I have been known to put away my share of screwdrivers, too, but learned the hard way that it is worth it to pay a little more for good vodka rather than cheap rot gut. The same is very much true of whisky, and liquor in general and, as Tim says, if they were giving it away it was probably one step up (or down) from trash can punch, so of course it was awful. A lot of people, particularly in college, swear by Jack Daniels Black Label, but, IMHO, it is little more than turpentine with strong name recognition; I find Jim Beam much smoother, but even that is still pretty cheap whisky. Save up for some 20 or 40 year old scotch and you might get a whole other perspective on whisky. You might also look for a blended whisky; mixing an older whisky with a younger tends to make the latter much smoother as well, without having to pay the price for a bottle older than you are.
We weren't just hitting the bottle, you know. There were appetizers, main course and dessert. The whisky was the last drink we had. And it was hideous. I don't mean it was too strong, I can drink cut brandy even if I don't necessarily relish the experience. But the whisky..The smell alone. And the aftertaste.. I guess I just have an aversion to it.
Anyway, hope you feel better now--and feel OK tomorrow.... 
One of my eight roommates brought friends over from a party, they woke me up at 5 am on Saturday. Didn't get a hangover but my sleep schedule is messed up and I have exams to read to.
Whisky - the devil's urine
- 21/10/2011 10:29:39 PM
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We have some of the irish stuff at home.....it'll put ya down. *NM*
- 21/10/2011 10:32:53 PM
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If they were giving it away free it was probably cheap rubbish. Drink real whisky and you'll see. *NM*
- 21/10/2011 11:50:30 PM
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Remind me never to come to one of your parties *NM*
- 22/10/2011 01:38:52 PM
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Don't worry. It's against Tim's morals to buy crap whisky. *NM*
- 24/10/2011 01:23:17 PM
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One of the best nights of drinking I've had concluded with whiskey.
- 22/10/2011 01:22:40 AM
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whiskey is heavenly- and tequila is utopia. and that is the fucking truth. *NM*
- 22/10/2011 02:27:31 AM
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I suspect Tim has the right of it.
- 22/10/2011 04:28:32 AM
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Re: I suspect Tim has the right of it.
- 23/10/2011 01:01:00 PM
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it's b/c you mixed too many different liquors. live and learn; *NM*
- 22/10/2011 08:46:03 AM
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um, no, water of life, thanks very much. clearly you're either too young or it was cheap whisky *NM*
- 22/10/2011 05:31:50 PM
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Very early this morning I had a shot of Jack Daniel's Single Barrel.
- 23/10/2011 08:15:18 PM
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