I must say that I agree with Mad - Lews - or any of the others who inhobbit the body of that so-called author. No, that was not a spelling gaffe - he has hairy feet and is a diminutive 5 feet tall in my head. But I digress...I must agree that tequila is, when harvested from 100% blue agave and aged properly, the true nectar of the gods. I prefer Tenoch and will not touch Patron, which I find to be hideously unpleasant.

As for Vodka, well, it may be the most clean and distilled of all the hard alcohols but it is far from being flavorful. In fact, I find it to be completely flavorless unless modified with special flavorings. Not the mark of a good brew to sip.

Scotch Whisky I am, again, in agreement with the Hobbit. While I can appreciate a good cigar that has been lightly cased with Scotch, I prefer not to drink it. I value my esophagus.

On the other hand, I do enjoy a proper Martini. That means no vodka and only the best gin. It must be lightly flavored with dry vermouth (about a 5 to 1 ration of gin to vermouth) and two olives. Further, it must never be shaken - only stirred with cracked ice and then strained into a cocktail glass. It should be sipped neither slowly, as you would scotch, nor quickly, as you might a shot of "whiskey". Do not let the Plebs fool you into thinking that a drier martini has less vermouth than a "wet" martini. It has everything to do with the type of vermouth.

Now, I am thirsty for juniper. So, I am off...