# My new favorite drink: Bourbon Whiskey + diet cream soda

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 16, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079 "2004-12-16T03:01:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079/21 "2004-12-16T17:55:16Z")

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> [@bob\_loblaw](#):
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> i don’t think i’ve ever seen the word ‘quality’ modify the word ‘bourbon’ before.

I paid $50 for a bottle of Blanton’s about five years ago. (Holiday gift for a very good friend.) I sure hope that was quality bourbon.

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**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079/22 "2004-12-16T17:57:17Z")

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Blanton’s is akin to a single malt. It’s supposedly exquisite, but I’ve never had it.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2004, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079/23 "2004-12-16T20:05:03Z")

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Blanton’s is excellent.

IMO, the best bourbon, and one of the cheapest, is Old Weller Antique. But you can’t go wrong with Maker’s Mark. It’s the wheat that makes it so smooth. 😃

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**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:** [December 16, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079/24 "2004-12-16T20:33:43Z")

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> [@bob\_loblaw](#):
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> sorry, chalk it up to regional bias, i guess. here in the centre of the universe we drink rye whiskey. occasionally scotch. but bourbon? on a dare maybe. wouldn’t be caught buying the stuff though.

Christ, where do you live where you drink rye whiskey? I find it nigh impossible to find the stuff 'round these parts. (Unless you’re talking Canadian rye. Can’t stand the stuff.) I have to drive halfway across the city to find Old Overholt.

By my reckoning, all whiskey is good (except I have yet to find a Canadian whiskey I like. I’m open to suggestions.) Scotch, Irish, rye, bourbon…it’s yummy yummy stuff. As for bourbon, I like Knob Creek (had some last night, in fact), Woodford Reserve, and Maker’s Mark. Although for day-to-day drinking, I’m quite partial to Old Overholt rye. At $12/bottle where I buy it, it’s the best whiskey bargain out there.

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**Author:** ![Sharky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Sharky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sharky)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2004, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-new-favorite-drink-bourbon-whiskey-diet-cream-soda/280079/25 "2004-12-17T05:33:30Z")

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My girlfriend likes Southern Comfort and orange soda, or Southern Comfort and lemonade. Tastes like cough syrup. Ugh.

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