SOMETHING FOR YOUR 4TH OF JULY WEEK-END

In 1964, Congress deemed bourbon the nation’s native spirit, and there’s nothing more American than enjoying a sip of the brown stuff in a classic cocktail like a mint julep or an old fashioned on the Fourth of July weekend.

Personally I'll be enjoying a cold Sam Adams, also patriotic.

I really have to disagree with you, f you consider consuming alcohol as patriotic.

I also believe there are MANY THINGS "more American than enjoying a sip of the brown stuff in a classic cocktail."

I also don't believe the name of a patriot being on a beer bottle necessarily makes it patriotic, especially when the Boston Brewing Company is located and brewed in Cincinnati, Ohio. But maybe the company is targeted low-information drinkers by making them think it's actually a recipe from Samuel Adams and is brewed in Boston.

Personally, I prefer Colorado beers, like Avalanche or Fat Tire.

No Wayne, drinking alcohol has nothing to do with being patriotic, Samuel Adams is considered one of the prime movers in the American Revolution.

When you drink your Fat Tire, check the label and see if it was brewed in Asheville, NC or Ft. Collins, CO.

By the way, are you a high information drinker?

I never said drinking alcohol has something to do with being patriotic.

I said, "I also don't believe the name of a patriot being on a beer bottle necessarily makes it patriotic."

You don't have to explain to me who a Founding Father was. I note that he is also considered a controversial figure, to this day. And, no, I don't consider myself a high-information drinker. If I like it, I'll drink it.

Samuel Adams beer company comes up with the recipes and then hires contract manufacturers to actually brew and package the beer. Maybe not patriotic, but an excellent example of capitalism. Delivering product to market without having to invest in plant and equipment. BTW, that Cincy brewery also makes some real swill. So it is good to see their equipment used for good instead of bad.

Bourbon? Never got into Scotch, must prefer a good high end American bourbon like Booker's.

This should be in the "who said this" thread but it is appropriate for the 4th of July

About the Declaration there is a finality that is exceedingly restful. It is often asserted that the world has made a great deal of progress since 1776, that we have had new thoughts and new experiences which have given us a great advance over the people of that day, and that we may therefore very well discard their conclusions for something more modern. But that reasoning can not be applied to this great charter. If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions. If anyone wishes to deny their truth or their soundness, the only direction in which he can proceed historically is not forward, but backward toward the time when there was no equality, no rights of the individual, no rule of the people. Those who wish to proceed in that direction can not lay claim to progress. They are reactionary. Their ideas are not more modern, but more ancient, than those of the Revolutionary fathers.

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