descriptive essay rough draft

Roberto Moreno
Instructor: Joel Murphy
Eng. 51 Sect. 1451
Descriptive Essay 2/28/2009
Cheap Booze
Upon returning from a year-long tour in combat, poor planning on the part of our leadership prevented me from retrieving my truck out of storage my first weekend back in the states. After a year of sobriety in the dry country of Iraq, I wanted to indulge myself in some fine American boozing. The local bars and pubs were too expensive to get to by taxi, but the liquor store was within my budget. I walked the aisles searching for whiskey and found side by side: Jack Daniels and Jim Beam. Beam was $2 less, so I chose it, a 2 liter of coke and a bag of ice. I came back to our barracks and my friend and I proceeded in consuming the entire bottle of Beam throughout the night till sunrise. Waking up the next day at sunset with the feeling of nausea and pain, knowing I had made a huge mistake in my discounted purchase resulting in the nastiest hangover ever. Jim Beam is a bad quality whiskey for its price.
The Beam bottle came with a handle and it has a long neck and bulky squared body. The liquor is a dark caramel color. The Beam turned a little bit darker after adding a splash of coke to my drink. All together, it looked like freedom to a 22 year old deprived of alcohol for so long.
Beam has a strong whiskey smell. The type of smell that only a whiskey drinker can appreciate. Non-drinkers usually describe it as smelling horrible.
Beam taste exactly how it smells, strong. Drinking it straight, as a shooter or on the rocks is nearly unbearable. The strong taste is the reason for the splash of coke and ice. This makes it drinkable.
The glass full of Beam, coke and ice is cold and wet. It’s a little bit slippery and about 12 ounces heavy. The burning sensation down my throat and into the pit of my stomach makes my entire body warm.
The flow of liquor being poured into the glass begins to create a jingling noise when the ice bounces off the sides of the glass. Each swallow from my glass and I make a gulp sound as it goes down my throat. The banging of a glass shooter against a wood countertop after I have a shot.
Even with the love I have for whiskey and coke, Beam altered my mindset. Beam isn’t as good in quality liquor as Jack Daniels. And it isn’t much cheaper in price. After the hangover I experienced from a night with Beam, I can’t drink the brand anymore. The thought of it makes me nauseas. Beam left an endless bitter taste in my mouth. Now I’ve permanently switched to Jack Daniels.