I prefer a whisky sour. Been drinking them for years at any bar that could make them but more recently they’ve become trendy & expensive. Found a 20’s style bar in Bali that made these awesome ice balls the size of a tennis ball - clear as crystal. Sippin sours by the pool lazing away the days…sigh.
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I’ve been a scotch drinker since forever and never really looked at other whiskeys, except for the occasional Jack Daniel’s. I tried Irish whisky for a while but I don’t really like it. But recently I’ve tried Kentucky straight bourbon, the Woodforde’s that Boot posted above, and I really like it. The other day I decided to branch out further and bought a bottle of Bulleit 95 rye, but after a couple of goes I think it’s a bit too sweet for me. I’ll broaden my sampling of Kentucky straight in the weeks to come. Never neglecting the scotch, of course; still the original and the best.
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For another crack at a rye try the Michters. When you drinking rye you want the hot spice hit.
For the bourbon, I forget the exact legality around labelling, but you’ll generally find a high rye or high wheat bourbon. Wheat will be sweeter and rye spicier. Classic high rye is whiskey like Wild Turkey. Classic high wheat is whiskey like Makers Mark.
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To be entitled to the label Kentucky straight, it has to be 51%+ corn mash.
I am rolling with this Rye. I drink it neat.
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Picked up a bottle on sale from Dan’s today.
If it’s crap I’m blaming you, wim 
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Advancing my policy of trying more bourbon, I bought a bottle of Russell 10 year old Kentucky Straight at Dan’s.
Powerful stuff. I think I prefer the Woodforde’s
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Woodfords is the best I’ve found, regardless of price or reputation.
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The Russell is better at half time and up by 22 points. I mean better than it was, not better than the Woodford’s.
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Hey been trying to work this out with mates.
What do you call those flask size bottles of whisky/rum/Bourbon or vodka u get at bottlos?
I think they are 200mls.
Hip flask?
Yeah id refer to a stainless steel flask u fill up as a hip flask.
I know the single shots are minis but what about the 200s and 375s?
I’ve only ever bought the Jim beam ones & they are the same shape as the stainless ones you refill so I thought the name might be more about the shape.
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Hip flasks is bringing back memories of smuggling 3 or 4 full ones into night clubs/pubs.
One in each back jeans pocket, could usually tuck one in ya socks and if it was winter you’d bust out the jacket and walk in with a litre of spirits stuffed in it 
To the original though - don’t think it’s got a special name. On all the websites it’s just listed as 200ml bourbon name
Did a google and the yanks call them half pints. (375s are pints). Doesnt seem right when refering to spirits though.
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Flasks.
(375ml I think still)
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Yeah i be going for that.
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There’s enough pi55 in there for a lifetime ban.
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That’s… not true