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WhippingBoy		2012-06-15 10:27:54 PM

3 votes:

Here's the original recipe:

1. Procure a large-some oaken barrel, stout and true
2. Gather round-thee thy relations and sodden acquaintances
3. All shall partake mightily of the soup of sour cabbage
4. When nature doth call, relieve thyselves in yon barrel
5. Seal thy nobel barrel
6. When 50-some fortnights have past'd, unbung thy noble barrel and fill bottles of glass
7. At ye towne markett, exchange bottles of "Jack" with young men of poor taste (who the continentals regard as "le sacs de douche")
8. Enjoyeth thy profit

Curse of the Goth Kids		2012-06-15 11:06:18 PM

2 votes:

I finally broke down and bought a pint of JD to drink straight when I realized I'd never tasted it outside of a glass of coke. It's really weird: everything you get from it in terms of flavor happens as soon as you put it in your mouth, and after that split second there's just nothing. The stuff tastes hollow.

Jim Beam is 2/3 the price and tastes way better in my opinion. And that's as far as it goes, because if you're going to pay more than about $12 for a pint you might as well just get some scotch.

/whiskey is good
//cool story bro

SlowTimedRapid		2012-06-15 10:38:47 PM

2 votes:

What, submitter can't give a shout-out to Wales specifically? Are submitter and/or subby's ancestors from some other part of Britain and trying to take credit? I'll bet subby faked all the way through high school science by letting the other lab partner(s) do all the work, punctuated only by screwing something up so the other(s) wouldn't ask subby to do anything.

/ Henffych well, i wlad fy nghalon / Llwyddiant i ti Cymru dirion

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-06-15 09:31:56 PM

2 votes:

Wouldn't surprise me

/JD tastes like crap
//give me a Kentucky bourbon any day

23FPB23		2012-06-16 12:17:30 PM

1 votes:

Wow....another thread where:

a) People state their personal taste as fact
b) People partially to absolutely fail at stating facts about various whiskies
c) People make me want to drink

cptjeff		2012-06-16 03:27:22 AM

1 votes:

I'm drinking voting age Laphroaig. Your crappy, overpriced, bourbon can bite me.

\Yes, it is a bourbon
\\Covered this in the other thread.
\\\Great marketing department though.

Dadoody		2012-06-16 02:31:43 AM

1 votes:

Thanks runcible spork, I'll try looking for Old Rip next time I'm at Hi-Times.

Ok, there is 1 way that I do like drinking bourbon, and thats in a mixed cocktail. Specifically, Lola Gaspar's in Santa Ana has this great twist on the Old Fashioned - they call theirs "The Huckleberry." Bourbon mixed with honey, grapefruit juice, bitters, thyme, and served over ice...very good drink. Reminds me of the smells you get walking through an ancient large library or museum.

The Life Of Brian		2012-06-16 01:23:05 AM

1 votes:

SlowTimedRapid: What, submitter can't give a shout-out to Wales specifically? Are submitter and/or subby's ancestors from some other part of Britain and trying to take credit? I'll bet subby faked all the way through high school science by letting the other lab partner(s) do all the work, punctuated only by screwing something up so the other(s) wouldn't ask subby to do anything.

/ Henffych well, i wlad fy nghalon / Llwyddiant i ti Cymru dirion

HEY! Yer hurtin my feelings! My third green (and it took SOO long, curse you @#% mods!)

/Actually my Grandfather was from London! Was 'kidnapped' by the Bernado 'charity' during a flu epidemic in 1909? 1910? Parents were told they'd take the young kids out of the city to a farm to keep them safe...Instead this so called charity shipped them to a group home in Toronto where they beat and otherwise abused them, then once they were old enough, sold em off as entendured (spelling?) servants to farms... 3 brothers, 7, 9 & 11 sent....Oldest was lost as sea..

Ken VeryBigLiar		2012-06-15 11:53:08 PM

1 votes:

Benevolent Misanthrope: Except that the name is Daniel, not Daniels. The bourbon is called Jack Daniel's. With an apostrophe.

Ahh, I always figured it was Brown/Forman who messed the label up as is their wont with most of the brands they "manage". About the only thing of theirs I buy is 100-proof Southern Comfort ; until they take it away because their marketing says people want it flavored with mango and even more sugar.

I also miss 100-proof Canadian Club it helped make a North & South (or a Canadian Cowboy I guess) that much more potent.

wellreadneck		2012-06-15 11:41:09 PM

1 votes:

HairBolus: gobstopping: MaudlinMutantMollusk:

You can always tell that a southerner or hillbilly is pretentious when they engage in snobbery over their fancy moonshine choice.

