So this one time I went to Kentucky….
Relax it wasn’t like that. I was in Lexington for work and I rather liked the town. The first thing about Lexington I noticed was–horses. I mean, hello! It’s called an automobile. It is faster than your horse. The other thing I noticed, once I got out of the class I was in, is the glut of whiskey, and whiskey related things.
This is my review of beers aged in Bourbon Barrels.
Why put it into a barrel? Why not? Even if I already gave you a pretty good rundown on barrels, expanding beyond stouts may be prudent. Besides, the chances are pretty good at least one of you has three fingers of whiskey and an open bottle of beer. More of you probably switched to whiskey once your college football team managed to knock itself out of contention–already. You were going to do both, and quite frankly the people that sell mind altering substances know their buyer.
Supposedly, this craze began 1992, when…
Greg Hall of Goose Island Beer Company in Chicago produced a bourbon barrel-aged beer by filling six barrels that had previously contained Jim Beam with his beer. He premiered it at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver that fall, effectively debuting an entirely new style.
So if you hate it, blame that guy. Stouts aren’t the only thing you can throw into bourbon barrels, they simply bode well with the smooth vanilla notes the wood imbues into the beer. They even put wine in them for reasons I cannot give an intelligent answer.
What I can discuss, however:
This one was pretty good. I would think a pale ale would be overpowered by the taste of whisky, and I don’t think I was wrong. Still if you happen to sip whiskey you will probably like it. Full Sail Kentucky Cream Bourbon Barrel Aged Pale Ale. 4.0/5
I rather enjoyed this one. While I normally don’t go for an IPA, the red varieties I do find interesting. This one stands up better than the pale ale due to the robustness in ale to begin with. The whiskey mutes out a lot of the hoppiness. Founders Dank Wood Red India Pale Ale: 4.2/5
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89 responses to “You Win Again, Kentucky!”
Kentucky- home of fast women & beautiful horses.
My people are from Hazard KY, and no I don’t have any teeth
My my, is that a young Kentucky girl in a push-up bra? Bottle red too, very nice.
I just don’t like the back taste of the Bourbon , it takes away from the Flavor IMO, but then again I’ve only tried the Stouts in Barrels so what do I know,
First! or not….
Some folks were talking about you on the morning links post today. I went back and read your posts from last night. How are you feeling today?
Angry, and angry is better than sad, so I’ll channel my anger into some Chores and be productive, thanks for asking
*fist bumps yusef*
Good to see ya, buddy!
Being productive is good and will help.
Angry beats sad coming and going. Nice to see you back.
I’ll look for that Full Sail Kentucky Cream Bourbon. Thanks!
I didn’t see any horses in Lexington. I saw a bunch of Toyotas being made, but no horses.
PS I will never buy a Toyota. Just being in that factory reminded me of the 1980s in a bad way.
Yes, Ive been to the Georgetown assembly plant far too many times for work.
Good money tho’. They have pretty deep pockets.
Toyota said the same thing about you.
Incidentally I am drinking PBR this morning, so I, too am a sophisticate.
Play Tres’s Motha Fuckin’ theme music
This has been my experience thus far with barrel-aged beer. Sadly I don’t enjoy bourbon enough to justify paying ridiculous sums for a 4-pack of beer.
Never knew there was such a thing as a red IPA even.
Thank Bacchus.
I think egould is right, and incidentally is something JP (and a lot of religions) acknowledge. The only question from there is what you’re going to do about it. I think the only rational answer is make the best of it, on a personal level. Others may say to try to change the world and your fellow men. But I think that ignores the nature of man, and our fitness in the greater universe.
Thanks for all the Kind words and encouragement Guys! I’m too ornery to bail out on life, Fuck that!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLKiyo48VJI
Molto bene. Good to hear the Black Dog has moved on.
Anger is useful. Prayers for you and your wife.
Not for everybody. Whatever mental illness my mom had manifested itself in screaming fits that scared the shit out of me as a child, and probably helped contribute to my at times crippling shyness.
That, and my at times snotty behavior online.
I’m sorry. Mental illness affects everyone around.
Stay strong.
Glad you feel better.
