjoyer I 100%agree with the pappy review. It's good stuff, but frankly, aint no bottle a $200 bottle, much less MORE.
I just watched a video where the guy recommends Weller as long as you can find it in the $20-$40 range and to just let it go if its over that.
It is an EXCELLENT bottle at those prices. Bourbon is just pants on head these days. At the end of the day, its just booze yall.
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Yeah I'm not expecting to be blown away by the Buffalo Trace, I'd just never seen it for not pants on head prices before so I wanted to try it.
Yeah I'm not expecting to be blown away by the Buffalo Trace, I'd just never seen it for not pants on head prices before so I wanted to try it.
They have enough variability batch to batch that when we did blind tastings we could consistently tell differences, but I've never had a bad bottle from them.
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Highly recommend grabbing it if you see it.
I wish Grolsch still did the swing top bottles.
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I really like how this drink came out, but I've liked every drink I've made with plantation. Its only a bar spoon of the Dram in there, but the scent is very present and adds a nice taste. Remembering to get an orange and adding a twist of that would have been great.
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Copper Still is much better than the Fistful of Bourbon. Seems like a solid $30 pickup so far.
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Tell me about your favorite gins.
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Tanqueray is a staple gin for a reason, and their Tanqueray No. 10 is extremely good (more citrusy flavors). Hendricks is also very good with some cucumber taste in it.
There are a number of gins I haven't bought yet just due to not getting through bottles very fast, but I have hotlisted: Roku, Drumshanbo, The Botanist.
My ex used to buy the big like half gallon bottles of the sapphire one a few times a month...
I like whiskey and rum, but I don't drink often so I just have like a few ounces of Jameson sitting on my counter that's been there for like three years at this point.
I gotta try more rums though, the bottle I got is a cheap Bacardi one in a plastic bottle that I got to make strawberry daiquiris. But it kind of just tastes like sugar on it's own, I wanna get something in a funky Jamaican rum I think.
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That looks pretty affordable for a 23 year old rum
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and if you want to make a lot of bad decisions, there's always Bacardi 151
nothin' says "there's gonna be some fights tonight" like seeing a bottle of 151 at a party
The way Solera works, it's some proportion of the rum in the final blend that's 23 years old, the average age in the bottle is likely 6-7 years. I like Zacapa but its very obviously dosed with straight up sugar to get as sweet as it is, any straight up aged rum without that dosage isn't nearly as sweet.
everything from St. George is really good.
What are some of your favorite open container visits?
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Anywhere in Japan, especially during cherry blossom season or a nice summer day where you can chill in the park and get blasted with your friends, then walk around as the sun goes down and meet random Japanese folks eager to hang out and buy you more drinks at whatever local pub they decide to introduce you to.
As if I didn't want to visit Japan enough.
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Also to answer your question, pretty much everywhere else in the world because in my experiences it’s basically only America that sucks and is weird about having drinks outside.
I'm also going to make my own grenadine so I can make the 12 Mile.
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Homemade grenadine is so much better than the bottled stuff. That and orgeat are two that I don't expect to ever go back to buying again.
It's............fine? If you can get it for MSRP it's probably not worth that by a small fraction but it was fun trying it out.
I recently saw Weller for a hundred fucking dollars and jesus wept. That was the daily driver in like, 2015 in Atlanta. Buffalo trace is also good but just what. And as a bourbon enjoyer I 100%agree with the pappy review. It's good stuff, but frankly, aint no bottle a $200 bottle, much less MORE.
I just watched a video where the guy recommends Weller as long as you can find it in the $20-$40 range and to just let it go if its over that.
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It is an EXCELLENT bottle at those prices. Bourbon is just pants on head these days. At the end of the day, its just booze yall.
They have enough variability batch to batch that when we did blind tastings we could consistently tell differences, but I've never had a bad bottle from them.
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