Interesting story on Bourbon

[Rustyt1953]

My dad was born in Northern KY in 1926. He said as a young man some likkers didn't have much in the way of labels. He said it didn't matter as his taste buds couldn't read anyway.

 

[Jack Flash]

 

[Lee Barner]

Peter, down here, our's doesn't have a brand, but I know which woods it was cooked in. lee

 

[S&WIowegan]

This reminds me of our Templeton Rye scandal here in Iowa. Approximately 10 yrs. ago a so-called entrepreneur decided to re-create Templeton Rye which was bootleg whiskey made illegally during Prohibition by people living in the Templeton area of western Iowa. Supposedly Al Capone(a man of impeccable taste) thought it was the good stuff.

Said entrepreneur was in a hurry so he sourced his whiskey from the fore-mentioned distillery in Indiana. He says that the whiskey was at least bottled in Iowa and probably aged a bit too. His deception was exposed and business seems to have fallen off considerably. At one time the stuff sold so quickly it was near impossible to find.

Yup....I have part of a bottle left.

 

[vt_shooter]

Peter, down here, our's doesn't have a brand, but I know which woods it was cooked in. lee

Now that's a great post!!!

 

[Texas Star]

I was under the impression that Scotch was aged in used sherry casks, not in bourbon barrels.

If anyone wants, I can discuss sherry. Or, just look it up, including the solera system. All REAL sherry is Spanish, BTW. Good bottlers include Pedro Domecq and Harvey's of Bristol. I've seen only the Full Cream sort from the latter.

A good oloroso or full cream sherry is a good accompaniment to nuts.

 

[Ogandydancer]

We just started to get Buffalo Trace in my area and it cannot be had all the time. The local State owned stores only get in abot 5 to 6 cases every two to three months which they split between each other so you have to have your name on a call list and when it comes in they will call you but you only have a certain amount of time to pick it up. Otherwise it's first come first served.

I am primarily a Scotch and Irish drinker. Been planning to try some Tullimore Dew or Black Bush but, haven't done so yet.

 

[Bill Bates]

I was under the impression that Scotch was aged in used sherry casks, not in bourbon barrels.

If anyone wants, I can discuss sherry. Or, just look it up, including the solera system. All REAL sherry is Spanish, BTW. Good bottlers include Pedro Domecq and Harvey's of Bristol. I've seen only the Full Cream sort from the latter.

A good oloroso or full cream sherry is a good accompaniment to nuts.

Most Scotch whiskies are aged in used bourbon cask and then finished in used sherry and some other used liquor casks such as run, port, wine, etc.

 

[Absalom]

Most Scotch whiskies are aged in used bourbon cask and then finished in used sherry and some other used liquor casks such as run, port, wine, etc.

The Scots and Irish supposedly learned about the benefits of sherry cask aging when they fished wine casks out of the surf that had washed ashore from the remnants of the Spanish Armada in 1588

Only a few pricier Scotch labels like Macallan offer bottlings aged entirely in sherry casks. And since sherry consumption is way down compared to whisky demand, they can't just buy used sherry casks anymore. Edrington, the owners of Macallan, have the barrels built in Spain, then basically "rent" sherry to season the casks, and then ship them to Scotland.

On the other hand, since US law requires bourbon to be aged in new oak barrels, these cannot be re-used for bourbon and are sold to Scotland. Barrels aren't cheap, and bourbon would be a lot more expensive overall if it weren't for Scotch.

 

[rwsmith]

I haven't had.........

....any alcohol in years. But reading these I wonder if would still like Bourbon whisky as it seems my tastes have changed. I wonder what I'd be drinking today.

I KNOW that I outgrew Bourbon with a sweet taste. I never thought that there could be 'candy' Bourbon, but I've had some and it's sickening. Jim Beam for one. I liked Whisky Sours at one time.

I hate Canadian Whisky, even the good stuff. Not sure why.

I did drink some Scotch but I never got into good brands so I can't give it a fair assessment.

A nasty Margarita was my favorite (not those frozen 'dessert' Margaritas)

I smelled something my son had the other day that I believe I"d drink a whole bottle of. Courvoisier XO. I think I'll take a bath in it and spray it all over the house.

 

[yashua-p]

Kinda lake what May West said about beer. "You can pour it back in the horse."

regards

yashua

 

[03hemi]

When I wrote a column for, The Dallas Morning News and sold a couple of articles to the Food Editor, she asked me to try a whiskey that she'd concealed in a brown bag.

"What does that taste like to you?" asked Leigh.

"More like Bourbon than anything," I replied. "What is it?"

She explained that it was a Japanese attempt to make Scotch! They copy many things, but real Scots whisky (their spelling) needs to be made in Scotland, and not just for honesty reasons. The water, peat, and method all produce distinct whiskies.

I don't think anyone will fake good Scotch.

Scotch isn't scotch unless it comes form Scotland, just like Bourbon isn't bourbon unless it comes from Bourbon, KY.