Whiskey

[Ghostiger7]

my first choice: Chamisul soju

with a backup plan to include: Dalmore, Dalwhinnie, Glen Ord, Glenmorangie, Glenfiddich, Macallan, or Glenlivet dependent on availability and cashflow

[Costa]

American Honey

[Ret10Echo]

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Kentucky Distillers Warn Congress H.R. 5034 Could Destroy Bourbon Industry

For Immediate Release - 5/24/2010
Contact: Public Affairs
Telephone: 202-682-8840

Bill could “wipe out centuries of Kentucky craftsmanship, quality and heritage”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA), a Kentucky-based trade group representing world renowned Bourbon brands, today sent a letter to the Congressional Bourbon Caucus and every member of Kentucky’s Congressional Delegation, urging strong opposition to wholesaler-crafted legislation that would significantly damage Kentucky’s signature Bourbon industry.

KDA President Eric Gregory highlighted the legislation’s “many far-reaching and negative consequences” noting that under the bill individual states could establish their own formulas, labeling and bottling standards for Bourbon, overriding uniform federal requirements as now prescribed by the U.S. Treasury Department.

“For more than 200 years, Kentucky’s legendary distilleries have crafted the world’s finest Bourbons, using a time-honored process that today is regulated by strict federal ‘standards of identity’…Allowing individual states to concoct a whiskey and call it ‘Bourbon,’ based on their own definition, would destroy the industry as we know it today,” Gregory wrote. “On behalf of Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry, I strongly urge you to oppose H.R. 5034 and ask that you make your colleagues aware of its potentially disastrous repercussions.”

H. R. 5034 strips away the protections of the Commerce Clause and effectively exempts state alcohol laws from all federal laws, such as the federal antitrust statutes, the Federal Alcohol Administration Act, the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and other important laws that provide critical consumer protections and prohibit price-fixing and other anti-competitive behavior.

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

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Interesting, I thought Kentucky had a license on the WORD Bourbon??

Did you ever hear of New York Bourbon??

Or Arizona Bourbon??

Probably never will..

Me thinks this is much ado about nothing,, actually it about protectionism and pork barrel politics.....

Now what they should do is get rid of the Federal law that forces distilleries to use a new barrel every time they cask new hooch.

The Scots & Irish learned a 1000 yrs ago that aging Whisky in port, cherry, or other USED wine barrels imparts flavor from the Angels.

It can't be created by adding burnt malaises syrup to vodka that's a week old..

9.12.3.2.6 Warehousing/Aging -
Aging practices differ from distiller to distiller, and even for the same distiller. Variations in the
aging process are integral to producing the characteristic taste of a particular brand of distilled spirit. The
aging process, which typically ranges from 4 to 8 years or more, consists of storing the new whisky
distillate in oak barrels to encourage chemical reactions and extractions between the whisky and the wood.
The constituents of the barrel produce the whisky's characteristic color and distinctive flavor and aroma.
White oak is used because it is one of the few woods that holds liquids while allowing breathing (gas
exchange) through the wood. Federal law requires all Bourbon whisky to be aged in charred new white
oak barrels.

[Trip_Wire (RIP)]

Just don't mess with my Bourbon favorites!

1.) Woodford Reserve

2.) Maker's Mark

[JJ_BPK]

Originally Posted by Trip_Wire

Just don't mess with my Bourbon favorites!

1.) Woodford Reserve

2.) Maker's Mark

I have a bottle of Woodford and I like it. They did good..

Haven't had Maker's in 30 yrs. Probably should get a pint for the drive-in??

I don't want to imply that all American whiskey is not good. Just that it could be better if they didn't force the green wood barrels on the distilleries..

I look at it like a 1st date,, If your lips swell up and your tung burns kinda funny on the 1st kiss,, it's probable going to be a ruff nite...

[NoTime89]

Well, besides the Kentucky Derby (of which Bourbon is 75 percent), and the Gold Vault (which is probably as empty as my bourbon bottles come Monday morning), the best thing about KY is the Bourbon.

Woodford is my favorite, though it is expensive. I like Buffalo Trace the most for price/taste matrix. Bulleit Bourbon took my fancy, but I think it's way too sweet.