Good Lord. Please, use words like above their raisin', puttin' on airs, highfalutin, or even fancypants in a corn liquor thread. No need to talk over anybody's head.

dywed88		2012-06-15 11:36:58 PM

1 votes:

Curse of the Goth Kids: I finally broke down and bought a pint of JD to drink straight when I realized I'd never tasted it outside of a glass of coke. It's really weird: everything you get from it in terms of flavor happens as soon as you put it in your mouth, and after that split second there's just nothing. The stuff tastes hollow.

Jim Beam is 2/3 the price and tastes way better in my opinion. And that's as far as it goes, because if you're going to pay more than about $12 for a pint you might as well just get some scotch.

/whiskey is good
//cool story bro

Whisky is better. As a general rule, those spelt whisky are superior their equivalents spelt whiskey.

MaudlinMutantMollusk		2012-06-15 11:17:08 PM

1 votes:

Bill_Wick's_Friend:Bulleit.

/nuffsaid

GoodOmens: I'll stick to Bulleit.

Ok, I'm intrigued now, and it's available locally. I'll check it out

/thanks, guys!

Curse of the Goth Kids		2012-06-15 11:11:56 PM

1 votes:

ph0rk: Curse of the Goth Kids: because if you're going to pay more than about $12 for a pint you might as well just get some scotch.

How about no.

Search your feelings, you know it to be true.

GoodOmens		2012-06-15 11:01:43 PM

1 votes:

HairBolus: gobstopping: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Wouldn't surprise me

/JD tastes like crap
//give me a Kentucky bourbon any day

Absolutely agree. Kentucky Bourbon is in my opinion the best Whiskey in the world. Even cheap Bourbon is tastier than a lot of imports that cost more.

People who like Appalachian Whiskey (JD, Bourbon, whatever) mostly like it because it tastes better than moonshine which was long the default tipple and defined the regional taste. BUT that whiskey it still tastes a bit like moonshine to give it that down home flavor. Sure, moonshine tastes like crap, but that stuff is slightly better than crap.

You can always tell that a southerner or hillbilly is pretentious when they engage in snobbery over their fancy moonshine choice.

Um - I would agree with you until I had actual good moonshine. It's just like microbrews - can be easily shiatty or really good depending on who makes it.

Maybe that makes me pretentious, but whatever. I wish I could find some good stuff up here but alas I'll stick to Bulleit.

Bucky Katt		2012-06-15 11:00:41 PM

1 votes:

MeinRS6: I would think that Tennessee spring water, local charcoal and barrels would make it taste quite a bit different than if it was made in Wales.

They should whip up a batch over there and see how it is.

I've got a bottle of Welsh wihiskey. It tastes a little like a less sweet version of Southern Comfort.

Indubitably		2012-06-15 10:55:28 PM

1 votes:

Serious Post on Serious Thread: I_Am_Weasel: MeinRS6: I would think that Tennessee spring water, local charcoal and barrels would make it taste quite a bit different than if it was made in Wales.

They should whip up a batch over there and see how it is.

Do you know how difficult and expensive it would be if they made whiskey in whales?

Not to be a dick, but this leviathan of a tail could either be a white lie or a find that could blow a hole through the entire industry, I wouldn't swallow the story whole, but I won't be blubbering if it is just harpooned and sinks

Cetacean, please.

HairBolus		2012-06-15 10:49:39 PM

1 votes:

gobstopping: MaudlinMutantMollusk: Wouldn't surprise me

/JD tastes like crap
//give me a Kentucky bourbon any day

Absolutely agree. Kentucky Bourbon is in my opinion the best Whiskey in the world. Even cheap Bourbon is tastier than a lot of imports that cost more.

People who like Appalachian Whiskey (JD, Bourbon, whatever) mostly like it because it tastes better than moonshine which was long the default tipple and defined the regional taste. BUT that whiskey it still tastes a bit like moonshine to give it that down home flavor. Sure, moonshine tastes like crap, but that stuff is slightly better than crap.

You can always tell that a southerner or hillbilly is pretentious when they engage in snobbery over their fancy moonshine choice.

Indubitably		2012-06-15 10:46:27 PM

1 votes:

Spasticus Autisticus: The Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples should have had stronger immigration laws.

If only they'd had the technology...

Guns, germs, and steel, no?

Pffft. Time will tell...

Time is relative and long, mans, it's almost cosmic in nature, no?

;)

Spasticus Autisticus		2012-06-15 10:38:10 PM

1 votes:

The Native Americans/Indigenous Peoples should have had stronger immigration laws.

gobstopping		2012-06-15 10:25:10 PM

1 votes:

MaudlinMutantMollusk: Wouldn't surprise me

/JD tastes like crap
//give me a Kentucky bourbon any day

Absolutely agree. Kentucky Bourbon is in my opinion the best Whiskey in the world. Even cheap Bourbon is tastier than a lot of imports that cost more.

MeinRS6		2012-06-15 09:09:45 PM

1 votes:

I would think that Tennessee spring water, local charcoal and barrels would make it taste quite a bit different than if it was made in Wales.

They should whip up a batch over there and see how it is.