Know your drink and drink it with style

Most of us would have tried to drink alcoholic beverages. Some of us just love the taste of our favourite alcohol drink on our taste buds. Do you know your drink? Do you drink with style? Do you get the most out of your drink and enjoy your drink? Well, we have come with some commonly drank liquors and some ideas of how you can drink it. Malaysian drinkers were considered at the time of the creation of this article.

Let’s start with type of liquors. Please bear, there are more types but these are the famous ones.

1. Vodka – Vodka is one of the purest spirits in the world hailing from Russia and Eastern Europe. It is odorless, tasteless and clear liquor from the distillation of potatoes, grains and in some times molasses. Makers of vodka distill the potatoes, sugar beets or grain to create virtually pure ethanol. It is the added water to dissolve the concentration to drinkable liquor. Consumption of this liquor differs according to geographical regions. In Eastern Europe, people usually drink vodka straight and dry while in Western Europe and Americas they usually use it as cocktail.

2.  Whiskey – Whisky is a type of liquor which is distilled from a range of grains. The most common grains used are corn, rye and barley. This type of liquor is first distilled two to three times, and then it is aged in large oak barrels to improve its flavor.Some of the renowned whisky beverages include the Scotch Single-malts such as Laphroaig, Irish blends like Jameson and the American bourbons like Jack Daniels.

3.  Rum – Rum is known as the favorite liquor for navy sailors and pirates. They are popularly known to mix sugar-water, lime juice and rum to make a pickling drink. Rum is a type of liquor beverage made from the distillation of molasses or sugar juice. Traditionally it was a common drink in Caribbean islands but it has since then widely spread to the South American countries. There are three main categories of rum namely spiced, dark and light. Each is used for straight drinking, cooking and mixing respectively though most of the time the uses overlap. The drinks include pina caladas, mojitos and rum-and-colas.

4.  Gin – Gin is commonly used in many classical cocktails including martinis, Singapore Slings, Tonics, Gins and Negronis. It is a dry spirit produced from distillation of grains and gets its flavor mainly from the juniper berries. Most of gin drinks are clear in color though there are some which appear yellowish as a result of aging in the barrels. For many years, this drink has won the title of cocktail drinks until recently when it was surpassed by Vodka. However it still maintains the name, “drinker’s drink.”

Some ways you can drink your drink!

1. Single Malt Scotch Whiskey

a) Glenfiddich 12 year 

-  Neat, on the rocks, with some cold water or one ice cube. I don't care. The stuff doesn't stay in the glass long enough to say hello to the sides, let alone any other visitors.

b) Glenlivet 12 year

- Best drank with ice cubes and let the ice cubes to melt a little while and taste the drink slowly, you will involuntarily vision a staircase to heaven.*

c) Macallan Fin Oak 12 year

- Cold water and that's all. No ice cubes. Make sure to take time in between the sip to taste bittersweet orange peel and spicy ginger.

In general you got to drink single malt whiskeys with nothing or ice cubes with some water. The whole idea of drinking single malt whiskey is to relax and to reflect in between sips. Drink it slowly and taste the drink. Never take whiskeys in a gulp, that’s for Vodka. 

2. Blended Scotch Whiskey

a) Chivas 12 year

- Coke and ice is just fine. To keep it manlier you may want to try it with water and ice.

b) Johnnie Walker Black Label

- Frank Sinatra drank it with coke and ice. Like the old days keep it with the coke and ice. The best blended Scotch in the history of the world.

c) Ballantines First

- Ice cube and water. Please don't try it without the water or ice; it will give you not very drinker friendly experience.

3. Tennessee Whiskey

a) Jack Daniel's Old No.7 Black Label (commonly known as JD)

- Mixed with whatever you want and drink it all day long. Just keep it to coke, sprite, canned soda water and ginger ale.

b) Jack Daniel's Single Barrel

- This Tennessee whiskey is not blended but rather drawn from individual barrels selected based on tastings by experts at the distillery.  Due to the fact that there is no blending, one can expect a considerably more robust flavour profile. Each of the JD's Single Barrel might be different in taste as it comes from different barrel. Drink it flavoured drink as it gives you a high burning sensation. Never to drink without mixing with at least water and ice.

What we covered in the article are some of the famous and common whiskeys drank and enjoyed world wide. Soon we will be covering on favourite Vodka, Rum and Gin. Meanwhile enjoy drinking responsibly. Drinking was meant to have fun. Please avoid unwanted incidents while and after drinking. We do not encourage drinking but at the same time we don't discourage as well. Know your limit and enjoy responsibly. Cheers!

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Another May 13th in making????

The whole Malaysia is waiting for the Parliament to be dissolved. There was even an April Fool prank done by Free Malaysia Today regarding the dissolution. But what does our Prime Minister actually has in mind? Nobody knows and he remains silent. There are always speculations regarding the dissolution date. Speculation had swirled Prime Minister Najib Razak would call for a press conference later on Friday, where he may announce the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for Malaysia's much anticipated 13th general election. Malaysia-Chronicle reported on 29th March 2013 a lot of people are saying Najib will not dissolve Parliament until LIMA is over as that could affect the validity of the contracts signed. While NST reported on 2nd April 2013 that Parliament is expected to be dissolved as early as tomorrow after the cabinet meeting in Putrajaya, paving the way for the 13th general election since Ministers told to prepare for photo session before Cabinet meeting. The four reasons given by the Star’s group editor-in-chief for Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s delay in dissolving Parliament which then bombarded by Ambiga to be ridiculous reasons.

