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This is a super kitchen collectible! It's a shopping reminder made by Davar and is dated 1966. Reference book describes this item as a shopping reminder/recipe holder -- I don't know how it would hold a recipe but that's the description used in reference book.
She is made like a napkin lady and I would think the opening would be a great place to put/keep coupons until using them.
Little lady measures 6 ½" tall and is free-standing or can be hung on a wall.
She is made like a napkin lady and I would think the opening would be a great place to put/keep coupons until using them.
Little lady measures 6 ½" tall and is free-standing or can be hung on a wall.
Another excellent condition Frankoma item! It's a casserole warmer (candle) base and is a pretty light tan color. Very nice!
This listing has a Frankoma warmer base (candle) for a casserole! It's Prairie Green and is marked Frankoma, WAI. Excellent condition!
This listing has a white spaghetti poodle – this type spaghetti is known as "crushed ceramic". She's a lovely lady wearing a pretty hat and measures 4 ¾" tall (at tallest). She's in excellent condition!
This listing has two white spaghetti poodles – this type spaghetti is known as "coleslaw"! the poodles measure 3 ½" tall and 3 ¼" tall (at tallest). Pretty!
Very pretty pink spaghetti poodle family! The mommy measures 3 1/8" tall (at tallest) and the babies measure 1 ¾" tall (at tallest). Excellent condition but do not have chains.
Mint condition McCoy candle holders! These are in the beautiful Romance pattern, measure 4 ½" tall, and are in the original box.
These would be a super addition to a collection or would be an excellent gift!
These would be a super addition to a collection or would be an excellent gift!
This is a lovely vase produced by McCoy in 1932! It measures 6" tall and is in excellent condition – obviously always pampered and a treasured part of a collection. It has a typical McFlaw -- a fired-on pottery flake – that is not detrimental to the excellent condition of this vase, even the colors are lovely!
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Super find – glove trees made by Novo and still in the original box! Per box, "the best way to wash, dry, and shape gloves". The instructions are also included!
This is a cute Weiss figural pin! Shaped like a dog with rhinestone eyes, nose, and belly button, pin measures 2 ¾" x 1 ½" and is marked Weiss. Neat!
There are 20 aluminum light reflectors in this listing! Thirteen have the cardboard inserts, 7 do not – all are in wonderful condition!
This listing has aluminum Christmas tree light reflectors! There are 15 reflectors in each box and there are 2 boxes available. Per box, these were produced in 1968 – they still have the original price tags/stickers of 49 cents! The reflector colors are gold, pink, blue, and red.
***Only one box is available.***
This listing has 4 McCoy dinner plates from the Suburbia line! Plates measure 9 ½" diameter and backs are marked McCoy, USA, Oven Proof. There are 2 blue color plates, 1 dark brown, and 1 burnt orange color. Plates have no chips, dings, or cracks, but do have utensil marks that are most noticeable on the brown and orange color plates. These are perfect plates to actually use!
Another lovely embroidered state souvenir hanky – this one is for Maine! Hanky is a Franshaw production, measures 10 ½" x 10 ½" and is in excellent condition. The attention to detail on embroidered souvenir hankies is outstanding!
Another doubly collectible souvenir hanky – souvenir category and round category! This one is titled "Around Denver, Col", measures 13 ¾" diameter, and is in excellent condition. Super!
This city souvenir hanky is for Denver! Hanky is very colorful, measures 13 ¼" x 12 ¾" and is in excellent condition. A great addition to a collection!
This souvenir hanky is not perfect but I am listing it because of its rarity – Salt Lake City souvenir handkerchiefs are very difficult to find! This one is silk and measures 10 ¾" x 11". It has a thread pull that be seen in photo and a tiny hold/separation at the bottom of the "L". This is in a crease/fold line and it probably occurred due to age and being folded in the same manner for many years. The colors are bright and this hanky would be lovely framed for display!
Lovely souvenir hanky for Wyoming! This is the smaller size state souvenir hanky – measures 12" x 12". It is in wonderful condition, although the colors are not faded, the hanky appears to have been laundered a few times and it has a tiny pin-hole (probably from a price tag). These are not detrimental to use or display but I have priced the hanky to reflect these minor imperfections.


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If the fight over the use of one little Bustleton house were a reality TV show, it would be called Zoning Wars. So far, there have been several episodes, and another is in production now.
In the latest, Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment denied a variance application that would allow the owner of a Haldeman Avenue home to make dental retainers in the residentially zoned property, according to the president of the Greater Bustleton Civic League. The owner's lawyer said his client will go to court to appeal that decision.
In an Aug. 6 email, league president Jack O'Hara told members the zoners have reversed their 2012 decision to allow Flore Andresi a three-year variance to continue handcrafting dental retainers at 9997 Haldeman Ave. The league has long opposed Andresi's application, maintaining that permitting his business to operate in a house threatens the residential character of the street.
Andresi's attorney, Shawn Ward, stated Friday that his client has directed him to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas to reverse the zoning board's latest decision. Ward has argued that the house near the busy intersection of Haldeman and Red Lion Road, a bank and a fast-food restaurant is not suitable as a residence, so Andresi should be allowed to continue his business there.
The league's involvement in the process began in fall 2012. Andresi needed a variance to operate legally so he had asked the league to support his application. Instead, the organization's members voted overwhelmingly to oppose it. In November 2012, that opposition didn't stop zoning board members from giving Andresi his variance — but just for three years.
Urged on by City Councilman Brian O'Neill (R-10th dist.), league members took the zoning board to court and won. In July 2013, Common Pleas Court sent the case back to the zoners, instructing them that the applicant must prove "hardship," which means he had to show the property could be used only for his business. Andresi finally got his hearing on July 23.
The ZBA denied Andresi's application on July 29. When O'Hara announced the zoners' decision to league members, he told them Andresi could file an appeal. That's going to happen, Ward wrote in an Aug. 8 email to the Northeast Times.
"We believe we successfully demonstrated that given the location of the subject property at one of the busiest corners in Northeast Philadelphia, surrounded by commercial establishments, and tremendously intense traffic, requiring strict compliance to the residential use standards of the Zoning Code will result in an unnecessary hardship to the property," Ward wrote. "The present circumstances render the property practically useless as a residential dwelling as nobody will wish to use this property as such."
