Bourbon, Rum and other deliciousness

[Gavin John Hyde]

When i visited Moldova with an ex girlfriend to visit her family they had various local moonshines.... along the lines of vodka, made with locally grown grains. they drank it neat and the stuff was potent...
not sure on the percentage but the fumes alone were enough to get you light headed.

 

[Squid]

Stolichnaya Vodka, when I was posted to Moscow the Local Guys gave me a welcome party, Vodka right out of the freezer, on an empty Stomach, not a good idea, they reckoned Vodka unfrozen so to speak was a ------- drink, I likened it ti Vodka Treacle.

Too true shot glass also out of the freezer, was in a bar in Gdansk years back and gut walks in to the bar and asked for a large vodka so the barman pulls out a 100ml shot glass and asks him what does he want as a chaser, he says another one, so he downs the 100ml shot in one then sips on the second one. Thats 8 UK measures........

If ever in London pop down to Gerrys in Soho,

Gerry's Wines & Spirits - Buy wines and spirits online at gerrys.uk.com - https://www.gerrys.uk.com

 

[Squid]

b-i-l makes his own vodka. well over 40%.

So he's a bit of a "lightweight" then...........

Polish Spirytus 95%

 

[pirate]

Gave up on the rum...gin's my tipple now, I think because The Royal Navy guys who kept capturing me plied me with pink gin to get me to talk...and hand over my Treasure Map.
So many excellent gins out there, but a lot of the newer designer ones are stupidly expensive, and too arty-farty for their own good.

This is my favourite everyday one, Xoriguer from Mahon. Not the strongest, but you can drink it all day...

 

[jonnyb]

I was very lucky and managed to get a bottle of Old Weller Antique 107 bourbon not long back off Amazon. Its one of the best drinks I've had and it's only about 35dollars in the us, just impossible to get over here. Rum wise I'm a fan of the Appleton 12 yr.

 

[haj]

Mount Gay Rum (Bajan) over ice or Talisker Storm whisky !!

 

[Squid]

Gave up on the rum...gin's my tipple now, I think because The Royal Navy guys who kept capturing me plied me with pink gin to get me to talk...and hand over my Treasure Map.
So many excellent gins out there, but a lot of the newer designer ones are stupidly expensive, and too arty-farty for their own good.

This is my favourite everyday one, Xoriguer from Mahon. Not the strongest, but you can drink it all day...

The shape of the bottle made you "talk" I bet...........

 

[Adam W]

I like a nice spiced rum - I've currently got Sailor Jerrys and Kraken in my booze cupboard, along with the obligatory bottle of Absolut.
Again, I never managed to get into Scotch although I do like a Jameson every now and again.

The last couple of weekends I've been experimenting with Gin; so far I've tried Oliver Cromwell Gin from Aldi and I'm looking for recommendations. I'm prepared to spend up to about 20 quid a bottle.

 

[Andy5678]

Whitley Neill is a good £20ish bottle of gin.
Can never go wrong with Bombay sapphire though.

They say a good tonic also makes it better.

 

[Squid]

Reminds me years back when working for a record label I got invited to the Cafe de Paris for the launch of Blavod so took a work colleague and a friend, god knows why he wanted to come along as he was tea total, we got absolutely hammered on free vodka with mixers and he had to pay for the coke he was drinking I did ask for the barman to pour the vodka and coke in separate glasses but he wasn't having that one as it wasn't "allowed".

Ended up coming home in a large Merc sliding across the leather seats with my female friend ;o)))))

The other party ended up with a £30k bar tab the company....... that one was a lot of fun.