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It's pretty damn good. I heard blantons was the best so here we are.
Protip as a former bartender: any time you use a strong mixer, don't bother with a top-shelf liquor.
Even though you think you can taste the difference, you can't. Especially after the first few sips.
Your wallet will thank you.
Seconded. Thirded and signed in blood. People vastly overestimate their ability to discern between liquors when mixed. A ton of what you sense is purely psychological.
OP says they used a 4:1 booze:mixer ratio. If true (I do suspect that they actually meant 1:4 ...), you would definitely be able to taste the difference between this and a well liquor.
I know nothing about bourbon, though. Just how expensive is this bottle?
Blantons is around 100-110 a bottle these days.
Thanks. How much of that is taxes? It's always a bit hard to compare liquor prices when some people include the taxes and some don't, and taxes differ wildly between different states and countries.
Honestly if I was going to make a cocktail with good bourbon it would have to be mostly bourbon with a splash of mixer
It was a timely idea though - I bought a bottle of expensive whiskey to see if I like it. Apparently I’m not a whiskey person. But I like “… with coke” and wasting an expensive whiskey on that is better than an expensive whiskey rotting in my closet
Fresh pineapple juice and any sort of whiskey, I have never had that go wrong. Splash of whiskey in pineapple or splash of pineapple in whiskey. With smoky scotch, with rye, with bourbon, every variation I have tried has been so good.
I like good whiskey but only after it is diluted in some way - straight it just overwhelms my palate and I can't taste it well. I need it stretched with water at least.
And whatever I have I put in cocktails. I do agree you don't need top shelf but disagree on it doesn't matter at all, I have had some terrible well drinks that were bad because bad whiskey.
I’ll give that a try, thanks
What kind of mixed drinks do you want to use really nice liquor for? I would have thought all the best liquors should be drunk straight or maybe on the rocks.
You can use them for more spirit-forward cocktails, like an old fashioned or Martini. It makes a difference, just not one that is proportional to the increased cost for most people.
Thanks! I love an old fashioned. I should try one with a nicer whiskey.
Love it.
Using fancy whiskey for simple cocktails is way underrated.
So good you were floored?
Classics tend to be classics for a reason. What's your booze:mixer ratio?
4:1
Damn, that's boozy!
US-> where good taste goes to die in the most garish way possible, preferably, while wasting copious amounts of money in the process. It's like when you pass TSA you have to choose a character archetype but the only available choice is self styled African dictator.
More of a rum and coke guy. Try bumbu rum with coke. That shit will change your life. All the people saying booze doesn't matter in the mixer haven't tried this.