Holiday Spirits 2009 - The Firearms Forum

Silencer · 12-01-2009, 09:03 PM

Once again, it's time for some Holiday Spirits!

Now that my The Macallan blue label is all gone, I have new spirits to acquire. Of course, I cannot do it without The Macallan. It's just this time around, I can't afford the 30 year old stuff. Nor the 25 or even the 18! 12 year will have to do.

I also want to try Basil Hayden's bourbon. Never had it before. I understand it's very light bodied. Anybody had it before? How is it?

I might want to try some Rye, as well. I hear Old Overholt is fantastic stuff. Anybody ever try that?

So, have you got the 'spirit' of the holiday season, yet? If so, what are they?

Maximilian II · 12-02-2009, 04:24 AM

Haven't had Old Overholt, but I do like Jim Beam's rye. That's what I was drinking the night I met my wife.
No, I don't blame the whiskey.

Silencer · 12-02-2009, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Maximilian II

Haven't had Old Overholt, but I do like Jim Beam's rye. That's what I was drinking the night I met my wife.
No, I don't blame the whiskey.

I think Old Overholt is made by Jim Beam, so I'm sure it's not too far off.

Oh, thanks for responding to my thread. Looks like nobody here drinks for the holidays. Weird.

navis128 · 12-02-2009, 06:27 PM

Fermented beverages and I don't mix, but I think plenty here drink distilled spirits.

Airdale · 12-02-2009, 06:37 PM

The only time I do Whiskey is Kentucky Derby time. Still haven't been able to make Mint Juleps taste good but got got the real tumblers (silver) and the glasses with all the winners name on 'em so I keep trying (kinda like a duty or something

).

Silencer · 12-10-2009, 08:10 PM

Spice, minty, peppery and smooth! The finish tastes like a spicy candy cane! Perfect bourbon for the holidays. Though, it's a bit thin and simple for me, but still good.

dons2346 · 12-10-2009, 10:46 PM

You just can't beat

sniper58 · 12-15-2009, 04:49 PM

I'm not much on Bourbon or Rye.
more of a rum drinker.
Try some "Pyrat Rum"
Nice stuff to sip from a snifter.
You folks in the States can get it for about 1/2 what we have to pay in Canada.

ARB · 12-15-2009, 05:26 PM

I'll usually buy a bottle of Knob Creek around this time.

ponycar17 · 12-15-2009, 06:30 PM

I found some Canadian blended whiskey called Wiser's that's cheaper than Crown and aged 10 years the other day. It's pretty good stuff!...

I think that since Jameson Irish Whiskey has decreased significantly in price that it will be my choice for getting toasty on Christmas Eve.

For some reason this time of year gets me wanting a good Irish or Canadian whiskey. I don't think it has anything to do with seasonal cheer but rather my ridiculous stress and work load at this time of year...

Vladimir · 12-16-2009, 01:08 AM

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Maximilian II · 12-16-2009, 02:32 AM

No offence intended, but "vodka, Bleeah!" Vodka tastes like...vodka. I've had Grey Goose and Wolfschmidt, and it all tastes the same to me.
Keep it in the freezer, cold kills taste.
If you can't drink it cool (not cold) it obviously needs the taste killed.

Guinness. Good for beer lovers if cool, good for wannabee's cold. Smooth for both.
Kentucky Gold. Cheap as it gets, but goes down really well. A favorite of mine.
Crown Royal, any variety. Due to past experiences of an adult nature, I am restricted from this spirit by my wife. It's good though. She gets tired easy.

I won't get it for Christmas, but I do love Absinthe. The old flap about Thujone is groundless, it doesn't make it through the distillation process. Go ahead and hit it if you like licqorice type flavors. Very high proof though, if you get the real stuff. Recently re-legalized. I get the variety that has Salvia in it here, makes me notice some things like bright lights more. Kind of makes me uncharactaristically agressive too.

Remember, friends: guns and alcohol mix even less well than cars and alcohol. Drop the gun off at home if you're drinking.

Vladimir · 12-16-2009, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximilian II

No offence intended, but "vodka, Bleeah!" Vodka tastes like...vodka. I've had Grey Goose and Wolfschmidt, and it all tastes the same to me.
Keep it in the freezer, cold kills taste.
If you can't drink it cool (not cold) it obviously needs the taste killed.

I drink it room temperature... That may be the problem, Grey Goose is garbage, never heard of Wolfschmidt. If it isn't Russian or Polish (the actual birth place of Vodka) why bother drinking it- that French Grey Goose crap is... well... crap.

Pick up any of the three I pictured and you will get a new experience

. The илит may be the best, but it is very pricey, about $60 a bottle I think. The Luksusowa is a much better buy at $15, but obviously not nearly as good. Can pick up рксский стандарт (Russian Standard) for about $25-$30 I think and, though I bought it in Russia (may be a different ingredient list, but probably not) it was delicious.

