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04-19-2003, 09:31 AM | #1 |
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Why I think bourbon is different from most others.
Last night I had some Ketel One vodka. It was good, but it lacked the character that I associate with bourbon. I think that character and unique taste are what separates bourbon from most other liquors.
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04-19-2003, 11:46 AM | #2 | |
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Re: Why I think bourbon is different from most others.
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Eventually the sour mash process would be perfected by Dr. James Crow on Glens Creek in Kentuckey around 1835. The use of charred white oak barrels for the storage and shipment of this whiskey had been in common use for some time. No one knows who started the fortutious trend. At this time Kentucky was now a state and no longer Kentucky County, Virginia. One of the early counties in Kentucky was named after the royal family in France - the Bourbons. We liked France then. They helped us win. This corn whiskey was shipped out of Bourbon County, Kentucky down river to the thirsty French in New Orleans. The barrels were marked "Product of Bourbon County". This young bourbon reminded the drinkers of New Orleans a lot of cognac ( which is also aged in lightly charred oak barrels), so they started asking for it by name. "I'd like some more of that 'Bourbon' whiskey please.". The uniquely American spirit with the funny French name. I love it! Linn
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04-19-2003, 04:03 PM | #3 |
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Every book I've ever read about liquor says the more flavorless, or neutral, the Vodka, the fewer the impurities, hence the better the quality.
Seems kinda stupid to me.
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I like my bourbon a lot, but the vodka I like are the ones that have some guts to them. Stoli Peppar is my love. I am not going to pay a mint for something to mix. I can tell how it going to taste by putting it in the freezer for a couple of days, cracking some pepper over it, with a couple of cubes of ice. If it can stand up to THAT, it is good vodka. Otherwise it costs too much.
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04-21-2003, 08:28 AM | #6 |
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No kidding.
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Gin is this same grain alcohol that is watered down to bottling proof and flavorings added so it tastes like gin. Only imported London Dry Gins are actually distilled using juniper berries. All the others are a sham. There is no expensive aging, and damn little quality control. There is, however, plenty a profit, and lots of tax dollars. Linn
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I read an article in Playboy magazine about Teton Glacier and they sang its praises. Said it was the only vodka in the USA made from potatos and that they actually used water from the Teton Glacier.
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Never heard of Teton Glacier Vodka. Where is it made? I am so jaded by marketing copy that I have to see the distillery for myself and what they are distilling and how are they distilling it. Where is it bottled - on site or off? What's the quality control like? Is it privately owned or does a large drinks conglomerate own it?
I, myself, have no interest in vodka as a spirit, so I pay it little or no attention. Linn
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