tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post1846554393165374261..comments2024-03-05T07:55:16.812-08:00Comments on Rowley's Whiskey Forge: He Gurgled When He WalkedMatthew Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-30181184608457119072008-09-05T14:58:00.000-07:002008-09-05T14:58:00.000-07:00That's true ~ but when bootleggers chasing profit ...That's true ~ but when bootleggers chasing profit start adding fusel oil (what distillers nowadays call fusel alcohol from the German "Fusel" for "rotgut") back into the mix, I get a little antsy. Creosote figures into several recipes in the manuscript, too, though I don't mind the vanilla, orris, etc, extracts. If memory serves, I've got a sheaf of vanilla pods macerating in whiskey somewhere in one of these cabinets...Matthew Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-57805663007196167472008-09-05T09:52:00.000-07:002008-09-05T09:52:00.000-07:00I don't suppose that the technical names for compo...I don't suppose that the technical names for compounds that give actual whiskey its flavor sound much tastier than the fake versions used by rum-runners. Which is not to say that I want to start swilling bottles of butyric ether and rectified fusel oil...nerdlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047018087464748014noreply@blogger.com