• A caretaker government cannot enter into agreements at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (Lima).

• Finishing touches to some projects and programmes.

• Barisan Nasional’s candidates’ list not finalised.

• Impossible at the moment for politicians to campaign freely in Lahad Datu.

Now here is the new thought of why is Najib delaying the dissolution. The Election Commission clarified on 28th of March 2013 that the actual date of the automatic dissolution of the Dewan Rakyat is April 30th 2013 not April 28 as hitherto reported. Once the parliament automatically dissolved there are like 2 weeks for 13th May 2013. We all remember what history says about the date 13th May. It is a landmark racial riot incident happened in 1969 which was triggered by Pro-UMNO people after major victory of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Which then an opposition party). Eventhough there is a gap of 60 days before the election is done, there are high chances to have election 10th,11th or 12th of May 2013. Why? Only two reasons. First of all, to implant the fear to the people that the history will repeat if the opposition wins. An idea to be implanted in peoples mind that the incident would take place if BN did not win over the government in 13th General Election. This fear may lead people to vote for BN just to avoid the riot from happening. So it is part of election gimmick just like BR1M, Youth Communication Package and SEED. Secondly, to actually trigger the riot in real. who knows these guys are capable of anything. Chopping of a few people and create riot in order to a declaration of a state of national emergency or Darurat by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong resulting in the suspension of the Parliament. This was a dirty trick done by UMNO. They might do it again due to desperation, because all they want is to win by hook or crook. Remember, 13th General Election and 13th of May is a very good indication itself.

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Comedy Macha's & Machi's - M33t Kayh3ll Sareke, Lov3r B0y & damaging photo edits

Have you ever seen this kind of ‘wr1t!nq’? Have you seen this kind of name in facebook ‘PurpleholiC Princezz BabylioUs (Kayhell SareKe)’? Have you come across a bad English like this ‘I dirfereent and I am a Loveboy’? Have you seen some gangsters with glittery editing with paint program saying ‘hidup sampai mati’?

Few years back, I came across this kind of rubbish and thought may be this was the trend but thanks to almighty I did not happen to follow the trend. I felt that those people were seriously retarded and need to be kept away from community. They were serious danger to civilization that thought the world how to live.

Few days back, I was introduced to a facebook page called Comedy Macha’s & Machi’s. They are doing some good stuff over the page. The very much needed community service did some good. If you are unable to stand stupidity, death of culture, English & Photoshop and spongebob square pants gangsters, I highly recommend you to meditate for minimum of two hours before going through the page. 

As in words of the page’s admin:

Ppl, the idea of this page is: 

1) To make fun and have a laugh.

2) To create awareness among us, so that we will let others who does this things that are posted, know how it is degrading to be looked down.

3) To instill some sense so that when our kids grow up, we can show them this is how we don't want them to end up at the end.

In no particular instance of a thought has it been that this page would be used to humiliate others. It has never been like that and it will never be like that :) 

You guys should take a look at the page. Trust me; you will be surprised with the amount of stupidity that has been around us all this while and we never realized.  You will feel sad for this kid. They think it’s cool but they do not know they are making fun of themselves.

You can see in the page, some of them had no idea their real name was more beautiful than ‘Wh@t3v3R Sh!ttY N@m3’ they had before. Some of them thanked the admin for pointing out. As usual, some retaliated and obviously made a fool of them.

I guess the page had served its purpose, but few things we felt that need to be given some special attention by the admin. One of them would be using profanities in comments and posts. We understand that it would be hard to monitor all of them. We appreciate that admin have asked the fans to minimize profanity but ‘Sonna Engeya Kekarainge?’ So, our simple message is try to educate rather than insulting.

We also appreciate the admin’s openness in apologizing for wrong posts and congratulating those who turned a new leaf.

freemahesa.blogspot.com wishes all the best to Comedy Macha’s& Machi’s for their effort. This article was written to appreciate some best efforts to make humans – humans. 

For the words written in the alien or shitty language, please refer below. Thank you.

1.       wr1t!nq – Writing

2.       PurpleholiC Princezz BabylioUs (Kayhell SareKe) – Purple Holic Princess Baby Delicious (KL Lady)

3.       I dirfereent and I am a Loveboy – I am different and I am a Lover Boy

4.       hidup sampai mati – Live till Death

5.       Wh@t3v3R Sh!ttY N@m3 – Whatever Shitty Name

6.       Sonna Engeya Kekarainge – They would not listen even if I told them

If you need definition for some of the words used in ComedyMacha’s & Machi’s, feel free to ask us in the comment section. We will strive hard to explain based on our experience and expertise.

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