Best Choice of Liquor?

Go with something neutral for your first time, ie. gin, whiskey or vodka. Jägermeister is a bit too wierd for a beginner. Know your limits before the Jäger. I'd say the same about Goldschlager. Why people shoot that is beyond me. In sprite, I could understand, but Goldschlager is not something you'll want to be barfing.

 

yea you definately got that right. i enjoy jagermeister, but i wouldn't have liked it when i started drinking.. you gotta build up to that kinda shit haha

 

I'm not sure what you mean by neutral. Whiskey has cogeners that gin and vodka do not...no extra added sugar though. Most of the time it is the amount of alcohol that causes the hangover, but some spirits lead to worse ones than the more neutral spirits. The remedies on the market employing activated charcoal may help reduce cogener enhanced hangovers but don't do much to alleviate the hangover caused by the alcohol. I've worked out a supplement formulation that helps in this regard...but have no idea how to market it.

 

right, i think sandpedlar is slightly mistaken on what a neutral spirit is.

"neutral spirits" describe spirits with no real tampering other then possible dilution with water. the king of neutral spirits is 190-200 proof grain alcohol. no flavors, nothing.

the only other truly neutral spirit is vodka.

gin is MADE from neutral spirits, but the addition of many different herbs (most notably present is juniper) makes it far from being a truly neutral spirit. its very distinctive an impossible to hide in a mixed drink, even though it tastes good in a mixed drink.

whiskies (bourbon, canadian whisky, irish whiskey, scotch whisky) are all made very differently, and all are aged in barrels. the initial ingredients are very key in determining the resulting flavors, as is the aging process. they are also very distinctive and not even close to neutral.

jagermeister and goldschlager are not liquor, they are liqueurs. a liqueur is a spirit with added flavorings and ingredients, and almost universally sweetened making it somewhat syrupy and thicker. technically even gin is a liqueur, but its supremely dry character and high proof cause it to be generally considered a proper liquor, and i wont really argue with its classification as such. interestingly, while you've noted these liqueurs as being non-neutral liquors, almost all (almost!) liqueurs are infact made from neutral spirits and simply have things added in.

i also dont understand people getting all worked up about jager. i drink it sometimes because i love the taste, but its only 35% alcohol. you get LESS alcohol drinking a shot of jager than a shot of vodka, gin, or bourbon. i think people psych themselves up about it "fucking them up" just because it has such a strong flavor that most people arent used to. personally i love the stuff, but rarely buy it because its pretty expensive in terms of bang-for-your-buck.

anyway, best choice of liquor is relative. i love spirits and could go on and on about what i like...but if it were me....my "best choice" would be "best quality" and i would list things such as cabo wabo reposado (a tequila), the macallan cask strength single malt (scotch whisky), appleton estate v/x rum, pyrat xo rum, hendrick's gin, or even just good old tanqueray

 

yea i always thought the same thing, about people thinking it'll get them more drunk than other (sometimes stronger) alcohols..
it has a strong flavor that not everyone likes, (i enjoy it tho), but that doesn't automatically make it more alcoholic heh.
i find it worse with jack daniel's though.. with people i know anyway, they just act as if there is a special ingredient in it that fucks them up more than any other alcohol does, it's pretty funny

 

Jim Beam Black, you wont regret it.

 

I understand what neutral grain spirit is, perhaps I should have said "middle-of-the- road" instead.

 

gotcha

 

btw, for anyone wanting a good liqueur which will blow jager or anything like it out of the water, and you've got a few bucks to spare, do yourself a favor and go pick up a bottle of benedictine! this stuff is sweet and syrupy, but still a hefty 40% ABV...its got a fantastically complex and elegant combination of natural herbal flavorings, and is just absolutely wonderful. i've never had a bottle of B&B (benedictine and brandy, premixed) but i did get a pint of cognac and mixed it 50/50 or 60/40 with the benedictine sometimes when i wanted a less sweet but still very tasty and unique beverage.

this stuff is one of my favorites!

 

Yeah that weekend was pretty awesome, but on Saturday night I found out Mescaline and Jim Beam don't mix... BARF!! haha well just in my stomach it was bad, that was one of the gnarliest nights EVER.

 

should of got some johnny walker black label...or maybe some bacardi 151...

 

cabo wabo is great, go and get you a bottle