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I had some flask questions, and the main hits I've found on SA for that were in the old version of this thread. I take it the general consensus is: a) don't put anything acidic or sugary in them b) don't put anything expensive in them, or leave anything in them for long, c) they're a bitch to clean and even to dry out. Regarding a) and somewhat b) I checked on titanium flasks, but they're generally $80 plus. To address c), I noticed there are "tube flasks" which seem like they'd be easy to clean with just a bottle cleaner, and as easy to dry as whatever else. Is there really any difference between one make/type of stainless steel flask and any other, or are they pretty much all equivalent? If so, I'll probably get a couple steel tube flasks. I guess I could just get some test-tubes with good screw-caps, but that's even less sketchy than a flask, and also breakable. Portion size isn't so crucial, since I mainly want to get some so I can do the "Oh hay, I just got a bottle of [Krongstadt aquavit, Batavia-Arrack van Oosten] and you need to try a taste, I'll bring you some to take home." Am I missing anything, or short of titanium I should just get whatever stainless flask is cheap, and the tube type might be easier to clean/dry? 
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Mikey Purp posted:I'm no help on scotch, but give Bulleit a try, or better yet Bulleit Rye. Good timing in this thread; I just picked up a bottle of Bulleit Rye yesterday to make some punch-type beverage for the holidays. I've had good experiences with Bulleit Bourbon before; it's pretty much my favourite in the <$30 category for bourbon, which is up to this point my favourite form of whiskey. As in "I didn't even like whiskey until I tried bourbon." The thing that I particularly like about Bulleit is that, rather than simply meet the US-mandated minimum of 50% rye grain (or the godless Cannuck mandated minimum of 0% rye grain), Bulleit goes the distance and makes their rye from 95% rye grain. Not a whiskey expert, but I immediately concur with the assessment that rye is like a drier and spicier bourbon. I don't know how I've gone 31 years without deliberately drinking rye, but I would recommend to any other holdouts that it's a variant worth trying. For the $50-75 range in the US, with an emphasis on being a rye that's clearly distinct from other whiskeys, are the various Buffalo Trace options decent? Thomas Handy? Not sure how the thread feels about "white whiskey", but there are a couple of places that do a high-rye (1512 does a 100%) unaged rye distilled products. Are those a decent way to get a feel for the specificities of rye vice other whiskey grains?
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