Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing

My palette is experience, but not trained. So please bear with this weak review.

I found this bottle in Beltramo’s, for a nifty fifty bucks. The bottle is definitely cool, with the label going around the bottle with a rainbow trout pattern. It was marked Batch Two, also a coolness factor. What else can I say [...]

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Russian doctors are ordering travellers to Wales to drink whisky to fend off the swine flu. Why wouldn’t this work here?  Inquiring minds want to know.

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Its been a taxing week, but if you want to enjoy a fine micro-brew from Oregon, you may be paying more taxes soon. The state government is considering raising taxes on beer. Not a 10% increase, not doubling the tax, but increasing the state beer tax by 19x. Note, that is 19 times the current [...]

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What is the difference between “whiskey” and “whisky”?
Let my friend tell you:

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Twenty years ago, The Macallan distillery had excess capacity, creating more whisky than they could bottle and sell. So, they sold their excess whisky to independent bottlers. Eventually, Costco acquired some and are currently selling bottles of 18 year old single malt whisky from the Macallan distillery for $60 a bottle. This compares to [...]

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