Whisky- enjoyment, reviews, prohibition, anything.

[hellbilly]

I'd like to plan a trip to the Daniels' distillery someday.. had no idea it was in a dry county.. how stupid is that?!

I grew up in a dry county, but I also grew up around a lot of drunk people! There were a lot of likker stores just past the county line.. so it pretty much fails as a law.

Never had flavored vodka.. usually just have that mixed with some sort of juice..

[hellbilly]

Tell your historical bullshit to the coal miners who built the goddamn state and fathered a dozen children each, polacks and germans with backs a yard wide who could rip an oak stump out of the ground with their bare hands.  Theres a reason they were not allowed to drink, and that reason is because they would beat the motherfuckin shit out of people who told them to shut the fuck up.   

Hell yeah.

And also consider what productive people they were back then. True DIY'ers... manual labor, hard work- and many stared their day with a shot of likker, had some for lunch, and had some before bed.

[BonerJoe]

Tell your historical bullshit to the coal miners who built the goddamn state and fathered a dozen children each, polacks and germans with backs a yard wide who could rip an oak stump out of the ground with their bare hands.  Theres a reason they were not allowed to drink, and that reason is because they would beat the motherfuckin shit out of people who told them to shut the fuck up.   

Hell yeah.

And also consider what productive people they were back then. True DIY'ers... manual labor, hard work- and many stared their day with a shot of likker, had some for lunch, and had some before bed.

And lived to be 90, on a diet of bacon. 

Light beer? Meh.

[Riddler]

the guys (mostly italians) working in the granite quarries in town many years ago, were allowed to drink one bottle of wine at lunch.
this wasn't store bought, neither...it was the pipe-hittin' squeezins they made at home...
fuck osha

[Diogenes The Cynic]

Dont knock home distillaries. I personally have a beer kit in my dorm room.


(you know, for a dude who has only been here 2 days, I seem to mesh in quite well.)

[hellbilly]

What are you brewing?

I've had some really good home brewed stout..

[Diogenes The Cynic]

Brewing premade canned beer. its  first step.
Liquor is illegal to brew in NY state

[hellbilly]

Kilbeggan:



Hadn't seen this label before, thought I'd try it out.

It's less than average... no real taste, nothing unique, not harsh, not sweet, not flavorful. Ah well.. the label does say "blended".

Did some reading and found out Kilbeggan was once a distillery owned by John Locke. Was shut down for 50 years and only began functioning again a few years ago.

Verdict: skipit.

[Sam Gunn (since nobody got Admiral Naismith)]

Damn and that's an attractive bottle too, if not for the advice I probably would have picked it up myself too

[Riddler]

Kilbeggan:



Hadn't seen this label before, thought I'd try it out.

It's less than average... no real taste, nothing unique, not harsh, not sweet, not flavorful. Ah well.. the label does say "blended".

Did some reading and found out Kilbeggan was once a distillery owned by John Locke. Was shut down for 50 years and only began functioning again a few years ago.
Verdict: skipit.



or, per your review, only started non-functioning again.......
maybe they didn't rinse out/dust off the equipment thoroughly.....course, that would have given it some flavor...

[hellbilly]

Rest assured, the ATF is still working hard to keep you safe from outlaw "Moonshiners"..

'Popcorn' Sutton cops a plea, faces 15 years, $500K fine

"Moonshine is romanticized in folklore and the movies," ATF Special Agent in Charge James Cavanaugh said in the release. "The truth, though, is that moonshine is a dangerous health issue and breeds other crime."

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/mar/14/law-gets-notorious-moonshiner-popcorn-sutton---aga/

This article has his mugshot-
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/apr/03/popcorn-sutton-cops-plea-faces-15-years-500k-fine/

And, here's a video of the criminal at work..
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[mike the godless heathen]

HE'S A CRIMINAL!!  A DIRTY FUCKING CRIMINAL!!  WE NEED TO BUST HIS DOORS DOWN WITH GUNS A BLAZING AND WIPE THAT SCUM OFF THE FACE OF THE FUCKING EARTH!!  THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HE HURTS WITH HIS SHINE!!  EVIL VILE MAN!!

[bakerbaker]

I ordered a whiskey and coke when i was at the bars last.

can't drink that nor any liquor straight.

[hellbilly]

HE'S A CRIMINAL!!  A DIRTY FUCKING CRIMINAL!!  WE NEED TO BUST HIS DOORS DOWN WITH GUNS A BLAZING AND WIPE THAT SCUM OFF THE FACE OF THE FUCKING EARTH!!  THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HE HURTS WITH HIS SHINE!!  EVIL VILE MAN!!

If you read some of the comments people leave as feedback for these news articles and on related blogs- a lot of them pretty much say this or just call him a lazy bum. However, I did see a lot of people calling this out as bullshit too.

[mike the godless heathen]

HE'S A CRIMINAL!!  A DIRTY FUCKING CRIMINAL!!  WE NEED TO BUST HIS DOORS DOWN WITH GUNS A BLAZING AND WIPE THAT SCUM OFF THE FACE OF THE FUCKING EARTH!!  THINK OF HOW MANY PEOPLE HE HURTS WITH HIS SHINE!!  EVIL VILE MAN!!

If you read some of the comments people leave as feedback for these news articles and on related blogs- a lot of them pretty much say this or just call him a lazy bum. However, I did see a lot of people calling this out as bullshit too.

seems to me the guy wants to live his life, do his thing, and be left the hell alone.  i see zero problems with that lifestyle.