Why is it so overrated?
southern pride plus buying shit is my identity and they spend tons of advertising
>>20423746all i know is that primark sell tshirts with it on and theres a funny painting of dogs playing cards and drinking it.
>>20423746Successful marketing
When you first start buying your own alcohol you want to have something decent. This is usually middle of the shelf and cheapish. Gets the job done. You can tell everyone that you drink whiskey and people will be fine with it. If you go for vodka first people will act like you are crazy or trashy. If you do gin people think you are pretentious. If you go for sake you are a weeb. It is just an ez choice
>>20423746Nobody drinks enough cheap whisky to know what the difference between Old Grandad and Old Forester is let alone Jack Daniels vs anything else.
>>20423746Is it? I don't know of anyone that says it's great, just that it's ubiquitous.
I'd prefer Jim Beam over Jack Daniels when it comes to cheap whiskeys
>>20423769This. The marketing is build directly into the product. The simple black label with white text evokes a sense of manly stoicism. The subtle scroll flourishes on the border gives it an air of distinction, and sophistication. The square shape gives the bottle a wide face with which to present its label to you like a billboard on the shelf. Other round bottles may be placed askew on the shelf obscuring their label, but only a retard could mess up the orientation when placing a square bottle on a shelf.
Black label looks classier than Beam's white label. Thats probably the jist of it.
>>20423789>round bottles may be placed askew on the shelf obscuring their label, but only a retard could mess up the orientation when placing a square bottle on a shelf.You clearly have never been inside a Walmart.
>>20424063Are Walmart's not staffed by retards?
Fuck, now I want some Jack Daniels. It just tastes good.
>>20424085>Are Walmarts not staffed by retards?Each Walmart is staffed by a highly curated team of experts who are trained in their area expertise. When a member of the team desires to develop a mastery of their chosen field, they are introduced to what are called "Sam's Modules," which are computer courses designed and created by Sam Walton himself, to help boost each and every staff member to the highest level possible. All this was done because we do not believe that unions have a place in the American workplace. Unions are a creation of socialists, and we haven't forgotten about what socialists (BLM and Antifa) have been up to for the last decade, have we? Do we need that kind of anarchy and chaos? Absolutely not. Thank you, and have a good night.
>>20423746Country music probably. I never liked whiskey though. Only liquor I like is brandy.
>>20423781Evan Williams and Makers are both better and around the same price.
>>20423746Advertising. That's all.
>>20424909This. People shit on makers for being overhypes buts just a nice smooth and fat whiskey, absolutely perfect party booze
Do Amerians really believe this is anything more than bottom shelf?
>>20426237>Do Amerians really believe this is anything more than bottom shelf?It's only teenagers and single women who work at walmart in their 50s as cashiers who drink it
>>20423770I started drinking gin at 13, it's not pretentious.
>>20426237It's not bottom shelf, but you can do better for the same priceIt had a successful marketing campaign 50 years ago where the name became synonymous with whiskey, simply by sponsoring every biker meet and southern sports event. Despite the huge corporate marketing dollars backing it, customers still perceived it as a humble no-frills local brewery thanks to the label. It's like something you'd see on the shelf in a saloon in 1910. If its good enough for your grandpappy then it's good enough for youAnd regional whiskey quality was generally a crapshoot, Jack Daniels at least established a consistent quality in the same way Budweiser did.
>>20423746because of this imageI don't really like liquor. But I'm an alcoholic, I just like beerI also like Led Zeppelinand Jim Page chugging Jack Danielsis why I would choose Jack Danielsbecause I want to be like Jim Page
>>20423746Drinking ethanol is so overrated, some people just call it "drinking."
>>20426427>Drinking ethanol is so keyedfixed
>>20426516>keyedIs this a attempt to move away from alluding to crack addiction when you want to call something "cool"?
>>20423746thats what the first kid you knew who drank would have about and it's just nostalgia from there
>>20423746.
>>20423746coke>>20427175pepsi
>>20424100AI post
I've got the opportunity to purchase a $330 bottle of bourbon that I can sell second hand for $650-900. Would you keep it in the chance it'll increase in value in the future? Keep it and drink it? Or just resell now while the bourbon market still exists?
