Taste testing

Just partook in a little inpromtu taste testing :) My aunt and uncle (who I'm staying with) are gone for the day, so I decided to invade their small liquor stash :D

Anyways, I'm more or less a complete newb when it comes to alcohol (I didn't even have my first beer until 17) and I still drink very little, but I figured I might as well try some stuff out to see what I like. Just tried a little bit of each so I didn't get myself drunk :)

Some were Italian, so I couldn't read a thing on the bottle, but I'll post what I think was the name :D

My ratings go by this scale:
0 thumbs up = How can anyone drink this?
1 thumb up = Rather revolting. I'd rather not have any.
2 thumbs up = Has a well defined, decent taste to it, but not really to my liking.
3 thumbs up = Tastes good, but nothing real special.
4 thumbs up = Impressive, I like it.
5 thumbs up = I could drink the whole bottle. :D

Tried in this order, the finished of with a glass of wine :D Here are my ratings.

Baileys: 4 Yum, could drink quite a bit of this.
Jack Daniels: 0 EW!
Crown Royal: 1 A little bit better...
O'Darby Irish Cream: 3 Tasty, but thick as molasses
Hiram Walker Swiss Chocolate Almond: 5 !! This stuff tastes like a Fudgee-O cookie! :D
Lambuca 3 Vecchi (?): 2 Not a fan of black licorice
Amaro della dispensa: 3 Average Irish cream type stuff
Creme de Grand Marnier: 4 About the same as Baileys
Kambusa Amaricante: 2 Can't really define this taste...not revolting but not great.
Wild Vines Blackberry Merlot: 5 MMM....could drink the whole bottle :D

Post your ratings of drinks you've tried!

LOL! I just did that a few days ago :D

And the final result:
Jägermeister, 5 thumbs up, I did.
Davidoff Classic Cognac, 4 thumbs up, A bit on the expensive side.
Underberg german herb drink, 4 thumbs up, Good stuff.
Domfrontais Calvados Hors D'age, 4 thumbs up, A bit on the expensive side.
Springbank Whisky (10yo), 3 thumbs up, I'm not man enough yet.
Jameson Whisky (12yo), 2 thumbs up, I'm still not man enough.
Tanqueray Dry Gin, 0 thumbs up, wtf?

Labatt Blue
5 thumbs up!:bloated:

Smirnoff Ice: 4
Bailey: 4
Bacardi: 5
vodka: 4
CUBA Caramel: 1
CUBA Strawberry: 0
Bacardi Breezer: 4

Originally posted by Heep


My ratings go by this scale:
0 thumbs up = How can anyone drink this?
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Jack Daniels: 0 EW!


Stay away from the men's drinks until you've had more practice,son

JD's:5 thumbs up.:bandit:

word naki

and by the way deakins are you drinking that gin straight?
if you want a good gin go with bombay

No, mixed with tonic water.

did you add any citrus juice?

Originally posted by taranaki


Stay away from the men's drinks until you've had more practice,son

JD's:5 thumbs up.:bandit:

If drinking JD is a requirement for being a man, then screw it, I'll be a woman!

Originally posted by Heep


If drinking JD is a requirement for being a man, then screw it, I'll be a woman!

:hehehe: JD isnt that bad, I couldnt just drink it all but I can take it

Originally posted by Heep


If drinking JD is a requirement for being a man, then screw it, I'll be a woman!


you guys hold him down,I'LL FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS!:devil:

I love JD. Can drink it straight - but Heep, you gotta mix it your first couple of times, work up to it. Try with coke ;) 1/5JD 4/5 coke

I don't think I want to like it :uhoh:

Originally posted by Heep
I don't think I want to like it :uhoh:


admit it.You're looking forward to wearing a mini-skirt:bloated:

JD, Wild Turkey, Crown Royal=5 thumbs up
Smirnof, Mike's Lemonade, all the girl drinks=if your a guy you better stay away from these fruity drinks

Damn male machoism :lol2:

Give me some Swiss Chocolate Almond stuff anyday and keep your whiskey :D

Give me some Swiss Chocolate Almond stuff anyday and keep your whiskey
:D
The drink you mention doesn't sound like the girl drinks i was taking about, it actually sounds good.

Originally posted by TexasF355F1

:D The drink you mention doesn't sound like the girl drinks i was taking about, it actually sounds good.

It is :)

I've never tried Mike's, but I'm not a regular lemonade fan, so I doubt I'd like it.

I'd like to try some rum...I sure as hell like rum-butter candies :D

Mmmmm.....Rum!!:licker: :licker: I like anyrum except for Bacardi 151!

bacardi tastes good...........:licker:

:licker: mmm...Bundy Rum

Just out of interest, is Bundaberg Rum available in the US or Canada?

Okay pilgrims gather round the wagons...

There is no such thing as a guy's or girl's drink. That's basically crap.

I know plenty of ladies who enjoy single Highland Malt Scotch and no they don't have shaved heads and wander round in leather jackets - plenty of them drink beer out of a bottle too.

Sure I no plenty of them who like a good cocktail like a Mojito, a Ruby*, Moscow Mule but then again I like a good cocktail too - just because I enjoy a dry Vodka Martini or a Mint Julep rather than a over sweetened bourbon and coke doesn't mean I can't handle an angle grinder, a TIG Welder, a 12 ton truck or a chainsaw any less better than someone who does.

As for wine - it's a fine beverage. I can't think of a better compliment to some freshly shucked oysters and scallops, a barbecued crayfish and some kingfish sushi than a chilled Sauvignon Blanc or Riesling and nothing better to wash down a rare New York Steak and garlic mash than a robust South Australian Shiraz.


