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Sep 25, 2020 11:17 AM
PerthAussieMike
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sturm24
If it tastes good why not mix it. Your drink your rules.
HypnagogicHallucinations
I bet it actually tasted good, instead of just trying to convince your brain to go along with illusions of fancy packaging and provenance.
MadMontyMN
The best way to drink a beverage is how you want to drink it. Unless it's bleach. Don't drink bleach.
PocketCleric
The real sin in not selling Lemon fanta anymore
thornus67
The best whiskey is the whiskey you like to drink the way you like to drink it.
Sodatwigg
Is this a Rutetid comic used as a meme format om imgur i see?
Sodatwigg
On*
thegreyginger
Remember if it’s old that just means it’s probably rare and will cost more, doesn’t mean it’s going to taste any better.
MyTalkingDogLied2U
You know what goes well with very expensive whiskey and Fanta is some very well done wagu beef with ketchup.
kayakninjas
Wagyu is also a great base for hamburgers. :)
hryssar
Actually with whiskey, a splash of water unbinds some chemistry I cannot remember. Yet it allows more aroma and flavor to be present to you.
MalcontentTroll
100% correct, pouring a good whisky/scotch over a ice cube, or adding some water is fine. Mixing it is a sin.
DarkBlueB
You’re wasting your time and breath on that lot!
OrC23
I generally side with "Drink how you want" but if I am offering you Boss Hog or Blood Oath Pact 2, we're drinking it with one ice cube.
Slonchman
If I ever become super rich, my goal is to annoy every fanboy group that tries to pull this shit. Whiskey fuckers aren’t getting a free pass
Slonchman
Vintage wine? It’s getting ice cubes. Expensive coffee? Cold, and through a straw. Wagyu steak? Well done and smothered in ketchup
chapterhawk101
I like the cut of your jib.
Sabre2087
The best whiskey is the one you like to drink, the way you like to drink it.
Grimdude
How does this get to FP? Do that many people on here find alcohol elitism funny? Or is it just turning into a boomer site like FB?
spoonassassin
Rule 1 of whiskey: drink it how you like it
NowIHaveToChangeThis
Elitism is just another way for people to build themselves up by tearing others down
iagpjuiagernijpaergnjbpi
Mixing $70 a shot whiskey with soda that won't taste any different than $5 a shot whiskey is a poor use of money though.
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
I don't give a single fuck how you drink your drink
OrC23
I don't either. But I do give a single fuck how you drink my whisky. You can drink your whisky how you want.
NyQuilDaydream
I'm so old the only way I can take a shot is to mix it with bbq sauce and smother a rack of ribs with it
tongueJabber
A real man drinks however he wants. Feel like downing a cosmo, bro? Fuckin do it. Chick wants a single malt neat? Fuckin do it.
GrandPubabofMoldistan
Or the added rule, you only drinking soda at a bar? Thats cool, DD or AA or just not wanting alcohol is cool too.
mymomsaregay
Couldn’t agree more, it’s not about manliness it’s about mixing $400/bottle scotch with something that will completely mask the flavor. Why?
JustARandomStrangerOnTheInternet
used to drink glenlivet from the bottle. pissed off this guy to no end
Ccnati
Right? I like tropical drinks. Rum + fruit can’t go wrong
SpaceballsTheComment
"I know it's called a seabreeze, don't make me say it!"
JustEatingBagelBites
I love how whiskey and bourbon taste...when mixed with soda. Oh yeahhhh...feels good to get that off my chest.
dodgese
Reminds me of girl drink drunk sketch from kids in the hall
LivingDecomposition
I can't stand straight liquor, and I'm an alcoholic. Sue me and my Cokes, ginger ales, and lemonades I also buy with it.
littlecheesetoes
I saw a video of a guy that waited in line, bought a brand new iPhone and smashed it with a hammer outside the store. It’s your money->
littlecheesetoes
Do whatever you want, it doesn’t make your choice less stupiduurrr.
AuralOcean
"this drink is basically a glowing blue tower of delight. Fuck you and your judgement."
