Best fifth for $50-ish?

Wow.  I literally felt it was my duty to correct this motherfucking thread.

I deleted all the other posts, and will continue to do so.  It is incredibly apparent most of you kids have never had a glass of good alcohol and are going off of what the high quality standard of your god damn dorm is.  And it is fucking painful.

For the kids who did post something intelligent, I apologize, and if you post it back up, I will leave it.  You know who you are.  And I applaud you for not talking out of your ass.

The rest....fail.  I can understand not ever having good liquor, that is cool.  But posting it up as the best thing available for purchase is just retarded.

I am drunk, so forgive me, but it is school time  Listen and learn up, because if I fucking hear another god damn person suggest Jack Daniels as the best "whiskey" or goldschlager or any bullshit....I am gonna go fucking insane.

Don't argue....just listen.

Whiskey or Whisky.....
This is what I drink.  Yes.  It can be both Whiskey or whisky.  And Jack Daniel's, while drinkable, is nowhere even close to the top 20.....

The best?  In my honest opinion, it is hard to top....

Colorado Stranahan's whiskey.  It is fucking amazing  Just over $50/fifth and is fucking money.

Then you get into the whole bourbons vs Irish vs Canadian vs scotch.  They are very different. 
Bourbon - My favorite.
Best = Baker's, Booker's< Blanton's, Basil Hayden, and George T. Stagg. 

Irish....
For the price - Jameson 12/15 year is fucking good. 
Power's is also good and pretty cheap.
Redbeast is also worth noting.

Canadian - A lot of people will say Crown Royal....meh. Their Special Reserve is ok...but again, especially for the price...meh.  Pendleton is cheaper and much better.

Scotch - Can vary greatly in taste.  But since we are talking in the $50 range....
- Highland Park - 15 or 18 year old
- Macallan Cask Strength - add a bit of water
- Lagavulin

For what it is worth - Drambuie + ice is pretty damn good.

Then we got vodka.  You kids wasting your money on Belvedere, Ketel One, or Grey Goose...stop.  Please...just stop....

For cheap vodka - Platinum or Monopolowa are the best.  Both under $20/fifth and pretty good.

The best though - Tito's Vodka.  Distilled in Austin, Texas, and fucking amazing.  Just over $20/fifth and crushes all that expense shit that douchey frat house president drink while trying to drunkenly fuck underage girls.

A fucking handle of Tito's goes for just a bit more of what a fifth of grey goose goes for, and there is no comparison.  Grey Goose = garbage with good marketing. 

Tito's.  Learn that shit.

Tequilla - yeah yeah yeah, quervos ain't that bad.  And even Patron is pretty fucking good.  But the best for under $50?  Definitely others to consider.

Trago and Don Julio are better, IMO.

As for Gin, not many people are sipping or taking shots of it. 

Bombay is fine, Beefeater's is good, as is Amsterdam  Plymouth gin made the best G&T I have ever had, but what do I know.....

Rum, I don't know so well.  I have really enjoyed some darker rums.  The best I have tried was something called Mount Gay I think.  Yep, Mount Gay.

But with Tito's and all the good bourbons, it really doesn't matter.  Rum is for mixed drinks - the rest are for enjoying.

Hope this helps.  Sure, Jack and such are tasty, and Jager and goldschlager are fine.  But the BEST fifth under $50???

Give me a fucking break.  There is much more to the world of booze than the sugary world that is Jack, Jager, and Goldschlager.

If you really want to treat your friend, read what I wrote above.  If you really don't give a fuck, hell, even skol of McCormick's will do the trick. 

But there is a HUGE difference between what most of you all calling "good liquor" versus what is actually good liquor

At least you mentioned my Drambiuie haha

Oh, and reading about Gin - (If you want to go down that road and your friend likes Martinis or Gin + Tonics), you simply CANNOT go past Tanqueray Number 10. Not cheap, but a really fresh taste and it's handcrafted using fresh citrus fruits

New Amsterdam straight gin is the best liquor for the price in my opinion. Goes down so smoothly with a little ginger ale. Stuff costs like $15 a fifth and its amazing.

just to clarify.. whiskEY is Irish or American while whisKY is used for the rest.

