Re: New WMDs by the Yanks.

George wrote:
"The Highlander" <micheil@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:446bf088.99859281@xxxxxxx

On Wed, 17 May 2006 20:54:55 GMT, Cory Bhreckan
<corybhreckan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Ian Morrison wrote:

"George" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, I've managed to bloody more than one knuckle breaking open slabs and
geodes over the years.


My knuckle got chipped on Islay (ironically), investigating a
particularly recalcitrant quartzite - I never made that mistake again. I
din't realise what had happened until I noticed that the stream I was
leaning over was turning red - then I saw a fountain of blood coming out
of my finger.



I prefer a good Kentucky Bourbon on ocassion, but
then, I live in Kentucky. Go figure.


I quite like a good Kentucky bourbon myself, but it's an entirely
different drink, IMHO, from Scotch.

Just for the record, although bourbon can be made anywhere, in order to
be labeled "bourbon", whiskEy must be distilled in Kentucky.

Seems you don't know THAT much about Kentucky Whisky.

Maker's Mark, Early Times and Old Forester are all described as
"whisky" by their makers. Check the labels on the bottles, kid. The
other Kentucky whiskeys use the Irish spelling.

The Highlander


Seems YOU don't know much about Kentucky Whisky, grasshopper. Kentucky "whiskys" are called "Kentucky straight bourbon whiskys", which means that they are a blend of Kentucky Whiskys (which is what Bourbon is), not the carbon-filtered sour mash Whiskeys produced in Tennessee (i.e., Jack Daniels and George Dickel), Canada, and elsewhere. Maker's Mark, Early Times, Old Forester, etc, are all straight Bourbon whiskeys. How the damn thing is spelled is irrelevant, and likely a leftover from the prohibition days when good ole boys made the stuff in stills back in the hollers and caves of Kentucky.

Bourbon can be made anywhere in the United States. All but a couple of brands are made in Kentucky, and Kentucky is the only state allowed to put its name on the bottle. And as Kentucky distillers are quick to point out, Bourbon is not Bourbon unless the label says so. It takes its name from Bourbon County, located in the central Bluegrass region of Kentucky. It was formed from Fayette county in 1785 while still a part of Virginia and named to honor the French Royal Family and was once the major transshipment site for distilled spirits heading down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. Barrels shipped from its ports were stamped with the county's name, and Bourbon and whisky soon became synonymous.

Take it from a Kentuckian who knows.

George


http://www.straightbourbon.com/faq.html#4 :)
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