Inquiring minds need to know

What, no bourbon? What kind of bar is this? :P

(I voted Dr. Pepper and Root Beer)

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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!

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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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The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
Is aristocracy. ~Emily Dickinson

Why thank you! That was interesting, and now I know!

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Half the battle, I hear. (usually the less painful half)

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The pedigree of honey
Does not concern the bee;
A clover, any time, to him
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Overwhelmingly, mostly I drink coffee.

As far as beverages alcoholic? beer is king

I like fruit drinks and tomato juice more than soda, although I'm drinking more soda now because it's so much cheaper than fruit drinks.

Those choices all suck. What happened to Long Islands, Southern & 7's, etc? If you're going to waste time in a bar, then DRINK something.

editec, have you been on the thread that tells how much sugar is in soda and fruit juice yet?


One Can of Soda Per Day


I do love V8.



(Add some Stoli and a dash of hot sauce to the V8 and you have yourself a fun little drink! }

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And Tip!

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Just out of curiousity, why are you changing my text when you quote me? Every word of my post has been changed to capital letters, except for the first word of the sentence.. What gives?

I didn't change a thing, I just hit "quote" in your post and added my "and tip!"

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Really.. Interesting that the second quote is exactly as typed...

Yeah, it must be a great mystery of life that people will spend years pondering on...........

I don't even notice stuff like that, I just read & post, or read and move on.


Now, why this matters is because_______________?

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Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
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Because all this is REAL dammit. These are my words--don't fuck with them--if fact you dont' even have my permission to quote me !

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