# Besides Coke, what goes with whiskey? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 18, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949 "2005-07-18T05:50:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/41 "2005-07-18T18:11:25Z")
I didn’t know that Crown Royal was good enough to drink on it’s own! I thought it was kind of a middling whiskey almost good enough to drink neat, but not quite. 'Course, I don’t know too much about whiskey, just that CR and coke is really, really good mixed about 1/2 and 1/2. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/42 "2005-07-18T22:23:10Z")
[Pat Travers]Snortin’ whiskey, drinkin’ cocaine…[/PT] Oh, you meant Coke™. Personally I’ve always preferred 7-up with my whiskey, bouron and preferably Jim Beam. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2005, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/43 "2005-07-18T22:31:09Z")
If I’m drinking a mid- or low-grade scotch or other type of whiskey, I like it with club soda (aka seltzer/soda water) and some ice. I don’t like my whiskey with anything sweet. I think scotch & soda is fine when you want something on a hot day that’s cold and fizzy, but not sweet. ---
**Author:** ![gouda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c77e96/32.png) [@gouda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gouda)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/44 "2005-07-19T12:20:15Z")
Whiskey and Kahlua on the rocks, with a splash of coke if you want… excellent. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/45 "2005-07-19T16:55:07Z")
What goes with whiskey? **Wild, wild women!** 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/46 "2005-07-19T16:56:51Z")
Have you tried a **palindrome?** Crown Royal and Royal Crown (cola). ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/47 "2005-07-19T17:05:57Z")
I really thought the only way to drink whiskey was in a shot or with coke. Just throw the glass back and slam that shot down. It never occured to me to sip it. It doesn’t really sound appealing. Maybe I’m just using cheap whiskey. What is the difference between whiskey and bourbon? I’ve got some Maker’s Mark at home that I sometimes mix with coke, but I usually just shoot it. It has a pretty good taste to it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/48 "2005-07-19T17:34:29Z")
> [@Nunavut Boy](#): > > I didn’t know that Crown Royal was good enough to drink on it’s own! I thought it was kind of a middling whiskey almost good enough to drink neat, but not quite. 'Course, I don’t know too much about whiskey, just that CR and coke is really, really good mixed about 1/2 and 1/2. I tend to agree, Crown isn’t anything to write home about. Better than Beam, but mostly just good packaging and branding. Of course, this doesn’t mean that it can’t be drank on it’s own. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949/49 "2005-07-19T17:35:52Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > What goes with whiskey? > > **Wild, wild women!** 😛 That’s WHUSKEY, not whiskey! And don’t fergit the cigareets. > [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > Pookah (who is almost literally within spitting distance of the birthplace of Irish Coffee) Probably the best drink ever invented in an airport. Maybe the only one. Is it true that in the 1950s, after Irish Coffee caught on in San Francisco, that city consumed more Irish whiskey than the rest of the country put together? And what were the Irish drinking in New York? Rye? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-coke-what-goes-with-whiskey/312949.md?page=2)