>>20427349>I've got the opportunity to purchase a $330 bottle of bourbonthat's not an opportunity
>>20423746it's up>>20427463>>20427463>>20427463>>20427463
>>20427175this is so much better glad i switched when i did not that i drink much bottom shelf shit anymore
>>20424909>Jim Beam and Wild Turkey are both better and around the same price.FTFY
Latched onto by ostentatious testosterone-performative types. "If I drink it I'll be badass and art of manliness". I'm more about cognac when I drank. Which is what nigs drink when they want to do ostentatious class-performance. "if I drink this I won't be a hood rat".
>>20423746For something so closely associated with tough hardcore rockstars it sure tastes a lot like a girldrink.
>>20427623Turkey absolutely mogs in that price range
It's way too overpriced nowadays.
>>20427652Kek.>surely this Hennesy won't associate me with those ghetto ruffians
idk it tastes good with cola
>>20427808It has an incredibly distinct flavor profile that is hands down the best with coke.
jack daniels has a distinctive taste that sets it apart, i don't know what it is, maybe the charcoal filtering. it's enjoyable to drink neat. i don't see it in the same league as something like jim beam which is best described as generic
>>20427819Jim beam is super fucking genericOne step up from bottom shelfIt's young, it tastes young, but it's cheap, it has a little bit of that beam peanutty thing, but very forgettable generic cheap bourbon tasteAnything JD that's not black label is actually really good. They really just fucked up when they watered black down to 80
>>20423770Gin is hardly pretentious, it's just vodka with flavour, some pretty drinkable. Anyone who buys "top shelf" vodka is a worthless cunt. You are paying for the bottle and bragging rights and literally nothing more, whisky at least has difference in quality you can taste
>>20427349Drink it man and have some fun, post some pics too.
>>20427908Stupid girls like it, they're programmed into it, and guys are programmed into girls, there's the marketing / advertising swamp.
>>20427937>guys are programmed into girlsAsk how I know you're drunk.
>>20427937Imagine spending your shekels on what women think is good liquor. Buy you and her something you actually enjoy, teach her, she'll respect you far more
>>20427958I can smell the vanilla Stoli from here
>>20427940>>20427958Check out the movie Head Office, been there done that, it's so true.
>>20427981>check out this work of fiction that I've based my philosophy of men and women onYeah, you're drunk.
>>20427989Show titties and panties now!
>>20427997Non-applicable. Go drink some water and eat a slice of bread.
>>20428002Of course it's applicable to anything, who are to say that it's not, stupid youngling.
>>20428007For one, I don't have "titties," and for another, I don't wear panties. At this point, sleep it off.
>>20428002Go eat some frisky feast. How many cats possess you, you fucking weirdo? Maybe join in on their frisky feasty extravaganza. You might want to consider an excorsicm, consult your local bishop.
>>20428020Yeah, allright. We've heard this before from trannies and weirdos alike. And you're so different? Get the fuck outta Dodge.
>>20428030>We've heard this before from trannies and weirdos alikeAgain, non-applicable.
Frank Sinatra, David Lee Roth, and Lemmy are why I drink JD.Norm MacDonald is why I drink Wild Turkey 101.Archer is why I started bartending.
>>20428107>i'm a dullard with no personality, so i made drinking my personality like so many dullards before me
>>20427929I need to figure out exactly which barrel/batch it's from and how much it goes for.I'm leaning towards keeping it, but not sure yet.
>>20428124hope your day gets better my dude
>>20423746All the best songs are about jack, despite bourbon being superior.https://youtu.be/vedgTokXj04?si=oYu9n9E5szuidi0z
>>20428466Drink it with coke just to make the bourbon snobs seethe
>>20428490Asking from genuine curiosity, what in my post indicates that my day was less than mediocre at the time I posted it?
>>20428466Resell itEvery review of it has it extremely mid and not worth the hype
>>20423746>sit at your computer>suddenly think up an opinion on something you've probably never interacted with>hop onto 4chan dot org slash sea kay>hello cee keigh, why do I have this opinion?What is the point of this thread?
