[artur9]

... how about some 90dB 'Highway to Hell' AC/DC**? ... ...

[** all clear / dogs celebrate ]

Shouldn't it be "Who let the dogs out?...

 

[cgb3]

Urgh. Not for me.

Jameson's not a bourbon, it's an Irish whisky, distinct from bourbon. It's made using a different technique than Scotch and has a different flavour profile which I have a personal distaste for. But it's not a bourbon.
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Granted, it's not a bourbon. All bourbons technically, must be distilled in Kentucky.

I like some Tennessee whiskies, including various flavors of George Dickel, and Jack Daniel's. They're good, and also not bourbons.

With rare exception, and you're one, most bourbon drinkers I've encountered also enjoy Jameson's.

 

[sixergixer]

2. Many, possibly most, whiskey enthusiasts have limited opportunities to drink all the stuff that is on the market. Especially true for allocated stuff like Brand X. We'll take whatever we can get in comparisons of drams. The more whiskies compared with consistent terminology the better, if the methodology is consistent too then I'm very very grateful!

I changed the appropriate words but this is exactly how one learns to taste and describe whiskey! Listen to enough people describing a thing with various words and eventually some of those words match your vocabulary and then you've gained some experience points as a whiskey enthusiast.

 

[Ripper2860]

telnet telehack.com

Haha!! How did I not know this was a thing!!

BTW -- If using Windows, make sure TELNET option is enabled in Windows Options.

 

[bcowen]

I recommend TSOL.

Being at @Ripper2860 's house, what with the Barbies and all, I'd recommend LYSOL.

 

[33na3rd]

Yggy GS2 is quite the Time Machine, bringing back a fine T Rex specimen for Friday night!

I’m pleasantly surprised just how good this sounds!

 

[bevanc]

super-fine transient detail

Could have just called it STD for short instead of plankton!

 

[bevanc]

All bourbons technically, must be distilled in Kentucky.

I don't think that is true. Maybe to be called Kentucky Bourbon. As I understand it, it just needs to be distilled in the US and have a corn content of 51% or greater. We have a local company here in PA, Liberty Pole, that makes a very nice Bourbon.

 

[earnmyturns]

Cool comment ... take a listen to how Avishai Cohen plays the bass -

We were just updating the room space optimization for our main Linn speaker system (our open-plan, high-ceiling, glass-sided house needs real care with room modes) and I listened to the track after the update. I've been to the Village Vanguard many times, the venue hasn't changed much since the days of Bill Evans. I must say, LaFaro's clackety bass playing sounded amazing, as if we were sitting on row 2-3 of tables, sipping our drinks while losing ourselves in the bass improvisation just before Evans comes back to restate the theme. I miss the Vanguard...

 

[tralsa]

I know a lot of us pair our Schiit with Magnepan speakers. Unfortunately Jim Winey, founder of Magnepan, has passed away. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/jim-winey-1934-2024/

 

[quimbo]

The dogs know the wife and I are headed out when they hear one of us say "Alexa. Play smooth jazz for pets."

Classical radio station for our dogs

 

[Godaisan]

I know a lot of us pair our Schiit with Magnepan speakers. Unfortunately Jim Winey, founder of Magnepan, has passed away. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/jim-winey-1934-2024/

I’m sorry to hear that. I’ll be firing up the LRSs tomorrow and listening to the MN Orchestra for Jim.

 

[dreed]

I know a lot of us pair our Schiit with Magnepan speakers. Unfortunately Jim Winey, founder of Magnepan, has passed away. https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/jim-winey-1934-2024/

I’m sorry to hear that as well. I have loved my Magnepan speakers for many years. My recent addition of Schiit Tyrs to drive them has only made them better.

 

[dreed]

I have a general understanding of the 15°C to 21°C range because that's my room-temperature sweet spot for final proofing Bourbon. If the spirit temperature is much colder than that I get weird inconsistencies that even my proofing calculator has trouble compensating for. And if it's much warmer than that, well that means I'm having an uncomfortable sweaty day in the Blending House.

* I have to convert from C because all of my hydrometers are in C but my calculator uses F.

Tomorrow I will be riding my fat bike in tne coldest temps I’ve done so far. It will be 7 F or -14 C in tne morning . I’ve not ridden below 10 F so far, but I’ve purchased ski goggles since then, so I hope to not have frozen eyes.

 

[cgb3]

I don't think that is true. Maybe to be called Kentucky Bourbon. As I understand it, it just needs to be distilled in the US and have a corn content of 51% or greater. We have a local company here in PA, Liberty Pole, that makes a very nice Bourbon.

There's several bourbon distillers here in NC.

From the Kentucky Bourbon Association website: Does Bourbon have to be made in Kentucky?
No – but we LOVE that you think that. According to the 1964 Congressional Resolution, in order to have “Bourbon” on the label it must be made in the United States of America and meet all other federal “standards of identity” for Bourbon.

An earlier time had different requirements. Tennessee whiskey would have labeled Bourbon if that was available.