US best buy for the thrifty boozer is 190 proof grain alcohol . rip your throat out straight but can be diluted with what ever your budget and gut can tolerate.
why spend the jing on diluted ''whiskey'' when straight up alc is a fraction of the price per volume?
then again i have been on the tit for 40 odd years! booze snobs leave me scratching my head .
What happened at the weekend?