Posted on 08/07/2025 4:16:22 PM PDT by Omnivore-Dan
Long before bourbon dominated the liquor market, rye whiskey reigned supreme.
Now, a Midwestern distiller is teaming up with scientists to bring back a long-gone type of grain and turn it into spicy, bold whiskey.
The source is a wooden schooner named the James R. Bentley that's been sitting in Lake Huron for nearly 150 years. The ship sank in Nov. 1878 after striking a shoal.
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There are lots of variations. The one I quoted was from Tex Ritter’s recording.
“Good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye”
Haven’t thought of that old song in years. Wonder if the levy is still dry.
Makes perfect sense to me.
Pretty cool and appropriate. Where’s it from?
Going to have to wait a couple years, but just my be worth the wait. Either way, something interesting to look forward to.
Huh. I’m from Jersey, not that far and have never heard of Pikesville Supreme. Going to have to check it out.
Yes sir. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy!”.
Top half is Gordon Lightfoot’s “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”. Bottom half is just me.
Was it Tex Ritter or Merle Haggard?
No idea. didn’t see that.
My kind of guy.
Oh, God no. Been there done that except wasn’t much class in being puke-plastered. As my German father used to say “”Aush fershtucken” which he said meant “rolling in the gutter drunk”.
I’ll bet there is still some out there, probably pricey though.
Every time I hear the word “barleycorn” I think of the Traffic tune, “John Barleycorn must die”. Poor John.
You have talent.
I will have to check it out, thanks.
Tex Ritter, according to the source I saw.
“The ship sank in Nov. 1878 after striking a shoal.”
DUI?.................
Same, Elijah Craig. Not a big rye fan. Predominately corn for me.
No one was at the wheel, most of the crew was overboard, swimmin’ with bowlegged wimmen.
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