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Two-piper, I consider myself a total non-alcoholic as well, but I do enjoy a good sip of whisky from time to time...Geo
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OK- I believe you-- but how does that square with the movie line said by Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman"--?? He referred to Jasper (Jack) Daniels as John Daniels-- And the lineage of the man's name Jack- comes from John-- as with the late JFK--exceptions exist- I have a neighbor named John Hoff-- he prefers John to Jack when he is being addressed- go figure that!! RWTF Lt. Col. Frank Slade: Clear them little bottles off. And when I get off the phone here, call up Hyman and tell him I want it wall to wall with John Daniels.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Nothing the government gives you is free.
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Rebel Yell used to be a Stitzel-Weller brand back in the old days.
It is owned by Luxco now, and until recently was contract made by Heaven Hill. Luxco has apparently opened a production facility of their own.
The Van Winkle brand is contract made by Buffalo Trace.
Many brands have changed owners and/or changed quality for better or worse over the years.
I've not bought any Jack Daniels since they started watering it, and the last bottle of Rebel Yell I had was pretty poor.
I'm far from a Bourbon snob, but there is simply too much good whiskey being made now to fool with the ones that have been cheapened to increase profits.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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OK- I believe you-- but how does that square with the movie line said by Al Pacino in "Scent of a Woman"--?? He referred to Jasper (Jack) Daniels as John Daniels-- ...... They are movies....works of fiction. I sure hope you don't depend on movies for your facts in life.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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A rumor was around that Bob Dylan was behind a new brand of Bourbon-- rumored to retail at $60 a fifth- named: "Heaven's Door"-- but I have yet to see any of that on the shelves-anyone care to comment--Ya, real gud, dere- Fargo??
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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Don't know about bourbon. My Kentucky friends bring a delight called Woodford Reserve, Distiller's Select. Gave up hard stuff 50 years ago but it's the only liquor I treat myself to a sip over a cube, widely spaced to make it extra special. I don't know if the devil's driving me to it or someone who knows better; I prefer to think the latter.
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Woodford is very high on my list of personal favorites, KB.
It's pot stilled in the style of Scotch, which is fairly unusual for Bourbon.
It's distilled to a high proof, then diluted to the mandatory barreling proof and aged in heavily charred white oak.
It tastes like cashews to me.
My all time favorite is a Jim Beam product called Baker's.
It's made with their high rye mash and aged in the hot spots of the rickhouses to pick up additional barrel flavor. It's a 107 proof super premium Bourbon well worth seeking out if you like big flavor.
A moment of silence please... apparently Beam has a rickhouse fire going as I type.... it happens, this is unfortunately a hazard of the industry. Wood buildings filled with an evaporating flammable solvent - what could go wrong.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Woodford Reserve is good stuff. I am also a fan of Knob Creek, which is another of the Beam small batch bourbons.
Nothing the government gives you is free.
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What- you mean that Fort Sill and Fort Waaa-choo-Gah do not exist-Balderdash- that was a great movie--and like the Godfather, based on real life- Citizen Kane material- perhaps not, buit based on realities of today's world--
"The field is the touchstone of the man"..
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