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Send to me for verification, I'll send back a free drinkability report post-analysis.

First off, ditch the sodas. Your doctor will be so impressed, he won't care that you're still drinking bourbon.

Secondly, bourbon and water is your friend. You can pick whatever proof you want (as...

George T Stagg and Eagle Rare are supposed to be the same mashbill.

No offense to Maia, whom I've had the pleasure of meeting several times, but it's a bit sad that this is currently the most interesting thread on SB.

Hi Maia :toast: glad to see you here.

What is this, 1979?:slappin:

1.75L is the largest size for distilled spirits.

Just to point out: Even if you were to go elsewhere to buy a whole barrel, you'd still have to buy it in a store, as liquor has to go through the three tier system. A distillery can't sell to an...

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Ya want crazy dreams, try nicotine patches.

Not, me. I'll happily mix your Manhatten, Sazerac, Old Fashioned or Highball for you, though there's usually no Coke, but I'll pour you one if it's in the house. My house, my pour, my choice of...

Thanks, Dave. Number 5 satisfies me.

I don't believe that straight forward information has to be an inaccurate, gross simplification.

...and it's Timothy.

Well, I will. After all, we are in the "New to Straightbourbon' section. I believe it is important to take the time and explain things in terms that as many people as possible can understand. I try...

The point was that those whiskies from that one area may have all dropped in proof, so your "Master Distillers mingle barrels from upper and lower floors/racks/ricks and the resulting whiskey will be...

The point was that making blanket statements such as that can lead to the spreading of inaccurate information. If you or I or Jimmy Russell make a statement such as that and don't give a "but...

Of course, not all batches of whiskey are mingled from multiple floors. Some batches would be from a single spot in the warehouse where the whiskey was put away for a specific reason, such as an...

And if Jimmy Russell was so careless as to make the statement:

"Whiskey gains alcohol in the barrel in Kentucky and loses some in Scotland."

Do you think people on his tours would take him at...

First, you should really learn how to properly quote, as this would make it much easier.



You are correct, I should have said "gains in proof" however, I was just taking the previous statement...

Oh, once you get to mingling, damn near every whiskey goes down in proof, as they have this tenancy to add water to the batch...

I would accept the statement:

In General, (or Most Commonly,) whiskey gains alcohol in the barrel in Kentucky and loses some in Scotland.

However, without the "in general" qualification, many,...

I'll admit that blanket statements make my skin crawl. But here's a list of bottling proofs for FR 40th that were barreled at 105-110 proof.

151A 105 proof
151B 100.4 proof
151C 104.6 proof
...

I'm not sure why you continue to argue this, as your original post and my counter post only differ over molecule size effects. The rest of both explanations relates to temperature and humidity...

That is only the most common result. There are barrels that drop in proof in KY.

Pay attention:

Yes, the barrel acts as a membrane (as I mentioned way back when) however the membrane is NOT restricting the differences in rate of evaporation between alcohol and water due to the...

If you have a membrane, which the barrel certainly is (and I refer to it as such in the second post-I'm the guy with the questions:cool:), and you put two compounds that can both get through it on...

Here'a nice couple posts by Tim Dellinger:

The first one shoots down the whole water molecule theory

And the second is a more complete explanation.

EDIT: Actually the whole thread that the...