On Fri, 18 May 2012 07:39:00 -0400, Jim Elbrecht >
wrote:

>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

I didn't say all mixed drinks, there are exceptions, 2nis and
Manhattans are primarily consumed as they come from the bottle, they
are barely mixed drinks... but if top shelf booze is blended with any
appreciable quantity of mixer you cannot tell which booze brand. I
like an occasional rum and coke, but unless one sees the rum bottle
there is no way to know which rum was used anymore than one can tell
which rum was used to lace a fruit cake.

Yoose idiots haven't a clue... the alcohol is chemically precisely the
same in all booze, mostly the higher price of top shelf is from the
fancy schmancy packaging and advertising. The flavoring ingredients
are more costly (pennies) but those don't give people headaches or
hangovers, There is no more chance of a headache from a 7&7 with
Seagram's Seven or a 7&7 with Crown Royal. People have
hangovers/headaches from over indulging is all. Next yoose pinheads
will blame the 7Up. Some folks will feel rotten from just one drink
regardless which booze, it's strictly their physiology... yoose two
boys shouldn't drink booze... stick with grape Nehi.