Ok, so technically this isn’t a true whiskey, but it was intriguing enough to catch my eye on the shelf. It’s spring break down here, and I was coming off a week of margaritas and Mexican beer. I wasn’t quite ready to give that up yet, so perhaps the Jose Cuervo Black, a tequila that is aged in barrels to give it bourbon-like qualities, represents my stubborn refusal to once again enter the real world of being responsible and waking up before noon. I love a liquor that I can attribute abstract rationalizations to!

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Told you all that I’d get back to whiskey eventually!

Since I am a broke ass college student, I’m not above turning to the bottom shelf. Upon reading that Old Crow Bourbon was the favored drink of such men of reknown as Andrew Jackson and Ulysses Grant I was hooked. In a world of marketing being slanted towards GLAMOR-EXCLUSIVE-BLINGBLING-CLUB-VODKA and other high rolling bullshit I was pleased to find a more simple, blue collar, manly spirit.

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My God, this beer is fucking godly. Utterly ridiculously good. Sam Adams should pay me for what I am about to say about this beer. I try to maintain at least a semblance of objectivity here, but I would honestly start crying like a Republican in the last election if this ever went off the market.

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Thanks to Target’s kick-ass “make your own 4 pack” promotion I snagged the three original American craft brews: Samuel Adams Boston Lager, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and Anchor Steam.

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Taking a brief whiskey departure to talk about beer again, I just can’t help myself.

I’m about to destroy all of my beer snob credibility in one fell swoop, but fuck those dorks, I really like Landshark lager. Stumble on over to Beer Advocate or similar site and you’ll see all the lager-hating beer dorks cackling about how it’s truly brewed by AB or something, like this is the goddamn Scarlet Letter for beers and automatically makes it bad. This beer could be brewed by Satan himself (I guess Jimmy Buffet is a close second) and I’d still happily swill it. It’s a great island style lager, and I think would go even better than Red Stripe with some conch fritters or other Caribbean fare.

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I was visiting my friend in Nashville and got psyched to fucking hell when I found out they had Arrogant Bastard Ale there. This has been the #1 brew on my “Beers to Try” list for literally 3 or 4 years now, and I was almost giddy with anticipation.

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This is probably the lamest thing I have ever written, I’m going to get my ass kicked at recess for this.

I feel bad for the sensory-deprived friends and family around me, completely walled off from the world of fine food and drink out there. You know who these people are; they will order chicken fingers or a hamburger no matter what restaurant they are at, they will shun new culinary experiences entirely, they will only drink Budweiser or one brand of liquor.

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Kicking off my week of whiskey, I decided to gently ease myself into the shallow end of the pool rather than swan-dive into the deep, alluring golden waters all at once. Yes, not a very whiskey thing to do at all, but hey, it’s the start of the week and I have some meager responsibilities these days.

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I’m going to start to revamp the rating system with one to five stars instead of just doing Appearance, Smell, and Taste (AST). In addition to lending a more concrete score to my opinions, this will allow people to just scroll down to the score if they want a quick and dirty summary. I’m probably going to start flexing my writing chops and rambling a lot more in the reviews too, so it will also help avoid that if you’re not in the mood.

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