the beginning of Trump’s second term, before The Camps, and The Disappearances, when there were still LGBTQ bars.
Noooo I think that’s illegal! Somehow!!
I’m just imagining all those “illegal” boycotters receiving bills
None of the gay men I know would drink that swill anyway. But, I respect the right to peacefully protest.
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Cuts down on their overhead
Dear god, not the smoke flavored sewage
Like they mention in the article, I also recommend the Uncle Nearest brand.
Uncle Nearest (his name was Nearest Green) was a slave who worked with Jack Daniels to create his famous whiskey. He was (I believe) the first black Master Distiller.
His descendants have created their own distillery. His great-great-granddaughter is now their Master Blender and man are those blends good. I went on the tour last year - highly recommend if you’re ever in Tennessee.
1, thats awesome. 2, they note gluten free specifically - which if they test for it (I really hope they do when they make the claim, because distillation does not guarantee gluten-free) means I’ve got a new whiskey to enjoy!
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Added ingredients is the usual culprit, that said - some barrel pastes use a wheat base, which can then be a problem. Good ones use beeswax.
Some double distilled can be a problem for me. I obviously have no way of testing other than bad experiences, but I have yet to find a triple distilled thats an issue.
Short answer - “should” and “does” are two separate issues. “Should” isn’t good enough when it comes to a medical issue, something I’ve learned the hard way with being gluten free.
I assumed all distilled alcohol was gluten free. Perhaps there are some odd production exceptions.
Thank you for this <3
Who can stand that rotgut anyway?
This reminds me of when practically every bar in NYC pulled Bulleit off the shelves after it was revealed that the owner of the distillery was some homophobic asshole.
Even now, there are a lot of bars in NYC that refused to carry it.
That’s why I developed an appreciation for Jim Beam. Less expensive, and I like it better.
And fuck Jack Daniels. They stole the recipe from Jim Beam and ran over the river into Tennessee and started their own distillery. That shit isn’t even bourbon.
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Agreed, although I will say that, everywhere else I’ve been, Florida is a good example, the price of a bottle was only a few dollars more. Not nine dollars.
But that’s not the wholesale price, that’s the retail price. And that is also absolute crazy bullshit. I can see how it was not a hard decision to make.
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Like I said, I’m not too familiar with wholesale pricing. I’ll take your word for it.
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Bulleit used to be my at-home go-to until that news broke out. Since then, I’ve started preferring smaller and local distilleries’ whiskey. It costs a little more by it tastes way better and my money isn’t going to some giant corporation.
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Basil Hayden is a solid bourbon, and it’s a Jim Beam product.
That shit isn’t even bourbon.
It is. It meets all the legal requirements to be called bourbon (at least 51% corn in the mashbill, distilled in the United States, distilled at lower than 160 proof, aged in charred new oak barrels, barreled at lower than 125 proof, bottled at between 80 proof and 150 proof, no added coloring or flavors).
They just choose not to label themselves with that name.
I thought their filtration process DQ’d them from the strict bourbon definition as well, although they meet the rest of the criteria.
In any case, it’s still disgusting and I’ll stick to Peated Scotch.
To hell with a legal requirement. That shit isn’t even bourbon. Even Jack Daniels distillery, themselves, insist that it isn’t bourbon. (Yes, I know the law, but the law is wrong.)
It doesn’t get to become bourbon based off of some silly technicality in the law.
“Bourbon-style corn drink”, maybe. Or “caramel-flavored moon juice”.
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Bourbon is only made in Kentucky!
Otherwise it’s called Sour Mash.
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Ah, thanks for correcting me. Going to leave my comment up for future context.
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Good. Canada pulled it off the shelves. Jack Daniels also funded the anti-suffrage movement in the 1900s they have a long history of being on the bigot side of history.
They even sponsor the vice president. Or why else would he be called JD Vance?
I thought it stood for Jorken Dapeanus
… and nothing of value was lost.
My understanding, though, as a Canadian, is that refusing to sell Jack Daniel’s is over-stepping, and that they have the unalienable right to be on whatever privately owned shelves and sold in whatever privately owned facilities they wish, regardless of threats made to autonomy or safety.
Note that Brown Forman also owns the following bourbon/American whiskey brands:
- Woodford Reserve
- Old Forester
- Coopers Craft
They also own the following European distillers:
- Slane (Irish Whiskey)
- Benriach (Scotch)
- Glendronach (Scotch)
- Glenglassaugh (Scotch)
Jack Daniels is obviously their highest volume brand, but some of these other brands are pretty big, too.
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I don’t have a bottle of Evan Williams at the moment but next time I do I will run some through a Brita water filter just to see what comes out the other side.
Heaven Hill makes a lot of good stuff. Too many brands, though.
I’ve never heard that Heaven Hill isn’t union friendly. I always see their brands on the union-supported lists.
Are there any (liqor) companies who have the ovaries to keep DEI policies? Please dont tell me its gin :'(
(What’s So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?
Isn’t there more left leaning voters than right. The right only wins through Gerry mandering. So maybe this is reality catching up with the shitty fake reality we’ve been living.
Politics skewed people’s view of who exists out there. The majority of people are common sense, we all just live within a block of each other. So politically the consensus looks like it’s trump supporters. Reality is people are more common sense. But the skewed political view made the everytime executive private school class get too comfortable that they started showing their lizard skin and now we see them for what they are and have to pay
No there aren’t. Presidential election shows that
Leaning isn’t the same thing as voting.
