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August 25 is National Whiskey Sour Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

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Here are today’s five thing to know about Whiskey:

  1. Pure ‘malt’ whiskey is produced only from malted barley.
  2. After opening, a half-full bottle of whiskey will remain good for five years.
  3. A closed bottle of whisky can be kept for more than 100 years and it will still be good to drink.
  4. A whiskey stops maturing after it is bottled. It ‘ages’ in wooden barrels not glass.
  5. Around 90 percent of Single Malt Whisky comes from Scotland.

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Today’s Pinterest Board : Cocktails / I’ll drink to that

Today’s Food History

  • 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes was born. American physician, poet and humorist. Author of ‘The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,’ ‘The Professor of the Breakfast Table,’ ‘The Poet of the Breakfast Table,’ and ‘Over the Teacups.’
  • 1896 Supposedly, the Chinese-American dish, chop suey, was created in New York City by the Cantonese chef of Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-Chang.
  • 1905 Jack Teagarden, jazz trombonist was born.
  • 1915 Nathan Pritikin was born. A nutritionist who believed that exercise and a low fat, high unrefined carbohydrate diet helped reverse his own heart disease. He founded the Pritikin Longevity Center in 1976.
  • 1953 Rick Downey of the rock group ‘Blue Oyster Cult’ was born.
  • 2007 Alfred Peet died. He was the founder of Peet’s Coffee & Tea in Berkeley, California in 1966.  The founders of Starbucks were fans, and openly acknowledge his influence.

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March 27 is World Whisky Day

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Here are today’s five thing to know about Whisky:

  1. Whisky and whiskey are actually the same liquor.  In American-English and Irish-English, it is spelled “whiskey”.  In British-English, it is spelled “whisky”.
  2. A whisky stops maturing after it is bottled.
  3. The dark color of whisky comes from the wooden barrels in which it is aged. The wood expands and contracts with the change in temperature, making the movie in and out of the wood. The compounds from wood give whisky its dark color.
  4. There are more than 5000 types of Single Malt Whisky.
  5. The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.

Fun Fact:

The word whiskey comes from the Irish uisce beatha or “water of life.” From Ireland, whiskey spread across the North Channel to Scotland.

The number next to the Whiskey’s name refers to the age of the youngest whiskey to produce that specific product. If there is no number, then it is probably a minimum of three years old

A closed bottle of whisky can be kept for more than 100 years and it will still be good to drink. After opening, it will remain good for around five years.

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Today’s Pinterest Board : Foodimentary

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Today’s Food History

  • 1860 M.L. Byrn patented a new and improved corkscrew.
  • 1901 Carl Barks was born.  He worked for Disney Studios and illustrated Donald Duck comics.
  • 1923 R.I.P. Sir James Dewar.  He invented the ‘Dewar Flask,’ the original ‘thermos bottle’.
  • 1958 Sheb Wooley recorded ‘Purple People Eater’ on this day.
  • 2001 China reported that its population is now 1.26 Billion.

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March 27 is World Whisky Day

John-Bryan Hopkins

Whisky

Interesting Food Facts about Whisky

  1. Whisky and whiskey are actually the same liquor.  In American-English and Irish-English, it is spelled “whiskey”.  In British-English, it is spelled “whisky”.
  2. A whisky stops maturing after it is bottled.
  3. The dark color of whisky comes from the wooden barrels in which it is aged. The wood expands and contracts with the change in temperature, making the movie in and out of the wood. The compounds from wood give whisky its dark color.
  4. There are more than 5000 types of Single Malt Whisky.
  5. The barrels made from American White Oak have been claimed to produce the tastiest whisky.

Fun Fact:

The word whiskey comes from the Irish uisce beatha or “water of life.” From Ireland, whiskey spread across the North Channel to Scotland.

The number next to the Whiskey’s name refers to the age of the youngest whiskey to produce that specific product. If there is no number, then it is probably a minimum of three years old

A closed bottle of whisky can be kept for more than 100 years and it will still be good to drink. After opening, it will remain good for around five years.

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Today’s Food History

  • 1860 M.L. Byrn patented a new and improved corkscrew.
  • 1901 Carl Barks was born.  He worked for Disney Studios and illustrated Donald Duck comics.
  • 1923 R.I.P. Sir James Dewar.  He invented the ‘Dewar Flask,’ the original ‘thermos bottle’.
  • 1958 Sheb Wooley recorded ‘Purple People Eater’ on this day.
  • 2001 China reported that its population is now 1.26 Billion.

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