Re: What makes whisky whisky?

"Rebecca Chua Enriquez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>OK, I apologize to all in the group, but I have to ask a question here.
>
>Why take chances distilling your own "mash", or whatever it is that you have
>allowed yeast to spoil, when you can buy a perfectly good quart of Missouri
>produced whiskey for less than $7.00? It will taste better than anything
>homemade and not make you go blind. A headache, yes, but not blind. And they
>have such nifty clever labels on them with old Civil War Generals, etc.
>
>I am posting this with tongue-in-cheek but the basic premise is sound. There
>is very good whiskey out there available at low price. Try "Early Times",
>etc.

Note, the name of this newsgroup is rec.crafts.distilling.  Take note, the
crafts part.  People on this newsgroup aren't so much interested in saving
money as they are in the craft of distilling.  They enjoy the process, and
improving the final product.  With a little experience, it's probably not
terribly difficult to make a whisky that tastes much better than a $7 bottle
and yet costs less.  This is not that different than the concept of making
wine at home.  You can make something that costs less and tastes better, and
tastes more to your personal liking.  What is illogical about that?

When was the last time you had a blackberry mead brandy?  Know where I can
buy some off the shelf?  These sorts of things are why people get involved
in distilling.  You can produce things that you simply can't get anywhere
else.

Going blind?  Now you're just talking nonsense.

LG