Are you kidding...
London Dry Gin is the real man's liquor!
Rum and Coca Cola, working for the Yankee Dollar:
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Truth Be Told, There Is No Maker's Mark In The House...
...currently.
The only straight bourbon whiskey is a rather large bottle of 12 year old Elijah Craig, 94 proof, that has been needing some attention. Do have to save enough for the toast at my grandson Elijah's first birthday.
Do have some sour mash, Jack Daniels, at 86 proof for the mood. For the emergency when some idiot wants to pollute my booze with soda, there is an unopened bottle of Ten High, cheap and 80 proof. Now that I think about, that may be the reason why there is no soda in the Lopresti house.
One shortage that has to be addressed is some decent single malt Scotch. My brother in law and I tapped out three different bottles during the past football season. One having sat in the back of the cabinet for more than 30 years.
Paul in PA
Shameful, Dave, Shameful!
But I also have to deal with polluters.
There is a magnum of Barcadi for those relatives.
Paul in PA
Truth Be Told, There Is No Maker's Mark In The House...
I agree, Whiskey should be good enough to be taken neat.
For medicinal purposes, of course.
Um...I think
You could use a couple shots of Makers Mark 😉 ...not everything is a conspiracy.
Truth Be Told, There Is No Maker's Mark In The House...
:good:
A bourbon and an Irish?
Most bourbon drinkers are not fond of Scotch or Irish whiskies.:-O
Truth Be Told, There Is No Maker's Mark In The House...
> ...currently.
>
> The only straight bourbon whiskey is a rather large bottle of 12 year old Elijah Craig, 94 proof, that has been needing some attention. Do have to save enough for the toast at my grandson Elijah's first birthday.
>
> Do have some sour mash, Jack Daniels, at 86 proof for the mood. For the emergency when some idiot wants to pollute my booze with soda, there is an unopened bottle of Ten High, cheap and 80 proof. Now that I think about, that may be the reason why there is no soda in the Lopresti house.
>
> One shortage that has to be addressed is some decent single malt Scotch. My brother in law and I tapped out three different bottles during the past football season. One having sat in the back of the cabinet for more than 30 years.
>
> Paul in PA
Paul,
You might try W. L. Weller's Special Reserve, Benchmark, Old Charter or Fighting Cock. There are some interesting differences between them.B-)
Anything can be taken neat
"Whiskey should be good enough to be taken neat."
Anything can be ttaken neat.
Trust me.
Don
Four Bottles, Humm?
I'm up for a taste test, but I ain't spitting none of it out.
Paul in PA
Four Bottles, Humm?
Had an Irish friend, "X called him the Fat Elf', I called him Murphy", now passed on who liked an expensive Irish Whiskey. Bought him a bottle, dug around in the iron pile and found a piece of 6" well casing. Cut a small window, welded on a 1/4' steel cap, placed the bottle in it and protected it with a bunch of aluminum foil and welded a cap of the same material on the other end. Ground it down so the welds did not show, removed the foil and centering the bottle, slowly filled the casing with expanding foam until the bottle was surrounded except for the label, put a little foil back in around the window to dress it up, leaving an opening through which you could see the label. Painted it a bright red and presented it along with a hack saw blade for his birthday. He packed it around through a Divorce and getting his Survey license in Colorado a few years later, had a lot of trouble with the Oregon exam. He told me the last time I saw him that he still had the thing but had drilled a hole through the top and on through the cap then inserted a straw, only way he could think of to enjoy the whiskey without ruining my gift, don't think he ever got much use out of that hack saw blade.
jud
VERY IMPORTANT NEWS . . . indeed
> Obviously . . . the problem with American consumers are the consumers . . .
>
> There's a reason why marketing is a science . . . I see it all through this thread.
I feel Dilbert has the proper perspective on marketing.....and no- it's not necessarily science....
Four Bottles, Humm?
> I'm up for a taste test, but I ain't spitting none of it out.
>
> Paul in PA
I wouldn't either. I prefer the Benchmark. It has a nutty flavor. Fighting Cock is 103 proof and has a bit of a bite. Weller is pretty smooth. Old Charter is kind of rough.
I personally have not drank any bourbon in years. I prefer rye and Irish, followed by Scotch and Crown Royal.
B-)
Four Bottles, Humm?
Interesting.
B-)
Four Bottles, Humm?
Weller, like Maker's, uses wheat rather than rye as it's second grain (bourbon by definition has to be 51% corn; most run somewhere in the 70's)
> ...smooth as silk. The smokey flavor is there but it is subtle.
Give Scapa & Highland Park a try. They're distilled in the Orkney Islands and have more of a "heather" than a "peat" note.
Anything can be taken neat
There was a period of time that there was a local Wednesday night social of activities where the whiskey of choice was Yellowstone with a water back. A cheap bourbon that was guaranteed to put a geyser in your head.
"The exception that proves the rule" never made sense to me, but maybe this is it.;-)
Um...I think
"...not everything is a conspiracy."
Oh..I suppose, but it should be.
You have 59 minutes left to edit this posting.....
If you're a distiller, and selling anything but your benchmark quality, what are you really selling?
Wouldn't that be like shopping Wal-Mart by appointment only?
