forestsongs asked: Hi there, Whiskey Wednesday! I know almost nothing about whiskey except that I like it. One of my friends had a bottle of Virginia Gentleman bourbon the other day, and I thought it was pretty good. Turns out it's also really cheap. Have you had this? What do you think of it? Is this actually good whiskey, or are my tastes to undeveloped to know how terrible it really is?
Dear forestsongs,
there is no such thing has “bad whiskey”. There is however, whiskey that you may like and dislike.
I don’t know how much to stress this but DO NOT BE FOOLED BY THE WHISKEY SNOBS. Everyone likes different things, the more you taste whiskey, the more you realize what you like and dislike in each one. Just because its cheap doesn’t mean that its not good. Half the fun of drinking is trying something new and having a good time. Line a bunch of cheap whiskeys up and taste test them all. Whats different about the taste of Jim Beam to VG? What do you like or dislike about the two? Then try it with some thing more expensive, do you taste the difference? Does is matter? Cause hopefully you’re already feeling that buzz that we all love so so much.
Interesting fact about Virginia Gentleman, the original label was two white plantain owners being served whiskey by an african american slave. After starting a lot of controversy, V.G decided to change the label and the logo (the original read: ”The Aristocrat of them All”)
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