What is your favourite "Regular" Sipping Liquor - (Neat No Mixers Except Perhaps Ice)

[RunningBum]

I selected 5. I love having a choice, and I'll have whatever I have a taste for if I'm sipping, which isn't very often.

Bourbon--Something like Angels Envy, Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit, Jeffersons Reserve, and a couple almost-Pappys (van Winkles but not Pappy).

Scotch - Glenfiddich or Highland Park

Rum - I forget the names but I've got a couple of nice sippers to go along with my Capt Morgan and Whalers mixers.

Brandy - actually B&B, Benedictine and Brandy, a great winter drink. Warms you up quicker than Schapps though I will have that on occasion too.

Baileys Irish Cream

Amaretto di Saronno -- summer sipper

 

[latexman]

Two fingers of Elijah Craig with ice.

For desert, a rusty nail.

 

[Dalmore]

I'm partial to, well, Dalmore. But I enjoy and appreciate most single malt scotches. Cardhu, Old Pultney, Dalwhinney, Scapa 15yr...the list is long.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

Well, it is the season, so I thought it was an appropriate poll. Bourbon is winning so far. Come on you "real" whiskey Drinkers.

 

[Trailwalker]

Bourbon: Elijah Craig
Scotch: Lagavulin
Brandy: Wollersheim Press House (local vineyard and distillery)

 

[Luvtoride]

I’m a tequila drinker.
NW Bound, send over the 2 bottles if you’re not going to drink them.

Retch, great choices.

I usually sip Casamigos Reposado as my go to drink. but also enjoy some more specialty Tequilas like Cava de Oro which we order online. So many great tequilas out there it is dizzying!
We have learned though it’s not necessary to BTD on a very high end tequila as there are so many good ones that are reasonably priced.

Salut’

 

[MC Rider]

The only liquor in the cabinet are rarely touched bottles of Amaretto and Jaegermeister. The earthquake stash. ;>)



Won't touch Southern Comfort or Takillya. Don't care for whiskey, vodka, rum, any of that stuff straight up. Used to have some Jack and Coke or Jack and 7, when it was 25 cents a glass back in college.


I mostly like craft beers.

 

[Koolau]

One of those things I gave up for health reasons. But, back in the day, it was blended (Segrams 7 Crown). Yeah, I know. "That's not whisky!"

Maybe it's 'cause that's what I started with. Maybe it's cause I like the odor. In any case, I almost always made a 7 and 7 with it but I could sip it too. Not ashamed of my lack of taste in whisky (or whatever you want to call 7-C). In any case, it's now a moot point, so I didn't vote. At least now everyone can enjoy being WAY more sophisticated than I am - though YMMV.

 

[NW-Bound]

My son was raised on Cognac, but once he moved out he has picked up a different style. He now drinks more whisky, but gets most serious in mixing cocktails.

Now, I don't drink cocktails or things that are too sweet, and cordials not frequently. So, I don't really enjoy the various concoctions that he ran across and added to his repertoire. But I have found very interesting the various bottles that he picked up to add to his bar. Just last week at the family dinner, he introduced me to "Suze", a French aperitif I never heard of. It's made with gentian roots, whatever that plant is.

I did not know "Suze" is French word, and the taste is something hard to describe. It's drinkable, but I have forgotten the flavor. He uses it for some exotic cocktails.

Earlier, he gave me a bottle of St. George Green Chili Vodka. A lot of people like this, but I am indifferent. Still, I saw the bottle just now, and it's half-empty. Apparently, when I offered it at a past dinner, some people liked it more than I do.

Anyway, I told my son that this is a nice hobby to sample different spirits. It does not have to be an expensive hobby, and one can get a lot of enjoyment out of a collection of bottles.

PS. Just now, I recall that I had a bottle of pastis and one of ouzo but did not see them in the cabinet. I must have finished them off some time ago, and forgot about it.

This talk about spirits reminds me to go get a bottle of Armagnac to bring to my brother's family Christmas dinner this weekend. It will be something we can savor and compare to our usual Cognac.

