Rare Breed is a "barrel-proof bourbon," meaning it is bottled directly from a variety of barrels at the proof it reaches in those barrels, with no added water to lower the proof or dilute the flavor.
Well, crud. That just makes me mad.
I'd switch over to Wild Turkey with its 101 proof if I were a JD drinker.
Fortunately, I'm a Maker's Mark man, so no change necessary.
Is this company hiring? Sombody send me an application.
Modern Drunkard magazine. Wonder what the circulation is?
40 vs. 43? Oh come on...who really notices that subtle difference after 2 or 3 drinks?
So ol' Black Jack waters his whiskey, eh? Whatta suprise. I never liked that sour stuff anyway. However, I did laugh when I read about Modern Drunkard magazine.
As a matter of fact i had noticed a difference. Now i know why. Just Damn.
This is booze not soda pop. I don't get this at all. What's next a low-carb whiskey?
Riiight.
Don't forget if you don't have cough med in the house
That best cough medicine
Hot lemon with hint of JD
We really are facing the end of civilization as we know it.
Rare Breed is a "barrel-proof bourbon," meaning it is bottled directly from a variety of barrels at the proof it reaches in those barrels, with no added water to lower the proof or dilute the flavor.
Do what you wish with JD, but you better NOT do anything to Boone's Farm or MD 20/20.
Is this another example of the Nattering Nanny New Prohibitionism?
Jack Daniels is gasoline.
WHEN PC INVADES AMERICAN WHISKEY COMPANIES, WE'RE IN DEEP CRAP.
You can always go with some Kentucky Straight Bourbon. There are some quality distilleries in Kentucky that make a mighty fine product.
Just as long as Johnny Walker never changes, I'll be good to go.
Modern Drunkard Magazine. LOL!
But THIS is an American drinking tradition they're messing with here! It's like the infamous "New Coke" incident back in the 80's.
Maybe they're afraid of the Satan-inspired wrath of the evil teetotaling minions of MADD, so they dropped the alcohol content by a marginal three percent. It would be just like those dour, pinched-face harridans and harpies to threaten the fine old Jack Daniels distilleries with a class action suit while waving the flimsy evidence of junk science in the face of an activist judge. A pox on them and their lot!
As a side note, I have recently read of an hypothesis that asserts that the origin of the foundation of our very civilizatioon, agriculture, lies on man's God-given need for beer, and the hops and barley needed to produce it.
Furthermore, drinking whiskey is an American tradition that predates the Declaration of Independence and the very Constitution to which we have all pledged our lives and our sacred honor.
On these grounds, I put to you the accusation that MADD itself is an intensely anti-American cabal of ruthless, fraudulent totalitarians, and is, in fact, an enemy of civilization itself!
But you know, that slightly lower proof does make a difference. Last year, I was checking out some of the new flavored "rums" and "vodkas". (I know, I know, they're for girls, but I feel I should know something about a product so that I can more effectively curse, damn and denounce it.)
Those concoctions are generally 70 proof, while the regular run- and vodka-flavored libations bear a proof of 80. I've noticed that if I want to go on an all-out bender, it takes a LOT more of the "girl drink drunk" flavored spirits to get me to the same level of alcoholic bliss than the more manly straight variety.
Unbelievable. I guess I will have to pony up for the specialty bottles as I won't be buying the 80 proof.