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WTOP newa wrote:Rare bourbon stolen from Kentucky distillery
There may be some thieves out there getting very drunk -- or at least a little bit richer.
Kentucky.com and The State Journal report 65 cases of Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year bourbon have been stolen from Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky. About three bottles of the rare bourbon were in each case, and -- combined with bottles of Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye that also were stolen -- the total loss is estimated at more than $26,000.
The hard-to-find 20-year bourbon costs more than $100 per bottle and can go for much more. The Buffalo Trace website says it is the top-rated bourbon whiskey in the world.
Police think the theft may have been an inside job
Oh, the humanity
Taxes are the price we pay for a free society and to cover the responsibilities of the evaders
They were talking about it on the news this morning driving to work. Very sad day here in Ky.
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And the tragic part is that the ones who stole it probably don't even know what they have, and will have drunk it all by now.
The fact that you sincerely and wholeheartedly believe that the “Law of Gravity” is unconstitutional and a violation of your sovereign rights, does not absolve you of adherence to it.
Personally I have never understood the appeal of hard liquor; not so with red wine and quality unsweet beer, like thoroughly hopped IPAs which have a lot more going for them in health benefits and potential sociable aspects of them on the right occasions. Thieves usually need to fence their haul for a small % of market value, especially heavily regulated products like liquors and cigarettes.
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Number Six wrote:Personally I have never understood the appeal of hard liquor; not so with red wine and quality unsweet beer, like thoroughly hopped IPAs which have a lot more going for them in health benefits and potential sociable aspects of them on the right occasions. Thieves usually need to fence their haul for a small % of market value, especially heavily regulated products like liquors and cigarettes.
The only hard liquor I ever got a taste for was rum, which I learned to like in Puerto Rico, 40 years ago. I prefer white wine to red (especially Rieslings); but Number Six and I have the same taste in beer. Since my son works for a Boston craft brewer, I get plenty of the latter at can't-resist prices.
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