On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 7:56:57 PM UTC-4, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 16:56:00 -0600, Graham > wrote:
> >On 2021-06-09 3:34 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2021-06-09 5:16 p.m., wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 3:37:21 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 6/9/2021 1:58 PM, wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have several different variations of liquor in the house but no
> >>>>> vodka.
> >>>>>
> >>>> I keep vodka for guests that want it. It has very little flavor. I
> >>>> keep gin, rum, Scotch, Bourbon for drinking.
> >>>>
> >>> I've got rum for when I make a rum cake at Christmas. I got sick on it
> >>> once and can't really handle it now for a drink. I don't think there's
> >>> anything that will make Scotch palpable to me. Triple sec, bourbon,
> >>> and Kahluha share the shelf with the rum along with creme de cacao.
> >>>
> >>
> >> I never cared for rum when I was young because Coke seemed to be the
> >> main mixer, and I never cared much for Coke. I later learned to enjoy
> >> sipping amber and dark rum.
> >>
> >> I love Scotch. Straight, with just a tiny bit of water, or little ice.
> >> Irish whiskey is pretty good too. My limited experience with Bourbon
> >> has left me unimpressed. Maybe the premium stuff is worth trying.
> >
> >I've never liked hard liquor. The last whisky I drank was ~50 years ago
> >when one of my profs treated a bunch of us to a straight malt, which is
> >the closest I've come to tolerating the stuff. I'll drink gin suitably
> >diluted with tonic water, but that's it.
> >I drink wine most of the year and beer in the hotter summer months.
> The only time I drink beer is a hot sunny day, then split half and
> half with ginger beer, known as a Shandy.

I'll have to try it out