have you tried any of the alcohol i've listed? also, what does gin taste like?

Question

ok a friend is celebrating my 21st b-day with me (even though it was 2 weeks ago) and she recommended all these. i'm not big on drinking so i don't know what anything other than vodka, wine & beer tastes like.

Archers Peach Schnapps
Skyy Vodka
Absolute Vodka
Three Olives Vodka
Seagram’s
Zima
Emmett’s Irish Cream
Sam Adam’s Cherry Wheat Beer
Buttershots
Raspberry Stoli
Pete’s Wicked Strawberry Blonde Beer

also, do you know any of the prices for these? i don't want to buy anything expensive

Answer 1

yep, like they said, gin tastes like pine. Out of your list, the cheapest stuff would be the peach schnapps, and zima. Some people hate zima, I think the taste is ok, but it gives me a stomachache. I've never had buttershots, but if you want something sweet and yummy, buy the irish cream (that's a cheaper brand, but good) and butterscotch schnapps, which might be what buttershots is and mix then 1:1 for a really yummy shot. Chill your Irish cream before drinking, though, Oh, and I like Skyy Vodka, (about $20ish a bottle) but there are a lot of cheaper vodkas, they can give gut rot though. Hope this helps a little! Enjoy yourself and don't drink and drive!!! :)

Answer 2

Peach Schnapps is like peach flavored cough syrup. I would recommend regular schnapps (by the shot) with a beer chaser. Alternative is schnapps w/ hot chocolate. Both are big in ski areas. Regular schnapps as a minty taste.

Your first three vodkas taste virtually same, all come in flavored versions. Raspberry Stoli is raspberry flavored vodka - what's to know - vodka has virtually no flavor, this one tastes sorta kinda like raspberries. Try stoli-raz and soda. It's low calorie, tastes really refreshing.

Absolute Mandarin and club soda is another good combo.

Seagram's is Canadian Whiskey, I'd call that an old peoples drink. Stuff my parents (who are in their 80's) would drink - Seagram's and ginger ale or Seagram's and coke. Taste is very similar to American bourbon (Jack Daniels).

Zima - it's sorta kinda like a wine cooler. Not sure I've ever finished one.

All Irish Cream is crap. Think heavy cream flavored with a coffee liquor. Go to a bar and order a mudslide. They use Irish cream in those, it's about the only way to make Irish cream drinkable.

Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat, it's okay if you like fruity beers. They are trying to make something like a lambic. Lambic is a Belgian Ale. Go to a high end beer store and ask for something called a Belgian Kriek. It comes in a small bottle, has a cork like champagne, drink it out of champagne glass - not out of the bottle. It's wicked good, but not something your going to drink all night. For an all night drink - vodka and soda.

Buttershots, are pretty good. Think liquid butterscotch candies. Like other schnapps it's very sweet and not something you would have more than about 2 of over the course of evening.

None of those are high priced. Probably the most expensive is Absolute, which would be around $25 for 1/2 gallon. Go to the link below, type in the name of the liquor and it will tell you what it costs in the State of NH Liquor stores. Note that NH liquor stores don't sell beer. Either of the beers you mention are around $7 for a six pack.

Answer 3

Get Ketel One Vodka and Ketel One Citroen instead Three Olives or Skyy.
Ketel One is REALLY smooth and silky. It mixes with any juices (Cranberry, Pomegranate, Grapefruit). It's great.

Also both wheat and blonde beers are great.

Answer 4

Can't comment on the listed alcohols, but straight gin does, indeed, taste like pine. It starts as a neutral grain spirit (fairly tasteless), but is then redistilled and is flavored with juniper berries (essentially a type of pine cone).

Answer 5

Gin tastes awful, don't even bother

Answer 6

i enjoy gin... gin and tonic is my favorite drink, some people say it tastes like "pine" but depending on how well its mixed and if you add lime, it tastes great.