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Priceless Jack Daniel's Whiskey to Be Poured Down the Drain (say it isn't so)
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| 11/16/07
| Tony Santaella
Posted on 11/16/2007 9:42:32 AM PST by Kimmers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some nearly 100 years old, may have to be poured down the drain.
Tennessee state alcohol agents seized 2,400 bottles late last month in raids in Nashville and Lynchburg, the town where Jack Daniels is distilled. Officials say the whiskey was being sold by unlicensed dealers. They're also looking into whether some of the Jack Daniels had been stolen from the distillery.
A Canadian who promotes Jack Daniels on his blog says "Punish the person, not the whiskey."
The head of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission says, while it would kill her, state law requires them to pour out whiskey that cannot be sold legally in the state, such as bottles designed for sale overseas and those with broken seals.
One collector says the bottles of whiskey "are priceless."
TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: jackdaniels; wasting
A cry was heard throughout the land.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:42:33 AM PST
by
Kimmers
To: Kimmers
Can the Governor issue an executive order or something to prevent this? They could auction the bottles off for charity or something.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:44:57 AM PST
by
lesser_satan
(READ MY LIPS: NO NEW RINOS | FRED THOMPSON/ DUNCAN HUNTER '08)
To: lesser_satan
....or just give it to me...I’ll give it a good home...I promise!
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:46:30 AM PST
by
txroadkill
( http://iraqstar.org)
To: Kimmers
The head of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission says, while it would kill her, state law requires them to pour out whiskey... Yeah, right... I bet all the bigwigs at TABC end up with a few cases of it in their cellars.
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:48:08 AM PST
by
LibWhacker
(Democrats are phony Americans)
To: Kimmers
A Canadian who promotes Jack Daniels on his blog says "Punish the person, not the whiskey." 
Yea...a good whiskey (or soju) is made to be shared, not to be flushed!
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posted on
11/16/2007 9:54:53 AM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: Kimmers
At least, they left “Old Turkey” alone.
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posted on
11/16/2007 10:59:27 AM PST
by
353FMG
(Government is the opiate of the masses.)
To: lesser_satan
“They could auction the bottles off for charity or something.”
That was my first thought, but who ever heard of some pin head bureaucrat having a brain?
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posted on
11/16/2007 11:23:53 AM PST
by
AlexW
(Reporting from Bratislava, Slovakia. Happy not to be back in the USA for now.)
To: Tamar1973
Tamar,
There is a HUGE difference between sake and “good whiskey”, it’s kinda like comparing an apple to an orange, a Yugo to a Chevy, a carp to walleye....
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posted on
11/16/2007 12:05:05 PM PST
by
marine86297
(I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
To: marine86297
yeah...sake/soju tastes better? : )
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posted on
11/16/2007 12:12:02 PM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: Tamar1973
Tam,
Do you know what’s in Soju? besides sake, it has pheyrmaldehyde. WOW! does that bring back memories, Operation Bear Hunt R.O.K. 1988.
That stuff does some weird stuff to ya, numbness, tingling, memory loss, but whoa that was fun. To be a young dumb Jarhead again.
Semper Fi
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posted on
11/16/2007 12:35:12 PM PST
by
marine86297
(I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
To: lesser_satan; Kimmers
Have the Governor declare the bottles of Jack Daniels “art treasures” ... that aught to do it! You can’t have state employees destroying art!
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posted on
11/16/2007 1:19:25 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: marine86297
besides sake, it has pheyrmaldehyde. I"ve heard that too when I lived in Korea. They claimed it was in the milk as well. I don't know if that's true or not. LOL! I buy this stuff...
Ku SOJU
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posted on
11/16/2007 1:45:32 PM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: Red_Devil 232
Have the Governor declare the bottles of Jack Daniels “art treasures” ... that aught to do it! You can’t have state employees destroying art! Then no one would be able to drink it either.
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posted on
11/16/2007 1:46:16 PM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: Tamar1973
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posted on
11/16/2007 2:02:45 PM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: Tamar1973
Sure they can. Is not art ment to be enjoyed?
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posted on
11/16/2007 2:26:08 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Pyro7480
She's a relatively new actress named E Ji Ah.
She's co-starring with Bae Yong Joon in Tae Wang Sa Shin Gi (The Four Guardian Gods of the King). http://www.ejiah.com/
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posted on
11/16/2007 2:29:02 PM PST
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
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