What are you drinking tonight, Summer '08

[CorvallisCracker]

Hey Scott, didn't Jim Morrison attend FSU? Would have been before your time there, but not by that much.

Gary

Jim Morrison, as already mentioned, went to UCLA, but yes, briefly attended FSU.

Burt Reynolds attended and graduated from FSU, way before my time.

Faye Dunaway attended my high school, then started at FSU but graduated from U of F (turncoat!!!), also well before my time.

Rita Coolidge attended and graduated from FSU, somewhat before my time. A friend of mine was her roomate at Alpha Gamma Delta sorority.

[CorvallisCracker]

Tonight am drinking ETL SB. Still can't find the smoke.

[Gillman]

Some fine artists from Florida there - and more recently, Tom Petty.

Gary

[callmeox]

Q - Which of these has the greater attraction?

a) A magnet and steel

Flying insects and a wood project with a fresh coat of polyurethane

A - If you didn't choose answer 'b', you were not in my garage this evening. :smiley_acbt:

(Binny's) Weller 12 this evening. It's been a while, but I still love this one.

[OscarV]

Evan Williams Green Label 80 proof over cracked ice.

Very good, spicey, menthol like, refreshing.

[ratcheer]

My sister graduated from FSU.

Tim

[CorvallisCracker]

In another thread Gary wrote:

I think old saws get updated every generation.

and in this thread I note that Oscar has a new SIG:

Bourbon will get you thru times of no money better than money will get you thru time of no bourbon.

Several questions immediately come to mind:

1. What would the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers have to say about that?

2. Did the FFFB drink bourbon?

3. Can bourbon be used in a bong?

4. How about if it's Geo T Stagg?

5. If the FFFB drank bourbon, would it be before or after they used it in a bong?

6. Is the reason the FFFB are no longer around is because they used Geo T Stagg in a bong?

Enquiring minds want to know!

[OscarV]

Enquiring minds want to know!

I'd answer the question, but,... uh,... I forgot it , man.

[CorvallisCracker]

My sister graduated from FSU.

Tim

Cool! Is she an actress, folk singer or something else?

What year did she graduate? Maybe we shared a bong^h^httle of bourbon.

[CorvallisCracker]

Finally home.

Weller 12.

Gawd how I missed this stuff.

[ACDetroit]

Some old school Wild Turkey Rye, the Green label with Red writing! Man this stuff is wonderful.

I may try the Rittenhouse 21yr old next to compare!

Tony

[callmeox]

It's straight rye night here. Woo hoo!

I forgot that I had another rye queued up in front of my two new purchases, so I opened the Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye that I got from another SB'er and it set my head spinning. Cloves, leather and tobacco on the nose, toffee and a hint of cinnamon on the palate and a long warm finish with some tannin dryness late. Very mature tasting.

Next up is the Rittenhouse BIB and then bed.

[StraightBoston]

Vbt #124 (wait for it) with two "comparables". It finished #2 of 3, which is exactly what I expected (and hopefully no hint at all...)

[HighTower]

Rare Breed and Kentucky Spirit. I will be sad when this KS is empty, it's a great bottle!

Scott

[OscarV]

I will be sad when this KS is empty, it's a great bottle!

Scott

We'll do a memorial for it over on the Empty Bottle Support Group thread when it get's killed.

[ratcheer]

Cool! Is she an actress, folk singer or something else?

What year did she graduate? Maybe we shared a bong^h^httle of bourbon.

She is a now-retired school teacher. I am unsure what year she graduated, probably sometime around 1964. Maybe just a little later than that.

Tim

[CorvallisCracker]

She is a now-retired school teacher. I am unsure what year she graduated, probably sometime around 1964. Maybe just a little later than that.

Tim

Well before my time. But she would have been there at the same time as Jim Morrison.

[smokinjoe]

Well before my time. But she would have been there at the same time as Jim Morrison.

CC, you would have overlapped with our buddy Jimmy (Troyce on this site). FSU grad of 1973. Ran track.

JOE

[OscarV]

Evan Williams Green Label 80 proof over cracked ice.

Very good, spicey, menthol like, refreshing.

I'm back on it.

The first thing you notice is it's age or lack of it I should say. It is young and that really gets my attention because I drink so many 8 year olds and up.

The wood taste like it was just cut, but I don't mean that in a bad way.

Some youngsters are good.

I mentioned the menthol taste to my bride and she asked me, "Is that why it comes in a green label?"

She instantly cheapened the bottle for me but I am back on it.

I like it.

In fact I would go so far as to say that it reminds me of what Wild Turkey Rye might taste like if it was only a couple years old.

I think I'll do a WTR next.

[OscarV]

I think I'll do a WTR next.

Let me first apoligize to all fellow Turkey fans.

WTR totally out classes EWGL. WT ages better than any ryes or ryed bourbons on the market.

But still, this EWGL has something to it, I'm having another and thinking this is the summer of Evan.

[bigtoys]

Well, I know it's just the afternoon, but I'm drinking 4R Small Batch to start off a long weekend. Been driving around with the top down--gorgeous day in Chicagoland. Fleming's for steak tonight.

Going to NYC tomorrow; will try to hit Blue Smoke for their van Winkle.

[Gillman]

Nice day! By the way, how do you read that statement of Lyndon Johnson? I mean, it stands to reason one will get very sick drinking a quart of bourbon (in fact doing this can easily kill a person). Was he being critical of over-drinking in general? Just trying to figure out what he meant.

Gary

[OscarV]

Nice day! By the way, how do you read that statement of Lyndon Johnson? I mean, it stands to reason one will get very sick drinking a quart of bourbon (in fact doing this can easily kill a person). Was he being critical of over-drinking in general? Just trying to figure out what he meant.

Gary

My take on it is that he was explaining how to deal with political opponents, because he was such a huge politcal and powerful man in his day.

I think he was saying in a more colorful way the old addage, "Kill them with kindness."

[PhilsFan]

Last night, Weller Centennial followed by just a few sips of GTS '07 neat.

-Joe

[cigarnv]

VOB BIB neat with a Partagas Corona....