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SkinnyPupp · 08-20-2020, 03:51 PM

I drink like a fish but it's all cocktails now. High quality cocktails, but there's no need for expensive liquor in a cocktail. My go-to bourbon is a 90 proof Ezra Brooks which would probably sell for like $15 in the US but booze is crazy expensive here so that's what I stick with. I use their 90 proof rye as well. Actually for cocktails both are excellent, as they just have a good "this is a bourbon and this is a rye" flavour.

Unfortunately I still have to buy some expensive booze, but it's proprietary liqueurs like Chartreuse, Benedictine, etc. Have to keep some absinthe around as well.

Lately I've been drinking a lot of tiki drinks, so that means I have to keep several bottles of rum on hand. Favourite light rum is Plantation 3 stars. For aged column still (Spanish style) I got with Matusalem 7 (originally from Cuba, now Dominican Rep). I keep two types of Jamaican - Myers's for some funk and strong molasses flavour, and Smith & Cross for strong funk and higher proof (my favourite booze in the world). I also keep Plantation OFTD which is 69% (nice) for the proofy needs.

My wife bought me a bottle of Plantation Guyana 2005 for my birthday, and I've used it in a few cocktails but it's too good for cocktails

I think I'll enjoy it more as a sipper in the winter.

For gin I stick with Bombay Sapphire, as a 1L bottle is "just" $25 USD and it's a nice 47% ABV. Other gins are cheaper, like Beefeater, but the Beefeater we get is their low quality 80 proof, might as well use vodka. I would prefer Tanqueray as my go-to, but Bombay is just about as good but a much better deal.

I recently found an insane deal on Cognac, which is usually insanely expensive in HK. Jules Gautret VSOP is as good (in cocktails) as any of the big brands like Martel, Remy, Courvoisier VSOP, but these bottles were 1/4 the price. Snatched up 2 bottles but never saw it again. Finished the first bottle yesterday with a Between The Sheets

So there's my "etc" part of the "whiskey, bourbon, etc" thread

I have much more sitting on the shelf, lots of different liqueurs and vermouth in the fridge (I get into arguments about vermouth on reddit because people care more about brand than flavour). I've been trying all sorts of different brands, and have come to some conclusions on what I settle on.

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SkinnyPupp Hacked RS to become a mod Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sunny Hong Kong Posts: 55,061 Thanked 25,871 Times in 9,091 Posts Failed 1,573 Times in 719 Posts Member's Picture Albums	I drink like a fish but it's all cocktails now. High quality cocktails, but there's no need for expensive liquor in a cocktail. My go-to bourbon is a 90 proof Ezra Brooks which would probably sell for like $15 in the US but booze is crazy expensive here so that's what I stick with. I use their 90 proof rye as well. Actually for cocktails both are excellent, as they just have a good "this is a bourbon and this is a rye" flavour. Unfortunately I still have to buy some expensive booze, but it's proprietary liqueurs like Chartreuse, Benedictine, etc. Have to keep some absinthe around as well. Lately I've been drinking a lot of tiki drinks, so that means I have to keep several bottles of rum on hand. Favourite light rum is Plantation 3 stars. For aged column still (Spanish style) I got with Matusalem 7 (originally from Cuba, now Dominican Rep). I keep two types of Jamaican - Myers's for some funk and strong molasses flavour, and Smith & Cross for strong funk and higher proof (my favourite booze in the world). I also keep Plantation OFTD which is 69% (nice) for the proofy needs. My wife bought me a bottle of Plantation Guyana 2005 for my birthday, and I've used it in a few cocktails but it's too good for cocktails I think I'll enjoy it more as a sipper in the winter. For gin I stick with Bombay Sapphire, as a 1L bottle is "just" $25 USD and it's a nice 47% ABV. Other gins are cheaper, like Beefeater, but the Beefeater we get is their low quality 80 proof, might as well use vodka. I would prefer Tanqueray as my go-to, but Bombay is just about as good but a much better deal. I recently found an insane deal on Cognac, which is usually insanely expensive in HK. Jules Gautret VSOP is as good (in cocktails) as any of the big brands like Martel, Remy, Courvoisier VSOP, but these bottles were 1/4 the price. Snatched up 2 bottles but never saw it again. Finished the first bottle yesterday with a Between The Sheets So there's my "etc" part of the "whiskey, bourbon, etc" thread I have much more sitting on the shelf, lots of different liqueurs and vermouth in the fridge (I get into arguments about vermouth on reddit because people care more about brand than flavour). I've been trying all sorts of different brands, and have come to some conclusions on what I settle on.