Barleycorn does a review

[Mike]

On a whim, I gave Barleycorn (my dog) some bourbon and asked him to do a review. What I gave him was some Old Taylor and told him it was a passable bourbon. Here are his notes:

Nose: Aroma of rabbit soaked in rubbing alcohol, clover, crickets, dried food. I asked him if he smelled any 'dark fruit' and he said, 'What's a dark fruit?'

Taste: Tastes of rabbit soaked in alcohol, clover, crickets, dried food. I asked him if he tasted any 'spice' and he said, 'What's a spice?'

Finish: Yea, can I have some more? I said, 'No, No, how does it taste after you have swallowed it?' He replied, 'After I swallowed it, it is gone! Can I have some more?'

Overall: It ain't Old Rip Van Winkle, but can I have this bottle?

Not bad for a first review from a dog. Sounds very much like what some of my cousins would say, if they could write.

[bunghole]

Georgia Mike,

Many have lamented that Old Taylor has 'gone to the dogs' since Beam took over, and now we know it's true! The fact that Barleycorn liked it well enough to ask for more shows that Old Taylor is no bottom shelf stinker, as is Old Crow.

imasaintbunghole

[bourbonv]

Linn,
I do believe Barleycorn's review of Old Crow was road kill with rubbing alcohol, clover, crickets and dried food.

[bunghole]

Linn,
I do believe Barleycorn's review of Old Crow was road kill with rubbing alcohol, clover, crickets and dried food.

Road kill!?PFFFFFT! Another overused discriptor by so many hack whiskey writters just as is 'dark fruits'. Come on now! Any dog with a nose knows that the road kill in Old Crow is skunk, and not groundhog or 'possum, ect.

[bourbonv]

Linn,
When you are right, you are right as rain. My apologies to Barleycorn. I am sure he would say a roadkill crow, rubbing alcohol, crickets, clover and dried food.