During the July 23 hearing, Ward presented an expert witness, suburban real estate agent Karen Doorley, who said the property wasn't suitable as a house. Ward pointed out Andresi's house is next to a Wendy's restaurant and across the street from a bank.
Jared Klein, who represented the league, didn't dispute the location of nearby businesses, but said the remainder of the block is made up of residences. Klein also said the property has all the makings of a residential use. Andresi had testified that he had lived in the home. "Someone can live in this house," Klein said. "There is no hardship."
"We believe that the testimony of Mr. Andresi and our expert witness clearly demonstrated that this property is uniquely situated and does not share similar characteristics of other homes on Haldeman Avenue," Ward said in his Aug. 8 email. "It is clearly a mischaracterization to claim that the handcrafting of dental retainers using common household hand tools, wire and acrylic products is tantamount to a manufacturing plant or facility as claimed by the Greater Bustleton Civic League."
During the July 23 ZBA hearing, board member Samuel Staten Jr. suggested the zoners had backed Andresi in 2012 because he was a small businessman who was living in the building, and, since there had been no complaints about the business, the board was inclined to give him three years to keep operating and find another location. However, when board members learned Andresi no longer lived in the building, their attitudes seemed to change.
Staten said he said yes to the applicant in 2012 because he believed he was living on the property, and zoning board member Greg Pastore said zoners believed Andresi's business was an accessory use to his residence.
Although O'Hara said he knew the war could go on, he was very pleased the league won this last battle.
"This decision is a significant accomplishment for the GBCL and we are all truly grateful for the outcome," O'Hara wrote in his email. "The residents of Bustleton showed their commitment and determination in preserving and protecting our long established residential areas as they were designed. It took a lot of strength for our community to challenge a ZBA ruling and we should all feel very proud of the victory."
After conferring with his client, Ward said it's not over.
"I believe that the Zoning Board misapplied the standard for the grant of a variance in this case as the proper test is not whether the property 'can be used' as a single family dwelling," Ward wrote. "Rather, the proper test is, given its unique characteristics, whether the property will likely, or ever, be used as a single-family dwelling. We submit that it will not, as the property sat vacant for several years while being actively marketed for sale. No testimony or evidence was presented to the contrary to rebut our position. Accordingly, zoning relief is necessary to afford reasonable use of the property."
O'Hara said he "was not entirely surprised" by Andresi's decision to take his case to court. The league president said he will discuss the case with his members at their Sept. 17 session. The league holds no membership meetings in July or August.
He said his members have been "pretty consistent" in maintaining and fighting for their neighborhood's residential character. "I don't think that will change."
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In the weeks before the 2015 legislative session, two issues have emerged as dominant — Ferguson and government ethics. Yet, I wonder whether conflicts over details will be fatal.
For years, I've seen well-intentioned efforts by Missouri public officials crash on the shores of details. Think back to last year when legislative leaders expressed pride at pulling together a complex compromise on unaccredited school districts. There was


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By John Wilbert/NEMS Daily Journal
SALTILLO – Eric Reynolds isn't cocky or arrogant when he speaks highly of his girls soccer team.
He only speaks the truth.
"There will be several college soccer players coming out of Saltillo, I believe," said the first-year Saltillo High coach. "I have ninth- and tenth-graders better than most people's seniors.
"Ask anyone who watches us play."
The Saltillo Lady Tigers (10-3, 3-1) won the Division 2-5A title on Tuesday night thanks to a 11-0 shutout of West Point and are poised to make a run in the state tournament.
However, the Pearl Lady Pirates are looming as a possible second-round opponent for the young but very talented Lady Tigers. Pearl eliminated another solid Northeast Mississippi team, Pontotoc, in last year's quarterfinals.
"They (Pearl) have a lot of speed, and I know for a fact that they are going to be bigger than us – from what I heard because I haven't seen them play," said Reynolds, whose team will likely host either Forest Hill or Provine in Tuesday's first-round match.
"Talent-wise, our girls can hang with most anybody in the state. If you run into someone with the same talent but are bigger and faster, then you're probably going to run into problems.
"But the one thing that I can say about my girls is that they're ready to face a challenge. Two of our goals this season are to win the division and to win the state championship.
"We accomplished one of those goals last night (Tuesday)."
Fortunately for Reynolds, who replaced Gary Cherry in the offseason, he has been able to rest easy knowing that the team chemistry has been great thanks to the leadership of senior players Ashley Dodson, Kayla Kitchen and Lindsay Richardson.
"We're in a fortunate situation to have a (solid) starting 11 and to be able to replace someone from our bench and not lose anything," the new Saltillo coach said. "We're in a better situation as far as bench players.
"Everybody knows their role. This year has been enjoyable to get some players some playing time. Most of our bench players are freshmen, and hopefully, that speaks volumes of what this program can accomplish."
First time for everyone
– When talking with Reynolds about his Saltillo High boys team, one would come away with the impression that the Tigers are an above average team.
But when considering their overall record, one would certainly think the opposite.
"That's an amazing record to be in the playoffs, huh?" Reynolds said of his team's 2-11 mark.
However, in all seriousness, the Tigers have developed into a solid team, and their 2-2 Division 2-5A record speaks to that.
"We started the year off really slow," said Reynolds, whose boys team will be making its first playoff appearance in the program's history. "Most of them have never played together before. There were several games where we didn't score a goal.
"The past six games we've played well. We went from not a very good soccer team to a team that can compete with each of the teams in the division."
So what changed?
"It's because they finally bought into the team concept and ball movement and the fact that you can't do it all on your own," Reynolds said.
To prove the effectiveness of what Reynolds had been preaching and how his doctrine would pay off, a Saltillo senior cited the perfect example: Saltillo's 5-3 win over division opponent West Point on Tuesday.
"See what happens when you work together as a team," the senior said after the game.
Long time coming
– The 22 years since their school last defeated Tupelo in a division match had left the Starkville players in a bit of shock on Tuesday night when they finally snapped their winless streak against the Golden Wave with a 1-0 victory.
"Our guys were so pumped that they didn't know what to do or what to say," said Yellowjackets coach Brian Bennett, who was a freshman on that 1988 club that last beat Tupelo in division play.
Nonetheless, the Starkville players ran over to their fans as the two groups demonstrated mutual appreciation.
"We had a lot of fans last night," Bennett said. "They were loud with cowbells and stuff, and they were making a lot of noise.
