Rot Gut

[Nevada Ed]

I have to admit that when I was a young man in the service, I would drink any thing.........

Beer, scotch, whisky, rye, vodka etc. when on liberty and even change drinks each time I ordered.
I liked anything with Alcohol and even went with tea when over in Okie.

Now that I have sixty years of practice, I just can drink the cheap stuff any more..........
The Virus has closed down the main distribution stores and even total wines that stocked 96% of all the styles of.......
Any thing !!

The general stores like Raley's, Save Mart , Safeway and others just don't stock the super good stuff.

I sure will be glad when this is over with, so I can enjoy a "Smooth" flavorful drink again, without having to cough !!

 

[Skeet 028]

Rot Gut ....Another name for most Brandy and Any Scotch... There ya go...jump on that 'un guys. LOL

 

[Rudi]

If you don't like Scotch then by all means don't drink it. I won't pay $80-$100-$200 or more for top Scotch. Hardly rot-gut. Some brandies are over $500 easy.

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

This reminds me of some fancy dancy French wine that was imported
into the U.S. and sold for big bucks. Come to find out it was a cheap
wine in the fancy dancy bottle. No one, including the wine connoisseurs
knew the difference. Leads me to think that the high prices had a
certain amount of snob appeal.

 

[max]

You aren't that far from the border, can't you cross into CA and buy some good stuff?

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Down South of the border, There used to be Waterfill and Frazier.
Mexican Rot Gut company from Kentucky left over from prohibition.
We’re still getting the regular stuff at the same prices here.
Seems to be in good supply.
The liquor only stores are closed, but Walmart, grocery stores, Trader Joe’s etc are open and selling.

 

[Skeet 028]

I have to admit that when I was a young man in the service, I would drink any thing.........

Beer, scotch, whisky, rye, vodka etc. when on liberty and even change drinks each time I ordered.
I liked anything with Alcohol and even went with tea when over in Okie.!

In SEA I didn't drink mess with women or kids. I listened to our USMC ole guy armorer(he was about 34 or so). And still alive on his 3rd deployment.. But oh my when I wasn't over there I did drink..almost anything. Guy brought in an expensive bottle of some kind of high end brandy...Napolean?? Anyway according to him it cost over 200 bucks...1968 bucks at that. I downed a big ol slug of that stuff...and like Napolean...it wanted to retreat back the way it came.. I didn't let it...but I never even asked for another. I quit drinking almost completely by 1969. Considered it a complete waste of money. I bought airplanes guns reloading stuff and ammo....and a house...eventually even a small farm...later a small ranch in Montana... Frittered a lot away though.

 

[Rudi]

I love the old cowboy quote. "I spent most of my money on booze and women." "Guess I just wasted the rest."

 

[chiefbob81]

I cannot imagine paying $500 for peach brandy!

 

[Dougaz]

There's no greater pleasure on the planet than sipping 24 year old single malt, served neat of course. Unless you can enjoy a really great cigar with it!

 

[ParadiseRoad]

...here's some first class choices...

...James Mason prefers Thunderbird...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xY7mBQrzXU[/ame]

 

[pawngal]

Thunderbird=worst hangover ever

 

[Old TexMex]

2:20, a giant thunderstorm rolling in, James Bond movies on and a whiskey sour made with Buffalo Trace... who says I got insomnia?

 

[JcMack]

Thunderbird=worst hangover ever

Never had Wild Irish Rose? Still scores a ten in Indigents monthly magazine under "Favorite Libations". Comes in a square bottle nicknamed "the brick" .

T Bird a close second

Whats the word...
Thunderbird...
Who drinks the most...
..---------------..

 

[pharmer]

Way back in my drinking days I remember drinking whisky named "Green River", had a green label with a horseshoe on it as I recall. Friends called it "Green Liver." It was a Knock off, not the fancy expensive "collector" stuff. Joe

 

[NYlakesider]

Thunderbird=worst hangover ever

Well to me and I had a lot of serious hangovers from about 63-1970, my worst was on Gin.

Got super hammered on it in 66 and until 2012 I never touched it again. Just saying or hearing the word Gin, for a long time made me grimace, the hangover memory was that bad.

Was at a friends in the summer of 2012 and she made a mistake and gave me a Gin drink. I drank about 1/2 of it and said hey this is good what was it.

I grimaced a bit put it down and had no problem, but if offered a Gin drink today I would politely decline.

 

[JcMack]

I can imagine James Mason inviting Lolita over to see his etchings and sip some T Bird.

 

[Bugkiller99]

We used to drink Old Grandad in school. Whew! Like drinking liquid sandpaper. But it had the two qualities we looked for, high proof and low price.
Numerous football games I don’t remember the final score of because of that stuff.

 

[Turq]

Mad Dog....AKA Mogen David. I get dry heaves just thinking of it.

 

[Absalom]

Our forefathers would be embarrassed if they read this. Hangover from mere whiskey or gin?

For a patriotic hangover, try hot buttered rum, an 18th century favorite.

If you over-do it on the butter and spices, you may throw up before you’ve finished drinking it.

If that doesn’t save you, a combination of high-proof rum and sugar will unleash hell afterwards. My worst memory is of a “colonial” evening we had at college; we made it worse by warming up with some of the fortified wine that was popular with the Founding Fathers, I think Port or Madeira.