Whiskey Sour, No Ice

[krashkart]

What to do on a Sunday night? Hum-dee-dum-dee-dum. Hmmm....

*tappity tappity tappity*

I know! I'll start another boozehound thread!

Please rise for the ...

So every few months I treat myself to a bottle of whiskey. Usually something on the cheap like Black Velvet. I don't like it straight unless it's Jack or Jimmy B.; those two particular brands possess the right flavor for the straight shot, and are for special occasions.

Anyway, most of the time I go cheap charlie and buy something to mix with the 'Velvet. For a time it was whiskey and Coke, then I switched over to making 7 and 7 type mixers with Sprite or 7-Up. After awhile though I noticed that I'd get headaches from having all that sugar to process, and now I'm using a sour mix. So far, so good... as long as I don't overdo it.

Before I go too much further with this I'd like the younger ones that might be reading the thread to take note of something:

The drinking I've done in the past, and even to some extent now, was and is habitual. After burning enough holes in my wallet and building countless beer can pyramids on my coffee table, I decided to control the urge to go out and buy another bottle. This is one of those things that can spin out of control very rapidly, and if you're not prepared to own up to your problems it can make mincemeat of your life in a real hurry. So, when you reach an appropriate drinking age please do be careful with it. A drink can go down pretty quickly, but it takes some years to pull out of a nosedive; or if you've already hit rock bottom, to crawl out of the smoking crater that was once a good life.

I learned that the hard way, and that's why I only drink when the time is right for it. I had to rein myself in before I ended up losing everything I care about.

/soapbox


That was very therapeutic.

So, my fellow boozehounds; what's your poison?

[Gerald]

Drink it like it is straight up and down,

[the_tyrant]

this stuff:


I'm still underage for alcohol, but old enough for chocolate
its around 8%, a box or 2 works fine

[Takeda Shingen]

Highland Park 12-year is my go-to for day to day drinking.

[Dowly]

Red Label or Grant's these days. Usually Grant's tho, for some reason the liquor store almost never has Red Label.

[Gerald]

Grant's is ok! But Red label sucks

[HunterICX]

A bottle of La Chouffe will do with my sunday supper


HunterICX

[Sledgehammer427]

I'm not quite old enough to drink yet, but my mom lets me make her (and have some of) the manhattans she drinks sometimes. my stepfather is just fine with me having a beer every now and then, and right now my preference is with Yuengling.
as for harder drinks, Gentleman jack straight (only a couple shots if at all) does the trick before I go out shoveling.

[TLAM Strike]

I would have guessed most around here preferred their Whiskeys "on the rocks"

[krashkart]

TLAM Strike: Injecting useful military information into everyday conversation since... erm, since whenever. Edit: Great shot of the Viggen (or is that a Draken?) in that last photo. Had to think about it a little because my first thought was 'Kfir', which it is not.



An old haunt just came to mind... ...and thankfully I cannot remember the aftertaste :



Mad Dog 20/20.

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I would have guessed most around here preferred their Whiskeys "on the rocks"

I served during that time in 1981, a torpedo boat Spica, right on the boat as your picture shows, and there were more rocks than ice,

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Vendor

I served during that time in 1981, a torpedo boat Spica, right on the boat as your picture shows, and there were more rocks than ice,

Vendor, you were at that incident?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by krashkart

Vendor, you were at that incident?

That's right, a great event not only in Sweden but in general this whole world, and it was pretty chaotic and anxious days, when the Russians tried several in quarrying attempted to pull the submarine from the ground, at the current situation had all fixed coastal guns (radar controlled) they were understaffed, and on one occasion when a Soviet cruiser, escorted came only a mile before the Swedish border, so it backed off when the cruiser, was able to notice that the Swedish quarters were locked sight of the cruiser, from a coastal units

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by krashkart

TLAM Strike: Injecting useful military information into everyday conversation since... erm, since whenever. Edit: Great shot of the Viggen (or is that a Draken?) in that last photo. Had to think about it a little because my first thought was 'Kfir', which it is not.



An old haunt just came to mind... ...and thankfully I cannot remember the aftertaste :



Mad Dog 20/20.

True, this was,Viggen,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_37_Viggen

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Vendor

That's right, a great event not only in Sweden but in general this whole world, and it was pretty chaotic and anxious days, when the Russians tried several in quarrying attempted to pull the submarine from the ground, at the current situation had all fixed coastal guns (radar controlled) they were understaffed, and on one occasion when a Soviet cruiser, escorted came only a mile before the Swedish border, so it backed off when the cruiser, was able to notice that the Swedish quarters were locked sight of the cruiser, from a coastal units

Nothing exciting like that ever happens in the Midwest.


Wait...


I take that back. I hope I never see one. *shiver*


@Dowly: How's it hangin'?