On Thu, 17 May 2012 16:30:26 -0700, gtr > wrote:

>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 agree with gtr on this one.
>
>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?

I think I might say; 'after the 3rd drink you can use any swill you
like'. If drinks 4-nnn make up the majority of your drinks then it
doesn't pay to buy decent booze.

Jim