{"id":148,"date":"2008-12-14T23:42:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T05:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/?p=148"},"modified":"2008-12-14T23:43:43","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T05:43:43","slug":"old-whiskey-river-take-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/?p=148","title":{"rendered":"(Old) Whiskey River (take my mind)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like I said <a title=\"s a m m i c h d o t o r g\" href=\"http:\/\/sammich.org\" target=\"_self\">over there,<\/a> my buddy Mark breezed into town with his dame on one hand and a bottle of bourbon for me in the other. This bottle had a guitar pick wire-wrapped to the slim neck of the bottle and a name on it &#8211; Willie Nelson &#8211; that echoed the name of the bourbon &#8211; Old Whiskey River. Just like Willie, it is smooth, bold and sweet. I had a glass of it right after one of my beloved Wild Turkey 101. It was milder, smoother, easier &#8211; but still flavorful. A nice contrast between the bold, rich, borderline harsh and the more tame of the latter.<\/p>\n<p>This is not just a badge-engineered bourbon, however, oh no. Willie&#8217;s hand is at work in that the grains what go into this tasty bottle &#8211; corn, barley, and rye &#8211; are grown grown on independent family owned and operated farms located within 100 miles of the distillery. At a mild 86 proof it doesn&#8217;t pack a wallop that will put you out cold but the rich flavor and excellent mouth feel more than make up for it.<\/p>\n<p>Like most of my go-to bourbons, this one clocks in at about $20\/fifth. That makes this not only good value, but a fine salute to American farmers and a liquor with a lower carbon footprint. Dare I say this could be the most ecologically-sound liquor I&#8217;ve yet tried?<\/p>\n<p>Willie, keep up the good work. This is a fine whiskey to put your name on, and we salute you for it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-149 aligncenter\" title=\"whiskey-river\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/blotto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/whiskey-river.jpg\" alt=\"Willie Nelson\" width=\"377\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/blotto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/whiskey-river.jpg 377w, https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/blotto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/whiskey-river-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like I said over there, my buddy Mark breezed into town with his dame on one hand and a bottle of bourbon for me in the other. This bottle had a guitar pick wire-wrapped to the slim neck of the bottle and a name on it &#8211; Willie Nelson &#8211; that echoed the name of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,8,18,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bourbon","category-brown-liquor","category-gin-a-bon","category-heroes","category-whiskey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boozecouncil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}