We’ve been known to have large parties a few times a year. The sound of dozens of liquor bottles hitting the recycling is our way of letting the neighbors know what they missed. In other words, we go through a lot of booze when we entertain, and yep, it does get expensive.
We know that buying liquor for our house can be a bit intimidating, so if you’d like to bring a bottle next time you visit, here’s a quick guide to stuff we’ll always appreciate a bunch. It’s also a pretty good cheat sheet for reliably good booze to bring anywhere. Most of these should be too difficult to find locally.
Around $20:
- Old Overholt Rye
- Rittenhouse Rye
- Cruzan Estate Light Rum
- Cruzan Estate Dark Rum
- Gosling’s Black Seal Rum
- Angostura 5 Year Rum
- Appleton Estate V/X Rum
- Cachaca 51
In the $20-40 Range:
- Bulleit Bourbon
- Bulleit Rye
- Barrel Raider Bourbon
- Counter Gin
- Oola Gin
- Small’s Gin
- Ransom Old Tom Gin
- Counter Old Tom Gin
- Hendricks Gin
- Sun Liquor Gun Club Gin
- Martin Miller London Dry Gin
- Tanqueray 10 Gin
- Plymouth Gin
- Aviation Gin
- Cazadores Blanco Tequila
- Milagro Silver Tequila
- Milagro Tequila Reposado
- Del Maguey Vida Mezcal
In the $40-60 Range:
- Angel’s Envy Bourbon
- Michter’s Bourbon
- Michter’s Sour Mash Whiskey
- Michter’s Rye
- Angostura 1919 Rum
- El Dorado 15 Year Rum
- Ron Zacapa 23 Year Rum
- Bols Genever
- Fidencio Mezcal
- Corzo Anejo Tequila (or any of the Corzo line)
- Pierre Ferrand 1840 Cognac
- Pierre Ferrand Ambre Cognac
Impractically Expensive Shit:
- Angel’s Envy Rye
- Chartreuse Green
- Del Maguey Mezcal Chichicapa
- Any of the Mezcal Pierde Almas Products
- Angostura 1824 12 Year Rum
We’re grateful for anything you want to bring, of course! If you want to be creative and pick up something not on this list, here are some types of liquor we generally avoid – they just don’t get used, and we don’t mix with them:
- Vodka
- Flavored vodka
- Flavored anything, really
- Canadian whiskey
- Irish whiskey
Now back to your regularly scheduled booze news.