"There were a lot of hugs and high fives."
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At Michigan Law, ensuring that our students are employed in full-time, permanent legal positions is a serious priority. And, while more than 90 percent of our students are typically employed at graduation, some find they need to bridge the gap between graduation and full-time, permanent legal employment. The MLaw Bridge Fellowship (MBF) offers experience and peace of mind in transition and provides 3Ls who are actively seeking, but have not yet obtained full-time employment, with substantive work in their desired job sector and location. The fellowship is particularly valuable, for example, for students whose intended future employer hires only as positions become available, such as in the public interest law sector, or requires bar passage prior to the start date. Fellowships are awarded for up to 12 months and require full-time work at a government agency (federal, state, or local) or nonprofit organization.
Current students, please visit this page for more information on the requirements and how to apply for the MBF.
In many instances, the MBF opportunities our graduates pursue lead directly to permanent employment. For the Class of 2014, we have had eleven Fellows receive permanent jobs from their MBF placements. Fellowship recipients have worked for numerous organizations.
As one graduate wrote, when reporting that he had secured a post-fellowship position at a state Attorney General's Office over stiff competition:
I really, really wanted to pursue a career in the public sector, and the Postgraduate Fellowship program was definitely central to making that possible. There were over 270 applicants, and they interviewed 18, the vast majority of whom had more experience than I do. Had I not already been working here [as a postgraduate fellow] and proving that I could litigate against more experienced attorneys, there is no way I would have been seriously considered.
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It's too early to get excited or upset about the possibility of a Triple Crown sports complex in Hayden.
Town Manager Russ Martin stressed that discussions about possible sites are very preliminary and, with no clear plans on the table, it's premature to judge how such a project would fit into the town.
"The whole idea is to narrow it down to a few sites -- whether in Hayden, Craig or Steamboat -- and we can start getting public comment," he said.
Martin was among a group of community representatives and others who met last week to discuss Triple Crown's future in the region and the organization's need for 16 to 24 new baseball diamonds.
Triple Crown's contracts with the city of Steamboat Springs and the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association expire in 2007. President Dave King said at the meeting that the organization will leave if a new sports complex is not built in the region.
The Hayden Town Board and Economic Development Council held a work session several weeks ago to discuss its interest in having a 120-acre sports complex.
"Hayden is somewhat of an obvious location from the standpoint of available land and large tracts of flat ground," Martin said.
At this point, the town neither is for nor against a Triple Crown sports complex, but officials remain open to the idea.
"In my mind, it's like a big industry," Martin said. "You entertain it and try to figure out what it's going to do positive or negative.
"That's where we are now, in the exploratory stages."
There is private land in all directions that may accommodate such a project, though the town has not yet contacted landowners about the possibility, he said.
Earlier this summer, Hayden officials considered Triple Crown in plans for Dry Creek Park. Hayden is using a Great Outdoors Colorado grant to build a soccer field there, and -- in the upcoming budgeting and grant cycles -- it will be looking to build multi-use fields and other park amenities.
But a few fields are different from a full-blown athletic complex. Although Triple Crown likely will have access to new fields in Dry Creek Park, a large sports complex will not be built there, Martin said.
Many questions have yet to be answered, but it's clear that no matter where such a project is located, planning, funding and management will have to be a regional effort, he said.
Although Steamboat is a big pull for vacationing players, 65 percent of games are played on fields in Craig, Hayden and Oak Creek, King said.
Craig City Manager Jim Ferree was among the players at last week's meeting.
Based on discussions so far, it's too early to say where Hayden stands in the mix of interested players, King said, adding that there's still a lot of ground closer to Steamboat to consider.
"My feeling is there's a lot of stakeholders in Northwest Colorado public and private that have shown initial interest in moving forward," he said.
The only private landowner that has contacted King so far is Ron Sills, a Steamboat Springs resident and partner in the Villages at Hayden -- a large residential development slated for south of downtown.
That development, planned in multiple phases, will have a lot of open space, some of which may be appropriate for an athletic complex, Sills said.
Triple Crown representatives and other players plan to visit possible sites in that development, as well as other areas in the region in September.
"I think after this next meeting, we'll be a lot more set for what's going to happen," he said.
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Rich Zeigler, construction project manager for the New Meadowlands Racetrack, provides the latest construction update for the new $85 million state of the art grandstand.
This facility will feature amenities including food courts, sports bar, VIP areas and a 9,000 square foot rooftop deck with views of the New York skyline.
The new Grandstand is slated to open for live racing November 23, 2013.
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Jim Oeffinger's plane crashed Thursday as he tried to land it at a Wisconsin airport.
OSHKOSH, Wis. -- Authorities on Friday identified the victim of a single-engine airplane crash at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh as Jim Oeffinger, 74, of Versailles, Kentucky.
Oeffinger's Breezy crashed in a grassy area east of the airport's north-south runway while he was attempting a landing at about 9 a.m. Thursday, during the fourth day of the Experimental Aircraft Association's AirVenture convention.
Oeffinger was taken to Theda Clark Regional Airport in Neenah, Wisconsin, where he later died. His passenger, 21-year-old Jennifer Woloszyk, of Elmhurst, Illinios, is at an Oshkosh hospital with serious injuries.
According to the Oshkosh Fire Department, the plane burst into flames after it crashed into a line of Oshkosh Corp. military trucks that are being stored on the periphery of the airport.
John Holland of the Oshkosh Fire Department said fire crews on the grounds saw the crash happen and were able to get to the scene within two minutes.
"The fact they were right there certainly helped," Holland said. "We have a complete fire department on the AirVenture grounds all week. We couldn't beat the speed of that response. Our presence there speeds up response times and, hopefully, saves lives."
The airport was temporarily closed for several hours after the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are working with local authorities in the ongoing investigation of the cause of the crash.


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Update, 3:46 p.m.: Luminant and environmental groups have responded to the court's decision.
Luminant spokewoman Meranda Cohn passes on this statement:
We have reviewed the Court's substitute opinion in this case and continue to believe the decision is legally incorrect. We intend to file a petition seeking rehearing of the case by all of the judges on the Fifth Circuit.
Ilan Levin, attorney and associate director of the Environmental Integrity Project, notes that the Fifth Circuit has now ruled three times in various stages of the case that companies can't get an automatic exemption from civil fines for all excessive emissions, or upsets.
"Those bad old days are gone," he said.