Stolichnaya, which makes the илит also makes a cheaper brand (just called Stolichnaya) which is alright, but not as good as the top three in my opinion.

Interesting fact. Stolichnaya is actually owned by Pepsi, it was one of the few (if not only) companies the Soviet Union actually sold to western powers. The Russian government has for years tried to sue for ownership (probably on the basis that the Soviet powers did not have the legal authority to sell it or something) but to no avail.

Maximilian II · 12-16-2009, 03:06 AM

You mean to say that American companies might be a**holes? No way! That's UnAmerican!
*Tongue firmly, very firmly, planted in cheek.*

petesusn · 12-16-2009, 06:39 AM

So now that egg nog is on the shelves what goes best with it? Whiskey, rum, vodka?

mrkirker · 12-16-2009, 06:43 AM

Rye works well with egg-nog!

pinecone70 · 12-16-2009, 06:44 AM

Amaretto somehow works with nog, too.

petesusn · 12-16-2009, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mrkirker

Rye works well with egg-nog!

Yea, never thought of Rye. But doesn't the bread get soggy?

Vladimir · 12-16-2009, 10:08 AM

I wouldn't put Vodka in egg nog

. I'll admit, many see Vodka as nothing more than a mixer, it is good with a little tonic, particularly if it is cheap vodka.

Another interesting fact, it is considered bad etiquette to open a bottle of Vodka at the dinner table, and not finish it!

terryu1 · 12-16-2009, 11:27 AM

Why not extend the turkey season???

Nighthawk · 12-16-2009, 01:14 PM

Heres what you children need.

Crpdeth · 12-16-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by pinecone70

Amaretto somehow works with nog, too.

Not bad with Ginger Ale either! Disaronno... Yum!

I like Dr Jimmy though.... Jim Beam with a splash of Dr pepper on the rocks!

Silencer · 12-16-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Crpdeth

Not bad with Ginger Ale either! Disaronno... Yum!

I like Dr Jimmy though.... Jim Beam with a splash of Dr pepper on the rocks!

Only little girls drink cocktails. You're a man, ain't 'cha? Men drink bourbon and we drink it 'neat.'

I'm enjoying the Basil Hayden's more than The Macallan. I want to try some Four Roses: Marriage next, or some Old Weller Antique next.

JUNKKING · 12-17-2009, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Maximilian II

Haven't had Old Overholt, but I do like Jim Beam's rye. That's what I was drinking the night I met my wife.
No, I don't blame the whiskey.

And you still like it?? Just kidding, The first date with my wife was to say the least memorable. We went to a club where my buddy was bartending after dinner. She ordered Jim Beam and Ginger Ale. He said after about 3 drinks, If she drinks this one you're in. Well 18 years later I still have her and I wouldn't have it any other way. We've been through some tough times (Medically) on her part and I still wouldn't trade her for the world.

flintlock · 12-17-2009, 06:23 AM

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12-01-2009, 09:03 PM	#1
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,301	Holiday Spirits 2009 Once again, it's time for some Holiday Spirits! Now that my The Macallan blue label is all gone, I have new spirits to acquire. Of course, I cannot do it without The Macallan. It's just this time around, I can't afford the 30 year old stuff. Nor the 25 or even the 18! 12 year will have to do. I also want to try Basil Hayden's bourbon. Never had it before. I understand it's very light bodied. Anybody had it before? How is it? I might want to try some Rye, as well. I hear Old Overholt is fantastic stuff. Anybody ever try that? So, have you got the 'spirit' of the holiday season, yet? If so, what are they? __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! -->

12-02-2009, 04:24 AM	#2
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,383	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 Haven't had Old Overholt, but I do like Jim Beam's rye. That's what I was drinking the night I met my wife. No, I don't blame the whiskey. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

12-02-2009, 06:27 PM	#4
navis128 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 1,392	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 Fermented beverages and I don't mix, but I think plenty here drink distilled spirits. __________________ A British general reported to London that the rebels, though untrained, had earned his respect: "Whoever looks upon them as an irregular mob will find himself much mistaken." "But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security." The Declaration of Independence

12-02-2009, 06:37 PM	#5
Airdale Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: N.W. Arkansas Contributor Posts: 755	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 The only time I do Whiskey is Kentucky Derby time. Still haven't been able to make Mint Juleps taste good but got got the real tumblers (silver) and the glasses with all the winners name on 'em so I keep trying (kinda like a duty or something). __________________ "The Utopian schemes of leveling [redistribution of the wealth] and a community of goods [central ownership of the means of production and distribution], are as visionary and impractical as those which vest all property in the crown.[These ideas] are arbitrary, despotic, and, in our government, unconstitutional." Samuel Adams

12-10-2009, 08:10 PM	#6
Silencer Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southern California: Inland Empire Posts: 1,301	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 Spice, minty, peppery and smooth! The finish tastes like a spicy candy cane! Perfect bourbon for the holidays. Though, it's a bit thin and simple for me, but still good. __________________ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. Skeet Shooting Game! Don't Shoot Your Eye Out!

