Life is too short to drink bad bourbon.
Posted on 12/08/2014 3:28:53 PM PST by Libloather
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Bourbon’s popularity has surged ever since the amber liquor became a star of Mad Men. Magazines such as GQ and Bon Appétit have devoted pages to articles on bourbon cocktails. The Manhattan and Old Fashioned have become fashionable again. President Barack Obama recently proposed a “Bourbon Summit” with Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell.
“Whiskey has gone away from being seen as an old man drink,” says Mahesh Patel, a structural engineer who owns 4,000 bottles of whiskey and sponsors an annual tasting conference in Las Vegas.
Sales of bourbon are growing at a dizzying rate. Domestic sales of Kentucky-made bourbon have increased 36% in the last five years to $1.5 billion. Exports rose 56% to $300 million from 2010, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S.
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I have 8 distilleries within 30 minutes of my home.
Eat your hearts out.
OTOH, the money grubbers in Frankfort are no different than the money grubbers in every other state capitol. They think our bourbon is just another cash cow. Tax, Tax, Tax.
I just never acquired a taste for bourbon. My very first Scotch was a 12 year old Macallan. A buddy in college had a bottle his dad gave him for Christmas. Enjoyed it from the very first sip. A friend loves Bourbon. She goes on Bourbon tasting vacations. She tried, but I just don't like it.
*** Domestic sales of Kentucky-made bourbon have increased 36% in the last five years to $1.5 billion***
About the time the ONE took power. Looks like lots of Americans just want to stay drunk till he is gone.
Life is too short to drink bad bourbon.
Hoarders. They so funny.
I love bourbon, but you can have mine since I pretty much don’t drink any more.
Scotch tastes like horse piss.
A while back there was a Maker's Mark scare. The price bump didn't last for more than a week or two.
If bourbon's on the rise then Irish whiskey is a wonderful replacement.
Do the Dew ... Tullamore Dew!
BTTT
Scotch is to a good steak as bourbon is to meatloaf
Ive never tasted horse piss but I don’t ask for taste input from those that do.
You must be cooking your steak and meatloaf wrong. ;-)
nope, I got me a big green egg. and a glass of scotch
Where do you live. I’ll be right over.
I have recently switched to rye whiskey, but Basil Hayden bourbon is stellar in my book.
Which is better???
Taste is a matter of personal opinion. Horse piss is an acquired taste as I understand it.
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