I like liquor that I can taste, but what I do not like are flavored spirits. Whether it be vanilla vodka or even bacon infused bourbons. In fact, I'm not a huge fan of spiced rum either. I don't know, I'm not trying to be a snob but my days of having mixed drinks like coke and vodka are behind me. They were fun days though, no doubt but if I drink whiskey or bourbon it tends to be neat or with rocks or some variation of a manhattan. Vodka is pretty tasteless for the most part and I don't think I'd enjoy vanilla vodka on the rocks. I like drinks with a few ingredients that enhance the main spirit. I love the juniper and pine-like flavors of gin. I enjoy nice tequilas and I love sipping absinthe. I have a handful of drinks I like to make and I love just experimenting, like a mad scientist. A drunken mad scientist. :)