got a long and checkered past in the WHISKEY WORLD.
ive said before MY PARENTS OWNED A BAR!!!!!!!!!!! this happened in 1957, i was 12. the house we lived in was above and behind the bar, so i basically GREW UP IN THE BAR.
as for my own alcohol consumption, my mother was ITALIAN, so we alway had "dago red" wine in the house. and as any good ITALIAN FAMILY does, they allow the kids to drink wine. i think i was buzzed a few times before i hit 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we also always had ANAZET, a clear italian licorice tasting liqueur. similar to OZO, but way less potent. always had BITTERS, nasty stuff we drank for stomach problems.
now with the BAR...........A WHOLE NEW WORLD OPENED UP........TO TASTE))))))
my father was a RYE WHISKEY MAN. i liked that too)))))). segrams 7 was most popular then, 7 & 7 was the drink!!!!!!!
after much experimenting, i settled on J&B scotch and water. drank that for years. biker days, we did a bottle of JACK, hit it, and chase it with SOUTHERN COMFORT)))))))) AND RIDE!!!!!!!
i keep a bottle of GINGER BRANDY, this is my NY-QUIL))))))) and its much better for coughs and upper respiratory colds. and if you consume enough the COLD GOES AWAY))))))
... nectar of the gods...
but Southern Comfort is equivalent to ipecac syrup.