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I've always been a sucker for a Boss gun...Geo

I came about an inch from buying a Boss muzzle loader years back....I studied it and asked lots of questions....seems like they wanted 4 grande for it I finally I talked myself out of it.

Problem is most times guns don't live up to the pictures or descriptions posted on websites....but it was a Boss.

This morning I ran across an article in NYT from earlier this week. After reading it I was left with the impression that the future of bourbon is ruined. Yuppified. Glamourized. Glitterized. Not a good thing, I think.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/02/business/kentucky-owl-bourbon-tourism-napa.html

Getting too much hype.

Curl

That happened with cigars, too. But, it hasn't ruined them .............yet.

I don't think the sky is falling.

SRH

The link about the yuppie-fication of the Bourbon industry provided by CptCurl is interesting... particularly the reference to the Tulip-Mania moment. That hasn't arrived quite yet, but it hasn't happened with extremely high priced wines yet either. Yet.

Earlier in this discussion, I mentioned a few everyday Bourbons that are quite drinkable when you are only tying to impress yourself, and which don't cost several dollars a shot. I can't help thinking about a wager I witnessed when I worked as a bartender for several months while looking for work in my major after graduating from college.

It was a rough working class neighborhood bar, and I worked mostly during the day when all of the older retired guys and alcoholics made their daily visits. One day, a patron was pretty loaded, and arguing about beers with some other guys. He proudly proclaimed that his brand was the best, and said he'd know it anywhere. Another patron heard this and told him he was full of shit, and the heated argument soon turned into a wager. Money was piled onto the bar, and I was drafted to set up the test and referee the results. A couple clean bar-rags were tied together to make a blindfold for the guy. I was asked to set up a row of small chaser glasses, and we filled them with about 8 or 9 different beers including the favorite of our blindfolded friend. A small piece of paper under each glass had the brand name of the contents written on it.

Then, the guy who jump started this contest called me over, and in a low whisper, he instructed me to also fill two more of the test glasses, one with plain water, and one with 7-UP from the soft drink dispenser.

The blindfolded guy was then handed a glass one at a time, and asked to tell us when he tasted his Shlitz or Strohs or Koehlers or whatever it was. He worked his way down the line, and actually tasted his own favorite without identifying it. But when he took a sip of the 7-UP, he banged his fist on the bar and said, "That's my beer... I'd know it anywhere!"

The guy who set up the wager collected his money. The guy who lost had to accept his loss, which was witnessed by me and his friends. I was pretty amazed by the results at the time, but the guy who set him up told me that he had done this a number of times before to other drunks, and that once a drinker is half-loaded, their taste buds are anesthetised to the point that they won't know what the hell they are drinking. He said the ability to taste accurately drops rapidly after only a couple drinks. This guy was ripped enough that he thought 7-UP was his favorite beer.

And this is how bars can easily get away with putting a cheaper whiskey in a top-shelf bottle.

Wonder if I can repackage some of those $50 a pop Norlan Glass Rauk heavy tumblers into Colonel Lonny Rhodes official Kentucky Bourbon Pong set for say, $10,000.


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The inspiration I get drinking �vodka� from a red Solo cup.

Sounds like a great idea that should really appeal to the "more money than brains" crowd Lonesome.

I've been think of a new drinking game on the order of the "Hi Bob" game we played in college. Everyone had to watch the Bob Newhart Show, and drink a shot every time someone on the show said "Hi Bob".

In my new version, everyone would have watch to CNN and drink a shot every time Don Lemon or Chris Cuomo said "Trump lied". You'd be comatose before the first commercial break.

After a hard days shopping on Rodeo Drive.

https://youtu.be/IW09-2rLtrU


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I tried selling her an official Colonel Lonny Rhodes Kentucky Bourbon Pong set but she wasn�t having it.

https://robbreport.com/food-drink/spirits/buffalo-trace-auction-pappy-van-winkle-1234740350/amp/

An auction today to assist Kentucky flood victim......


Serbus,

Raimey
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A pleasant distraction...