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National Bourbon Day June 14
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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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To: heterosupremacist

Time to jump off of the water wagon.


21 posted on 06/14/2017 1:17:06 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: heterosupremacist

I’ll pour some bourbon on my strawberry shortcake and enjoy the treat after I retrieve the colors, then call it a day.


22 posted on 06/14/2017 1:18:30 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: heterosupremacist

Thank you for the reminder!


23 posted on 06/14/2017 1:20:52 PM PDT by Hat-Trick (Do you trust a government that cannot trust you with guns?)
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To: dfwgator

No problem with that! Bourbon or Scotch is a different animal.


24 posted on 06/14/2017 1:25:36 PM PDT by nobamanomore
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To: dfwgator
Harry Callahan: You know what makes me really sick to my stomach?
Burly Detective: What?
Harry Callahan: Is watching you stuff your face with those hot dogs. Nobody, I mean NOBODY puts ketchup on a hot dog.
25 posted on 06/14/2017 1:32:48 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: ctdonath2

Wild Turkey 101 will get it done.


26 posted on 06/14/2017 1:35:44 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: kosciusko51

Exactly the scene I was thinking of.


27 posted on 06/14/2017 1:35:54 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

I figured that might be the case, as it was the first thing I thought of when I saw your comment. :-)


28 posted on 06/14/2017 1:41:55 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: fhayek

Yes, that will do. Though, if you’ve got it, Eagle Rare please. Blanton’s if you really want me happy.


29 posted on 06/14/2017 1:43:48 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: dfwgator

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.....


30 posted on 06/14/2017 1:45:11 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: dfwgator

“They probably also put ketchup on a hot dog. “

Or a good steak :)


31 posted on 06/14/2017 1:46:09 PM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: heterosupremacist

Oh, well, I’ll just have to watch you bourbon drinkers from afar while sipping Jack Daniels.


32 posted on 06/14/2017 1:56:26 PM PDT by nicollo (MAGA)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

I wish I could honor this holiday properly but I am working tonight.


33 posted on 06/14/2017 1:57:30 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: heterosupremacist

Vive les Bourbons!
34 posted on 06/14/2017 1:59:56 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Time to get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US!)
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To: nicollo
But if I did pour a bourbon it'd be...


35 posted on 06/14/2017 2:06:35 PM PDT by nicollo (MAGA)
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To: SonAboveAnItch

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.


36 posted on 06/14/2017 3:21:44 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ("If you can remember the 60s........you weren't really there")
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To: lurk

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).


37 posted on 06/14/2017 3:31:42 PM PDT by discostu (You are what you is, and that's all it is, you ain't what you're not, so see what you got.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

The Booker’s at 128 proof is a stiff drink. A bit of a burn at first, but otherwise quite good.


38 posted on 06/14/2017 4:27:13 PM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: heterosupremacist

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?


39 posted on 06/14/2017 4:29:42 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: discostu

Blender v. spoon. Got it. Thanks.


40 posted on 06/15/2017 12:32:52 PM PDT by lurk
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