• upandup@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    This reminds me of when practically every bar in NYC pulled Bulleit off the shelves after it was revealed that the owner of the distillery was some homophobic asshole.

    Even now, there are a lot of bars in NYC that refused to carry it.

    That’s why I developed an appreciation for Jim Beam. Less expensive, and I like it better.

    And fuck Jack Daniels. They stole the recipe from Jim Beam and ran over the river into Tennessee and started their own distillery. That shit isn’t even bourbon.

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      3 months ago

      Bulleit used to be my at-home go-to until that news broke out. Since then, I’ve started preferring smaller and local distilleries’ whiskey. It costs a little more by it tastes way better and my money isn’t going to some giant corporation.

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      3 months ago

      That shit isn’t even bourbon.

      It is. It meets all the legal requirements to be called bourbon (at least 51% corn in the mashbill, distilled in the United States, distilled at lower than 160 proof, aged in charred new oak barrels, barreled at lower than 125 proof, bottled at between 80 proof and 150 proof, no added coloring or flavors).

      They just choose not to label themselves with that name.