Yes, I just looked out the window at the front steps and the lower part of the driveway, as well as the whole driveway going out to the road, and that thin layer of ice and snow has already melted quite a bit, and after checking the weather for my area over the next few days, I can forego the shoveling today, and just concentrate on those business letters, a nice meal, and of course, more bourbon. Oh, and get a shave too before the day is out, guy!!! Sheesh, what a mane, you'd think I was auditioning for a part on Animal Planet.
After having my third tasting of the Sazerac 18 year old rye a little earlier, I think I'll go for my second tasting of the W.L. Weller 12 year old bourbon after I have that strip and burgers. It looks like the Sazerac rye is a big winner with me. It's only the second rye I've ever had, the other being the Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 year old, and to tell you the truth, if I was going to the guillotine or firing squad, I might actually ask for one of those rather than any of my Top Ten bourbons.
And don't forget, us Bourbonites all know that rye and bourbon enjoy a close kinship, both of them being the ORIGINAL and uniquely American whiskeys, from WAY BACK!!! Bourbon is rye, and rye is bourbon, kinda sorta, as long as one of them is the 51% it's supposed to be. Okay, let's be more specific and considerate of those who don't know what we're talking about. They're both distilled and stored in the same way, and subject to the same regulations, but bourbon has to have a mash bill containing at least 51% corn and be stored in charred new oak barrels for at least two years. Rye has to have a mash bill of 51% and the rest also applies. As for this "law" that says bourbon must be made in Kentucky, it is in fact not a law, it is tradition, and distilleries like Jack Daniels refrain from stepping on tradition.
Another difference in Jack products is that they are filtered through maple infused charcoal, hence it is at its end a different product, Tennessee Whiskey.
One distillery that has boldly stepped out in calling its product bourbon is Virginia Gentleman and there is at least one other currently made bourbon whose name escapes me right now not made in Kentucky. Another bourbon that was originally distilled in Pennsylvania and then bottled in Kentucky is my No. 1, the A.H. Hirsch Reserve 16 year old, of which there are precious few bottles left in this world, as it is not made anymore, the distillery having closed down years ago. Three reside in the cabinet under my bar, as we speak!!!
After having my third tasting of the Sazerac 18 year old rye a little earlier, I think I'll go for my second tasting of the W.L. Weller 12 year old bourbon after I have that strip and burgers. It looks like the Sazerac rye is a big winner with me. It's only the second rye I've ever had, the other being the Van Winkle Family Reserve 13 year old, and to tell you the truth, if I was going to the guillotine or firing squad, I might actually ask for one of those rather than any of my Top Ten bourbons.
And don't forget, us Bourbonites all know that rye and bourbon enjoy a close kinship, both of them being the ORIGINAL and uniquely American whiskeys, from WAY BACK!!! Bourbon is rye, and rye is bourbon, kinda sorta, as long as one of them is the 51% it's supposed to be. Okay, let's be more specific and considerate of those who don't know what we're talking about. They're both distilled and stored in the same way, and subject to the same regulations, but bourbon has to have a mash bill containing at least 51% corn and be stored in charred new oak barrels for at least two years. Rye has to have a mash bill of 51% and the rest also applies. As for this "law" that says bourbon must be made in Kentucky, it is in fact not a law, it is tradition, and distilleries like Jack Daniels refrain from stepping on tradition.
Another difference in Jack products is that they are filtered through maple infused charcoal, hence it is at its end a different product, Tennessee Whiskey.
One distillery that has boldly stepped out in calling its product bourbon is Virginia Gentleman and there is at least one other currently made bourbon whose name escapes me right now not made in Kentucky. Another bourbon that was originally distilled in Pennsylvania and then bottled in Kentucky is my No. 1, the A.H. Hirsch Reserve 16 year old, of which there are precious few bottles left in this world, as it is not made anymore, the distillery having closed down years ago. Three reside in the cabinet under my bar, as we speak!!!