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Old 07-31-2008, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Echo Zulu View Post
OK, I have a question for you A.S.

I read a lot, and in some of the books they have a "bourbon and branch water"

What the heck is branch water? Is it something southerners call plain water?

Thanks!
Never heard of it. I like my bourbon straight.

But yeah, according to wiki, you've pretty much got it right:
  • Water from a stream (a term primarily used in the southern United States)
  • Addition of plain water rather than soda water to a mixed drink (for example, "Bourbon and branch" refers to Bourbon whiskey with plain water)
  • When a whisky is ‘cut’ (i.e. watered down) prior to bottling, the water that is used is very important to the final product. The preferred source of water is called ’branch water’. Branch water comes directly from the stream that the distillery is built on...
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