What do you guys do for work?

[EntoStentor]

Hot damn that's a lot of Bourbon! Pretty cool.

EntoStentor are you still interested in ants?

Yes.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Thanks Hendre and Ron.

The ban on political talk is because there's so much passion involved in what constitutes a right here in the US, and whether or not the different parts of this country's political spectrum can agree on those rights. Introduce the opinion of peoples from outside of the US opining on those rights, and it always degenerates quickly.

This is not a statement of support either from me or from MFK as a whole toward one side or another, simply that we don't want that kind of subject matter being argued ad nauseam on MFK. We're all here because we love fish. No need to tear our community apart over non fish related issues.

Sorry chicx, I didn't expect for it to become an issue, I had expected a short answer more along the lines of "I don't know man".

 

[Chicxulub]

Sorry chicx, I didn't expect for it to become an issue, I had expected a short answer more along the lines of "I don't know man".

No worries dude. Nothing in this thread got out of line, I just wanted to cut it off before it had the opportunity to do so. Everybody has been doing exceptionally well with playing by the ToS lately. This thread was pushing the limits of the letter of the rule (no political talk), but everyone stayed well away from the intent of the rule (avoiding acting like jerks to each other over politics).

And for that, you all have my sincerest thanks

 

[beau1990]

Hot damn that's a lot of Bourbon! Pretty cool.

EntoStentor are you still interested in ants?

Each barrel (full of booze) weighs 565lbs so with that in mind total weight of just the barrels in this rick house will be 31,640,000lbs

 

[EntoStentor]

Each barrel (full of booze) weighs 565lbs so with that in mind total weight of just the barrels in this rick house will be 31,640,000lbs

1,582,000 pounds of alcohol, in other words.

 

[beau1990]

Yup

 

[parrotlover77]

I am a aviation meteorologist.

 

[David R]

I build bourbon warehouses

Holy **** that's cool! I'm more a scotch drinker, but that looks amazing. Is there a reason they're all timber construction? Seems like an expensive option, but perhaps not?


Here's a pic from my office (taken while stationary, of course!).

 

[beau1990]

They use timber because if metal would affect the taste of the bourbon, but they are careful to not use super fragrant woods like cedar

 

[David R]

They use timber because if metal would affect the taste of the bourbon, but they are careful to not use super fragrant woods like cedar

Wow, even through the barrels the metal would have an affect on the flavour? That's really interesting, I guess if you taste/blend the stuff for a living your palate becomes very sensitive to any subtle influences and could detect things like that.