Bourbon Sweetness, The Eclipse, Names & Non-Geometric Proofs

Hello and Cheers!

This week, let's go high proof, why is my bourbon sweet, did you just call me a drunkard and The Whole of the Moon in April - Bourbon Eclipse.

Sweetness in my bourbon? Sure. It is all about the corn. Some folks use red corn(J Henry) other blue(Widow Jane). Either way, corn aging and some other stuff give the dram a candy-like ambiance. Don't you think?

Name calling. There are almost 300-500 different ways to refer to someone as 'drunk'. Who knew?

When you look at the Moon, you see the crescent, we all do. But have you trained yourself to see the Whole of The Moon? Well, the solar eclipse swings across the states again, in April. Booze and the Moon in the middle of the day.

What could possibly go wrong?

Enjoy, my friends. Pour a dram and tell stories until the bottle is empty. Then open another. If you get gazeboed, don't mention my name.

Cheers!

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Sweet - No Sugar Added

One of the words used to describe bourbon is 'sweet' which is leagues above the word 'smooth'. But what is meant when somebody uses it to describe the taste?

Well, for me, Rock n Rye, a combo of Rye bourbon or whiskey and rock sugar, is sweet. Some consider Jack Daniels to be sweet.

Huh?

It's the corn, the aging and sometimes, the mash. But mostly, corn.

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Can any English word be turned into a synonym for “drunk”?

Yes. Call it what you want. It has been around as long as humans have been eating things that come out of the ground.

" Benjamin Franklin got into the act with his 1737 Drinker's Dictionary, listing 288 words and phrases for denoting drunkenness."

The next time you're out and about or sipping the lights fantastic at home, instead of sloshed go consider using a different drunkonym to describe the state. How about, "ramsquaddled"?

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High Proof & Low Proof: What Difference Say You?

For the record, I love high proof bourbons; a buck twenty is just fine with me. Higher even better.

But I might be a mutant, from bourbon mutant island. Oh well.

Whiskey at a higher proof point has had less water added to it, resulting in a higher concentration of aromas and flavors,"

If you haven't taken the high-proof journey, I recommend Old Forester 1920 to start. Heaven help you if you like it because you are just beginning a journey of "...an overall intensity of aroma and flavors..."

This is a good article to read.

The Whole of the Moon

The bourbon-dudes in Kentucky are releasing their solar eclipse bourbon. I get it. Anything for more marketing mileage, right?

Well, I like locomotives and the Full Moon so it makes sense I would find a Casey Jones Total Eclipse Bourbon.

Never had it - if you have, let me know.

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