What beer are you drinking now? #682

Finishing a growler of Freshly Squeezed while watching Good Morning Vietnam on Netflix. So gonna miss this man.

 

Schlafly's Imp Stout with my FF draft, now a Coop Ale Works F5 IPA

 

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JK Nocturn
Sante Adairius Chavez Porter
Altamont Woodstock West
BR Apex

 

My last 2011. Fortunately I've got plenty of 2012 and 2013 left

 

Doesn't "straight" mean 51%+? So straight bourbon must be 51% corn, straight rye 51%+, etc. My Bulleit says "straight rye" and " 95% rye mash American Whiskey". Cheers!

 

Ah, who doesn't miss this man! Oh yeah, freaking absolutely awesome beer on top of it!

 

Haven't watch this movie since I was a kid, over 20 years now. Netflix needs to put every Robin Williams film on the streaming list.

 

I might be a tad young, but I so agree! At least of what I've seen that man was a legend!

 

Half Acre Daisy Cutter.

Really wishing I would have bought more then 1 four pack when I was in Chicago last week. Zombie dust is awesome, but the fact that you can walk in and buy Daisy Cuter I think all the time? makes it under-rated in my book

 

After that indra kinindra last night i had to go in the complete other direction. This is such a sweet beer. Caramel, French Vanilla, and Coffee blend so well. If it wasnt for the subtle alcohol note i would think i was drinking some sort of iced starbucks drink lol

-xICooRsYIx

 

Tonight:

 

Tried this....wasn't impressed.

 

yes. 51% +. for quite awhile Four Roses was the whiskey supplier for Bulleit's bourbon. pretty sure the 95% pepper mint.... I mean rye, is out of Indiana.

that said the bulk of the balance of what isn't corn in a bourbon mash, usually is rye. sometimes 30 or more % is rye. Van Winkle, Weller, Makers & a few others utilize wheat instead of rye for their "strong grain". incidentally, Weller is a straight bourbon not a "straight wheat" as was indicated in the original post.

 

not to belabor but just to clarify after re-reading your response on a real screen, i think i see where a vocabulary mix-up might be.

when talking bourbons there are generally two mainstream productions. all consist of at least 51% corn. the next biggest percentage of grain used is considered the "strong grain". in a majority of bourbons, the strong grain is RYE. a smaller few use wheat for their strong grain. a bourbon that uses RYE for its strong grain is considered "rye formula bourbon" or "rye recipe bourbon" a bourbon that uses wheat would be described as "wheat formula/recipe", or other slang terms such as "wheated", "wheater" etc. are also used to describe the same.

not sure, but i'm thinking you took my use of the term "rye formula" to be an equivalent or equal term to "straight rye"? the two terms are not synonymous.