Levin predicted that the latest decision and two previous versions will strengthen ongoing Sierra Club and EIP lawsuits alleging thousands of clean-air violations at Luminant coal-burning plants.
Previously: A federal appeals court has ruled against both Texas' biggest electrical generator, Luminant, and environmental groups in a case involving federal agency authority.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans, said Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency was justified in approving part of a Texas clean-air plan and disapproving another part.
In January 2011, the EPA agreed with Texas' decision to allow power companies limited protection from civil fines for excessive emissions if the incidents, routinely called upsets, were accidental and unavoidable.
But the agency rejected the state's attempt to extend protection to upsets caused by scheduled plant startups or shutdowns, saying a company should be able to prevent those.
Environmental groups, including the Environmental Integrity Project, Sierra Club and others, sued the EPA to overturn the protection for accidental upsets.
Dallas-based Luminant and subsidiaries sued the agency over its refusal to protect all upsets. Industry groups supported Luminant in a brief. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality filed a brief supporting its plan as submitted to the EPA.
The court rejected both arguments and backed the EPA's approach. It said the agency acted within its authority under the Clean Air Act and did not act arbitrarily or capriciously.
The protection that the agency approved was narrow and contained adequate safeguards for the environment, the court said.
The court also declined Luminant's request to make blanket protection against civil fines retroactive to 2006, when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality submitted the plan for EPA approval.
The court's decision could affect environmental groups' enforcement lawsuits against Luminant, which are allowed under federal law. Groups have used upset records as the basis of suits seeking pollution cuts from the company.
By allowing the protection for some upsets, the court could deny the groups some ammunition for lawsuits.
On the other hand, by declining to order retroactive protection for power companies, the court left them open to lawsuits involving startup or shutdown upsets that occurred in past years.
Read the ruling below:
No. 10-60934
On Petitions for Review of a Final Rule of the
United States Environmental Protection AgencyLuminant Decision by Randy Loftis


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Russel Metals, Mississauga, Ontario, has purchased a ¼- by 72-in. stretcher leveler from Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL. The machine will be installed on an existing cut-to-length line at the firm's B&T Steel Division in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
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No aid for inland typhoon survivors
On the island of Leyte, the picture is still one of utter devastation
November 17, 2013 11:10 PMJARO, Philippines -- Even as a major international aid effort has begun to take hold around the coastal city of Tacloban, the situation grimly differs just a few miles inland, where large numbers of injured or sick people in interior villages shattered by Typhoon Haiyan more than a week ago have received no assistance.
Well away from the coastal storm surge areas where most of the death toll occurred on the Philippines island of Leyte, the picture is still one of utter devastation -- in this case from Haiyan's record winds. Mile after mile along the inland roads, particularly in the east, practically every home looks as though its roof has been ferociously clawed off.
Coconut palm forests were torn apart, with vast swaths of trees snapped off about 15 feet above the ground. Falling trunks crushed or knocked holes in houses and huts alike.
But while international relief workers in bright blue or red vests and Philippines Department of Health workers in orange vests are now scouring neighborhoods up and down the coast, they are nowhere to be seen in the interior.
Meanwhile, international aid groups said Sunday that conditions in the disaster zone were gradually improving. "I think in the last few days we've managed to overcome some of the obvious structural and logistical issues," said Matthew Cochrane, spokesman for the U.N. Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Major roads have been cleared, cell phone service is getting better and fuel is becoming more widely available, he said.
"We're going to be able to push aid out and get assistance to people who need it," said Mr. Cochrane, who acknowledged that a wider and faster response was still needed. "It's been more than a week, there's a lot of people who haven't received assistance. I guess the message is that progress is being made."
Signs of that progress could be seen in Guiuan, about 50 miles southeast of Tacloban, where an American-built airstrip was busy as the Swedish air force dropped off German relief workers, the Australians delivered food and water and the U.S. Navy landed Ospreys, Seahawks and C-130s laden with supplies.
But even as aid reaches more ravaged towns and cities, it is clear that the Nov. 8 storm destroyed the ability of many local governments to function. "Ninety percent of the police were not able to show up for the first few days, and even today you've got maybe less than 40 percent of them going to work because they themselves are victims," said Ricky Caradang, a spokesman for President Benigno S. Aquino III.
The national government has had to step in, sending police officers and troops, including about 1,000 to Tacloban, although local officials have called the response inadequate.
Doctors, mayors and local council members in six inland towns and villages on Leyte Island all said Sunday that their citizens had received no medical treatment or medical supplies and no food, water or tents from the international assistance program. They also had not received any medical assistance from the Philippines government; although town governments had received sacks of rice, village governments had not.
All of them said that with the exception of a handful of people sent to hospitals in Tacloban with clearly life-threatening injuries, most people with typhoon-related lacerations and other injuries were being sent home with little or no care. The inland areas lack doctors and have few if any antibiotics, antiseptic, gauze, or other medical supplies.
All of them also said that they were seeing increasing rates of fever and diarrhea, which they attributed to large numbers of people drinking contaminated water and living in now-roofless homes that offer scant protection from the periodic heavy rains over the past nine days.
Raul Artoza, a 49-year-old local council member in Macanip village, which is under the administrative authority of the town of Jaro, said he had never seen so many children come down with fever as in the past few days.
Nobody has a thermometer in the village, nobody has taken a child to a health care worker of any sort and no aid has arrived from the Philippines government or any international group since the typhoon, he said.
"We're just putting leaves on their foreheads," said one of his neighbors, Milagros Macanip.
Rosalina Doyola, a 22-year-old who completed a university degree in accounting last year, sat in a clinic in Santa Fe on Sunday morning, missing two chunks of her left calf each long and deep enough to put an index finger in lengthwise. She was hurt nine days ago by flying debris and has only received iodine solution as a topical antiseptic, plus inexpensive oral antibiotics, with no attempt at suturing her wounds.
"We were escaping from our house and I was hit by an iron roof; maybe it was the church's roof," said Ms. Doyola, adding that both her brothers had been injured by stepping on nails since the typhoon, but that her two sisters were fine.
Virginia Anoya Macasaet, the 51-year-old midwife who has run the clinic for many years, said that she had no formal training in wound care. She said that she had initially put gauze on Ms. Doyola's wounds nine days ago but later changed her mind.
"We bandaged it, but it smelled bad, so we left it open," she said.
