On 2012-05-17 22:14:48 +0000, Brooklyn1 said:

> It's plain stupid to use any top shelf booze for typical mixed drinks.

Here's why I prefer "stupid":

1) I don't like headaches.
2) I like things to taste good even when they only comprise a mere 80%
of the taste profile.
3) If you can't taste a bad gin in a gin and tonic, you don't make them
the way I do.

I feel the same way about most "mixed" drinks or cocktails. Isn't a
Manhattan or an Old-Fashioned or a sazerac a "mixed drink" in your
estimation? You can't the tell difference between low-dollar well
booze when used in these drinks?