There are lots of good alcohols out there, you just have to look past the 'popular' ones that are portrayed as being good. smifnoff if a prime example. it is pretty much right at the bottom of the vodka ladder but people continue to think that it is good.

here in NZ I drink Still vodka. It's won a gold medal, it's not that well known and it regularly goes for $25 a bottle.

i someone lold when an american guy with a il jong kim icon censors a post. and youre afraid of obama....

I like Grey Goose. A lot. Skye is the usual though for price point & taste. Ketel 1 is overpriced crap.

So how do you feel when he censors 50 posts?

Tito's is a similar price point to skye, but IMO smoother. I have lots of issues drinking vodka from many, many bad experiences with it. As such I usually need to hide the vodka to get it down - aka vodka tonics, etc. But tito's I can pull out of the freezer, pour into a glass, and drink straight. No excuse but to at least try it in the name of PH!! :)

50 times more powerful

jack daniels is liek teh bestest wiskhey evarr

Chopin vodka.

Yep. And patron is a good RUM and goldschlager tastes like MINT. Those posts were likely the reason for my censoring rampage.....I should have left them up actually....but the ridiculousness hurt my eyes.

haha way to go...delete the dumb shit

why are you limiting it to $50 a fifth?

word to the Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey, mmmmmmm....  I worked at a liquor store all summer last year and was buying it for $38.  (discounts)

just buy as many bottles of bambino sparkling wines possible for under 50$

knob creek for bourbon whiskey

Seriously, mint vs. cinnamon, who the fuck wants to taste like they just blown santas elf after a night of getting drunk?

Goldensclagger sucks balls. So do any schnapps that have any sort of...fresh breath taste.

^dude you got owned yesterday, just let it die its fucking annoying

I can't.

The will to survive is too strong....

huge fan of cabo

oh god me too... i fucking hate vodka because of all the shit that's happened to me because of it. I can't even drink it anymore. but, because i trust you, i might think about trying some Tito's.


But basically, just my add on to what you said

Bourbon
Undoubtedly my favorite, decent/inexpensive ones are

Nice bottles of Evan Williams, mostly the special reserve

Makers Mark is ok too

there's more out there, just look for something in the 30-40$ a fifth range, and odds are it'll be decent

Gin
most people, like iggy said, don't sip this, but Gin and Tonics are tasty as hell

Tanqueray- i don't really like Tanqueray 10, but to each his own

Bombay Saphire, the best gin i've had, it's about 25-30 for a fifth, so not that expensive

if you like martinis, use these, vodka martinis are for pussies

Tequila

haha this is mostly a joke, but if you've got 300 dollars, get some Gran Patron. Bitches will come
at least get Patron Silver or Platinum, those are a lot better than just the baseline stuff

Don Julio is good too

Cuervo is shit.

There's a hella good one that i forget the name of, something like Agavita or something, tastes delicious

FOR TRUE BALLER STATUS JUST GET A BOTTLE OF DOM P.

aidan hasn't acquired baller status... he threw up 4 times last friday, only to go to the mountain the next morning and fall asleep while skiing. epic FAIL!!!

haha, well... yeah. anyway, i don't drink, but dom p is supposed to be the shit

that's true, but it's ok because it was vodka, and as mentioned earlier, basically even smelling vodka makes me sick. haha we also used that juice that i had to siphon out of the sink that one time, did not help my case.

haha and strike outs at two in the morning are a bad idea

don't forget Hendricks gin, that shit is bomb.  and yea, gin&tonic is the only gin drink i make/order

IMO, the best vodka is polish vodka. but maybe thats because I drink it more often than anything else.

I recommend Żubrówka or Wyborowa.

haha buddy at the top hahahah

to be honest, it scares the shit out of me... i thought only god could remove 50 posts

i thought only someone on a power trip could do that ....

Oooo I laughed. Really though it was for educational purposes this time. Unless you are down with people thinking patron is a good rum and goldschlager is a tasty mint experience and jack daniels is the pinnacle of good whiskeys. If that is so, then yeah, I should have left them up. But that isn't so....

man im just kiding i give you karma for what you did , you really helped this guy out :)

For sure - I figured. That way I laughed!

CRYSTAL PALACE FOR THE FUCKING WIN!

If you're going to be partying you're probably going to be mixing in which case it really doesn't matter what you buy. presentation is paramount so get a few bottles of expensive champagne for the "celebration" part.

vodka and i haven't been friends since i was 16. unless it is dually hidden deep deep down.