Ms. Macasaet and Ms. Doyola both expressed surprise when told that German and Belgian medical aid groups had opened free field hospitals just 3 miles away in coastal Palo. An ambulance was parked in front of the Santa Fe clinic and available to take them to Palo, and gasoline has become available again in the past couple days after disappearing from sale for a week after the typhoon.
Ms. Macasaet mentioned that flying debris during the typhoon had also gouged out the left eye of a 9-year-old boy and that he had been sent home with little care. She asked that the mayor, who was standing nearby, be told that the town's ambulance should be used.
Oscar Monteza, the mayor of Santa Fe, a town of 20,000 people, said that "hundreds" of people had been injured by flying debris during the typhoon. He said that his main priority with the renewed availability of gasoline was to locate and start a generator to produce electricity, but he later agreed to authorize use of the ambulance.
Ricky Carandang, a presidential spokesman for the Philippines, said aid shipments had begun to all town governments on Leyte Island, and these governments were responsible for passing on shipments to village governments.
He expressed concern upon being told that village leaders in places like Macanip and Buenavista said that they had not received any relief, not even food, adding that, "We will look into these reports and take appropriate action."
Inland towns and villages tend to have fewer people and far fewer dead than coastal cities hit by the storm surge. Catalina Agda, the mayor of Tunga, an inland town of 7,000, said there had been only one typhoon-related death there, caused by a falling coconut tree, and 75 confirmed injuries. Santa Fe had 10 confirmed dead and Jaro had 13, local officials said.
But the extreme damage to housing, coupled with a tendency of inland residents not to go to a clinic when they are injured or sick because of an awareness of the limited medical supplies available, make it likely that injuries and sickness are more widespread in inland areas than anyone on the coast realizes, local officials said.


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In designing boats to win races, naval architects quickly discovered the IOR had some big loopholes. By moving the ballast closer to the surface, for example, designers could add more sail area to a boat without paying a the price in a handicap that shaved seconds per mile from its results to equalize it with other yachts. The new boats were fast, but dangerous sailing anything but protected coastal waters.
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February 18, 2013
"Ironically, for Maker's Mark drinkers, the best outcome they can hope for..."
Can you see why? Explanation at the link for why Beam, Inc. could not deal with increased demand by simply raising the price.
65 comments:
- Expat(ish) said...
Bourbon is just something you drink if you didn't drink too much of it in college.
Let's talk about something interesting: cask strength scotch.
If a scotch maker runs out of cash they can sell a cask to a rebottler who can then bottle it using the brand name, but not diluted, only at cask strength. Which is why you can get some really amazing scotch experiences at a fair price.
PS - Oh, yeah, and if you're going to pour coke on booze, you might as well use vodka and a shot of bourbon flavor for all that you can tell what you're drinking.
- edutcher said...
This is the problem in these times - raise the price or make another concession.
I have no idea how dedicated the drunk market is to one particular brand.
- Nonapod said...
A decrease in demand for the product they love is good for an enthusiast consumer since it reduces the risk of shortages and can mean a better price.
I still think it would've been simpler if they just raised the price. - 2/18/13, 2:44 PM
- The Drill SGT said...
I am not a bourbon drinker, but in the Scotch world, the answer is simple. Raise the price to clear the shortfall.
- Nonapod said...
As dumb as it may be I think the biggest reason that MM has been so successful isn't the taste, it's the cool looking bottle with the wax seal.
- dmoelling said...
This is another instance of a company attempting to disguise the Obama/Bernanke inflation. Drudge highlighted the rise in Gasoline prices today. I compared the rise for crude oil in Euros vs US Dollars in a similar time (since Dec 7, 2012). In Euros the price rose 7.5% while in Dollars the price rose 10.5%. This extra 3% is due to the weak dollar (about 10-15 cents/gallon of gas roughly).
- Ipso Fatso said...
Stuff tastes like water. Gimme Jack any day. Only Andrea Dworkin castrated liberal men drink MM.
- DADvocate said...
After the Schlitz beer and New Coke debacles, Beam, Inc should know better than to screw with a brand's "formula." Drinkers will find another brand and never go back. I like bourbon and sour mash whiskey (Jack Daniels). Makes no difference to me.
- Pogo said...
Inflation and shortages.
I expect James Earl Obama to have a TV chat while wearing a sweater, and asking his daughter what she thinks about those yucky bombs in Iran. - 2/18/13, 2:57 PM
- Ann Althouse said...
"I am not a bourbon drinker, but in the Scotch world, the answer is simple. Raise the price to clear the shortfall."
Read the article. It's very interesting why that is NOT the solution. - 2/18/13, 2:59 PM
- whoresoftheinternet said...
Alcohol is recession and depression proof (ha!). It's why, during the 1st Great Depression, they finally re-legalized alcohol---too many people needed the drink to survive the leftist policies that ruined the economy for more than 15 years.
In this Obama economy, more and more people are drowning their unemployment and high prices sorrow in alcohol and other drugs, both legal and non-legal.
Why do you think there's a been an Obama-ea crackdown (double ha!) on the ingredients for "purple drank" (cough syrup) and on Four Locos? Why do you think there's a big marijuana legalization push now, and Obama is running drugs to the increasingly powerful Mexican drug lords?
Because the problem has gotten worse thanks to the Obama Recession (soon to be an official Depression).
Thank Mein Obama and his leftist lackeys and Squealers like Inga the Lying Obama Whore, Garbagee Pail, Andy the Fag, and O Retardo for ruining many people with addiction and depression.
Seig Heil, Mein Obama! Forward, to the further decline! Onwards, leftist comrades! We can be like Venezuela soon, people! - 2/18/13, 3:00 PM
- Shanna said...
I have no idea how dedicated the drunk market is to one particular brand.
When you order a drink with the brand of liquor in the name, you are pretty dedicated (ie, jack and coke, etc.). MM has been getting pretty popular, not that I drink much hard liquor these days.
- Bob R said...
Not a big fan of Jack, and I'm not alone.
I think that Beam's bigger problem is that people develop pretty strong brand loyalties with booze. Either shortage or price increases will force a lot of people to look elsewhere and there are a lot of good bourbons out there (no matter what style you like.) Once people are gone they won't come back in 6 years when you have a lot of booze in cask. - 2/18/13, 3:04 PM
- Rabel said...