* The recipe for that must have posted by me before elswehere
** Ruby - Absolut Citron, Ruby Red Grapefruit Juice and a dash of Grenadine
*** Moscow Mule - Stoli, GingerBeer and Fresh Lime Juice

Originally posted by replicant_008
Okay pilgrims gather round the wagons...

There is no such thing as a guy's or girl's drink. That's basically crap.

- just because I enjoy a dry Vodka Martini or a Mint Julep rather than a over sweetened bourbon and coke doesn't mean I can't handle an angle grinder, a TIG Welder, a 12 ton truck or a chainsaw any less better than someone who does.



Are you implying that women are not capable of using these tools?tsk,tsk,how sexist......:p

And I don't care what you drink,I can't say that any of those implements benefit for their operator consuming alcohol.....:bandit:

Good point T - I was trying to infer that just because I'd prefer a malt whisky, a cocktail or a glass of wine instead of a Kentucky Whisky doesn't make me any less 'manly' than someone who considers it a 'girly' drink.

And yes I should know better than to be sexist or to use machinery under the influence of any substance that impairs my judgement or reactions.

Originally posted by Heep
I don't think I want to like it :uhoh:


Don't worry mate........................I'll buy your first lipstick :finger:

Originally posted by replicant_008
Good point T - I was trying to infer that just because I'd prefer a malt whisky, a cocktail or a glass of wine instead of a Kentucky Whisky doesn't make me any less 'manly' than someone who considers it a 'girly' drink.

And yes I should know better than to be sexist or to use machinery under the influence of any substance that impairs my judgement or reactions.





God I love you city slickers.Next time you are passing the Royal Mail Hotel in Meekatharra,the first one's on me.As long as it's a real drink.

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(or would be if I hadn't given up 15 months ago):finger:

Originally posted by Jimster



Don't worry mate........................I'll buy your first lipstick :finger:

:lol2:

I'm sorry, there are male drinks and there are girly drinks. No 2 ways about it.

absolutely true Oz
by the way anybody out there live in a country where absinthe is legal?
id realy like to try some of that one of these days

Mmmmm....alcohol! I could go for a nice chocolate Martini right now:buck I like girly drinks as well as manly ones! I like drinks period! Mmmmm....drinks!:jump: I think I'll fire up the blender and surprize the wife with a Mudslide at the front door when she walks in the house!:devil: :evillaugh

Is legal in New Zealand. It's available in 65%, 70%, 75%, 80% and 85% alcohol by volume distillations.

The presumed active ingredient in wormwood's oils, alpha-thujone, has a similar molecular structure to menthol, a-pinene, eucalyptol, camphor and other monoterpenes. Formerly believed to have a THC (cannabinoid) structure-activity relationship and mechanism, a-thujone is now known to modulate only an entirely different receptor site, the GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) system. GABA moderates the firing of neural synapses; a-thujone mildly antagonizes such inhibition.

The EU allows absinthe of commerce to contain up to 10 mg/Kg -- equivalent to parts per million -- which is mild compared to the estimated 60-90 mg/Kg of premium Belle Epoch absinthes. But several modern Spanish and Czech brands actually contain no detectable thujone (and therefore can be presumed to have been made without A.absinthium) while some pastis -- fake absinthes introduced after the bans -- may contain more than 30 mg/Kg.

The traditional method of 'presentation' (drinking) involves charging a perforated 'absinthe spoon' with a sugar cube and placing it over an 'absinthe glass' which greatly resembes a modern parfait ice cream glass. The glass has a line around it demarking the proper amount of absinthe it should contain so that when full, the glass will hold the proper 5 parts of water fo 1 part absinthe -- almost no one ever drinks this liqueur neat, save for a few show-offs.

The water is trickled from a carafe or 'absinthe fountain' over the sugar cube which slowly dissolves. As the sugary water dilutes the alcohol, the herbal oils in the high proof alcohol solution come out of solution, being almost insoluble in water. This liberates the hugely floral bouquet and produces a milky off-white drink similar to Greek ouzo or Mideastern arak or European anisette -- all anise based drinks like absinthe. The clouding effect is termed the louche, and is of great aesthetic appeal to absintheurs. Modern variations involving setting the absinthe alight are mere cheap melodrama...

*Note to self. Must find absinthe*

If i drink it will it mean i get to see Kylie Minogue in a fairy outfit?

From my cabinet:

Goldschlager - 3. Smooth and easy to drink; warms the throat and the belly. :) (would be a 4 if I partularly liked cinnamon)

Amaretto - 4. Wow! :D

Midori - 5. Tastes like watermelon Jolly Rancher candy. :licker:

Jack Daniels - 4. :cool: I usually have to drink the first serving mixed with whatever soda is available, but subsequent servings can be straight. :p :bloated:

Originally posted by replicant_008
Is legal in New Zealand. It's available in 65%, 70%, 75%, 80% and 85% alcohol by volume distillations.

The presumed active ingredient..............absinthe alight are mere cheap melodrama...

OK........

Who wants a beer! :D

j/p :D

Originally posted by Oz


:lol2:

I'm sorry, there are male drinks and there are girly drinks. No 2 ways about it.

Oh really? I bet I have more chest hair than you. :D


Originally posted by jay@af
Midori - 5. Tastes like watermelon Jolly Rancher candy.

MMM! Gotta try that :D

Originally posted by Heep


Oh really? I bet I have more chest hair than you.

so what?So does my wife..:(

Originally posted by taranaki


so what?So does my wife..:(

Lol! Maybe the "girly" drinks are the more manish ones after all :D

Originally posted by taranaki


so what?So does my wife..:( :thumbup: