The Men Behind Your Favorite Liquors

Mental Floss Magazine ^ | November 11, 2008 | Ethan Trex

[BenLurkin]

My whole family done give up on me

And it makes me feel oh so bad

The only one who will hang out with me

Is my dear old granddad

And we drink alone, yeah

With nobody else

Yeah, you know when I drink alone

I prefer to be by myself

[just-brad]

Woodford Reserve

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“LOL: I used to drink old fashions until I got terribly drunk and got sick.”

Piker. ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Seen this? Ping-Worthy? :)

[Captain Beyond]

I like Johnnie Walker myself. That Johnnie Walker Blue is some smooth stuff. As far as bourbons go Jack Daniels and Maker's Mark I find satisfying. Plus they are great to cook and marinate with. I also enjoy Bushmills Irish whiskey and Bushmills Black Bush.

[GOP_Raider]

What's your favorite?

Beer, and lots of it. :)

[ERJCaptain]

Zima was actually named after Barney Frank’s Filipino “errand boy.”

[ClearCase_guy]

[Uri’el-2012]

[trisham]

None of the above.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Met him when I was working for the Al Haig campaign back in 1987. Very nice man.

[redhead]

oh, I love “Mental Floss” magazine. Thanks for reminding me. Guess I’ll just renew my subscription.

[Clemenza]

I have been to both Portobello and “Panama Vieja,” the latter of which are the ruins of the city that Henry Morgan destroyed.

[Clemenza]

Demarara from Guyana is my fave, if you can find it.

[bmwcyle]

Fred Ripple

[higgmeister]

Regarding your items six and seven, you could have pointed out that Quinine was the first effective treatment for Malaria.

The old campaigners of the British Empire found Gin to be a tolerable way to cut the bitter taste of the Quinine tonic. They eventually developed a taste for the originally medicinal bitters or tonic with their Gin.

[libertyhoundusnr]

Glenmorangie 12 or 18 yr old is truly the nectar of god. If you can have a wee dram with a trusted friend without finishing the whole bottle you are a better man than I or my friends will ever be.

[stevio]

When people in confused conditions yell at me “What kind of man are you?!?!?”. I tell them “Why, I’m a whiskey man!”

[JimSEA]

Hiram Walker is my choice!! Walker was a grocer who made his whiskey with the wonderful waters of the Detroit River. Usually cheap and fitting well in a paper bag. although the repeal of the Volstead Act temporarily hurt the profit picture enhanced by smuggling the product, today walker's Ten High is the toast of sleazy skid row bars everywhere.

[gathersnomoss]

In the cabinet ready to report to duty.