Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Bourbon

You like the vapors of a single-barrel bourbon filling your nostrils and misting down your throat (http://www.straightbourbon.com/). You also like heresy, which is why you're going to agree with me that bourbon is superior to its loftier relative, scotch.

I'm not gonna get into arguments about 28-year old bottles of whisky (or whiskey) because I've never tasted such a rarefied beverage; there may be some Loch Orkney Angus McHamish cask that puts all other liquids on the planet to shame. But when it comes to more affordable bottles, there's no question that America's spirit is consistently superior to Scotland's. Plus, it's so much less pretentious. Bourbon makes you feel like you've got a sawed-off shotgun under your mattress, and the preacher's wife on top of it.

It's a little wicked, a little low class, and real tasty.

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