Vive les Bourbons!
Posted on 06/14/2017 10:59:43 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
In 1964, a Congressional Resolution designated Bourbon as America’s native spirit. Since then, there is nowhere else in the world that can make a whiskey and call it Bourbon.
Like Scotch, Cognac and some other spirits that must meet certain standards as well as be produced in a particular geographical region, Bourbon is a whiskey which is only so named if distilled in the United States. To legally be a considered Bourbon, it must be 51 percent corn, stored in new (not aged) charred-oak barrels and distilled no more than 160 proof and barreled at 125 proof.
This particular whiskey derives its name from the Kentucky county which was established in 1785 and was a large producer of corn. The corn, once distilled, would be put in barrels and stamped “Old Bourbon” and shipped down the Ohio River.
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Time to jump off of the water wagon.
I’ll pour some bourbon on my strawberry shortcake and enjoy the treat after I retrieve the colors, then call it a day.
Thank you for the reminder!
No problem with that! Bourbon or Scotch is a different animal.
Wild Turkey 101 will get it done.
Exactly the scene I was thinking of.
I figured that might be the case, as it was the first thing I thought of when I saw your comment. :-)
Yes, that will do. Though, if you’ve got it, Eagle Rare please. Blanton’s if you really want me happy.
Someone gave me a half gallon of Jim Beam. I don’t drink liquor and I rarely drank bourbon. But if I catch a cold.....
“They probably also put ketchup on a hot dog. “
Or a good steak :)
Oh, well, I’ll just have to watch you bourbon drinkers from afar while sipping Jack Daniels.
I wish I could honor this holiday properly but I am working tonight.
Rum and Coke is fine. Nyet on the bourbon.
My daughter interned at the US embassy in Barbados for a summer. Said the local rum was superb.
There’s two ways to mix a martini: in a shaker, or with a stirrer. Shaken martinis atomize and fully mix the flavors. Stirred don’t atomize so the flavors layer instead of mixing. Think of it as the difference between a peanut butter cup where you taste the chocolate and peanut butter together but still as two flavors, and a peanut butter cup milkshake where you taste chocolate peanut butter as one. Most of the experts actually think stirred is better. Originally Bond was being a bit of a rebel, going against the norm. Of course he’s a major enough pop culture figure that he became the norm. I still like shaken better, but stirred is definitely prettier (stirring doesn’t cloud the liquid).
The Booker’s at 128 proof is a stiff drink. A bit of a burn at first, but otherwise quite good.
Actually it’s Flag Day and it is also the 71st Birthday of the current POTUS Donald J. Trump.
Did I mention that he doesn’t drink Bourbon or any other Alcoholic Beverage?
Blender v. spoon. Got it. Thanks.
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