Even though you think you can tell the difference between brands of liquor, you can’t.
The reason why people drink their brand is marketing and price, not taste. I can already feel you calling bullshit, so just do it already.
This is a great test to do in a bar if the bartender is a “mixologist” type. He’ll think it’s so easy so you can usually bet him your tab if he can pick 2 out of 3 bourbons. They never can. Even if it’s something they drink all the time.
I did this test to 13 lucky people. In a blackout blindfold, there was no way for them to know which booze was which. For added safety, I wrote the names on the bottom of the cups so there were no mistrials.
VODKAS: Ketel One ($26) v. Fris Vodka ($20)
WHISKEY: Jack Daniels ($23) v. Maker’s Mark( $30)
BEER: Bud Light ($22/case) v. Miller Lite ($22/case)
ME(with blonde half-Cambodian son)
vodka: CORRECT! whiskey: WRONG. beer: WRONG.
Score 1/3
Joey Buttons
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: CORRECT! beer: CORRECT!
Score 2/3
Cap
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: WRONG. beer: CORRECT!
Score: 1/3
Ashley
vodka: CORRECT! whiskey: CORRECT! beer: CORRECT!
Score: 3/3
Landon
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: WRONG. beer: CORRECT!
Score: 1/3
Jason
vodka: CORRECT! whiskey: WRONG. beer: WRONG.
Score: 1/3
Max
vodka: CORRECT! whiskey: CORRECT! beer: WRONG.
Score: 2/3
Lizzy
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: CORRECT! beer: WRONG.
Score 1/3
Nate
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: CORRECT! beer: CORRECT!
Score 2/3
Baxter
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: CORRECT! beer: WRONG.
Score: 1/3
Susan
vodka: CORRECT! whiskey: CORRECT! beer: CORRECT!
Score: 3/3
Del
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: WRONG. beer: WRONG.
Score: 0/3
Ben(looks wasted, but probably not)
vodka: WRONG. whiskey: WRONG. beer: CORRECT!
Score: 1/3
RESULTS:
48% correct total. Seems a lot like flipping a coin.
Nobody knows dick about dick. You might think that somebody like Ashley must be a connoisseur since she nailed them all, and Landon probably doesn’t drink much. WRONG! Landon is a complete lush who drinks all of this crap and Ashley is a light drinker. There is a 50 percent chance to guess any one of the three, so it is like a coin toss (unless you can really tell—which almost no one can).
I did this test to myself a couple of years ago and realized I didn’t know shit about whiskey. Next, I found out I didn’t know shit about vodka and started drinking the rotgut. Jeezus, what a hangover! So taste might not be an issue, but some of the brands are straight mind-poison, so you have to protect ya neck.
If you ever have the chance to do this (and I don’t see why you wouldn’t since all it takes is a blindfold and some paper cups), amaze yourself and your bros. Turns out that everyone is full of shit.
similarly, i can’t tell the difference between your friends yet looking at them gives me a headache.
God you’re an idiot. It seems like flipping a coin b/c it is the odds are exactly the same. They don’t need to know “dick about dick” b/c you can have eight octopus give you the same results. Four minutes of my life gone, thank you.
“48% correct total. Seems a lot like flipping a coin.”
When each person chooses the first beverage, the correlations in individual taste to what options are left bias the straight frequentist interpretation. Have you checked for success rates per beverage? Have you considered that some people may be more inclined to taste and hence a straight average like this is not reasonable? I would also suggest a larger sample size, and for you to supply explicit directions on how one acquires ‘bros’.
Nice tits on Landon!
More Kennedy.
@Richard about Richard, 4 minutes to read this, really?
Susan looks cute. How about a taste of that?
Wah Wah: Tastes like keys or pennies in your mouth….batteries even..