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It's the sugar maple charcoal filter that differentiates Tennessee whiskey from other bourbons (besides, y'know, being distilled in Tennessee). So I don't think a traditional bourbon distilled in Tennessee but lacking the "Lincoln County process" could be called Tennessee whiskey.

Also makes me wonder if there are any Kentucky bourbons that use the sugar maple charcoal process in their product.

The "Weaver Effect." Act like you're small time, you become small time.

Thank God we now have an aggressive AD who views expenditures as investments, and rightfully so. Spend money to make money. Act like a big boy to become one.

Just got turned on to Bulleit. Got a bottle of it from a coworker at my work gift exchange. Heard it was contract distilled by Four Roses but can't confirm that.

They actually have Larceny in my local wine and spirits section. (Best thing about leaving Virginia, liquor in the supermarkets.) I'd never heard of Larceny before, so I appreciate the recommendation.

My knee jerk was to just grab a bottle of Laphroaig. I'm actually relatively new to ultra-premium bourbon, though, so I kind of want to broaden my horizons there.

It basically is a zombie movie in every sense, though. Just easier to kill than Romeroesque zombies. Kind of a tradeoff for being fast and strong.

Movies like the remake of Dawn of the Dead where they are kill the brain zombies but also fast and strong are just overkill, IMO.

Personally I'll take the shambling horde of NotLD and the Walking Dead over the Sprinting Dead any day.

Anyone familiar with Pal's Sudden Service? My first job was at a Pal's and that place was seriously like hospital level clean. Once a week the ENTIRE restaurant got wiped down floor to ceiling with a bleach solution. They had us climb on top of the freezers in the back to wipe them down. I would feel safer eating food from Pal's than food made in my own kitchen.

I'll go out on a limb and say about 90% of our offensive struggles come down to having an inferior O line. I really like the look of Lefty's play designs, and his passing tree is way better than Stiney's. But good lord, it got to a point where you could basically tell he was play calling based on a mentality of "What can we get off in three seconds before the line buckles?"

We have tons of talent on O. Young, raw and green, yes, but TALENT. Ford and Phillips are a great receiving tandem, Bucky is the Truth, and I'm really high on Shai and Juice if their knees hold. I also still really like Brewer and think he could be something special with a dominant O line giving him a pocket to stand in. But it all starts up front.

Our focus on O should be 107% about fixing the OL yesterday. Put the Newsome era behind us once and for all and I think we'll surprise some people on O.

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