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>On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:23:33 GMT, Steve Calvin >
>wrote:
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>>The one thing I would suggest is to just toss
>>the S.C. in that garbage!
>
>I agree there. For sipping, try Maker's Mark. It's not too
>expensive, but I think it's much smoother (more enjoyable) than JD,
>SC, etc.

SC fits a certain taste that drinkers may have acquired
in childhood in backwoods parties. In that way, it's
the same as Boone's Farm wine.

Maker's mark is nice, but I'm starting to like Wild Turkey
with a splash of spring water.

>Seagram's Dry Gin isn't very good. I have it occassionally with
>tonic. It's not terrible, but since you only have cocktails once in a
>while, it should be the good stuff.
>
>Beefeater's, Tanqueray, or Sapphire are great gins.

Bombay Sapphire is the Bomb. I've had it neat plenty of
times. Tanqueray Malacca is interesting, when you're in
your khakis and your pith-helmet and feeling a discipline-
the-wogs mood coming on. It's real gimmick is that it has a
strong dose of quinine, and is essentially the gin that
made Gin-n-Tonic famous in the Indian territories. A very
interesting drink. I just wish I knew if the lime I add
is authentic, or would some other spice be more right.

>And then there's the world of GOOD beer. Not Michelob or Bud. As a
>homebrewer, I've come to appreciate good beer, and I'm only starting
>to get a more mature taste for red wine.

I have a friend that makes an excellent malty/hoppy brown
lager. I try not to kiss his ass too openly, because he
likes it just to be a hobby.

Other than that, Warsteiner is my new fave. Killian's is
my everyday pub beer (and therefore the beer I probably
drink the most), and Coor's Original is what I buy in
case-lots to put in my fridge for I-need-a-beer moments.

I'd do Leinenkugel's instead of Killian's, but the bar I
go to considers Leine's a premium and Killian's a domestic
and only puts the domestics on special.

--Blair
"If it weren't for economics, we'd
have no nomics at all."