A good KY bourbon with friends by a riverside campfire-priceless.

Thank you Dad for retiring at Ft. Knox!

[ApacheIP]

Just had my first taste of Woodford at a friends house down in Charleston about three weeks ago. Dang fine stuff. Always been a Wild Turkey fan, but generally sip Crown when brown is the order of the day. Woodford kicks them all in the jimmy.

[RichL025]

There's a whiskey I've recently been turned on to called Stranahan's - made in small batches in Colorado.

EXCELLENT stuff. It has supplanted most of my regular scotch drinking. I have to ask the local stores here to special order it.

Any Tacoma residents want to try some - the state liquor stores on 6th ave and also off Canyon Rd in Puyallup both stock it (thanks to me!)

[lksteve]

Originally Posted by RichL025

There's a whiskey I've recently been turned on to called Stranahan's - made in small batches in Colorado.

I find it a little sweet...

[skylinedrive]

I got a soft spot for Islays, specially so for Port Ellen. Unfortunately they are making themselves scarce and prices are skyrocketing.

[RichL025]

Originally Posted by lksteve

I find it a little sweet...

Have you tried more than one batch? Each one seems to have its own personality...

[lksteve]

Originally Posted by RichL025

Have you tried more than one batch? Each one seems to have its own personality...

At $50 a bottle, I am a little reluctant to spring for inconsistent...and I haven't finished the one bottle I bought yet...hell, I still have a bottle of Blanton's from 2004...

[Irishsquid]

Whisky...Scotch...Single Malt. Preferably a Speyside. 18 years in the cask.

Serve with a splash of water and a fine cigar.

[Rumblyguts]

Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

Shackleton's whisky to be dug up
Two crates of Scotch whisky which belonged to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton are to be recovered after a century buried in the Antarctic ice.

The McKinlay and Co whisky was found buried under a hut built and used during Shackleton's unsuccessful South Pole expedition between 1907 and 1909.

The crates, which are encased in ice, were first found three years ago.

New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust plans to use special cutting tools to remove the crates from the ice.

The crates and bottles are expected to undergo conservation work in New Zealand before being returned to the remote hut at Cape Royds, which the trust is trying to restore to the same condition as when Shackleton's team left it.

“ I personally think they must have been left there by mistake, because it's hard to believe two crates would have been left under the hut without drinking them ”
Al Fastier Trust spokesman
Trust spokesman Al Fastier said he would not be tempted to sample the Scotch, saying he preferred to allow the century-old spirits to retain their mystique.

"It would be terrible to sample it and find that it was off," he told Radio New Zealand.

Distillers Whyte and Mackay, which owns the McKinlay brand, are keen to get hold of a bottle, or at least a sample of the now-extinct blend.

The company's master blender Richard Paterson said: "We might even get enough to be able to take a stab at recreating it."

Shackleton's expedition ran short of supplies on its long trek to the South Pole from Cape Royds.

They eventually fell about 100 miles (160 kilometres) short of their goal, although one team did reach the magnetic South Pole and the expedition carried out valuable scientific work.

No lives were lost, vindicating Shackleton's decision to turn back from the pole, which was first reached in 1911 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.

Shackleton later said to his wife: "A live donkey is better than a dead lion, isn't it?"

The expedition's ship left Cape Royds hurriedly in March 1909 as winter ice began forming in the sea, with some equipment and supplies, including the whisky, left behind.

"I personally think they must have been left there by mistake, because it's hard to believe two crates would have been left under the hut without drinking them," Mr Fastier said.

Story from BBC NEWS:

Update:

A crate was recently thawed and opened to reveal 11 bottles. Some will be tapped in order to try to recreate the recipe, then, alas, back to the shack.

"The crate will remain in cold storage and each of the 11 bottles will be carefully assessed and conserved over the next few weeks. Some samples will be extracted, possibly using a syringe through the bottles' cork stoppers."

source: 100-year-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate
The Associated Press
Friday, August 13, 2010 10:12 AM EDT
http://www.charter.net/news/read.php...org%3E&ps=1018