Thanks, Sharpshooter. Someday I’ll get around to swilling these recommended brews. Suntory whiskey tonight for me. Met a friend who I usually see eye to eye with. I made fun of the nimrods who are burning their own sneakers to get back at Nike. “Why aren’t you attacking Nike?!” Evidently I have to premise every joke I make at the expense of the (ostensibly) right only after I make it clear how much I hate the left. This shit is getting boring.
First glance I thought you were ragging on Nikka.
*pours another cup of coffee*
Nikka is tasty. I just want to joke about everybody who makes me laugh. Nope. Choose a side, traitor.
That’s true, though. They already bought the damn shoes, so Nike’s already got their money and now they’re down one pair of sneakers. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon.
*makes not to look into importing US flags to the Middle East…*
*makes note
I’ve been low key researching the M1A scout for eventual purchase. I want the walnut stock, and the prices on that model have finally dropped below $1500. I’ll wait a bit longer, shoot the rental one at the local range, and save up to buy one for my birthday next June.
Nice. M1A has always been on my future guns list.
Why the scout?
If I am going to step down from 30-06 to a 308 I want a long barrel to get all I can out of it.
Just looking at the site it looks like they’re doing all the new M1As in .308, except for one that they offer in 6.5 Creedmoor.
Yes.
150gr. boat tails up to 2800fps
168gr. boat tails up to 2600fps or so.
That is decent ballistics out to 500 yards or so. It is a decent battle round, superior to just about all of the others.
I already have a bolt action 308 for reaching out and touching things far away. This would be for range fun and for mobile defense if TSHTF.
Makes sense.
On another firearms related note, I got to shoot my dad’s WASR-10 (Romanian semi-auto AK) a few weeks back. It was a joy to shoot! The thing is an absolute piece of stamped metal shit, and I sliced my finger open on one of the sharp corners, but it was a ton of fun to shoot.
I know what you mean. I came this close *fingers almost touching* to buying one of those. I think it had a laminated stock. Seemed decent but I opted for the machined SKS instead. Also a joy to shoot and surprisingly accurate.
For reaching out and touching stuff I bought a Ruger No.1 in 7mm Remington Magnum with a 3×9 leopold. I accurized my ammo for it. I worked a 160 grain hpbt up to 3100fps. Holy shit, that is a screaming fast bastard. I took it out on a pipeline when I first worked that round up and found a big screen TV someone had thrown away. I set it out at 1000 yards (by my rough estimate so take that range with a grain of salt) and managed to hit it on the first shot. I was shocked. Had to be luck, right? In any case i could consistently hit a 12″ target at 500 yards without much effort.
Most people do not really understand what firearms are capable of.
For reaching out and touching stuff I bought a Ruger No.1 in 7mm Remington Magnum
Not the Bell System? 🙂
Just poured a Cinzano over ice, Perrier with a lemon twist. My parents are in town visiting, so I figure a leisurely tour around Palos Verdes Peninsula, lunch at Trump!!! National and make our way up to Manhattan Beach for dinner with the BIL and his fiancée.
Just gonna take it real easy today.
I hope you aren’t driving….. Have fun!
My parents flew into Vegas this week, rented a Toyota Sienna and drove it to LA yesterday. Dad will be doing the driving.
And my personal opinion of the Sienna is that this is a very nice vehicle. If you had a family w/kids, it would be perfect. It’s just me and my wife, but I am seriously considering buying one for my commute/West Coast adventures/weekend getaways.
I had one for 10 years. I got very used to the automatic doors.
Sounds perfect!
Somehow I ended up with a free day. Sunny, low humidity and highs in the mid 70s.
I, too, will be taking it real easy.
Enjoy, amigo.
The fog is burning off.
How far can your parents walk? I have a secret spot near Trump. Perfect walk for today.
Turn from PVD South on to La Rotunda Dr. Take it to the dead end. Turn right into the trail parking lot. Walk the Lakeview trail to the Catalina trail.
Probably less than a mile, and great views.
STEVE SMITH ALWAYS GIVE GOOD HIKING SUGGESTIONS. HE LIKE VIEW FROM THE REAR THE BEST.
Bushes on both sides. It’s Steve Smith’s dream.