>>20429103>drunk dullard does/says something stupidAnd if I check my calendar... yep, day ending with 'Y.'
>>20427908Many, not most, but damn close, use gin as a base spirit. The juniper and botanicals mesh with citrus well, and is easily improved with a bittering spirit. Try a gin gimlet. It's easy; 2.5oz dry gin, .5oz fresh lime juice, .5oz simple syrup, shake and strain.Delicious!
>>20428466I would rather have 12 $100 bottles of bourbon. I imagine the difference in quality from a $100 bottle to this is not as great as you think. Shit like this is almost as retarded as Louis XIII cognac for $4300.
>>20429300Well it's not super easy to sell it for that price, I'm thinking more realistic to sell it local is more likely to see ~$700-900. And I've gotta pay $330 for it to start, so that's ~$300-600 profit.
>>20423770>middle of the shelf and cheapishIt's bottom shelf, and frequently a house spirit. >>20429300The best whisky I've ever had was like 3k a bottle (Indie CS 30y/o Springbank). Honestly it's like 5 or 10% better than $100 bottles. And there's a lot of worse shite out there bottled at 40ish% for 10x as much.
>>20423746Well damn, it's not that bad. Mostly based on one hell of a marketing campaign, but it's drinkable.
>>20423746it's slightly better than jim beam, but beam is almost always 20% cheaper and when you're a broke loser, all those extra dollars add up each month. I havn't had the balls to try ballentine's, old grampa, or any of the other bottom shelf shit. beam is about as low as I'll go even in the bleakest of times. Trader joes has wild turkey 100 for 20 bucks rn and that's been good to me.
>all these pretentious fags itt pretending to care about / like the flavor of liquorlmao, lmfao even. all liquor with an alc % > 20% tastes like shit. You know it, I know it, we all know it. Yes, some tastes less shit than others, but that's usually with regards to vodka tasting better than whiskey, or gin tasting better than scotch, etc. Within the same family of liquor you're fucking retarded if you're really caring about something that tastes like poop, tasting maybe 5% less like poop.Alcohol is for getting drunk. Get something mid-range, take a shot, and chase it with an actually good tasting beverage (soda).Fucking alcohol always brings out the "hurr durr I'm a sophisticated adult because I'm an expert at drinking and tasting alcohol hurr durr". Pathetic cringe.
>>20429809Maybe try out Evan Williams, I've heard on good regard that it's a respectable whiskey.
>>20429889yeah ive heard this same thing by like ten different irl people but like i said, i dont have enough balls...yet...but i'm getting more desperate these days so ya never know. I'm drinking beam rn btw on the rocks with water
>>20429867i am just glad dogs like you will continue to suffer by your own stupidity
>>20430634They're the morons protesting and preventing people from going to school, they should be ashamed.
>>20429941I don't understand why it takes balls to buy one of the best like Evan Williams over some girly swill like Beam? You do know that anything from Beam is from hookers and high school kids, rah rah rah.
>>20429941It's ok with coca-cola, the coke is the only redeeming factor.
>>20427623jim beam is fucking terrible you mong, it's the worst bourbon ever fucking produced. don't even get evan williams. you start at wild turkey and only go up.
I plead the 18th.
>Heaven Hill shill going bananasin other news, I hate women.
>>20423770>>20426419>>20428107drinking alcohol neurotically worrying about other people's opinions is beyond embarrassing, womanbrain behavior
>>20429867tastelets need not apply.
>>20432193And yet you are worrying about other people choices, curious.
>>20432193>drinking alcohol [...] is beyond embarrassingAgreed.
>>20426419I'll see that and raise you some B-52shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXfkG7q_0s
>>20424317Funky music in weird places
I just bought Highland Park 12 on sale for 21 $ (converted)What do I win?
>>20434195The same prize every "drinker" gets: your cells weeping as you slowly poison them and a brain with less functionality than it would otherwise have.
>>20434213Cool beans!
