Spreading a lie

[dawgball]

I have been guilty of spreading a myth for the last 15 years.

I have always heard/thought that "bourbon" can only be made in KY. If it's made outside of KY, then it is just sour mash whiskey.

Well, lo and behold - I'm as wrong as btj is a racist.

From wikipedia:

Bourbon may be produced anywhere in the United States where it is legal to distill spirits. Currently most brands are produced in Kentucky, where Bourbon has a strong association. Estimates are that 95% of the world's bourbon is distilled and aged in Kentucky. Bourbon has been made in Colorado, Kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourbon_whiskey

I think I have stated this myth on the site several times, so I wanted to clear it up. My whole world is crumbling...

 

[Morris]

Thanks for posting this. I bought some bourbon while in Georgia and my brother in law laughed at me and said it was not bourbon because it was distilled outside of Kentucky.

He is one of those that is never wrong. You bet I'm forwarding this right away!!

 

[kosar]

I think I have stated this myth on the site several times, so I wanted to clear it up.

Thanks for coming clean about this.

 

[Chadman]

Thanks for coming clean about this.

:mj07:

 

[Woodson]

Thanks for coming clean about this.

:mj07:

 

[yyz]

In other hillbilly news, if you fuck your daughter outside of Kentucky, it's still incest.


Carry on.

 

[kickserv]

In related news.......Mikey from the Life Cereal commercials did not explode from ingesting pop rocks.

 

[The Judge]

While the US Government's definition of bourbon may allow it, I would be shocked to learn of any commercially available brand that is distilled outside of Bourbon County. The boys in the hollers take this shit very seriously and folks are routinely drawn and quartered for lesser offenses in those parts. These days, the Kentucky Syndicate carries more stroke than the modern day Mafia.

Perhaps Brother Wayne could weigh in on this discussion. ..

 

[Julene]

You believe everything you read on wiki?

 

[dawgball]

You believe everything you read on wiki?

wikipedia.org has been rated as accurate as either of the two largest paper encyclopedias.

NOTE: I read that on wikipedia

While the US Government's definition of bourbon may allow it, I would be shocked to learn of any commercially available brand that is distilled outside of Bourbon County. The boys in the hollers take this shit very seriously and folks are routinely drawn and quartered for lesser offenses in those parts. These days, the Kentucky Syndicate carries more stroke than the modern day Mafia.

Perhaps Brother Wayne could weigh in on this discussion. ..

There is one in Virginia called "Virginia Gentleman" and several in KY outside of Bourbon County.

Thanks for coming clean about this.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels better about it...

 

[dawgball]

Thanks for posting this. I bought some bourbon while in Georgia and my brother in law laughed at me and said it was not bourbon because it was distilled outside of Kentucky.

He is one of those that is never wrong. You bet I'm forwarding this right away!!

There are currently no bourbons made in GA.

 

[The Joker]

The best......

 

[Morris]

There are currently no bourbons made in GA.

I bought it while I was in Georgia. It was distilled in Alabama if I remember correctly.:shrug:

 

[IE]

joker that stuff is

45.2%.........:scared

right up my alley........:spotting:

 

[dawgball]

joker that stuff is

45.2%.........:scared

right up my alley........:spotting:

Booker's is one of Jim Beam's small batch brands.

It's proof ranges from 121 to 127 (or 60.5% to 69.5%).

http://www.smallbatch.com/bookers

They hand write the proof on each bottle once the distilling process is complete.

 

[IE]

hmmmm,

wonder if that drives itself across the border or it has to be packed....LOLOL

thanks dawgball