tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post3413688251643643388..comments2024-03-17T14:10:05.912-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: There Is a Difference Between 'Craft' and 'Crafty'Chuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-26720897835012031872014-07-26T01:26:05.957-05:002014-07-26T01:26:05.957-05:00"Craft" = that which will make [us] boat..."Craft" = that which will make [us] boatloads of money (even tho' we've gotten it all from MGP).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-80211237520986158482014-07-24T17:51:17.640-05:002014-07-24T17:51:17.640-05:00Someone wiser than I had the perfect estimation of...Someone wiser than I had the perfect estimation of the opinion regarding "craft" as presented by the gentleman from Diageo, I think: "When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less."Jack Robertiellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15838011342888486464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-61477328162952347012014-07-24T12:11:38.592-05:002014-07-24T12:11:38.592-05:00I usually don't accept comments with URLs in t...I usually don't accept comments with URLs in them, but I know these guys and they are legit.Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-54913751084241484602014-07-23T16:25:52.648-05:002014-07-23T16:25:52.648-05:00I aspire to become an artisian
craft whiskey taste...I aspire to become an artisian<br />craft whiskey taster. Is there such a dictionary in print? I feel that the likes of Murray & his Biblical disciples could use a bit of pointing up as well as Diageo!buffdaddy7533https://www.blogger.com/profile/12479113675444457354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-42114645087827833322014-07-23T13:45:55.788-05:002014-07-23T13:45:55.788-05:00Is 'antipathy' the next Orphan Barrel rele...Is 'antipathy' the next Orphan Barrel release?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-84353578336491895792014-07-23T12:46:12.698-05:002014-07-23T12:46:12.698-05:00There will be a massive shake out like the McCarth...There will be a massive shake out like the McCarthy era of television and motion pictures where anyone who dares to speak out against BIG CORPORATIONS will be blacklisted...<br /> <br />The big dogs will have sued all the real craft distillers out of existence through their heavy handed lawsuits.<br /><br />Remember what Pusser's Rum did to the bar formerly known as Painkiller in NYC if you think that all is kindness and gentleness when it comes to our skewed industry...Warren Bobrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069135151635584373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-84118193783280320832014-07-23T12:29:36.270-05:002014-07-23T12:29:36.270-05:00Best comment I ever heard on craft came from a loc...Best comment I ever heard on craft came from a local farmer selling multi-coloured heritage tomatoes in a church parking lot. She spoke disdainfully of her customers, saying they clean their ears with artisanal q-tips. Lamenting, perhaps, that they no longer settle for beefsteak or cherry.DavindeKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-34876328854156152622014-07-23T12:23:23.284-05:002014-07-23T12:23:23.284-05:00Guy, you should leave the written word to your PR ...Guy, you should leave the written word to your PR Department. Orphan Barrels' whiskey was produced by fine distillers and distilling is a craft but Orphan Barrel is not a craft distiller and, in fact, you distilled nothing. Your insight into logical argument is astoundingly myopic and it is the type if rhetoric (pun intended) that the whiskey drinking public holds against your company. Back away from the keyboard. <br /><br />Ed VargasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02173565665586067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-6048263588614889842014-07-23T12:07:47.296-05:002014-07-23T12:07:47.296-05:00Lem Motlow and George Dickel were "artisans&q...Lem Motlow and George Dickel were "artisans"? I thought they were a bookkeeper and a retail merchant, respectively.<br /><br />While I'm sure there are a number of creative accounting types who would consider bookkeeping an "art", I'm not sure it's artisanal.Barturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11254508016010291461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-46641426136319467732014-07-23T12:04:20.504-05:002014-07-23T12:04:20.504-05:00And you mine. Who says we can't get along?And you mine. Who says we can't get along?Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-23497828664916981462014-07-23T11:54:54.834-05:002014-07-23T11:54:54.834-05:00You keep making my point!You keep making my point!Guy L. Smithhttp://www.diageo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-17038960554559002252014-07-23T11:40:15.753-05:002014-07-23T11:40:15.753-05:00Also, since we're talking about words, the plu...Also, since we're talking about words, the plural of 'whisky' is 'whiskies.' The plural of 'whiskey' is 'whiskeys.'<br /><br />I know, 'silly,' right?Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-40391731508872410302014-07-23T11:38:38.852-05:002014-07-23T11:38:38.852-05:00As for my 'antipathy' toward Diageo, Guy, ...As for my 'antipathy' toward Diageo, Guy, I'm not the one who called your prized line 'Orphan Barfrel.' Freudian slip?Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-73388127825188532832014-07-23T11:11:43.147-05:002014-07-23T11:11:43.147-05:00Not getting into the "what's craft" ...Not getting into the "what's craft" debate, because I see how productive that's been over in "craft" brewing, but...Really, Guy? George Dickel was not, so far as I know, any kind of artisan. He didn't make the whiskey, he sold it, he branded it. The people AT George Dickel today, you could make a case that they're making craft whiskey. But George himself? Don't think so. It's important to keep the facts separated from the fiction, the people separated from the brand. Lew Brysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-6296200841698080382014-07-23T11:03:37.700-05:002014-07-23T11:03:37.700-05:00I understand the argument, Guy, and using that log...I understand the argument, Guy, and using that logic Budweiser is artisan-made beer. Certainly no one is saying your products aren't high quality, but if 'craft' is supposed to distinguish something from something else, then what is on the other side of the ledger?Chuck Cowderyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-91286388626492561412014-07-23T10:48:43.336-05:002014-07-23T10:48:43.336-05:00Chuck...
Try to not let your antipathy for Diageo...Chuck...<br /><br />Try to not let your antipathy for Diageo get totally confuse your use of the English language. What you write is just silly. You are suggesting (actually you are saying) that the folks that made Orphan Barfrel whiskies (whiskys) were not artisans. That's like saying George Dickel or Lem Motlow were not artisans. Stop being so silly. It just cheapens the artisanal use of the English language when you craft such nonsense. Just enjoy the good craft whisk(e)y!<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />guy<br /><br />Guy L. Smith<br />Executive Vice President<br />Diageo (and the George Dickel Distilling Company...as fine a craft distiller as anyone can find!)Guy L. Smithhttp://www.diageo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-79081673445987075132014-07-22T23:08:51.761-05:002014-07-22T23:08:51.761-05:00Crafty, perhaps, but not craft.Crafty, perhaps, but not craft.FrankDellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12989491021245998257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-34045450779303001772014-07-22T19:51:23.674-05:002014-07-22T19:51:23.674-05:00Craft, hand crafted, small batch, special reserve ...Craft, hand crafted, small batch, special reserve and so on. So much lingo to try to one up each other. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411570547721551546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-85383859782382364152014-07-22T08:12:18.189-05:002014-07-22T08:12:18.189-05:00I love the designation "close out". See...I love the designation "close out". Seems a much more accurate description of what this really is. I hope more US whiskey drinkers wake up and see that Diageo treats bourbon like the red headed step child of their portfolio.Justin Victornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-81470718305566132582014-07-21T15:57:27.511-05:002014-07-21T15:57:27.511-05:00Totally agree with you on this Chuck.Totally agree with you on this Chuck.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00587174895031736147noreply@blogger.com