The post writer didn't consider the possibility that the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
The happiest people in this are the liquor retailers who will now be able to raise prices on MM due to the highly publicized shortage.
Nonapod makes a good point. The wax seal is a good marketing ploy. It also makes a great handle if you're doing some serious dranking. - 2/18/13, 3:04 PM
- KLDAVIS said...
I mourn the loss of Wild Turkey Rye...they diluted their 101 strength whiskey to 81 last year with little to no controversy. The new product is dreck, kind of like any sort of Maker's. There is much cheaper, higher proof, and more delicious wheated whiskey out there than Maker's.
- whoresoftheinternet said...
p.s they should have raised the price and merely moved MM to a higher-end product market. Call it "maker's mark select" until production re-ramped up.
Market share is only worth fighting for if the quality doesn't dip. For a few years, I noticed McDonald's having an expansion, only to find both old stores and new being poorly run---ghettoized with Sons and Daughters of Obama, with all the requisite rudeness, low-intelligence, inefficiency, and uncleanliness. What was once an efficient U.S. fast food chain is now perceived poorly. I take my burger business to a higher-end one, like Wendy's or Five Guys, which doesn't have the poor reputation.
Market share increased/stayed the same, but quality and brand name got cursed. And the curse allowed higher quality chains to get market share later.
Now Beam, Inc. hurt the brand by letting this slip out. Bad move. - 2/18/13, 3:06 PM
- edutcher said...
dmoelling said...
This is another instance of a company attempting to disguise the Obama/Bernanke inflation. Drudge highlighted the rise in Gasoline prices today.
Real inflation today is 10%, due largely to all the manipulation of fuel prices.
Since gas prices have gone up $.50 in the last month (why aren't we talking about that instead of booze?), We can expect to see another 3% or so around June.
Happy motoring.
- KLDAVIS said...
"Rabel said...
The post writer didn't consider the possibility that the whole thing was a publicity stunt."
Nope, bottles of the 42% shipped to a friend's bar in Chicago. I've seen pictures. He's wondering if they are now collector's items.
- Bob R said...
@KLDAVIS- I used to buy Wild Turkey Rye when it was just about the only one available. But the past year has seen a huge increase in the number of ryes (many very good) offered by VA ABC. Good time to make a Sazerac.
- KLDAVIS said...
@Bob R - WT Rye made terrific Sazeracs. Most of the ryes flooding the market at the moment (Templeton, Bulleit, Willett, Dickel) were all made by LDI in Indiana. It's the exactly same recipe, diluted to different extents (and, in the case of Dickel, charcoal filtered), sold to various concerns to put in their own bottle. Of them, Willett is the only one I care to drink...whoever is picking their barrels knows what they're doing, and they bottle at higher proof than the others. Rittenhouse, long the standard for serviceability, mixing Rye is sadly going down hill.
All that said, I'm not sure I can echo your mood. I think the popularity of Rye is killing off or driving down the quality of a lot of formerly excellent products. Thankfully I have a number of old WT & Rittenhouse set aside, as well as a few Van Winkle Family Reserve. - 2/18/13, 3:16 PM
- Sorun said...
Let's water down our whiskey. No one will mind.
- DADvocate said...
There is much cheaper, higher proof, and more delicious wheated whiskey out there than Maker's.
Got some recommendations? Seriously. I've found some that I like OK, but if you have some suggestions, it might save me some time and money. - 2/18/13, 3:19 PM
- Brew Master said...
This was a huge flop of a ploy. MM is not all that great when compared against other quality whiskeys and/or scotch. They built up their name rather than their product.
The dilution attempt to avoid a shortage was about to ruin the name, and probably has already done quite a bit of damage that the new retraction won't be able to cure.
For the bars that use this as a mixer, the shortage produced by non-dilution will force them to look elsewhere, just as a sudden price rise would have done. So, lose-lose for MM on that score.
The dedicated drinkers of the product have now been pissed off, and not all of them will hear about the retraction. Pissed off drinkers go brand shopping, so once again lose-lose for MM.
So, now you have a situation where MM is forced to sell at the lower price, is faced with a shortage of product. People who want it are now forced to brand shop, once again lose-lose for MM.
What they should have done was input a gradual price increase over time, rather than a single large price increase. You would lose a bit of money short term while retaining customers, explaining that the popular demand for your product has grown so large. Bars will understand that and be able to price in/ride out increases knowing that supply will catch up and price will return to normal, their customers will still ask for MM now knowing that it is a popular option.
Your dedicated customers would keep buying even at increased price knowing the while that they were part of the popular choice (preference cascades and all). - 2/18/13, 3:20 PM
- rehajm said...
That's a bit of a sticky wicket. Given Beam's desired brand positioning, dilution seems like a reasonable strategy- remember Makers is supposed to be a mid market product. A 3% reduction in alcohol really won't make a difference in taste, especially in a mixed drink. Given their predicament, I would have tried the same thing. Clearly, consumers brand perception of Maker's is more upmarket than Beam had intended. Oops! I suppose they could have bifurcated the Makers brand into a white label, diluted 'well' formula for mixed drinks, while maintaining the original formula for straight drinkers. Hindsight is 20/20.
- KLDAVIS said...
"DADvocate said...
Got some recommendations? Seriously.
There's the rub...I want to save it all for myself. But, seriously, check out the Weller line: Special Reserve, 'Antique' (107 proof) or 12 year. - 2/18/13, 3:23 PM
- Mitch H. said...
I liked Maker's Mark before I discovered Bulleit, which is a smidge cheaper, and yet sweeter and smoother. Same goes with what I've had of Buffalo Trace, but I haven't burned through quite as much of that as I have of Maker's Mark and Bulleit. I'm still figuring out my preferences.
I have no idea how dedicated the drunk market is to one particular brand.
It's an identity thing. Where I grew up, it was Arncity or nothin'. Didn't matter that Iron City was tin-flavored horsepiss. As a result, I never got the taste for beer, regardless of the quality.
Stuff tastes like water. Gimme Jack any day.
Speaking of brand and identity, Jack Daniels just isn't a particularly good whiskey. A hair better than Jim Beams, which itself is no better than generic stuff like Ezra Brooks, and worse than bottom-shelf utility bourbons like Evan Williams.
The wax seal is a good marketing ploy.