12-10-2009, 10:46 PM	#7
dons2346 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Move between WA and points south Contributor Posts: 1,415	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 You just can't beat

12-15-2009, 04:49 PM	#8
sniper58 Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: central BC, Canada Posts: 5	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 I'm not much on Bourbon or Rye. more of a rum drinker. Try some "Pyrat Rum" Nice stuff to sip from a snifter. You folks in the States can get it for about 1/2 what we have to pay in Canada.

12-15-2009, 05:26 PM	#9
ARB Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mid Missouri Posts: 1,184	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 I'll usually buy a bottle of Knob Creek around this time.

12-15-2009, 06:30 PM	#10
ponycar17 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: South Carolina Contributor Posts: 4,884	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 I found some Canadian blended whiskey called Wiser's that's cheaper than Crown and aged 10 years the other day. It's pretty good stuff!... I think that since Jameson Irish Whiskey has decreased significantly in price that it will be my choice for getting toasty on Christmas Eve. For some reason this time of year gets me wanting a good Irish or Canadian whiskey. I don't think it has anything to do with seasonal cheer but rather my ridiculous stress and work load at this time of year... __________________ Arm yourself with intellectual Ammunition! Gunfacts 5.1 Myth-Busting Facts JustFacts.com on Gun Control Stopping Power, the Downloadable Book

12-16-2009, 01:08 AM	#11
Vladimir Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Issaquah WA Posts: 3,558	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 MMMMMMMMMMMMMM __________________ -JVRR меня зовут Владимир или Джеймс. Я знаю только немного русский язык (я американец, но мой пра дедушка русски). STEAM (CSS, TF2, etc): Ask me! Xbox LIVE! GT: "Vlad is Rad" PS3 PSN: "Vlad_Is_Rad"

12-16-2009, 02:32 AM	#12
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,383	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 No offence intended, but "vodka, Bleeah!" Vodka tastes like...vodka. I've had Grey Goose and Wolfschmidt, and it all tastes the same to me. Keep it in the freezer, cold kills taste. If you can't drink it cool (not cold) it obviously needs the taste killed. Guinness. Good for beer lovers if cool, good for wannabee's cold. Smooth for both. Kentucky Gold. Cheap as it gets, but goes down really well. A favorite of mine. Crown Royal, any variety. Due to past experiences of an adult nature, I am restricted from this spirit by my wife. It's good though. She gets tired easy. I won't get it for Christmas, but I do love Absinthe. The old flap about Thujone is groundless, it doesn't make it through the distillation process. Go ahead and hit it if you like licqorice type flavors. Very high proof though, if you get the real stuff. Recently re-legalized. I get the variety that has Salvia in it here, makes me notice some things like bright lights more. Kind of makes me uncharactaristically agressive too. Remember, friends: guns and alcohol mix even less well than cars and alcohol. Drop the gun off at home if you're drinking. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

12-16-2009, 03:06 AM	#14
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,383	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 You mean to say that American companies might be a*holes? No way! That's UnAmerican! Tongue firmly, very firmly, planted in cheek.* __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

12-16-2009, 06:39 AM	#15
petesusn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: San Joaquin Valley, Ca. Posts: 614	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 So now that egg nog is on the shelves what goes best with it? Whiskey, rum, vodka? __________________ Self Defense: A basic human right The 2nd Amendment, ratified in 1787, refers to the National Guard, which was created 130 years later, in 1917. A man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile...can respond with a great deal of pride and satisfaction, "I served in the U. S. Navy." John F. Kennedy VFW Life Member

12-16-2009, 06:43 AM	#16
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12-16-2009, 06:44 AM	#17
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12-16-2009, 10:08 AM	#19
Vladimir Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Issaquah WA Posts: 3,558	Re: Holiday Spirits 2009 I wouldn't put Vodka in egg nog . I'll admit, many see Vodka as nothing more than a mixer, it is good with a little tonic, particularly if it is cheap vodka. Another interesting fact, it is considered bad etiquette to open a bottle of Vodka at the dinner table, and not finish it! __________________ -JVRR меня зовут Владимир или Джеймс. Я знаю только немного русский язык (я американец, но мой пра дедушка русски). STEAM (CSS, TF2, etc): Ask me! Xbox LIVE! GT: "Vlad is Rad" PS3 PSN: "Vlad_Is_Rad"

12-16-2009, 11:27 AM	#20
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12-16-2009, 01:14 PM	#21
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12-17-2009, 06:23 AM	#25
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