April 2025 Bourbon
...because with Bourbon comes good Sense
The tariffs appear to act like taking a torpedo baseball bat to our country’s economy – significant damage occurs. But a liberal economist, I forget which one, admitted that the world has been charging the US tariffs on our exports, substantially more than we were charging them for our imports. Despite the apparent unfairness, the US economy was the strongest in the world as measured by various yardsticks (except balance of trade). So what gives? I do believe that we should be more self-reliant on our own manufacturing of weapons, chips, steel, pharmaceuticals, anything important for our national security.
Last night, 60 Minutes aired a segment about Bourbon and revealed that the taste came from the aging process in charred American white oak barrels. That piqued my interest because I have a lot of trouble distinguishing one bourbon from another. The program went on to say that the distillation process for all bourbons was the same and so the taste was similar of the clear distillate; acknowledging some difference due to the recipe or mash bill. The sweetness: caramel, coffee, cherry, and whatever other tastes may be in that sip is from the charred wood of the barrel.