Yeah, it's a lot better than the sticky crap they wrap around a bottle of Knob Creek. That stuff is disgusting - the sealant, not the bourbon, which is passable if kind of oversharp - too high-proof to be smooth.
There is much cheaper, higher proof, and more delicious wheated whiskey out there than Maker's.
Any recommendations? I've tried some ryes, but my local stores don't seem to have anything other than the Wild Turkeys (eh, not terrible) and Jim Beams (harsh). - 2/18/13, 3:24 PM
- rehajm said...
Rabel said...
The post writer didn't consider the possibility that the whole thing was a publicity stunt.
New Coke - 2/18/13, 3:25 PM
- DADvocate said...
KLD - Thanks. I need something to get me through reading garage's and ritmo's comments.
- Marshal said...
I've been wondering if Makers Mark had run the most successful guerilla ad campaign in history.
- rehajm said...
BTW, Jack Daniels has been monkeyed with this way- formerly 90 proof, it is now 80 proof. Although some special edition premium labels are sometimes sold above 90 proof.
- bagoh20 said...
Should have raised the price instead of trying to outsmart the market. You might lose some sales, but you can't fill them anyway, so with raised prices you can still get the money you would have without the shortage. The perceived value of the brand rises rather than falls, and later when you have more product, you capitalize on the higher value and quickly get your spot back by selling your higher valued product against the lower valued standard at competitive pricing. You always protect the value of the brand. With that you have power and flexibility.
Shortage of a product like this can be an opportunity. That's why companies sometimes create artificial shortages. This works especially well in a brand dependent market like bourbon. Somebody at Jim Beam was being progressive. Trying new things, being open minded. - 2/18/13, 3:35 PM
- EMD said...
What's Maker's Mark?
- Marshal said...
bagoh20 said...
Should have raised the price instead of trying to outsmart the market. You might lose some sales, but you can't fill them anyway
This only makes sense if they intend to reserve / ship for their bar customers first and make the retail customers take the full shortage. So why not maintain the price for bar customers and increase retail?
- bagoh20 said...
" So why not maintain the price for bar customers and increase retail?"
Good point, and a smarter alternative unless the bar business is a majority of their market and would have drained them anyway. I don't know. - 2/18/13, 3:44 PM
- dreams said...
The first time I drink Maker's Mark was in 1969 and from then on the rare times when I bought any bourbon it was always Maker's Mark.
- bagoh20 said...
Although the publicity alone may increase sales. Just looking at the photo of those bottles makes me want to get some. So now, they got their name out there in a big way, and with the message that they listen to customers, the stuff is rare, and their product is as good as ever. Nicely played.
- Brian said...
I followed this story pretty closely.
Maker's Mark is perfectly serviceable bourbon, and over the years I have consumed many gallons of it (and Wild Turkey, and Eagle Rare, and Knob Creek, and Woodford Reserve...I am a Rebel.)
The biggest problem, from my POV, is Beam's ridiculous insistence on pretending that this was something *other* than a price hike --- a pretense that continues in the linked article. The fact is that Maker's Mark is simply not good enough to drink neat. (And yes, some bourbons are. Don't flame me about how much better Scotch is. I love Scotch. And Canadian, and Irish, and those Japanese pseudo-Scotches, too. Let a thousand flowers bloom.) Everyone who reaches for Maker's with his right hand reaches for a mixer with his left. At a lower proof, he's just got to add more Maker's in order to mix the same drink.
The bottom line is: a price hike on the standard bottle, the proposed-and-abandoned dilution, or putting the whisky in smaller bottles at the old price & strength; there's no functional difference between any of the three. No amount of biz-school bullshit can obscure this. - 2/18/13, 3:52 PM
- whoresoftheinternet said...
Apparently, Beam, Inc. took their logic on how to serve drinks from the local titty bars.
Because those places have a reputation for quality. - 2/18/13, 3:52 PM
- Astro said...
I agree with some other commenters that it was a publicity stunt. It's a bit over priced for being the mediocre bourbon it is. It has probably lost some market share to the smaller regional distilleries that are springing up as well as to older, better bourbons. So this serves as a great publicity stunt and rebrands it as loyal to its customer base.
- Bob R said...
I liked Wild Turkey Rye. A couple of years ago it was that or Beam, and the Turkey was much better of course. But in SWVA, the Turkey is no longer on the shelves. My favorites so far are the Russell Reserves, but I like the Bulleit as well so I'll keep an eye out for the other LDI brands. This area is bourbon country, so the rye fad is good news for us.
- Bob R said...
For those of you saying it was a publicity stunt - were all of the other brands that lowered their alcohol content over the past few years (without too much fuss) just engaging in an unsuccessful stunt?
- Peter said...
In most other product categories, if you didn't want to raise the price you'd just make the package smaller.
After all, a pound can of coffee is down to about 11.5 ounces and soon the "three pound" size will be less than two pounds.
Of course, you can't do that with liquor (or milk, for that matter) as everyone expects the bottle to contain 750ml (or twice that).
But I think those of us who realize that watering the product would cost the brand far more than it's worth know more than the MBAs who came up with this strategy in the first place.
- Hagar said...
It's kind of gross to hear that Jim Beam now owns Courvoisier, though for me it does not really matter since I can't afford the good stuff anymore, anyway.
Found a bottle- actually a stoneware crock of Courvoisier Cognac Napoleon in El Paso once and bought it from curiosity even though the price was $16 and something with tax. Came home one day and found my ex-wife had been into it and mixed herself a brandy and coke with it, since she had run out of Mexican Bacardi. - 2/18/13, 4:05 PM
- rehajm said...
a price hike on the standard bottle, the proposed-and-abandoned dilution, or putting the whisky in smaller bottles at the old price & strength; there's no functional difference between any of the three.
Usually valid, though not when you consider the "overarching strategic needs" of the parent and it's desire to position MM as a 'power brand'. This is a really a pure supply problem. A reduction in demand does not fix things. - 2/18/13, 4:06 PM
- Brian said...
"This is a really a pure supply problem."
And how does a supply increase that comes with a built-in demand increase help the perceived problem? If you can produce 6% more whisky this year but all of your customers instantaneously demand 6% more whisky, what have you gained?
Note that I'm assuming that bartenders (both home and commercial) mix to strength. I think that's accurate but perhaps all these years in a college town have given me a skewed perspective. - 2/18/13, 4:14 PM
- Methadras said...