MikeKeyser
my dad says, "a real man doesn't need to be told what real men do"
bogus1983
Yup. Being concerned with the opinions of others doesn't really project self-confidence.
MikeKeyser
really pisses off the trolls when you tell them to take a hike.
LeSethX
Appletini!
Sphinct182
That's not really the point; it's a waste to put $100 whiskey in a whiskey coke. People do it, but it's not very smart.
bushfrogben
Way worse, not coke, fanta fucking lemon... That's just criminal, that's what bourbon is for.
micicle
A 24 year old bottle of glenfiddich is significantly more than 100$
tongueJabber
It’s a waste to you, but if someone else enjoys it, then it’s not a waste to them
Ardranor
when you mix like that, the difference in taste of the whiskey is lost, so spending the extra $$ on high end is just silly.
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
ihateimgurffs
It's my money, I spend it how I want. Also, Bruichladdich ladie 10 makes the best old fashioned. Go suck a pipe.
micicle
Making the best old fashioned isnt a real point of pride. It's a 3 ingredient cocktail, pretty hard to fuck it up
ihateimgurffs
I think you have reading comprehension? :)
Zerteiler
I love fancy cocktails, but mixing 100$ whisky is the same to me as buying a ferrari to go offroafing. No problem, but there are better ways
deezoovo
This is more like destruction derby for me..
Seymour974
Okay for the LAST time , Matt didn't know what was in his glass , the drink was prepared for him.
CocktailGaming
Taliesin did it
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
SINNER!
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
If I had unlimited $$, Id make a youtube channel of me sampling $150+ bottles by pouring them down the drain to make pretentious twats rage.
DarkBlueB
Wow... says a lot about your priorities in life and level of maturity.
PickleRiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Lolol. Heres a triggered little man baby already.
DarkBlueB
Hey my name isn’t Pickle!!
BLKLTRS
I make and collect whiskey. This used to offend me but now I feel like to each their own. I think it's much sadder the bottles that trade
BLKLTRS
and trade and are never enjoyed one way or another.
BLKLTRS
and never get drank
ThisUserNameMightBeTaken
While I kinda get your point about people (in your view) messing up something you've worked hard to create, for me adding lemonade is about
ThisUserNameMightBeTaken
the only thing that makes whiskey genuinely enjoyable. Even a nice whiskey, drunk neat, has an incredibly strong flavour. Diluting that, and
ThisUserNameMightBeTaken
adding some sweetness, turns it from "I can just about stand to sip this" to "ohh, lovely, I'ma get more of these".
BLKLTRS
I totally agree with that...new posting and the second part of my post got left off.
BLKLTRS
Our whiskey ethos is "was it good and would you have another?" and we think whiskey is enjoyed many different ways than just how we like
CocktailGaming
Looking at you Matt Mercer
DontDoWhatDonaldDontDoes
I knew a guy that would add Hawaiian punch to Mickeys 40s
mosinmonster
I don't care how others drink their whiskey, but if you're drinking my scotch, the most you get is an ice cube and a glass of water with it.
kayakninjas
Pour the whisky in the glass of water, drink it together!
shorr
Well, better just decline it then if it's not to my tastes and you'd rather me not enjoy it
relsky
I've never had a whiskey that didn't taste like shit. And I've had friends share some very expensive brands.
MalcontentTroll
No worries, we all have different tastes. I'd happily make you whatever drink you want. Unless its a 100+ a bottle alcohol you want mixed.
relsky
Exactly! I may not like it, but I'm not dumb enough to mix expensive booze.
Zerteiler
Then you just don't like whisky. Not a problem
dsmegst
You're just a very smart mooch. Keep telling them you haven't found it yet and they'll keep offering free drinks.
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dsmegst
"That'll show him!"
relsky
"I mean... it's okay, I guess...."
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
I'm the same way with wine. Drives my friends nuts trying to find 'the one' but they all taste the same to me regardless of price.
ThePastmaster
Only wine I liked was a batch of "bad wine" that has a slight, but noticeable iron/copper flavour.
