Heck, even though I have been doing this for almost 4 years now... I would be the first to call myself an amateur...
Know your spirits
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Woodshed, I didn't say you called anyone an "amateur"... I was only referring to the several references to amateurs from everyone who has done so...
Heck, even though I have been doing this for almost 4 years now... I would be the first to call myself an amateur...
Heck, even though I have been doing this for almost 4 years now... I would be the first to call myself an amateur...
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Its all made from sugar just splitting hairs where that sugar came from.From my younger days when my great uncle ran a road house I cant remember anyone doing more then asking for charred or white.Guess the whiskey snobs were ones holden the paper . 
so I been told (sorry goose couldn't help it)
so I been told (sorry goose couldn't help it)I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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Re: Know your spirits
Two definitions you might consider -
amateur - a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
novice - a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner.
I would suggest that most, if not all, of us fit the definition of "amateur", but some of us, to varying degrees, also fit the definition of "novice". I wholeheartedly accept that I am an amateur. I would also assert that Woodshed fits neither definition.
I appreciate that the OP put all that information together and posted it here, but I know for a fact that I have read most of it here in these forums in pieces and parts. I also appreciate that those guidelines (rules) are in place to bring some order and consistency to an industry. Some of those things I can make and call them what they are (i.e., rum, brandy, vodka). I can make something that taste like Scotch or Bourbon, but I would never say that I made Scotch or Bourbon - maybe Scotch-like, or Bourbon-style. But then, if you're lying to yourself, is it really a lie.
amateur - a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons.
novice - a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner.
I would suggest that most, if not all, of us fit the definition of "amateur", but some of us, to varying degrees, also fit the definition of "novice". I wholeheartedly accept that I am an amateur. I would also assert that Woodshed fits neither definition.
I appreciate that the OP put all that information together and posted it here, but I know for a fact that I have read most of it here in these forums in pieces and parts. I also appreciate that those guidelines (rules) are in place to bring some order and consistency to an industry. Some of those things I can make and call them what they are (i.e., rum, brandy, vodka). I can make something that taste like Scotch or Bourbon, but I would never say that I made Scotch or Bourbon - maybe Scotch-like, or Bourbon-style. But then, if you're lying to yourself, is it really a lie.
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Re: Know your spirits
I just throw "shine" after everything. Brandyshine ... Bourbonshine, etc. Tells folks what they're getting and what to expect. No lies. 
Re: Know your spirits
I'm not sure what I was drinkin' last night but it didn't come from a store....it was most excellent!
If you can't be a good example, at least be a terrible warning
Re: Know your spirits
Well what a pro is an aint don't mean squat, its what
they juggin that do.
Any of yall barter traded an so on an so forth. Then you a pro
So I'm tole
they juggin that do.
Any of yall barter traded an so on an so forth. Then you a pro
So I'm tole