It's another drinking trend that the neck beards have fallen in love with.
- Palladian said...
I'm not a big Bourbon fan, though I like it well enough. I like Maker's Mark, but then I like Old Overholt Rye so perhaps I'm not the most discerning connoisseur of American spirits.
But I'd rather have even a mediocre scotch over a good Bourbon any day. But these days I stick mostly to gin, as I can't afford my favorite scotches. - 2/18/13, 4:24 PM
- viator said...
The world can go to hell but don't lower the proof of Maker Mark. Politicians can lie thorough their teeth and people say "that's great" or "ho hum". Water down premium bourbon, that's another story. The people speak.
High end bourbons are hot, go to any well stocked liquor store and there are rows of dust covered $50-100 scotches. Try to find the most sought after bourbons, you can't bribe a bottle out of the store. There is not one to be found or reserved. - 2/18/13, 4:38 PM
- The Drill SGT said...
Ann Althouse said...
"I am not a bourbon drinker, but in the Scotch world, the answer is simple. Raise the price to clear the shortfall."
Read the article. It's very interesting why that is NOT the solution.
Why do you assume I did not read the article, which you encouraged in your post. Of course I read the article, and I am offended at your assumption that I did not. I was trained in economics, not marketing, so my response is a price mechanism. But I do have an MBA, so I understand marketing at some level, so I know they have other 'core brand equities' to maintain their bar and distributor presence.
It wasn't their solution, but it didn't work well did it. So it's rationing or raise the price. The jury is out on whether my recommendation will be what they chose...
I'm not a student, I don't need lectures about what I read... - 2/18/13, 4:44 PM
- Chip S. said...
One thing you've gotta love about marketing is that there's always a stupid story about price to justify any decision.
Usually the story is that a higher price lends a brand cachet, thereby increasing demand. This, of course, has the unfortunate implication that all prices rise w/o limit.
But now the story is stupid in a whole new way:
If the price of Maker's gets too out of whack with other bourbons of similar quality, they might rethink that practice and turn to less pricey options.
IOW, the demand for MM is highly elastic with respect to price. Which means that it would only take a small price increase to reduce quantity demanded to the equilibrium level.
So it's not a coherent explanation at all. It's just a ridiculous story made up to excuse a strategic blunder based on the premise that MM drinkers wouldn't care about a few proof points.
Presumably similar crap was handed out during the New Coke fiasco. - 2/18/13, 4:45 PM
- dbp said...
"Read the article. It's very interesting why that is NOT the solution."
And yet, that appears to be the solution they are going with at this point. Of course we will never know (and be able to compare) the outcome not chosen, but a brand is most of the value for a product like this. Messing with the value perception of a brand represents massive value destruction, usually. - 2/18/13, 5:00 PM
- rehajm said...
And how does a supply increase that comes with a built-in demand increase help the perceived problem?
Question is moot- can't increase supply, not in the short/mid run anyways. So the solution has to be something else. Raise the price you say? Not so easy when you consider the parent goals for the brand: 1) penetration/ubiquity as the standard bourbon for mid/high level establishments 2) platform for additional rising star products under the parent umbrella. Raise the price and you risk losing the entire strategy, not just for MM, but the other brands as well. - 2/18/13, 5:05 PM
- The Drill SGT said...
"Read the article. It's very interesting why that is NOT the solution."
PS: Somebody in the supply chain is going to raise the price. The Maker, the distributor, or the retail outlet. In a state of shortage, price is the only thing that solves the problem.
The question is whether Beam captures the price premimum, or suffers the consequences without doing so.
- bpm4532 said...
The real story is that premium bourbon is facing a slump (at the moment - with the Post oblivious to effects outside of the Beltway). As Beam has to plan supply years in advance, any drop in demand leaves a glut that has lingering effects. BTW, they still have lots of Maker's Mark at Costco.
This amounts to free publicity for Beam. Many people will now ask for Maker's Mark to see what the fuss is about over a supposedly high quality bourbon for a bargain price.
- bpm4532 said...
A bar would NEVER water down their drinks to increase the profit!
- kentuckyliz said...
Someday we will enjoy the decline with rubbing alcohol on the rocks. Mouthwash on the rocks for the ladies and teens.
- fivewheels said...
This article seems to miss the real marketing reason they couldn't raise the price on Maker's, which is that the parent company has bourbons on each point of the price scale -- cheap Beam, mid-priced Maker's, to Knob Creek above that.
If you move Maker's up the price chain, it cannibalizes sales of your upmarket bourbon, and leaves an unfilled gap above regular Jim Beam. A distiller that makes one product can adjust its price whenever it makes sense; gigantic Beam Inc. cannot do so without mucking up too many product lines. - 2/18/13, 6:51 PM
- Mark said...
Nonapod wins the cigar.
- Mark said...
Buffalo Trace is my current favorite mid-tier bourbon. If price isn't an object you really have to buy a bottle of Bookers.
- FleetUSA said...
IMO the best bourbon is Booker's.
The best Scotch is Laphroaig.
Both excellent sipping beverages in small quantities (to go with the high price).
- McTriumph said...
Jack Daniels is the top selling whiskey in the world. JD lowered their alcohol content years ago to protest, but it made no difference in sales.
- Mark said...
Once upon a time Knob Creek was reasonably priced. Sigh.
- Mitch H. said...
Mark, Knob Creek isn't outrageously priced, not like the various pedestrian top-shelf scotches. It's just... not as drinkable as bourbons four-fifths as expensive. I dunno, it just seems like anything over ninety proof just is too much alcohol to make it worth the premium. Hell, the guides I've seen on hundred-proof-plus bourbons all recommend watering the damn stuff before drinking anyways.
- Tim said...
Nonapod said...
"As dumb as it may be I think the biggest reason that MM has been so successful isn't the taste, it's the cool looking bottle with the wax seal."
As a Whisky drinker (mostly Single-Malts, but Irish, Bourbon and Rye too), Makers is too sweet. I think it's the wheat.
Anyway, when it comes to Bourbon, I think I prefer Buffalo Trace. Drier, not so sweet. - 2/18/13, 10:34 PM
- Mitch H. said...
OK, for those arguing in favor of Bulleit Rye, you're right, it is pretty damn good. I had been pretty lukewarm on rye whiskey until trying this one. Bulleit Rye > Wild Turkey Rye > Jim Beam [bletch] Rye.


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