 

[MC Rider]

Ouzo. Forgot that one.
How about Sambuka?

 

[RobbieB]

I like a shot of Ouzo from time to time (and always at a Greek fest) with 1 cube. I like to watch the milky start and the intense licorice flavor is enhanced by the dilution.

 

[MC Rider]

Reminds me, I have not had a Gyro in forever.

 

[RunningBum]

Bad influences here, I'm sipping on Jeff Reserve Aged at Sea. But I had already decided on my drive home from a long run that I would have something.

 

[Koolau]

Reminds me, I have not had a Gyro in forever.

Yes, they're getting hard to find on Oahu. OPA! Er, I mean YMMV.

 

[NW-Bound]

Oh man, imagine a lazy afternoon sitting in the shade of the awning of a cafe somewhere in southern France, nursing a cold glass of pastis or ouzo. How can life be better than that?

Of course, a billionaire would say that he was happier enjoying the same drink sitting on the deck of his yacht anchored somewhere along the Mediterranean coast, but then he would not get to watch the villagers play boules on a dirt lot on the other side of the street from the cafe.

All this talk reminds me of a dinner we had at a seafood restaurant in La Spezia, an Italian coastal town, which we used as a base to visit Cinque Terre. I found this restaurant on the Web, and it was said that it was popular with the locals, and indeed it was. And being tourists, of course we ordered and ate more than the locals, and this made the owner happy.

At the end of the meal, his brother who manned the cash register poured me a shot of this drink, which he said he made himself. Said it's on the house. Oh la la, this drink was strong. Later I found out that it could be as high as 150 proof. He wrote down the name for me: Centerbe, which means "100 herbs" in Italian.

We staggered back to the Airbnb after the meal, walking about 1 mile, as I found a place to park the car for the stay and would not want to give it up. Oh man, memorable moments in life are like that night.

 

[Out of Steam]

The closest I come to sipping hard liquor is drinking Irish Whiskey (or Scotch in a pinch) over ice with club soda.

 

[MdaPetralia]

Ouzo. Forgot that one.
How about Sambuka?

I second Sambuca.

 

[MC Rider]

I second Sambuca.

My spelling stands corrected.

Maybe I will look for some small bottles in Total Wino.

 

[T-Minus]

Bourbon. Dailies are either an Old Forester 1920 or a Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Select. Most evenings, I’ll sip on an ounce of one of these, but for special occasions, there’s some interesting bourbons in the cabinet.

 

[NW-Bound]

Yes, I found that restaurant again on the Web. It's called "La Nuova Spezia".

In the Web photo below, I see the cabinet where they put that potent Centerbe drink.

How I would love to be able to travel again!

PS. Just found out that Centerbe is a commercial product, but the "unsweetened" Centerbe is original and what I was poured was indeed homemade.

 

[medved]

Balvenie 21 yr old port wood finished whisky

I used to drink the Balvenie 21 Portwood too. It’s a great scotch. But about 5 years ago they raised the price a lot. Seems like it doubled. Now it’s only a special occasion drink for me. I like Caol Ila 12 too. It’s much less expensive. Recently I’m trying some Mezcal. Wife hates it. But that’s ok. It means more for me!

 

[Out-to-Lunch]

I live in Wisconsin. I am legally required to drink unhealthy amounts of cheap brandy.

 

[Markola]

I live in Wisconsin. I am legally required to drink unhealthy amounts of cheap brandy.

That’s funny. My WI friends’ late parents’ go-to was a Brandy Manhattan.

 

[donheff]

I have a couple of fingers of sweet bourbon most evenings. My current fav is Four Roses 1.75L jugs from Costco but on my last trip there I found a Heaven's Door that I like a lot.

 

[Bryan Barnfellow]

Don't sip whiskeys much, so leaving out mixed drinks with vodka and gin, I sip these:

Pastis with very cold water (but only in the hot days of summer)
Disaronno (amaretto) with a cube
Italian Grappa (very cold, or with a cube)

-BB