>>20434195>What do I win?My envy.
>>20434229What are you goofy, $66 for that shit? Did you get smacked on the back of your head with a shovel or something?
>>20434292That's the going rate around here.This is the best semi-local price I can find and it would require me driving 30+ minutes into the city.
>>20434292It costs money to import stuff
>>20434313>>20434359You can just get a bottle of Evan Williams bottled in bond white label for like $23, not including tax and stuff.
>>20434385
>>20434399That was the 1 liter size and we have goofy prices here in New York state and I can it get delivered in about an hour. Prices are gonna vary between states and counties within states.
>>20434440Yeah but Evan williams is shit compared to highland park.Not to say highland park is worth $65, but they're not exactly directly comparable taste-wise.
>>20434447Understood but I can't justify paying 66 bucks for a little bottle like that.
>>20434459Quality > quantity
>>20434500I've known that since I was in HS yet import taxes and fees do not equate to quality.
>>20434500You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
>>20434581I have 2 bottles of e.williams bib. I panic bought them in January of the COVID panic. Haven't touched them since because I don't have any reason to drink cheap booze when I always have something tastier. Forget that specific bottle of scotch and try to understand for some people alcohol is not a commodity product where price trumps all other concern.
>bought jagermeister and some rum>get home>pay attention to the receipt>$50 spentAt least the rum is good and the jagermeister is real good shit.
>>20423746they just need to proof it up to 90
>>20428466sell it to the redditors and buy a case of Rare Breed
>>20433837Observing a leech isn't the same as being one. I know it must be hard for someone without a sense of self to understand that.
>>20431443>I hate womenMommy issues?
>>20423770>If you do gin people think you are pretentiouswhen I think gin I think snoop dogg and bath tubs.
>>20435543what rum?>>20436536>le allocatedI'll give your mom a problem in the ass.
>>20436676At least it's not 2nd hand pricing.
>>20436676Admiral Nelson's.
>>20437642>jagermeister >Admiral Nelson's>$50wild
>>20437710kNow factor in taxes and any price increases that come from state-owned stores.
>>20437778That is a county-run store, all price controlled.Taxes bring it up to $39 and change.
>>20437788Well you're not in PA and have better prices then.
>>20426516keyed is outmovie is inmovie.
>>20426427The last time someone like you was here they couldn't even get the timeframe of Prohibition right
>>20436538When I think of whiskey I think of hot showers, Adderall, and Diesel jeans
Just wanted to stop bye and say that alcohol is for losers.
>>20427674Girls have such good taste.
>>20438582Girls taste dicks you faggot
>>20438591Delicious
>>20438540>stop byeCrawl back to your slumhole, esl nigger
>>20438591Some girls like pussy too.
>>20423746Best mixer whiskey ever
>>20423746alcohol was a mistake-jack daniels
>>20438621proving moreover that they have no taste.
>>20423781They're like $60 eachWouldn't call them cheap
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>>20434292scotch prices have gone bonkers after 2019
>>20440868Good. Maybe people wouldn't poison themselves as much if it was more discouragingly expensive.
>>20440936There aren't too many people buying $50+ bottles and drinking them every few days.Most people buying $50+ bottles are drinking a few shots worth a week at most.
>>20440941Like I said, poisoning themselves.
>>20440948
>>20440936People who want to poison themselves will just buy something other than expensive scotch.
>>20440967Whether they want to or not is irrelevant, that's what they're doing.
>>20440976Do you consider someone drinking half a bottle of wine once or twice a week with dinner to be "poisoning" themselves?
>>20426419This is the only real answer. It was considered low quality in the US in the 60s, but some influencial British rock bands became vocal fans of it because it was a novelty when they visited the US. American rock bands started copying them and Jack became even more popular. It was like the official drink of rock bands and it had a certain cache because of that. Rock is basically dead and zoomers like whatever rappers like now, so JD isn't really popular with anyone but poors and rednecks now like it used to be.
>>20440987If you can "feel it," you've had too much, in the same way that feeling sick after eating salt means you've had too much salt.
