# What to do with a bottle of whisky. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923 "2006-07-10T20:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 11, 2006, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/21 "2006-07-11T03:26:00Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] Is Jack Daniels a whiskey? [/QUOTE] Oh, yes. And a pretty good one at that. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/22 "2006-07-11T07:08:17Z")
Well, if you don’t want to drink it… you could can a homemade Polar Bear BBQ sauce and sell it back to the Canadians. A BBQ sauce with Canadian whisky in it would probly sell well over da border. Canadians are lushes, Dude. ---
**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/23 "2006-07-11T07:18:47Z")
Of what is left, mix 1/4 cup whisky with 1/4 cup good soy sauce and 4 tablespoons of sugar, preferably brown. Stir fry small beef cubes in butter until nicely brown, pour the whisky/soy sauce mixture over the beef and stir until the sauce thickens. Goes nice over rice. (CC and Beam seem to have the best flavor when cooking, Jack ends up tasting too watered down and most other Canadian “Blended” whiskys are not quite as tasty as CC IMHO) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/24 "2006-07-11T08:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Canadian Club is good when the Crown Royal supply has been depleted. 😉 Seriously, why not drink it the way Canadians do? Just mix it with ginger ale. [/QUOTE] You sound like my ex (who drank both CC and CR) and my dad (who drinks burboun and ginger). People look like they enjoy the hell outta the stuff but I just can’t relate. Oh well…all the more for youze guys! ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/25 "2006-07-11T11:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] Is Jack Daniels a whiskey? [/QUOTE] Wow. I always thought it was a bourbon. Just wiki’d it and apparently it is a Tennessee whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/26 "2006-07-11T12:42:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Wow. I always thought it was a bourbon. Bourbon is a type of whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/27 "2006-07-11T13:33:46Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Oh, yes. And a pretty good one at that. [/QUOTE] Sheesh.. if Jack Daniels is “pretty good”, I’d sure hate to sample some not-so-good whiskey! There’s a lot of better whiskies (Bourbon, Tennessee and Canadian) out there for more or less the same price- Maker’s Mark, Crown Royal, even Jim Beam! ---
**Author:** ![wisernow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/28 "2006-07-11T13:34:21Z")
[QUOTE=StewTicky] I also _through_ in about five cherries, just for fun. It is now drinkable. [/QUOTE] Italics mine. That is indeed quite evident! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/29 "2006-07-11T13:37:16Z")
[QUOTE=nd\_n8] Of what is left, mix 1/4 cup whisky with 1/4 cup good soy sauce and 4 tablespoons of sugar, preferably brown. Stir fry small beef cubes in butter until nicely brown, pour the whisky/soy sauce mixture over the beef and stir until the sauce thickens. Goes nice over rice. [/QUOTE] I wonde, what does the whiskey do to enhance the flavour of the sauce? Does it matter which whiskey brand you use? Is there a non-alcoholic solution that mimics the same flavour? ---
**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/30 "2006-07-11T13:50:48Z")
I might try that BBQ sauce idea though ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/31 "2006-07-11T14:23:44Z")
Get yourself some Sweet Vermouth and some ice for a Manhattan, add a dash of bitters for a Paddy Cocktail, or mix some cherry-flavoured brandy and some cranberry juice into your whiskey and add an ice cube or two for an Aquarius. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/32 "2006-07-11T14:49:20Z")
[QUOTE=StewTicky] What to do with a bottle of whisky? [/QUOTE] \*Early in the morning? \* ---
**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:** [July 11, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/33 "2006-07-11T15:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=bump] Sheesh.. if Jack Daniels is “pretty good”, I’d sure hate to sample some not-so-good whiskey! There’s a lot of better whiskies (Bourbon, Tennessee and Canadian) out there for more or less the same price- Maker’s Mark, Crown Royal, even Jim Beam! [/QUOTE] Which is why I said “pretty good.” Beam is OK, Maker’s Mark is excellent, Crown Royal is yak-piss. Isn’t arguing over personal tastes fun? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/34 "2006-07-11T15:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=BluePitbull] I wonde, what does the whiskey do to enhance the flavour of the sauce? Does it matter which whiskey brand you use? Is there a non-alcoholic solution that mimics the same flavour? [/QUOTE] If you stir fry the sauce will get very hot and most of the actual alcohol will be gone by the time you eat the stir-fry. To get somewhere similar non-alcoholically I’d use some raw sugar or molasses for richness, and chipolte or liquid-smoke for smokeyness. You probably can’t simulate the flavour but might make something similar in appeal. It may be possible to render whiskey alcohol free for cooking (at least no more alcohol than is naturally presant in ripe fruit) by gently simmering a pan of whiskey for half an hour. But even then a strict non-alcohol person such as a Muslim would not consider that necessarily enough. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/35 "2006-07-12T03:37:22Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Which is why I said “pretty good.” Beam is OK, Maker’s Mark is excellent, Crown Royal is yak-piss. Isn’t arguing over personal tastes fun? [/QUOTE] Sure is! I’m not even a Canadian whiskey guy myself- I just know a lot of people who swear by Crown… I think it’s passable, but not as odd-tasting as Jack Daniels. As for me, I likes some rye whiskey and Scotch- Old Overholt and Dimple Pinch are my current bottles. Yes, I know Pinch is a blend, but it’s a good one. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2006, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/36 "2006-07-12T05:08:56Z")
Beam Rye for me. Single-malt scotch…I can’t abide most blends. (I think it dates back to a bad incident involving a bottle of Cutty Sark, a bottle of Pepsi, and a swimming pool.) But tonight’s libation is a glass of Old Forester Birthday Bourbon, neat. Yum-O. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923/37 "2006-07-12T05:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] Beam Rye for me. Single-malt scotch…I can’t abide most blends. [/QUOTE] I’m not big on blends either, but I must say I have no problems with Cutty. That’s a weird one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bottle-of-whisky/363923.md?page=1)