# Out of these options, which is your favorite type of spirit? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033 "2007-11-28T15:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/41 "2007-11-28T20:09:15Z")
My usual is gin & tonic. For straight spirit, Irish whiskey or bourbon. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/42 "2007-11-28T20:13:22Z")
Bourbon, mostly. Old Crow, or if I’m feeling wealthier, Knob Creek. Then gin, in tonic with lime, or tomato juice with a bit of hot sauce, or orange juice. No martinis, please. I’ll drink a nice scotch occasionally. Just to be sociable, I’ll down a shot or two of tequila, but I’d rather have something else. I like Malibu coconut rum way too much, so I don’t buy it very often. Brandy is wasted on me. I just don’t appreciate it. I have no use for vodka. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/43 "2007-11-28T20:37:56Z")
I usually take a vodka and tonic. What kind? I don’t care. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/44 "2007-11-28T20:44:01Z")
Bourbon, followed by single-malt scotch. The rest don’t even register on my scale. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/45 "2007-11-28T21:28:15Z")
1. Blanton’s Bourbon 2. Michter’s Rye 3. Patron Anejo Tequila 4. Pritchards’ Rum ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/46 "2007-11-28T21:52:37Z")
Whiskey Vodka Grappa Rum ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/47 "2007-11-28T22:03:27Z")
1. Vodka 2. Gin 3. Tequila Vodka and Gin with just a finger of tonic for the first drink and just keep topping it off as the night goes on. Tequila depends on how I feel that night, sometimes tonic, sometimes Roses lime and some Grand Mariner or Contreiu (sp). ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/48 "2007-11-28T22:11:42Z")
Vodka Whiskey Gin If you asked me a few years ago, I would have said Whiskey Gin Vodka I’ve really gotten into drinking straight vodka, though. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/49 "2007-11-28T22:12:53Z")
I’d go with gin. I love gin. Not straight, but with tonic water. That will keep the malaria at bay! And tastes damned fine. …was I the only one hoping it would be a thread about your favorite kind of ghost? Yes? Okay then. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/50 "2007-11-28T22:24:04Z")
[QUOTE=Joey P] 1. Vodka 2. Gin 3. Tequila Vodka and Gin with just a finger of tonic for the first drink and just keep topping it off as the night goes on. Tequila depends on how I feel that night, sometimes tonic, sometimes Roses lime and some Grand Mariner or Contreiu (sp). [/QUOTE] I’d like to clarify that by ‘topping it off’ I mean topping of the booze only. Usually by the second or third drink, it’s straight. ---
**Author:** ![yelimS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/54ee81/32.png) [@yelimS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelimS)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/51 "2007-11-28T22:50:30Z")
Did I miss something? Am I the first to prefer brandy? (Straight cognac or armagnac, that is) I also like rum for my drinks, an irish whiskey on the rocks now and then (Or Lagavulin, the devil’s own!), gin tonic, and i’m even starting to like tequila (Has anyone tried flatliner shots? tequila, tobasco and sambucca… sounds terrible, but tastes strange and quite good). I absolutely hate the taste of vodka, but very rarely I like a shot of 120 proof just for the warm feeling. And, you forgot Absinthe! Haven’t had any for quite some time, but a good absinthe can be great… and a bad one can be really horrible. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/52 "2007-11-28T23:10:42Z")
I don’t drink spirits much, but I guess if I had to it would be Vodka. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/53 "2007-11-28T23:12:18Z")
My preference is for whiskey – **Scotch** whiskey; I’ve tried Irish (Jameson’s, Tullamore Dew), and it’s just got no **flavor!** As for gin – urk! Who thought **that** up?! ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/54 "2007-11-28T23:25:38Z")
Favorite: Whiskey (Bourbon). Least Favorite: Gin. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/55 "2007-11-28T23:25:39Z")
If by favorite you mean drunk most often, mine would be bourbon…_Wild Turkey 101_ primarily, drunk neat. If by favorite you mean which do I like best, the answer would be single-malt scotch…again drunk neat. However, I’ve been blessed with the ability to like almost everything when it comes to food and booze so I also like, in order by most frequently imbibed: Tequila Gin Rum Vodka Brandy Irish whiskey And on preview, I’m surprised at you, **BrainGlutton** , referring to scotch as whisk_ **e** _y. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/56 "2007-11-28T23:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] And on preview, I’m surprised at you, **BrainGlutton** , referring to scotch as whisk_ **e** _y. 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s what it usually says on the bottle . . . maybe it would be different if I could afford single-malts. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/57 "2007-11-28T23:52:20Z")
Gin, then brandy. But I don’t generally keep either in the house. I had a bottle of brandy, but I’m making that into a [liqueur](http://atomicshrimp.com/2646/) at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/58 "2007-11-29T09:43:22Z")
Whisky…George Dickel, Jameson’s or a single malt Scotch once in a while Gin…Tanqueray and Schweppe’s, nothing finer on a hot summer afternoon Why even bother with vodka? ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/59 "2007-11-29T11:55:52Z")
My spirited list would be something like this single malt whiskey, straight but tastes great with chocolate! cognac, anytime calvados, after a sweet dessert gin, but only with tonic rum, as a 60% mixed with tea and brown sugar and a slice of lime vodka, straight and from a milk glass aquavit, but only with lots of lutefisk moonshine with coffee and a teaspoon of sugar (should be on top of the list) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-these-options-which-is-your-favorite-type-of-spirit/428033/60 "2007-11-29T12:53:17Z")
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