[Shellshock]

My Mrs loves Appleton rum, she used to be travel agent so used to go over to Jamaica quite alot, I will not be showing her that one!

A wise move. I gave Lady SS a couple of those and 30 mins later I was holding her hair out the way and trying my hardest not to laugh whilst she chucked her ring up goodstyle.

[benji]

mmm nice.
I liked the havana 15 year old, only had the once and cost my mate 12 pound a shot....
much cheaper was a nice bottle of angostura 8 year old which was very smooth for the price of 20 quid.

[Sneakerpimp]

A wise move. I gave Lady SS a couple of those and 30 mins later I was holding her hair out the way and trying my hardest not to laugh whilst she chucked her ring up goodstyle.

[ez-1]

Just tried the Appleton 12yo and I have to admit it's very good. They also have 21yo but that was €14/4cl so I skipped that.
I'm not saying that Metusalem is better but it's very good in a different way (not Bacardi kind at all). It tastes like a Cognac or Whiskey but still a bit different.
Well I tried some other liqueurs tonight as well... Raspberry liqueur, Licor 43 (excellent with blueberry juice and cream), bloody marry, a few beers, maybe something else and something else...

[benji]

Have a nice hangover!

[ez-1]

Thanks. Unfortunately I promised my GF to go to some furniture stores... Let me tell you, it was not the best possible way to spend otherwise perfect hangover day.

[Big Vern]

just discovered Rekordalig for any cider drinkers out there, man you could drink that stuff all night!

[Grimmy]

I'm not much of a whisky or cognac drinker and even with liquers I hardly drink anything else than Irish cream if necessary. Vodka, gin, Eastern European beer or Irish/English cider are more of my thing. I like red wine but have no clue about the best ones.

Thanks to the heavy pills I've been stuffing down my throat over the past year, I haven't even been able to drink much of anything besides a few beers or ciders every now and then. Sucks. I hope it'll be over soon and I can get totally wasted, I really need to a total reset for my head.

@Vern: Rekorderlig you mean? The Swedish brand? I didn't know you're a teenage girl... All of their ciders even the ones available outside Scandinavia are way too sweet and girly, like juice or sodapop with added alcohol and juice concentrates. Their stronger and dry(er) ones are still much much sweeter than how I like my cider. I usually avoid Rekorderligs like the plague, unless offered for free or something.

If you want some sweetness but in a disguise of a dry cider/perry, try Westons Perry or Magners Pear - but only when chilled cold!
Magners is the same thing that's known as Bulmers in Ireland but different than Bulmers in England. I've tasted both in their original cider versions, and they taste distinctively different.

My fav cider is probably Scrumpy Jack or Weston's Old Rosie Cloudy Scrumpy or Henry Westons Vintage Special Reserve. Magners or Stowford Press Extra Dry if neither one of the first three isn't available.

[ez-1]

Yeah maybe if you are 18yo girl. Personally I don't think it as a cider.

edit:
Grimmy you just said what I was thinking

[benji]

Yeah anyway ladies this is a good booze thread, y'know high quality spirits and wines and shit. Bulmers/magners/Rohypnol or whatever is down the local, is on the reebokclassicDB site.

[Rocket Toes]

I find myself drinking way too much newcastle, but american beers are just meh.

[Grimmy]

"Good" is subjective and only in the mouth of the drinker you know, Benji, not hardly a universal term for everyone.

As for booze i mostly drink vodka, my choices usually come from Holland, either Van Gogh Blue or Ketel One, I like both a bit more than any of the Russians or the way overpriced Grey Goose. Icelandic Reyka is also very good but I've only ever managed to get hold of it once a few years back.

Have tried all the Standards and the result was Platinum and Imperia work best for me. Platinum especially tends to work much better in room temp than chilled. As ez said, avoid Gold at all costs, it's horrible - the added ginseng doesn't fit in at all.
The rye version, Russkij Brilliant aka Russian Diamond is also worth checking. I love it but it's even harder to find in my neck of the woods than some others here.

With gins I'm less picky as I mostly use them it in GT's anyway or occasionally martinis.. so either Bombay Sapphire, Hendricks or Tangueray.


Too bad most of the drinkable booze available here cost at least twice as much as it does everywhere else.

[Tony L4]

I don't do spirits much.

My new beer of choice is Desperado's. Loving the stuff at the mo

[GeeBee]

mmmm . . . gin .
Drink a fair bit of this in G&Ts and the odd martini . (3 parts gin to half part vermouth and a lemon peel twist, no olives here)
Having said that I'm on co-op's own gin right now and it's all good.

[Sneakerphile]

Come up town with GF, gone to John Snow only to find they don't do "man in a box" anymore. WTF!