tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post2009901821811989930..comments2024-03-17T14:10:05.912-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Of Whiskey And CocktailsChuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-55343559490012159352013-03-23T12:21:34.520-05:002013-03-23T12:21:34.520-05:00Old Grand-Dad BIB is an excellent choice for class...Old Grand-Dad BIB is an excellent choice for classic cocktails. It has a great, high rye flavor and it's cheap.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-23648390519710331052013-03-23T12:07:04.617-05:002013-03-23T12:07:04.617-05:00Coming from a wine background I've been search...Coming from a wine background I've been searching for a good quality, moderately priced whiskey for the well, thus to be used in classic cocktails like the Old Fashioned. I'm surprised I didn't see Old Grand-dad bib listed. Isn't it a great qpr? Cheers, Ericerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137218077630168614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-58811345980560524882012-11-28T14:11:55.838-06:002012-11-28T14:11:55.838-06:00Nice post. Agree 1000% with the closing paragraph...Nice post. Agree 1000% with the closing paragraph. Alas, cocktails are pop culture today and pop culture sells product. Pop culture also kills the enthusiast. My Pappy is dead...SteveBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203167407546384904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-17749168614363347922012-11-26T07:46:26.936-06:002012-11-26T07:46:26.936-06:00Thank you for clarifying--I hoped you might respon...Thank you for clarifying--I hoped you might respond in that way, but wanted to be sure. Your stating that a person will "learn" something, without expressing a caveat, suggested to me that you did not disagree. Glad to hear otherwise. <br /><br />To clarify my own use of "second class status," I am referring to the limitation rather than the use identified. I feel the same way when someone says a type of spirit is "only" for sipping neat, even if they think this is a veneration.<br /><br />Nice corresponding with you. Great blog.<br /><br />CurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-22337098394955836152012-11-26T01:20:45.636-06:002012-11-26T01:20:45.636-06:00Also, if you feel mixing spirits have second class...Also, if you feel mixing spirits have second class status, you don't hear that from me.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-28171613251611689872012-11-26T01:19:37.907-06:002012-11-26T01:19:37.907-06:00I agree entirely. If you re-read my statement, I d...I agree entirely. If you re-read my statement, I didn't say that is <i>my</i> opinion. I said it is an opinion often stated by the makers of cognac, tequila, and rum. I offered it as an example. I did not endorse it.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-60248134169460302202012-11-25T20:35:09.468-06:002012-11-25T20:35:09.468-06:00Mr. Cowdery,
While I enjoyed your essay and agree...Mr. Cowdery,<br /><br />While I enjoyed your essay and agree with approaching drinks in the tripartite manner you describe, I feel compelled to reprimand you concerning your statement that "white tequilas and rums" are for mixing. Having intensively explored both of these spirits for a number of years, I can report that a great many tequila lovers not only sip their blancos neat but would much sooner mix a reposado of equal merit. Straight up rum drinkers are probably a somewhat smaller proportion of the community, but they too are well represented. Surely, any spirit of quality and complexity is a worthy sipper (although personally I often mix even the finest with a simple juice and water concoction), and there is no need to relegate entire categories of spirit (except maybe that abomination called vodka) to second-class status. <br /><br />CurtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com