Russell’s is my go to! I adore that stuff. And WT 101 for a somewhat cheaper option
3 Likes
someone asks me how I can drink 101, and I answered honestly;
Get home from work, pour 101 over 2 cubes of ice, take a shower. Drink. But eh time I’m done getting cleaned up the whisky is perfectly cold and diluted juuuuuust enough for the magic to come through.
1 Like
That’s basically my method! 2 cubes, a heavy pour and a good bit of time to let em melt and chill the whiskey.
2 Likes
Every time I go for a bottle of the 12 year DoubleWood It’s been sold out. I must say they have other tasty offerings!
Russell’s is one of my go-to RYEs. I’m not a bourbon fan.
1 Like
Tonight’s combo is WT101 with a shuffle from all my favorited tracks. Here’s a few for reference:
Lockdown - Anderson .Paak
Desperate - Kurt Travis
Do I Wanna Know? - Arctic Monkeys
Buzzcut - Brockhampton
Typical - Mutemath
Look Away Lucifer - Madrugada
EDIT: Landed on Lorde’s album Melodrama to close out the night.
Russell Reserve 6 has a great WT bite… 
.
Tonight I’m doing some Doobies (Brothers) and a Bourye blend with Four Roses Single Barrel and Lip Service Rye. Bourbon and Rye make a tasty blend.
1 Like
I have a couple of bottles of Rare Breed stashed. It used to be less than $35 a bottle. Whiskey has gone up as much as gold and silver.
2 Likes
It’s been around $50 everywhere the few years I’ve known about it. Got my last bottle for $40 and I was ecstatic.
1 Like
Spirits have gone up a bunch. At least the Scotch tariff was lifted last month
2 Likes
Never tried a green beer before. Wait, it says (and anyone can see) blue in the label. And then there’s the Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 from Beethoven playing…
Even I struggle to find the pairing. Ohhh, it tastes and sounds good. There’s got to be it. 
Cheers. 
10 Likes
Never had any issues pairing booze and music. 
1 Like
I guess I’m a simple fella: Johnnie Walker Red or Famous Grouse with a splash of water, no ice. Or a cold Labatt Blue beer.
Works with every kind of music and every headphone for me. 
That said, I have turned on our band to the joys of decent tequila. We have a tequila bar at our rehearsal space that includes Casamigos, Herradurra, 1800, Olmeca Altos and other delights that we partake in liberally every Friday night. Straight, no mixer or chaser.
4 Likes
Yay Grouse! Boo JW Red. Yay splash of water. Yay Labatt. Double Yay tequila bar. Gulp of Mexico, amigos. For me, Cazadores Reposado. And I do like the lime and salt. queue the castinettes
1 Like
I am not a whiskey drinker but all this talk of Scotch reminded me that in the 90s, I traveled between the US and the UK on a monthly basis for a few years. I used to pick up bottles of Dallas Dhu Scotch and port in Heathrow’s duty free. I actually don’t remember why, since I don’t drink either. Dallas Dhu was a closed distillery, and maybe I thought it was cool to buy something rare. I think they cost somewhere in the region of $75-100 at the time.
I gave most of the bottles away to my best man and groomsmen at my wedding, but I have one bottle left. I’d forgotten about it until reading this thread, so out of curiosity, I googled it, thinking that maybe it’s risen in value to $150-200, so imagine my surprise when I saw the image below. @taronlissimore , will headphones.com take commodities as payment?
10 Likes
That should keep you in tubes for a while!
1 Like
Grouse is No. 1 with me. But I can find Johnnie Red at every damn liquor store around here, while I have to drive 20 minutes to find one with Grouse.
1 Like
Mobile fidelity Recordings and super black coffee.
I know. I’m. Lame. 
6 Likes