Dad is robust. Mom needs a cane. No trails for us today. But thanks for the inside info.
I just threw together a pot of white chili with chicken, since Jugsy is whining that its already ‘comfort food weather’. Clearly she forgot Monday and Tuesday, when it was in the mid-90s.
I’m struggling to avoid the libations until 3:30 when THE Ohio St. plays Rutgers.
And since Lackadaisical SF”d a link, and in honor of Yufus’s anger…..hit that MOTHER EFFIN’ THEME MUSIC !
Jonny’s my Hero! or at least one of em,
/Bowie
Jagger
Freddy
Sup Tres! Waiting til after 2 for beer
Great theme music choice!
It works well for background music while performing sundry kitchen activities, and staring at a pot of what will hopefully be Fat-Girl Approved® chili.
That is kind of impressive, considering I cheated and used monocle. I blame the kid.
Man, I don’t know what it is, but I have a massive weakness for Appalachian thots. There’s something about a girl with that slightly whiskey tango Scotch-Irish thing that’s like a wounded gazelle limping past a pride of hungry lions for me.
Odd. I saw that and thought: “jailbait?”
I see “dont have her over or your medicine cabinet will be emptied” .
I’m thinking early, mid 20s, may work at a Dairy Queen, familiar with church but not a frequent attendee, definitely go to motel parties where one or both of them will meet the future father of their illegitimate children.
That pic was actually taken from the MTV series “Buckwild” which took place in W. Va and not Kentucky.
/pedant off
Mom was Born in WV, moved to California in WW2
Was she going to California with an aching in her heart?
Her Dad was a Machinist and Her Mom was Rosie the Riveter at an aircraft plant, so money and Sunshine, every one likes that
Ooooh. the photo on the home page.
Yeah, give her a couple of years in Jr. college and I would find hard to resist. Well, she also has to have all of her teeth.
I always miss the home page because I use a feed reader to straight to the articles. It’s like getting extra content for (still) free!
I am a caveman. I dont have any extras, just straight Safari.
That’s Ashley Judd.
Ashley Judd? Oh.
Never mind.
I meant the photo at the top of this page. I cant keep up today. I am up and down from here with other things going on.
What am I missing? What girls?
I have the same fetish except I like mine educated.
For some reason, the “Use By” date is sooner on southern girls.
Crankin’ out babies before you’re old enough to get a driver’s license does take a toll.
Yeah, hard living will do it.
Down at a car show in Henderson. Good music, beer and food. No racists in site. Fuck ya America and Fuck You race baiters
“No racists in site.” is exactly what a racist would say, you racist.
Cool. Henderson seems okay. MIL is from there. She grew up dirt poor. Nice old gal. If she had only warned me about her daughter though.
Old man lives by get off my lawn .
Turns it up to 11.
Good for him!
“I understand his concern. I just don’t think he understood the neighbors’ concern about their kids. One of them could touch it, fall into it, and get shocked.”
Ok. Here’s another take: maybe the neighbors should be more concerned about teaching their kids to respect other people’s property than about the negative consequences they might suffer from fucking around like careless, self-centered idiots.
Submitted w/o comment .
Other than maybe OW!
I thought it was bad when one got me on the foot. I can’t freaking imagine!
Steve Irwin remembers.
Goddammit. I could have gone all day without knowing that.
For you soccer geeks: Kentucky soccer players punished for playing in pick up soccer game with Foo Fighters.
The problem was that a few soccer coaches were also playing in the pickup game and it was during some no contact time period.
Good Grief, I’d be up in arms if someone threw a monkey wrench into my season like that at times like these, I guess you can’t have it all, but there’s always next year.
I’m going to hope that this is really just HM trolling public radio in New Hampshire.
Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale is the bomb
https://untappd.com/b/alltech-lexington-brewing-and-distilling-co-kentucky-bourbon-barrel-ale/8172
I found the Founder’s Dank Wood to be downright delicious; I cleaned out what remained at our new Costco. Today they had Founder’s Barrel Runner: Mosaic-Hopped Ale aged in rum barrels and a local choice – Muscat Love: Belgian Style Tripel Ale brewed with Muscat grape juice. They are chilling in the ice-box right now.