ThePastmaster
Meh, probably just the flavour not agreeing with you. No big. I think water tastes like chalk.
relsky
Thank you for understanding. Also: whiskey tastes like liquid, moldy bread to me.
mistaopportunity
One time I sent my friend a pic of a bottle of heinz ketchup and said good news I found a chaser.
jiynxed
I'm an open minded fella but I dunno if liquor and ketchup works in general
uptaco
I mean, considering Bloody Mary's exist I don't think it sounds too farfetched.
UncleBuckFutter
Neoeon
Good luck in hell's basement.
mikeatike
CaverExtrordinaire
while I agree with drinking things the way you like them to taste, mixing something that is expensive due to a long aging designed 1/
CaverExtrordinaire
to give it a certain taste is both wasteful and idiotically expensive
MalcontentTroll
ihateimgurffs
It's spare money, I spend it how I want?
MalcontentTroll
If your spare money is spent on a $700-1000 bottle of scotch, & you want to mix it, go ahead. I'm justifiably gonna to call you a shit head.
soniclettuce
You can waste as much money as you want but everyone else is free to laugh at you for it.
ihateimgurffs
amop
I brought 12y hibiki to a campfire once. Told my buddy it was sipping whiskey. He drank it like jack and threw up like $100 worth of whiskey
Naefindale
You are not a smart man.
dsmegst
That's unfortunate. I don't think you can replace it either.
ThisDeservesMoreUpvotes
^This
DarkwingDuc
Whisky is only wasted on the wasted.
DarthVadersBigBluePenguin
Whiskey is for drinking. But if friends are not used to good whiskey, pour from a flask.
Gayforbae
What i expect to have followed:
MakeMeADinnerSandwich
What game might this be good sir/madam?
Rhythmaster
.
Gayforbae
Sniper elite 1-4 aka nazi castrater simulator. Actully a really good ww2 sniper sim, beyond from the whermacht nutting.
Canofminus
Did your cane and monocle drop to the ground in disgust? “Dear sir, that was for sipping! Sipping! You riffraff!”
AuralOcean
I know it's for sipping. I just sip quickly.
ItHurtsGettingHitByACar
The down voters have no sense of humor
amop
Yes, then i threw wads of cash at him as punishment
Canofminus
Nicely done, Ol’sport! Good show!
amop
Have to keep the peasants in line, you know
JamesJabberwocky
Why the fuck are you bringing a 350+ whisky to a campfire in the first place?
zenprime
OK, does not everyone enjoy a nice campfire where you stare into the fire or out into the stars, share good alcohol, quiet company, 1/2
zenprime
And just relax?
thatoneguy357
I don't even like alcohol and it makes perfect sense to sip quality booze and relax that way.
amop
His family invited me to hangout with them and i had something special so thought i’d share
twozerooz
Don't being expensive booze to a campfire. That's all on you man.
amop
No shit, i’m just recounting
zenprime
Get better friends to enjoy camping with.
twozerooz
I agree, anyone who brings expensive booze to a campfire, offers it to people then gets pissy about how it's drank shouldn't be invited.
mistaopportunity
I mean devils advocate here, we don't have any evidence that he got pissy with his friend based off his comment.
DickDastardly404
Idk how broken up about that you were, but as a general rule, if you care about something being used “properly” don’t give it away in 1/2
amop
I wasnt
DickDastardly404
No biggie then :)
amop
DickDastardly404
The first place. And if you DO give it away, expect it to be wasted. So only give what you can afford to waste. A common example is 1.5/2
DickDastardly404
Giving money to a homeless person. Most people will give shrapnel to a homeless person. A couple of quid at most. Some people will 1.75/2
DickDastardly404
Argue that they would buy them a sandwich but they fear the homeless person will spend money on drugs or alcohol. I find that notion 1.875/2
DickDastardly404
Patronising in the extreme. When you give someone who is penniless money you are giving them agency, trust and freedom. You are 1.875/2
wellladeedaa
One of the sweet blessings in life is not drinking the "right way" in front of pretentious whiskey drinkers
Santorrr
But good whiskey can be god damn delicious and mixing it with soda just screws up the flavors. Nothing pretentious about that.
