The Four Horsemen (drink)

[King Patrick Star]

The Four Horsemen is a cocktail containing four hard liquors and named after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The name of the drink is derived from the fact that the most common brand names of each ingredient are also male given names and the drinks have a high alcohol content (and therefore tend to have a very strong effect on human physiology). Additionally, the four brand names usually all begin with the letter "J", giving further unity to the concept of the "Four Horsemen".

Jack Daniels. Jameson. Jim Beam. Johnnie Walker. WOOOOOOOOOOOO!! The drink of Excellence!!

I just got each of them in the 200 ml size bottles and a decanter to mix them all in. I do have 2 questions, before I start the New Year off on the left foot.

Has anyone tried it??
Is it any good??

 

[Slash-LN]

I don't drink anymore but when I did I was a Jack Daniels guy.
This drink sounds awesome and if I still drank I'd try it.
I expect you to come back here tomorrow and report on it.

 

[King Patrick Star]

Okay, well after drinking it, I must say, it’s the best tasting whiskey I’ve ever had. Think Bourbon, Irish, Scotch and Tennessee whiskey all mixed into one. I don’t know how else to describe it, but it’s that damn good!!

One thing I did notice though, whenever I would tell someone what’s in it, the common misconception is, “Oh $#!+!! That must be a strong @$$ drink.” As I took sips, I started thinking about that logic. If you take 4 different 200 ml bottles of 80 proof whiskey, and mixed them all up into one decanter, would you have (A) 1 800 ml decanter of 320 proof whiskey, or (B) 1 800 ml decanter of 80 proof whiskey?? The answer, I believe is, B.

So, sitting on top of my fireplace, is my new drink of choice, “The Four Horsemen”. WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Happy New Year, from the King, the Queen, the Princess, and the Prince!!

Sorry, my son didn’t feel like holding the bigger Spinner. HAHA!!

 

[IHW]

Wheres the love for Captain Morgan? I was taking shots of Captian Morgan Black and Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey all night on New Years.

 

[King Patrick Star]

I don’t have anything against rum, but the recipe for the Four Horsemen calls for Bourbon Whiskey, Irish Whiskey, Scotch Whiskey, and Tennessee Whiskey. Adding Captain Morgan would be like adding a certain “Roma” to the Elite group.

 

[Lowdown]

Never had the four horsemen, but it has just made my to do list of drinking. I have had three wisemen shots, and that totally fucked me up. Out of the four choices, my preference is Johnnie Walker black, with Jack Daniels a very close second. Before I die I want to try all the higher end labels of Johnnie.

 

[Skairipa Matrix]

Me and my buddies did a shot each of The Four Horseman last weekend, I'm not a big fan of it but I didn't think I would considering i'm not a big fan of Whiskey. I would do it again though.

One of my buddies loved it, The other two said it was okay but they wouldn't do it again. Probably won't do another Four Horseman shot till my buddies and I go bar hopping for my 21st.

 

[King Patrick Star]

I’m glad you tried it, willing to do it again, and your buddy loved it. It’s really better than what you would expect. It has the bite of the Jack, but the smoothness of the Johnnie. It has the burn of the Jim, but the sweetness of the Jameson. It’s a great mix. We’re only 8 days into 2013 and I’m almost done with the first decanter full. I’m going to have to restock before my B-Day, on the 12th.

 

[HellBoundPower]

I haven't had it before, but it sounds awesome. I have to be honest and say that I've never tried Johnnie Walker before. I've had all the others though, with Jameson being my favorite. Not only does that drink have a cool name, but it's a combination of a lot of whiskey, which is my drink of choice. I'm going to have to try it ASAP.

 

[King Patrick Star]

Has anyone else tried this drink yet??

 

[ScreaminNormanSmiley]

Your poll is shit. Those aren't even the best choices of their specific types of liquor.

 

[King Patrick Star]

Please suggest 4 better ones of each. I'd love to switch up the recipe!!

 

[$Mr. 100%]

Never tried it myself . Imma vodka drinker tho

 

[ScreaminNormanSmiley]

For comparable price I'd switch Jamison for Tulimore and Jim Beam for Old Crow because it is even cheaper and no worse. The scotch I couldn't tell you as I never buy it and the Jack is fine. Guess my other post made it out like all the choices are terrible but I just meant the poll was too restricting if you say whiskey of choice on it.

Mixing all of them sounds like it would only serve to water down whatever you like most with whiskey that is less enjoyable.

 

[HellBoundPower]

Well to be fair, it was the choice of whiskey out of the 4 that make that specific drink. So the choices would be limited considering.

 

[ScreaminNormanSmiley]

It would have been better formated as,"which whiskey do you prefer?".

This apparently means a lot to me.

 

[Dirk]

Are you absolutely sure it's name for Flair, Anderson, Blanchard and the fourth one, instead of Death, War, Pestilence, Famine and a hard-boiled egg?

 

[Ubermensch]

Usually do Johnny Walker, Jose, Jack Daniels, and Jim Bean. Two and done.

 

[King Patrick Star]

I may have to try that, but I’m a little leery about the tequila portion of the mix. Never did too well with that back in the day.