"Whiskey your the devil, your leading me astray"

Whiskey, from the Irish for Water of life, is the drink you will be offered on St. Patrick's Day. When someone says "shots?" their not talking about the candy tasting things strippers like, they are referring to whiskey. It's brown and it comes out of one bottle. So what brand will you have? The most common brands are, Jameson's, Tullamore Dew, or Bushmills. so here's a little primer so you can sound like an expert.

Bushmills Protestant whiskey but better than no whiskey at all, only to be drunk if no other choices. If you are forced to drink Bushmills try the Black Bush or the 12 year old.

Tullamore Dew The smoothest of all the Irish whiskeys. They also have a 12 year old but don't waste your money, the regular is just fine.

Jameson The most common Irish whiskey found in bars, every bar has a bottle. This is what you will probably be drinking. They also have a 12 year old, very very good, and an 18 year old ( about $75 a bottle)

If you find yourself in a good bar with a lot of extra money in your pocket, try Middleton's. Middleton's comes in a wooden case with each bottle numbered. It is so smooth that it is called women's whiskey in Ireland. At about $125 a bottle, most places charge $25 a shot.

Red Breast is an other fine whiskey, you won't find it in many bars but if someone has it in their flask and offers it to you, enjoy ( Paul, are you reading this?).

Bailey's is not whiskey, it's candy. Irish Mist is training whiskey, you drink this before you are old enough to move on to real whiskey. If the name on the bottle is something like Paddy's or Michaels or if the bottle has shamrocks on it, DON'T DRINK IT, it will kill you. Or at least the next day you will wish it had.

The best part about drinking whiskey is that you can do what ever you want. The next day people will say, "do you know what you did last night!"

"Ahh, I was drinking whiskey"

"Oh, OK then, just don't do it again"

If you did the same stupid stuff drunk on beer then they would still be pissed at you. One last item, don't drink too much, it doesn't taste half as good coming back up as it did going down.