Comments on: Keeping Up Our (High-End) Spirits http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/ FrontBurner® has been called the best blog in Dallas (repeatedly), a snarky celebration of ignorance, and a daily conversation about Dallas among the editors of D Magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: JNJ http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34281 JNJ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:25:57 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34281 Makers Mark is a HIGH-END brand? Makers Mark is a HIGH-END brand?

]]> By: wm http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34252 wm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:53:34 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34252 someone remind me to buy lots of bourbon 5 1/2 years from now someone remind me to buy lots of bourbon 5 1/2 years from now

]]> By: the cynic http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34246 the cynic Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:33:20 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34246 score: MP! That's gotta be the line of the day! score: MP! That’s gotta be the line of the day!

]]> By: MP http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34242 MP Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:23:16 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34242 amandacobra, I've gotten on a lot of things after having a few. amandacobra, I’ve gotten on a lot of things after having a few.

]]> By: amandacobra http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34232 amandacobra Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:57:27 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34232 Because everyone knows that classy drunks get on the internet when they've had a few. Right? Because everyone knows that classy drunks get on the internet when they’ve had a few. Right?

]]> By: For the record http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34231 For the record Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:56:11 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34231 And when the agave plantations in Mexico convert, belatedly, to corn for ethanol, the tequila market will implode. Blue agave takes 8-10 years to reach maturity, and the individual plants are cut apart for the process. So we'll have many years without tequila. Then the inevitable world rejection of corn-based ethanol will leave the former tequileros broke, so many more years will pass without tequila. All we'll have are those bottles of flavored tequila, an abomination that will survive even the demise of the current crop of $30K millionaires. Have a shot today - salud! And when the agave plantations in Mexico convert, belatedly, to corn for ethanol, the tequila market will implode. Blue agave takes 8-10 years to reach maturity, and the individual plants are cut apart for the process. So we’ll have many years without tequila. Then the inevitable world rejection of corn-based ethanol will leave the former tequileros broke, so many more years will pass without tequila. All we’ll have are those bottles of flavored tequila, an abomination that will survive even the demise of the current crop of $30K millionaires.

Have a shot today – salud!

]]> By: Long Memory http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34226 Long Memory Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:37:44 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34226 That just means there's more Early Times for me. That just means there’s more Early Times for me.

]]> By: Marci http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34220 Marci Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:19:00 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34220 I was actually reading a story about this the other day....high end bourbon is made from corn (at least 51%)...each barrel has to be aged 6 years before its ready to drink...so in 6 years, we will see a drastic increase in the price of bourbon....i just thought that was interesting. I was actually reading a story about this the other day….high end bourbon is made from corn (at least 51%)…each barrel has to be aged 6 years before its ready to drink…so in 6 years, we will see a drastic increase in the price of bourbon….i just thought that was interesting.

]]> By: Tim Rogers http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34218 Tim Rogers Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:16:33 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34218 But you know what? High-end spirits advertising is down--at least in print. Our ad department recently compared sales in categories (auto, travel, health, etc.) with our numbers from last year. Liquor was down the most. Per usual, blame the web. From this <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/business/media/22adcol.html" rel="nofollow">NY Times article</a>: "[M]arketers of alcoholic beverages are joining a lengthening list of purveyors of consumer products that are devoting more of their ad budgets to digital media." But you know what? High-end spirits advertising is down–at least in print. Our ad department recently compared sales in categories (auto, travel, health, etc.) with our numbers from last year. Liquor was down the most. Per usual, blame the web.

From this NY Times article: “[M]arketers of alcoholic beverages are joining a lengthening list of purveyors of consumer products that are devoting more of their ad budgets to digital media.”

]]> By: publicnewssense http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2008/06/26/keeping-up-our-high-end-spirits/comment-page-1/#comment-34216 publicnewssense Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:12:38 +0000 http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/?p=15559#comment-34216 You'd think that would be on the web site since it's the kind of news that would help us "live better here". You’d think that would be on the web site since it’s the kind of news that would help us “live better here”.

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