Posted on 05/06/2010 5:51:52 AM PDT by Palter
Let me make sure I understand clearly what you’re saying before I attempt to answer you.
Do you really mean it when you say that the geographic area in which I live has anything to do with what I know?
Please, continue to enlighten me with your pseudo-intellectual musings.
Bump for later
Well, no sense in being insulting, so I’ll not return your attitude.
What I am saying is: I have enjoyed the company of white whiskey drinkers in my native South. For the most part, those I have known who drink ‘shine do so in moderation. However, if one has not been in the company of such folk then one would not know that. So, yes, where a person is from and who they’ve known can have an impact on their perceptions and even their knowledge.
Yep I knew Popcorn personaly used to live right down the road from him believe it or not Ole Hank came to his funeral. He made some good shine but you had to tell him you wanted drinking liquor not selling liquor you might know what I’m talking about.
Ok, maybe it was a bit presumptive on my part that one would drink this stuff just to get blind drunk.
IMHO, it doesn’t have much flavor. But that’s just my opinion.
I’m from L.A.
That’s Lower Alabama... local reference to this part of Northwest Florida.
I loves me some too. I like to fill a fresh watermelon with a quart, let it sit for a couple of days, then make some hunch punch with it. Gotta be careful, it will sneak up on ya quicker than a snake.
Hank did attend the funeral. I’m very envious that you knew him, he was a living legend, a link to a forgotten past.
My only claim to fame is that my wife’s parents went to school with and grew up down the road from Loretta Lynn.
I’ve spent some time in the L.A. that you speak of...and lived for 5 years in Wakulla CO. Great part of the world.
As far as flavor goes, I’ll have a Lagavulin as my first choice.
The whiskey tax imposed by the late G Washington was later repealed. Today’s tax on distilled spirits dates to the tyrannical reign of one Abraham Lincoln.
That hasn't seemed to have hurt vodka sales much.
Good point!
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