Whiskey drinkers..

[rangerider]

Bidding is set to open Tuesday.

[MegaGlide]

No "e".

[MegaGlide]

I'd love to taste that stuff, though.
I figured this would have been the stuff they recovered from Shackleton's South Pole expedition.

[rangerider]

Originally Posted by MegaGlide

No "e".

Well..I'll be darned - I stand corrected. Curiosity led me to several different sites to pursue my error. The consensus:

"Whiskey is the preferred spelling in Ireland and the United States; whisky is the spelling in Canada and Great Britain".

But is there more to it than that?

The local distillery has the "e" in it's advertising. Any chance I could parlay a correction into a free bottle?

[MegaGlide]

Actually, it's not the country you're spelling it in, but the country where the spirit came from.
Then throw in BATFe (FE Butte'll bring the CHiPs) declaring (like they're the spelling police) that they all should be spelled without the "e" in the US, regardless of origin.
Jack-booted offs.

[MegaGlide]

Stolen from a random blog:

Throughout this blog, I've been using both spellings interchangably, but this kind of inconsistency drives me crazy. So, here's the word from Wikipedia (which also matches what I've read elsewhere):

The spelling whisky (plural whiskies) is generally used for those distilled in Scotland, Wales, Canada, and Japan, while whiskey (with an e; plural whiskeys) is used for the spirits distilled in Ireland and in the United States as well. A 1968 BATF directive specifies "whisky" as the official U.S. spelling, but allows labeling as "whiskey" in deference to tradition, and most U.S. producers still use the latter spelling. A mnemonic used to remember which spelling is used is that "Ireland" and "United States" have at least one "e" in their names, while "Scotland," "Canada" and "Japan" do not. International law reserves the term "Scotch whisky" to those whiskies produced in Scotland; Scottish law specifies that the whisky must be aged for a minimum of three years, in oak casks. Whiskies produced in other countries in the Scotch style must use another name. Similar conventions exist for "Irish whiskey," "Canadian whisky," and "Bourbon Whiskey." In North America, as well as in Continental Europe the abbreviated term "Scotch" is usually used for "Scotch Whisky." In England, Scotland, and Wales, the term "Whisky" almost always refers to "Scotch Whisky", and the term "Scotch" is rarely used by itself. The Welsh version is wysgi (though the forms chwisgi and wisgi also exist).
So there, more than you ever wanted to know. I will try to use the correct spelling depending on which country produced the stuff and will use the whisky spelling for the generic in deference to the original. Besides, I'm an American and Lord knows I'd hate to run afoul of the BATF... Guns, alcohol, and tobacco. My guys.

You can all rest easy tonight.

[Infidel!]

Bourbon is always spelled with an "e".

Of course, halfway through the bottle nobody cares anyway

[Margarita]

Woming's first whiskey went on the market this week. Who needs Glenfiddich, hmmm? PS I like the term uiskibaugh for the sheer delight of being obscure.

http://www.wyomingwhiskey.com/

[ms_tapestry]

It's very floral and fruity

Hmmmm. . .

[Fe Butte]

I still hope to score some WW on the way to Red Lodge, do they sell it in Thermopolis yet?

Sent via FM (fookin' magic) it's all FM ain't it?

[Margarita]

Don't know. Mr. Margarita met Son of Margarita to return Grandson of Margarita in Thermop (aka Favorite Hot Spring of Margarita) today; if I'd checked in earlier I'd had him ask around. I suspect you can get it in Meteetse and Cody.

[FXRS]

Originally Posted by MegaGlide

I'd love to taste that stuff, though.
I figured this would have been the stuff they recovered from Shackleton's South Pole expedition.

The bottles are to be eventually returned to Shackleton's hut, unlikely to ever leave the ice again.


Really?

[MegaGlide]

Originally Posted by FXRS

The bottles are to be eventually returned to Shackleton's hut, unlikely to ever leave the ice again.


Really?

Yeah.
Morons.