ObliviousLynx
Go to Scotland, they'll tell you they don't care how you drink it, just as long as you are!
snackmanistan
The slogan of the Whisk(e)y Tribe, a youtube whisky community: " The best whisky is the one you're drinking, the way you like to drink it."
drob1227
In London once a Russian bartendress told me I couldn’t have ice for my Balvenie. No one in Scotland minded that I took ice…
Elcarsh
Because scotsmen and irishmen don't give a toss as long as you like their whiskey
PerpetuityPhoto
Everyone knows a 50 year old single malt is best with Crystal Pepsi.
Feanordidnothingwrong3000
Similar feeling to the look the waiter gives you when you end up in a fancy wine bar, knowing nothing about wine, and ask for a beer
royce32
Sure; drink what you want how you want it; but, maybe don't spend $300 on a whisky just to mix it.
serpentinebaboo
Or do. Do whatever the fuck you want bc it’s your money and your choice.
yamez82
TankingFever
Yeah! I drink my whiskey how i like it .... .. without the whiskey
TankingFever
because i'm not a huge fan of alcohol.
Crossman22
Same with me eating well done steak. I stg its so annoying how many people it upsets.
Gleipner
Can you please order some well done wagyu at a restaurant, and secretly film reactions?
Crossman22
I like it extra well done. I like the outside to be so burnt its crispy. If I ever order a wagyu steak I will order it that way
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
to mix it for her so brought the booze and coke in different glasses. He asked her to wait to mix it until he walked away. Dick. 2/2
dsmegst
That's a bit much. I love the story by Preston Van Winkle about the snooty bartender.
serpentinebaboo
Care to share it? Google isn’t too useful
dsmegst
https://youtu.be/GskpP9rEyaw. Story starts just before the 53min 40 mark
devolutionary
I’ve swigged Pappy van Winkle straight from the bottle.
Itsenricopalazzo
People ask me why I use my 60$ rhum to mix drinks. Because it's good and I like it
gnargnar99
Lol it’s fun to waste money
SarcasticComment
My house. My booze. I will add a single ice cube if I damn well please
DickDastardly404
Don’t bother with the paddy wagon boys, some criminals just need to hang straight away. /s
SarcasticComment
Yup. You shall dangle for the crime of being a pretentious cunt.
hellodee
I'm a whisky drinker and I don't give a shit how you get it into your system, just get it in ya! ?????????
jeffasaurusrex
I’m not pretentious, but I would die a little inside if I saw this.
MikeKeyser
I would drink more wine, except that I don't want a stranger to come out from under their rock and explain how I'm drinking it wrong.
Elcarsh
I've accepted that just like with whiskey, "experts" looking down on people for how or what wine they drink can get fucked
MikeKeyser
they all have a soap box, and can't wait to explain to you their secret knowledge, and how if you do it their way it's better.
micicle
Yeah that's really not the right shape of glass for that grape variety. I have 50 different types of wine glasses in my home bar /s
Elcarsh
Oh, I'm all for people drinking however they want. But my eye still twitches, because I am one of those pretentious twats...
unfortunateimplications
Whisky companies want you to drink it anyway you wish, just as long as you buy more.
TheCyclingEngineer
I have the same view of raw meats
JonSnowNotedWindmillExpert
I’m gonna put my Glenfiddich in a soda water highball and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
AllTheGoodUserNamesAreTakenFML
It's scotch...
CaptRandom1290
Psst... Scotch is a type of whisk(e)y
AllTheGoodUserNamesAreTakenFML
A type is very broad. They're all a type of alcohol and you can't compared them to beers for example.
PowwerOrb13
Yeah, but scotch is just whiskey from Scotland. Alcohols are sorted by source of the sugars, scotch and Whiskey use the same ones.
AllTheGoodUserNamesAreTakenFML
...but whiskey is distilled beer!
Goonwolf
You should tell somebody from Melbourne that you don't really like Melbourne
Ninjainslippers
I spent a few minutes at a whiskey bar discussing whiskeys. Picked one. Asked for it rocks with a splash of soda water. Bartender: whaaaaa?