>>20427908Vodka has a small but pretty significant range between "literal gasoline" and "actually almost enjoyable"
>>20440997You didn't answer the question.Do you consider someone having 2 glasses of wine with dinner twice a week to be "poisoning themselves"?And by the same metric, how is having 1 shot of whisky twice a week any different?
>>20441002>You didn't answer the question.You're drunk.
>>20441008I haven't had a drink in 2 weeks, and my last drink was a single shot of ardbeg wee beastie.Some of us have self-control and simply enjoy the taste of an occasional good whisky.
I don't understand how people can stomach shit like Jack Daniels. No one would drink this shit if ''Jack Daniels'' didn't sound like some cool Western name. You actually drink it and it has this slimy oily texture and tastes like lipstick, just straight up lipstick. It doesn't taste like whiskey at all, just this strong fatty chemical taste. Compare it to any regular whiskey and it's just baffling. Regular whiskey has the consistency of water and has a strong taste of alcohol and muh notes come after that. Jack Daniels hits you with the oily lipstick taste and texture and when you swallow it lingers in your throat like the fat is coating your entire mouth and throat.
>>20440967I'm surprised no one has tested how much extra microplastics/nanoplastics/forever chemicals leach out from plastic jugs and bottles when they contain alcohol. It's gotta be several orders of magnitude greater.Plain neutral-pH water in plastic bottles already has a shit ton as it is.
>>20441182They stopped making those after that pic went viral and they got a ton of negative feedback.
>>20441203There's still plenty of liquor that comes in plastic bottles - they may not be that kind of jug and may look like glass until you pick them up, but they're still plastic.
>>20440941750ml is only 25 oz. keep your pours to 1/2 oz and you can pour it 50 times. if you only pour it once every other month you get years of use per bottle. sure some stuff you will want to pour more often but if you do it only 1 oz every 3 months you should average about one bottle per every 3 years. get some mid shelf "guard bottles" and put them at the front of your storage to keep you out of the good shit outside special occasions.
>>20423746just popular, nothing more. very mediocre
>>20424909evan williams gets me sick
>>20424909Very true.>>20427623Also true, but Jim Beam tastes too corn-y for me.
>>20423746best whiskey for a whiskey sour. I hold the egg white. lately I’ve been making what I call a “sweet and sour” which is half a lemon and half a navel orange instead of a full lemon because drinking 8 lemons in a night can get rough on a guy
bc it sucks nigga duhtf kinda question even is dat
How's this rate? Probably drink more of this that anything these days.
>>20427819I really wish you saw more of their non-main offerings in recipes for cocktails. I'd want to use Barrel Proof in a recipe that calls for regular No.7
>used to be like 25-30 bucks for a fucking half gallon>people caught wise
>>20444946So angry I hit post too early. It's like 150 bucks now and you can't find it either way.
>>20444949>>20444946$27 here, though it is allocated, so only available during a monthly allocated release day (for me it's the 2nd Sunday or Saturday of the month depending on which month)
>>20444953That's 750mL. A half gallon is 1.5 liters. 30 bucks used to get you double that.
>>20444979Yeah and Yamazaki 18 used to be $100/bottle.Times change.
>>20429867This is how it actually works, which is arguably worse. But liquor can actually taste good in some instances so you're still wrong
>>20444979still nowhere near $150 like you said.
>>20434022Is that a bowfish what the fuck is that? Aint no big ass sharks on that inland ass area look at it, theyre by the deep to shallow where baitfish thrive on vegetation and can live in the cool deep.Ballyhoo are way better shark/sailfish bait peasant, sailfish especially like live bait trolled slow. You even know how to tie a mono to flouro leader? That shit isnt even smelly, use blue runners as peak shark bait, oily and use heavy braid and ~300 steel leader with a circle hook ofc.
>>20423746Why is jack the best for jack and coke? Bourbon is way too thick. Even beer to chase im doing jack.I havent tried but you think itll make a good redneck au poivre? I reckon itll do best with blackened strip get on the cajun train you porch monkeys.
>>20426419>>20440992Sinatra was drinking JD like 20 years beforehand.