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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:37 PM Original message |
Serious liquor drinkers: Is "Wild Turkey" a serious whiskey or a joke? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a whisky for college kids who don't know better, and rednecks who don't want to know better |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Agreed. n/m |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. LOL!!!!!!!!!! |
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Rosie1223 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
38. I learned in college that |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's not good. n/t |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Jameson for your friends |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Neat |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Yep, ice is also a sin |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
33. That's how I feel about a good single malt Scotch. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:07 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Only a complete asshole mixes Irish Whiskey. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. what about Whiskey Punch? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. Tu as raison! |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. I like it, but I think it's just for drinking when there's nothing else to do |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. I've always like it. |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not good |
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Norwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm not a fan of the stuff myself |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:12 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Crown Royal? |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:54 PM Response to Original message |
11. real whiskey is from Scotland |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I'm a man of few words... |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
49. I love Talisker--2nd only to Laphroaig's 15 year old. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. No True Scotsman would spell whisky with an 'e' |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. No, from Scotland, it's whisky. Calling it whiskey there is like calling them Scottish. |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I have to say, though, that Jim Beam is probably one of the best in terms of price vs. quality. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
45. well, if you're going to mix whisky and Coke it can be any rotgut stuff. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Oban is only 10 years old. nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
50. Teachers and Bells are whiskys from Scotland in the same genre as Wild Turkey. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. that's actually whisky |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
61. You are incorrect, sir. The Irish invented whiskey. The Scots |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:13 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. Thanx |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
12. Consider Hunter ... |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
14. Damn, thanks, you taught me a lot. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. Hunter was not as schooled in the academy of consumerism as the typical DUer. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. How 'bout Rebel Yell? I know respectable folks that drink that. That know their liquor. nt |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Rebel Yell isn't bad at all. Good 'n cheap! |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
17. Back in my college days we drank Cabin Still |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. Most whiskey is 80 proof,Wild Turkey can be up to 108 proof. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. I'm partial to Crown Royal |
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Hanse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
22. Think of it like cars. |
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Richard Steele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
23. It's a serious whiskey that made a deliberate CHOICE to be a bit "different". |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-23-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
26. I don't have a strong opinion on it, but I think it's a bit pricy for the quality level. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. I also prefer Old Grandad. |
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Mopar151 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. Maker's Mark will do. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Maker's Mark is more expensive |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:57 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. That's bourbon, but that's what I like. nt |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
27. Wild Turkey 101 |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 06:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. i always thought the types you're referring to were still in junior high |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. +++ |
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Wapsie B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. +++ |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
29. It's now French-- owned by the Campari/Pernod people... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. I like it. Nice woody aroma. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
36. It's a joke. It's whiskey's budwieser |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
39. It's no joke. And yes, it is whiskey's Budweiser. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. the 101 proof is tolerable |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
43. Yuck |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:53 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. I'm sorry, but that site was as pretentious as all hell |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:02 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. So what? |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:43 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. It's also damned accurate |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Really? I had no idea that booze was "chewy" |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Liquor and beer have nuances just like wine |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
76. Hey, to each his own. I'm not criticizing DUers here |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. It makes a great bourbon ball. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. For a party? Anything in a glass bottle. nt |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
56. Reminds me of a West Wing episode |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
57. one of my professors in college had a Wild Turkey belt-buckle.. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. I tried Jack Daniels once. I was fuckin' drunk for two days after I stopped drinking! |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 01:33 PM Response to Original message |
59. My father collected the ceramic turkey decanters. He must have 50 of them on display in his study... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
62. Old Crow, if you can find it. It's rye, and will melt your fillings. nt |
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nomorenomore08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 04:50 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. At least that's real whiskey (I think). Ancient Age is even worse. |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
64. I like it. |
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Mike 03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm loving this entire discussion. I had no idea there were so many opinions |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
67. My husband's grandmother, |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
71. I was given a bottle of cask strength Wild Turkey for Christmas |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
72. gotta watch that stuff, too much drinkie and the turkey talks back to ya |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
73. I'm drinking Old Crow right now. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-24-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. A whiskey croissant?? |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. Hehe... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-25-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
77. No, but Jack Daniels is n/t |
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