In one of The Doors’s songs, it sounds like Jim Morrison sings, “Woke up this morning and I got myself a beer.” I’ve heard that’s wrong; what he really says is “got myself a beard” but I’ve been mishearing it for so long that the first way is what I hear. And, from time to [...]
Filed under: Beer, scotch on September 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
At first blush it seems unlikely that waste material from making whisky could be used to make electricity. Once the liquor is created, it leaves behind dirty water and spent grain and not much else. As has been done for centuries by brewers and distillers alike, the grain is generally given or sold to local [...]
Filed under: scotch, whiskey, whisky on February 28th, 2011 | No Comments »
The quick answer is to not call it that. In practice, that answer led to £60,000 in monthly profits for some Indian entrepreneurs and, eventually, to a half dozen arrests. Here’s what happened. The criminal masterminds in our little morality play were blending a couple of locally produced whiskeys, Signature and Bagpiper, aka Punjabi rocket [...]
Filed under: booze, scotch, whiskey, whisky on February 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
As you know, the term whisky is generally reserved for Scotch. Whiskey is the word used for the same sort of stuff made outside of Scotland although this distinction isn’t recognized in all cases. Some regions and countries choose to respect this distinction by writing it into law. Add China, Panama and Vietnam to the [...]
Filed under: Alcohol Law, scotch, whiskey, whisky on December 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
Frankly, I know nothing about Joe E. Lewis. But, I can’t argue with his position on water. It just takes up space in the glass that you could fill with more whisky! Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I’m thirsty, not dirty. -Joe E. Lewis Part of the [...]
Filed under: alcohol quotes, booze, scotch, whiskey, whisky on November 6th, 2010 | No Comments »
If you want a good quote about pretty much anything but especially alcohol, check in with W.C. Fields. The man knew his one-liners and he definitely knew his booze! Set up another case bartender! The best thing for a case of nerves is a case of Scotch. -W. C. Fields By the way, while we’re [...]
Filed under: alcohol quotes, scotch, whisky on November 4th, 2010 | No Comments »
I’m not going to get into the whiskey v. whisky thing again, I think I already stepped deeply enough into that one. But when thinking of cold weather booze I have to mention this beloved brown liquor. When it comes to whiskey, it’s all good – Irish, Scotch or Bourbon. Each one has it’s own [...]
Filed under: Bourbon, cold weather booze, irish, scotch on January 28th, 2010 | No Comments »
Do you know who Ernest Shackleton was? After Columbus, he might be the most famous explorer who didn’t find what he was looking for. In 1909 he and his team attempted to go to the South Pole. When supplies ran out they had to turn back before making it. Now we know that they left [...]
Filed under: scotch, whisky on November 20th, 2009 | No Comments »
I think it was George Carlin who neatly divided all other drivers on the road between idiots and morons. The idiots are anyone who is driving faster than you as in “Would you look at that idiot go?” Morons are anyone who is driving slower than you, especially if they are in your way as [...]
Filed under: scotch, whisky on February 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
For most Scotch lovers the art of the thing is what’s inside the bottle. Since Scotch is on the pricier end of the booze spectrum I haven’t had the chance to taste a lot of really fine bottles. But the few that I have tried left indelible sense memories that are as strong as the [...]
Filed under: scotch, whiskey, whisky on October 30th, 2008 | No Comments »