Beverages and Blades - Traditional of Course

I was thinking Kentucky or Tennessee, but today is for Texas and Texas alone. 185 years ago today was the of a 13th and final day of a siege, a day a group of men gave everything and whos sacrifice became the battle cry that gave birth to a republic.

"... our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat."
Lt. Col.comdt. William Barret Travis

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Mitt said:
I was thinking Kentucky or Tennessee, but today is for Texas and Texas alone. 185 years ago today was the of a 13th and final day of a siege, a day a group of men gave everything and whos sacrifice became the battle cry that gave birth to a republic.

"... our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat."
Lt. Col.comdt. William Barret Travis

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Excellent Mitt! Here’s to our former Republic! Though I’m out of Garrison Brothers at the moment.....
 
black mamba said:
Caol Ila is one of my favorite Islays. I'd say it's less sweet than Lagavullin, less peaty than Ardbeg, more seaside briney.
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rarreola said:
Caol Ila is primarily focused on producing smokey peated single malt for use within Johnnie Walker's blended whiskies.
it's strong but you get used to it, I love it.
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hornetguy said:
I hereby vow to never come back on this thread again. You guys are a TERRIBLE influence on me.. (yeah, we'll see how THAT works out...:rolleyes: )
I had to stop at the store this afternoon after work, and found a bottle of this stuff.... in a nutshell.... it's amazing! Oh, mylanta (do the cool kids still say that?) It is smooth, with a kick, and a GREAT flavor profile. I'm not sophisticated enough to wax eloquently about nose, finish, musical notes, whatever... but this Islay is wonderful. And this is just after a two finger glass of it, accompanied by an Oliva Wrath Habano "seconds" cigar.
The biggest problem is that the one bottle cost 3/4 of a C-note. :(
Look for a bunch of sales threads on the exchange, as I try to finance my new addiction....
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This sounds right up my alley. Might be my next purchase. Thanks for the info.
 
Mitt said:
Its the weakest in flavor its also not the strongest I have. Most of what is on my shelves is single barrel, they tend to have better a flavor. I have a bottle of Balcones True Blue cask strength single barrel that was bottled at 128 proof.
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Yes... the single barrels are usually pretty high octane. I've not had one that is as high as that Balcones, though. That's a Texas whiskey, isn't it? I might have to try to find one of those, for those days when I'm feelin froggy..... :D
 
Mitt said:
I was thinking Kentucky or Tennessee, but today is for Texas and Texas alone. 185 years ago today was the of a 13th and final day of a siege, a day a group of men gave everything and whos sacrifice became the battle cry that gave birth to a republic.

"... our flag still waves proudly from the walls - I shall never surrender or retreat."
Lt. Col.comdt. William Barret Travis

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Well said.... wish I could like this post twice....
 
hornetguy said:
Yes... the single barrels are usually pretty high octane. I've not had one that is as high as that Balcones, though. That's a Texas whiskey, isn't it? I might have to try to find one of those, for those days when I'm feelin froggy..... :D
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Yep, out of Waco of all places.
 
I was born about 35 miles from there.... I think it is my patriotic duty to go buy a bottle....:thumbsup:
 
hornetguy said:
I was born about 35 miles from there.... I think it is my patriotic duty to go buy a bottle....:thumbsup:
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They make a wide range of whiskies. I haven’t opened the single barrel true blue yet, but their regular true blue isn’t bad. They do a few different pot still and single malts, wheat and rye whiskies. They even had a peated single malt. I’m not sure if they still do or not, I have only seen it once.
 
So not like this stuff Jer?
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Foregoing my normal distaste of anything with the words tropical or pacific in the brew name.. this one intrigued me...I got mix n match 4 pack of Batch beers....the tasman tango is apparently because it has kiwi and aussie hops...in a lucsious dance of flavour or some such bulls###....as if that would ever happen...gotta say...not bad at all...
Cheers.
 
scrteened porch said:
I have a new favorite beer. Upper Hand Brewery's Upper Peninsula Ale. (Their original and flagship.) No funny tastes up front or after, up the nose or back of the tongue. Just a nice, clean ale.
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Sounds like a recommendation, Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:
I'm sure I've had beer from that brewery, probably while vacationing in the UP, and probably some kind of porter or stout if they brew it. The fact that I don't remember any details probably says more about my memory than about the quality of the beer.

I checked the brewery's website and found out that their products are available at 106 retail outlets within 10 miles of my zip code, including Miti Mini Liquor just 3 blocks down the alley from my house. Of course, at the Miti Mini, a 6-pack probably costs $25! (Haven't actually checked, but they don't typically have discount prices.)

- GT
 
5K Qs said:
Sounds like a recommendation, Jer. :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:
I'm sure I've had beer from that brewery, probably while vacationing in the UP, and probably some kind of porter or stout if they brew it. The fact that I don't remember any details probably says more about my memory than about the quality of the beer.

I checked the brewery's website and found out that their products are available at 106 retail outlets within 10 miles of my zip code, including Miti Mini Liquor just 3 blocks down the alley from my house. Of course, at the Miti Mini, a 6-pack probably costs $25! (Haven't actually checked, but they don't typically have discount prices.)

- GT
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That's a useful feature of their website. I had it draft from my favorite bar, but they have it at a near-by Harding's also.
 
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