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  It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).

  i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.

  i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.

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  No one seems to be commenting on Indian Whisky...just down four pegs of Signature.....but unfortunately globally Indian whiskys are termed as Rum or spirit:(

  My only personal experience with Indian Whisky has been Amrut Single Malt. A great whisky to be sure. The one thing that really sets Amrut apart from many other Indian whiskies is that Amrut actually makes whisky. Several of the other Indian "whiskies" are simply cheap scotch that has been blended with who knows what and re-packaged. Also, there is a trend that I have seen in that some of these "whiskies" are produced from cane sugar, negating the whisky qualification. Whisk(e)y is defined as any distilled spirit made from some type of grain, and aged in a wooden barrel. If a spirit is made from cane sugar, it technically therefore becomes a rum.
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  It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).

  i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.

  i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.

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  Low-Key Lysmith

  Wow EP!

  I love Strathisla, but have never had a chance to try the 30yr. The Speyside complexities can only be enhanced by all that extra time in-cask. Have you opened it yet? I'd love to hear your own tasting notes.
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  It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).

  i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.

  i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.

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  Low-Key Lysmith

  No. Not lately. I may be going soon to Kentucky to tour the Bulleit Bourbon facility, as well as Tennessee to tour the George Dickel Distillery.

  Heard a rumor that they may be sending us back to Scotland in August. Hope so!
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  IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an honest question on my part.

  someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.

  in fact, it was a turning point for me.

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  TEC, do you realize how frustating it is to be told that it is some fault of my own that I couldn't make contact with my "father"? I COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE SINCERE IN MY SEARCH. How many tears does a kid need to shed before dear old dad speaks up a bit more, huh? Why does a heartfelt search not count more than blind faith? Or do you just assume we weren't sincere enough? Why would a caring father permit 'what was beaten into me from birth' - at no fault of my own - to interefere with his message??? What a petty douchebag! Can't he speak a bit louder and more clearly for those of us who are hard of hearing?

  If my kids are in danger, I make damn sure they can hear me.... I don't whisper and then let them walk off a cliff and then be all, "Well, I know that background noise was loud but Jr should've perked his ears up a bit more and recognized that I was calling him." I'm so f*cking tired of sharing the title "father" with Christianity's concept of god. I'm a helluva lot better father than any invisible deity they've dreamt up... because I AM HERE FOR THEM, WHETHER THEY LISTEN TO ME OR NOT. Even when they get bad attitudes, my kids don't have to wonder if I love them, how important they are to me, whether I'm proud of them, if I'll support them, or if I'm protecting them.

  I AM NOT SO AMBIGUOUS AS A FATHER THAT I COULD POSSIBLY BE MISTAKEN AS A FIGMENT OF MY CHILD'S WISHFUL THINKING.

  The same cannot be said of any Bible god.

  Debating you is like trying to nail jello to a tree, TEC. Cofty summed it up best when he said you've made god your own cosmic sock puppet.

  Bravo! Couldn't (& didn't) have said it better myself. I'm not a father, so I love SBC's perspective on that point.
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  IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an honest question on my part.

  someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.

  in fact, it was a turning point for me.

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  So, tec, earnestly and honestly pleading with an open heart isn't enough?

  Those negative attributes that I mentioned were the result of how I had been taught to worship God from birth. I thought that was what I supposed to feel, according to my interpretation of God's book. JWs teach you to be cheauvanistic, mysogenistic, and to think you're better than everybody else. I realize that these are not attributes of the god you worship, but when it's beaten into you from birth, you really can't help it until you make the decision to change.

  I truly wanted a relationship with him. I just never got an answer.
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  It's Friday! Let's Drink Some Whisk(e)y!! (Responsibly, Of Course)

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  as some of you know, i am employed as master of whisky for seattle (pac nw).

  i represent diageo n america's whisk(e)y portfolio.. this includes: johnnie walker, the classic malts of scotland, bushmills irish whiskey, crown royal, bulleit bourbon and rye whiskey, george dickel tennessee whisky, and bucchanan's blended scotch whisky.. my job basically involves speaking publicly about the whiskies, hosting and presenting whisk(e)y tastings and dinners, and educating bar & restaurant staff about whisk(e)y. tough gig, i know.. my mow bio & pic can be found on crown royal's website here: http://www.crownroyal.com/west-masters/breck-taylor.

  i was thinking about putting a featured whisky of the week up here every friday.

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  Tonight, I bust open my bottle of Cragganmore Distiller's Edition.

  Cragganmore DE is a single malt from Scotland's Speyside region. Aged 12 years minimum in ex-bourbon casks, then finished for an additional year in a cask once used to season port wine. The port cask finish gives this delightfully complex whisky an almost berry-like character at the very back.

  The regular Cragganmore bottling skips the port finish and relies on only the bourbon oak. One of Scotlands most complex single malts.

  The nose on the Cragg DE brings up thoughts of polished saddle leather and sandlewood. The nose almost betrays the palate, however. Flavors of berries, port, and oaked all wrapped up with just a whisp of peat smoke. A long, elegant finish is the ultimate reward.

  Slainte Mhath!
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  IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an honest question on my part.

  someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.

  in fact, it was a turning point for me.

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  Low-Key Lysmith

  I don't get it. ?
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  778

  IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an honest question on my part.

  someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.

  in fact, it was a turning point for me.

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  Low-Key Lysmith

  When I got to the point that my doubt had resulted in full-blown guilt, I prayed more earnestly and whole-heartedly than I ever had before. I prayed with an open mind and an open heart, PLEADING for God to show me and HELP me believe. I didn't ask for signs or proof, but for Him to really help me feel His presence and that I truly WANTED to believe and to have a relationship with Him. This went on for a little while until I simply began to not believe anymore. Once I finally accepted it, my life began to get infinitely better from that point. I began to take PERSONAL credit for my accomplishments and feelings, as well as my transgressions. I finally felt free. I knew that all of the good feelings and love that I had to give were truly from ME and not channeled THROUGH me by God. Morally, I became a better person. I began to drop my prejudices and mysogenistic, cheauvanistic feelings that I had learned from the Bible. My superiority complex began to fade away, as did much of my fears and almost all of my guilt. I'm a much happier, healthier, more productive, more moral person than I was when I was a Christian.

  Maybe God just didn't like me from the start?

  Just MY experience, of course, but I'm sure there are folks out there that have had similar experiences.
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  IS GOD REAL? HOW DO YOU KNOW?

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this is an honest question on my part.

  someone on this board asked me 'how do you know' a while ago and i really struggled with it.

  in fact, it was a turning point for me.

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  “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein

  I've never read that quote before. Really like it.

  Even when I thought I was a true believer, I always had a nagging doubt in the existence of Jehovah or any gods.

  Now, I am 100% convinced that there are no supernatural supreme beings of any kind. My non-belief feels comfortable and natural to me. I don't have a shred of doubt in my non-belief. Believers claim that they feel their god(s) in their hearts/souls/whatever, and that is their proof. I feel the same way about my non-belief. Every fiber of my being is convinced.
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  Be Honest---Describe your most prevalent feeling as a witness in ONE WORD!

  by MsGrowingGirl20 in

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  lets's go!!.

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  suffocating.

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  Low-Key Lysmith

  Doubtful.