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Subject: Re: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:07:43 +0000


Cliff, you had wine for breakfast???

Linda Merle


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From: "Cliff. Johnston" <>
> Nothing like good homebrew! My grandfather used to make a red wine -
> exceptionally tasty. We always had a small glass at breakfast. He'd make a
> second run with the grape mash, add sugar and distill it. To this he'd add
> a small amount of honey. It had a kick like a mule!!!
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> Cliff.
> "May the best you've ever seen,
> Be the worst you'll ever see;"
> from A Scots Toast by Allan Ramsay
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> From: "Nannette" <>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 6:56 PM
> Subject: [S-I] Fw: Re: Whiskey galore
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> This reminded me of my Mom b in 1905 who grew her own scupanongs (I don't
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> squeezings too. Her Dad had a still and was known for his brew. A relative
> told me she had heard her Dad say "There are only two kind of Holifields.
> Those that make it and those that drink it." Grandpa's mother was descendant
> of Nathaniel Bailey who came from Belfast Ireland to Charleston, SC in 1768.
> They were on the Lord Dunagannon. But, like you said, people brewed with
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> "Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday."
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> --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Thomas L. Mowbray <> wrote:
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> From: Thomas L. Mowbray <>
> Subject: Re: [S-I] Whiskey galore
> To: ,
> Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 5:57 PM
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> Greetings from Iowa:
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> I haven't posted to the List in a long time, but your whiskey dialogue has
> been fun. Concerning the rye question, let's just realize that you can
> produce alcohol with just about any grain: corn, rye, wheat, rice, you name
> it,
> and with most fruits. Cacti and some palm trees are used. Mead is made from
> honey. Wherever you go in this world, somebody is brewing something to
> celebrate
> the joys and kill the dull pains of life. I.e. for thousands of years humans
> have used whatever grew in their backyards or whatever they could grow in
> their
> backyards to produce alcohol.
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> When my son was in Mali, West Africa, with the Peace Corps, his host village
> collected a strong liquor from the fermented sap found in the trunk of a
> certain
> palm tree. They were Muslims, and forbidden to make or purchase alcohol for
> consumption, but since the palm tree did all the work, its product was
> considered a gift from Allah, and was therefore exempt from Muslim law.
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> My Grandmother was a Methodist prohibitionist, but when she had a cold, she
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> behind the innocent front row of things in her cupboard to get some good
> Irish
> whiskey from the back of the cupboard to blend with some strong tea, honey,
> and
> lemon juice. That was her "cough syrup." She made some for me one day
> when I had a bad cold. I was a little kid. She gave me just one spoonful of
> it,
> and put the rest in a little bottle for me to take home. I sipped it all
> day,
> and the results were, well, staggering.
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> So, I hope that this is Scotch-Irish enough, but I better mention Scotch or
> I
> might still be off-topic. I prefer a fine Irish Whiskey to even a fine
> Scotch
> Whiskey, even though both are divine, but, for the holidays, I make sure I
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> both behind my bar. This is truly one of the joys of being Scotch-Irish.
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> Walls for the wind,
> A roof for the rain,
> And drinks beside the fire -
> Laughter to cheer you
> With those you love near you
> And all that your heart may desire!
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> Cheers!
>
> Tom
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