re: #307 darthstar

That might work with Smirnoff, but not Popov. Smirnoff, for a cheap brand, is actually pretty smooth.

Recollect my old professor, whose de facto butler I had become, and his discipline with regard to alcohol. He drank the best, served his guests the best; Blue Label and Black Label were not unheard of, nor were the more esoteric scotches, brandies, and such-like.

Me, he let me drink Jim Beam, cheap gin, and all the low-grade stuff. Said it was for my own good.

“This is so fine, the quality so superb, that were you to taste it but once, you could never again drink your current liquors. Better that you NOT acquire a preference, or even a knowledge, of such things when your means are so limited.”