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Hear, hear. I'm a bit of a Scotch anorak and I do love my beer & bourbon as well. The importance of the casks cannot be understated I believe; American Oak/Bo
by sbuttgereit 9y ago
Hear, hear. I'm a bit of a Scotch anorak and I do love my beer & bourbon as well.
The importance of the casks cannot be understated I believe; American Oak/Bourbon casks are a wonderful, core part of the whisky experience, though there are other types of casks that are used (sherry casks have been in vogue of late, for example).
Your final point, which I construe ultimately to be about the nature of trade that made the Bourbon, the Scotch, and the Beer, is well taken and is a true wonder of trade's relationship to the enhancement of humanity (qua man). It naturally also reminds me of George Thorogood and leaves me to ponder that his song could all have been sourced from the same barrel. Hmm.....
- js2 9y agoThank you for the Thorogood reference. The original version of the song is actually a bit older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Bourbon,_One_Scotch,_One_Beer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Bourbon,_One_Scotch,_One_B...
- thunderbong 9y agoI had never heard the word 'anorak' used that way before. Thank you for enlightening me. Anorak 1. A kind of heavy jacket 2. Someone considered boring because of their obsessive hobby or narrow solitary interests
- sbuttgereit 9y agoMy understanding is that the second meaning (which my wife agrees with in full) comes from train spotters in the UK who would wear their anoraks whilst in the field. Of course, Scotch being an obsessive hobby could also just be called alcoholism... but that's a entirely different comment thread :-)