Quote:I am so not appreciative of good vodka. Like a lot of us, I overdid it once when I was a kid and was sick for 2 days so I shied away from it for a long time. Now I keep the requisite 1.75L bottle of Fleischmann's/Gordon's/Seagram's, whatever's on sale, around to mix with cranberry, tonic, etc.


I don't think I could tell the difference between them if you lined up 3-4 shots of different ones for me.


Back to bourbon, I am nearing the bottom of the bottle of Basil Hayden's. I stopped pouring it over ice and now just drink it straight up and it is remarkably better that way. The bourbon season is about to give way to the silly Christmas drink and "Winter Warmer" beer season but then will happily descend into the scotch and winter lagers season.

And that reminds me of the night I drank straight tequila shots with no chasers to get drunk with a few friends. Back in those days you just drank what was available. And yeah, I woke up and hurled puke all over my friends parents hallway wall and they still make fun of me to this day 13-14 years later. I get a flashback of that day anytime I smell tequila. Still have a hard time drinking it. God that was the worst hangover ever.

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