Elcarsh
Whiskey + soda isn't even an unusual combo
Ninjainslippers
At first I was like "maybe they thought I meant coke." No, they heard me right. But I guess neat and rocks were all they were ready for.
MMX2019
strange, it is not unusual to thin cask strength Whisky with a little bit of spring water.
GayBacon
There’s no wrong way to enjoy booze. You do you baby boo. (That being said, there are ways and better ways to do it IMO)
Molotor
It’s not pretentious, if you want to mixte you drink, you’re simply gonna get a cheaper one. Exemple : the SO of my brother wanted 1/2.
Molotor
To taste my bottle of Remy Martin XO that i just bought. Im ok with it, but she asked me to mixte it with Coke.... no way lol
NoTSurEwhichNaME2uSe
You are pretentious if you drink a several 100 € Whisky with Cola / Fanta
pyr0chaos
You can tell me how you want me to drink it all you want, you aint stopping me drinking it the way i want. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
bobwords612
I love good whiskey and I love people who give zero shots about how someone else drinks it. Always fun to watch people squirm.
pawdraig
I see ordering an expensive liquor and mixing it as pretentious. You want to say you had the expensive thing but don't want to taste it.
CKnowles
The whiskey being mixed is not the problem here.
MalcontentTroll
If you are spending 75~100 dollars on a single glass of whiskey (cost of the scotch the joke referenced) you had better drink it properly
Badprenup
If they are enjoying it, they are drinking it correctly
MalcontentTroll
Um, no they aren't. That's like saying you are appreciating a oil painting by wiping your ass with it.
numonster
I'm a straight up, no ice, whiskey drinker, my SO likes it with ginger beer. I see no problem, we both enjoy it.
Broonstar
a cheap whiskey and ginger beer is nice, used to drink Canadian Club with ginger beer.
WoahMyDudeThatsCrazy
Good whiskey is what you want, how you want it
BackfiringE28
I agree with this post and this comment equally
OliverClothesoff70
Or just simply going in public and saying I DO NOT LIKE THE TASTE OF BEER.
eraevous
Drinking warm, flat soda with added salt is also an option. Some people want you to have the best experience instead of settling for subpar.
eatadickimtinyrick
The only wrong way to drink whiskey is to not drink whiskey.
Mophandleman
I was at a bar in Dublin and an american was asking about top shelf whiskey. When he settled on one about €15 a measure... 1/2
Mophandleman
and asked for it with a coke, the barman recommended a Jameson to mix instead. I don't think it was pretentious. Just a good barman. 2/2
ObsceneTentacularInsertions
but also, you're going to hell
tenaciousjeebs
You could use a Picasso as an air-hockey table, too, but you shouldn’t.
tenaciousjeebs
Dalí might have approved, though.
DickDastardly404
A Picasso is not a consumable
tenaciousjeebs
Neither is rare whisky, by that standard. But both examples take this discussion to extremes.
DickDastardly404
There are some 350 odd Picasso paintings and they sell for an average of 10 million. While you can certainly buy bottles of whiskey for 1/2
DickDastardly404
Tens or even hundreds of thousands we are talking several magnitudes of difference here. Regardless a glenfiddich as mentioned in the 1.5/2
DysgraphicProgrammer
The look on their face when you use their $100 a shot whiskey to make an appletini
micicle
...remind me to never step foot in your bar if you think scotch belongs in an appletini
Larktonguesinadicecup
It's called an Orchard Fire
MechanicalRomance
My abusive dad gave me a bottle of expensive whiskey for my 21st. I poured the whole thing into 1/2 a 2L bottle of coke right in front o him
Caphalor
Lmao, I get why he's abusive
Elcarsh
I don't think you would quite comprehend how off you need to fuck right now.
Caphalor
Oh no
MechanicalRomance
If its meant to be a joke write a fucking punchline next time. Casually dismissiveness isn't a joke. It ain't funny.
Caphalor
I figured I only needed a line since your dad already provided the punch. Yes, I'm proud of that one
MechanicalRomance
Fuck off with your victim blaming bullshit. Blaming adult victims is bad enough but children? Fuck you.
Jakethesnake357
First day on the internet?
MechanicalRomance
Its weird how I get impuned for responding but he doesn't.
MechanicalRomance
Just openly advocating for child abuse. Dope. My dad raped me you sicko.
Caphalor
Sucks to be you
Larktonguesinadicecup
Be a better person soon
kikiohearts
My husband LOVES whiskey. But.. he still admits a lot of girly drinks are there just to fuck you up fast, but taste amazing at the same time
artisviolent
That's like saying a McDonald's burger is just as good as an aged ribeye. One NEEDS ketchup, the other a bit of salt but really nothing more
Magpiebones
Let people like things you gatekeeper.
DickDastardly404
Imagine coming into a thread about whiskey snobs and immediately bringing up that you’re a steak snob. Do you also have an interesting 1/2
DickDastardly404
Take on charcoal vs gas grills, you unfathomable bore? 2/2
SarcasticComment
Both are fine. Have a gas grill for quick meals, if i can make a day out of a 6 hour smoke then charcoal. Both accomplish dinner.
SarcasticComment
Also, no matter which you decide, I'm happy to be included because the friendships you make along the way is what counts.
DickDastardly404
That’s nice i spose :p
zenprime
Sure you do you, but this is the equivalent of well done steak drowned in ketchup.
PowwerOrb13
I will gladly take your well done steak, hell I'll chop it up and cook it again. Fuck you I'm making burnt ends out of your steak
steviEa
If you truly love whiskey, all that should matter is the bond made over the glass. Doesn’t matter how you drink it
NorthernHalibut
SarcasticComment
But still. I want to go to Scotland and pour coke in mine. Just for the fun.
steviEa
Not even come get like a warm and flat knock off like RC cola
SarcasticComment
ROYAL CROWN...in honor of the Queen!
Broonstar
https://imgur.com/eDi2ili
PoopSammich
Ever see people with like 30 ice cubes in a soda? that's how I drink whiskey, and then I replace the whiskey with soda. Whiskey is nasty
dsmegst
So why even drink whiskey? Serious question.
admiralcrackbar
He doesn't.
PoopSammich
Theres water in that glass
DickDastardly404
Im with you tbh. I can tolerate it mixed but to me its just acrid. Nothing makes me feel sick faster, either. If I’m drinking spirits 1/2
DickDastardly404
The cleaner the better, vodka, unspiced rum, something like that, whiskey is so earthy and claggy. 2/2
TheAxeNinja
I say drink how you want but 24 year Glenfiddich is amazing alone. Mixing it waters down the flavor
MikeKeyser
My favorite is 18 y/o Glenlivet. I would neither mix it with anything, nor would I gulp it down too fast. You take your time with it.
uptaco
Never liked Glenfiddich. Scapa is my go to for a sipping whiskey.
PimpinKen
Laphroaig was always my go to, but ever since my dad passed ive been drinking Macallan in his memory
TheAxeNinja
I'm actually a bourbon guy myself. Current favorite is EH Taylor single barrel. I've loved small batch for years but after SB won...
TheAxeNinja
Best bourbon in the world, I tried it and I totally get it. Smooth, rich, and just the right amount of heat in an affordable bottle
dsmegst
I've seen 1 bottle available for sale in the past 3 years.
TheAxeNinja
It's a little harder to find and the fact that it's barely different in packaging from small batch doesn't help
Sipulikeitto
Also works with Dr. Pepper!
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
In your opinion that is. My wife loves Glenfiddich with coke zero. I've fought with her on this for years but she prefers it with coke.
Broonstar
Buy her a bottle of Bells or Famous Grouse
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
Why? She doesn't like those.
mikeatike
Refill the bottle with something cheap.
TheAxeNinja
#jackandcoke
serpentinebaboo
Or let the adult make her own damn decisions.
IAmTheRealTurinTurambar
Haha I actually did that, but with Gentleman Jack/regular Jack. To my absolute shock she realized something was off by the 3'rd or 4th drink
dsmegst
Maybe a younger version
mikeatike
Usually its the more drinks the more tolerance for cheap stuff.
xmac1x
I mean fair enough but save yourself the cost of an aged whiskey if you're gonna mix it
UrinalCarrier
Yeah it's not about being pretentious. If I see someone trying to put their cock in a paper shredder, I'll give him a strong warning too...
serpentinebaboo
See, your analogy is pretentious. You think (or joke) that drinking whiskey “wrong” is akin to penis mutilation. That’s pretentious.
spinsymmetry
High-end cocktail bars use pricey liquors all the time. Best cocktail I ever had used talisker and truffle honey among its ingredients.
rossimus
who cares
DickDastardly404
You’re missing the point of doing what you want. My whiskey and lemonade tastes better with a fancy whiskey than with some piss jim beam
TheDudeOrHisDudeness
maybe, but it's also not your problem if someone wants to spend their money this way
rainevasquez
Is this the equivalent of saying “everyone has the right to their opinion”? Which is such a non-statement if ever there was one
tenaciousjeebs
It is, if they’re driving up the price of the good stuff (which they are, incrementally).
UrinalCarrier
Good point
dsmegst
Yeah, but some bottlings are very limited and supply and availability becomes an issue.
BornOnAMonday83
no :)
SarcasticComment
Or spend your money as you see fit.
ProperPotatoes
What if the expensive one tastes good mixed?
StillNotYouTube
If you're mixing it, you usually can't tell the difference.
TheSuperSquirrel
If you're rich then who cares! If you're like the rest of us, then I doubt it's good enough to be worth the $60ish of whiskey in one drink.
iagpjuiagernijpaergnjbpi
25+ year aged single malt scotches are usually $500+ in the US. It won't taste fundamentally different than a bottle of Dears when mixed.
UrinalCarrier
To someone who's seriously into whisky, that would probably sound like saying "but the theatrical cuts are just as good" to a LOTR fan
Trankia12
Thems be fighten words!
rupreckt
They objectively don’t. The good ones are “good” because of things you destroy/overpower when you mix them. 1/
rupreckt
Could someone enjoy it? Damn right. However they likely wouldn’t know the difference if it was a 1/4 price whisky 2/
rupreckt
Very few cocktail bars make drinks with really high end whiskeys because it’s so wasteful unless you want a very specific flavor.
Sphinct182
The cheap one probably tastes just as good.
M4rt1nV
But doesn't have the satisfaction of the seething hatred of pretentious fucks
Crossman22
"Probably"
DickDastardly404
Why on earth would that be the case? If the whiskey is better the mixed drink will be better too.
justarocknroller
Kinda. Evan Williams is gonna be a little butter, no matter what the mixer. A good, but inexpensive whiskey like rittenhouse/
justarocknroller
Is great for mixing, but also brilliant straight. That being said, I'm piss broke and drink Evan.
thetonestarr
Or at the very least, *a* cheaper one absolutely will taste as good, when mixed.
jeffasaurusrex
Or glenfiddich 12.. use something cheaper but not “cheap”
SarcasticComment
It won't. Like saying "if your going to use ketchup, McDonald's is just as good as a burger made from grass fed brisket"
Aldante92
If ketchup was 50% of your burger then yeah, it probably is. Also you'd have horrible acid reflux afterwards either way
Dentistman
But the cheap one doesnt taste as good as the aged one
dsampify
I will tell you right now having had 30, 21, 18, 15, 14, and 12 year old glenfiddich that the 14 tastes just as good and its 1/4 the price
UKMonkey
But after mixing it, all you taste is the mixer, so why care?
thetonestarr
Straight, you're right. Mixed, you'd be hard pressed to find anybody who can tell.
THUMPSDV8S
I know some classic cocktails that taste distinctly better with better (pricey) spirits. Drink what you like, forget common misconceptions.
SarcasticComment
Especially when they are spirit forward like a classic margarita or old fashioned. The quality of spirit carries the drink
dsmegst
I've heard JW Blue is great with some sparkling water.
SarcasticComment
The Japanese do water whiskey (not sparkling though). It is a good way to lighten and sift through individual flavors.