EDIT -- this is Overpaid Slacker, logging on from RoninLB's pad today...
Shuie -- A fellow bourbon man. THAT's why we have these boards. I don't *mix* the bourbon with anything, just drink some soda water behind it to keep hydrated.
I've had the Evan Williams and really like it. Trouble is, up here in the North, it's tough to find ginmills that carry a good selection of bourbons. My favorites, in no particular order, are Basil Hayden (buttery goodness), Blantons (whoof -- sit down and stay seated if you're drinking this stuff) and Woodford Reserve. Jefferson Reserve is OK too, but usually I start with one of the foregoing and switch back to Maker's after 2 or so. On another thread (something to do with Media Bias in the title) I posted a picture of a football, dipped in Maker's Mark wax and dedicated to me by the president of Maker's Mark. No *****, I've had liquor reps near where I live come up to me and say I've increased MM consumption by 50%... dunno whether that's good or bad...
Another fave in the real heat is something vodka based (Citron lately) in a pint of unsweetened iced tea. MMmmmmmmmm. That's what I was drinking pre-dinner today in the heat and humidity here on the south shore. At dinner (steak, naturally) I was back home in Maker's country.
JP