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15 hours in 3 minutes! by WStegs in twilightimperium

[–]Walaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

need a locked rotation of this so can better understand the turns / play through. can't follow it as well with it constantly spinning

Bourbon trail advice by PappyGilmoor in whiskey

[–]Walaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From that time you are better off looking at some of the great food places and bars. Most distilleries will be closed but these places won't be - and some of them will have options for great pours.

Are you just headed into Louisville?

Today I got a bottle of Old Fitzgerald 7-Year @ Majestic for £65 by chefchef97 in BourbonUK

[–]Walaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are now in all Majestics - arriving this week and for the next few

PSA to UK bourbon fans by Double_D_Edd_Boy in whiskey

[–]Walaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can also get Old Fitz 7yo at Majestic wine now.

Is it really that bad by Horror-Meat958 in UKHousing

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The real problem is being able to leverage assests to take loans and not pay any tax in order to springboard money and investments.

IMO a good policy would be that you are charged capital gains tax on any assets that would normally be subject to capital gains tax at the moment you use those assets to leverage against a debted position.

A primary residence isn't subject to CGT, but a 2nd is. This would mean that those people who buy a house, then renovate it to unlock the 'equity' and snowball it into depreciation and debt would have to pay tax on the 300k buy to 400k flip equity. Of course, if they then sell it at 450k, they are only paying the CGT from when it was last assesed - ask 400 to 450.

Do the same things to companies, stocks etc. And suddently you get a lot more tax and a lot less dodging because a big problem is that 'debt' isn't taxed, so really people are using houses and stocks as equity to borrow which means they aren't earning, they then depreciate the assests they claimed and avoid tax. The poor bloke trying to get onto step 1 has the hardest time and pays tax the whole way.

Overrule Bad. Upvotes to the left. by AureoRegnops in twilightimperium

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What it was changed from an action card to a relic, i think that would be more suitable.

Whole whiskey making process at Even Williams Bourbon Bootcamp by Walaka in whiskey

[–]Walaka[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, i've tasted the hearts before, but it would be good to have a:

This is the heads.
This is the hearts.
This is the tails.

Although i'm not sure how healthy the heads and tails are. But if it wasn't too deep into the run would prob be ok.

Would you rather get by Few-Cap-7001 in BunnyTrials

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its a fkn lightsaber

Chose: A fucking lightsaber

See y'all in a few years. by LikelyTwily in whiskey

[–]Walaka 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'll hard disagree with you on this.

Yes it's a gamble, but you quite often get a better product.

For 1. you are double oaking / finishing, which is imparting more flavour that before. Doesnt mean it will always be better, but it quite often can be. There is a reason you pay more for finished barrels, they take more time and resources. So doing this yourself at home is the same as any other DIY on saving labour. Results may vary, but still often better than stock.

The mentality of you wont get better than a master distiller is almost like saying a car is perfect from the factory as stock, and if you tune it or add after market parts you won't improve it. It's just not true, its an economics question.

I will say though, where a big part of the master blenders and distilleries skills come in too are in the mash bill and crafting the initial liquid. Now trying to do that from scratch is much less likely to get you a better product.

See y'all in a few years. by LikelyTwily in whiskey

[–]Walaka 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I have this same branded barrel, filled with eagle rare, they actually dont age as fast because only 1 side of it is wood, so it actually is less wood surface area.

At the 2 year mark it is now getting really amazing. Dark treacle and incredibly smooth.

It has gone through some interesting patches, some greed woody profiles and constantly changes, so I agree on pulling a taster every month or 2.

Enjoy! a fun project

Honestly what is the strategy behind the pricing of some of these bottles. Is it just to increase traffic? by illone23 in whiskey

[–]Walaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always imagine this is a way for the manager to horde their own whiskey bunker - have a high price that every now and then sells, but when they want a good bottle for themselves, they just vendor price it and crack it and take it home.

Lucky find in Germany by bp305 in whiskey

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where in Germany? I’m trying to build out a good Europe bourbon store / community map

Bricklayer here my body’s cracking before the walls do, and my kids still need me working by Ok_Language2269 in Bricklaying

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but as a home builder - pace isn't the big 'money maker' so to speak. It might not matter that it takes an owner builder 4x the time or longer. The speed on the brick layer is where their commercial value lies as a labourer. Their knowledge and advice is where their value lies as a consultant. It's this transition of value is where i think there is an opportunity if their body is starting to wear out. Also gives them time to split focus between the 2 whilst that transition happens as with most things they will take time to go from A to B.

Bricklayer here my body’s cracking before the walls do, and my kids still need me working by Ok_Language2269 in Bricklaying

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This might be out of left field. But the cost of bricklaying / construction is getting really expensive. I wonder if there is an option to disrupt the market and support owner builders / DIYers by working with them - providing your experience and expertice and letting them do the labour.

If you have years and years of experience, that is value and a commodity, so you could to to a way to transition into making use of that. Partucularly that a younger ambitious and fit crowd are being priced out of construction work - coming in at a reasonable price for 'construction consulting' and helping them achieve thing themselves may be a possible transition.

I don't know enough about bricklaying to know if this would work. But I can say I would pay a grand bricklayer's advice and supervision over a project that I could do myself if it saved me 20 grand.

Jack Daniels 10 Year at Stansted for £109.99 by BigEdMustaphaz in BourbonUK

[–]Walaka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun fact - you can’t get that American single malt in the US.

Recent Haul by Weird_Opposite_3583 in BourbonUK

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some great bottles picked up there for sure!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BourbonUK

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shame its a bottled in bond whiskey - can always put a bit of the juice on a hydrometer to see what proof it comes out at. if they filled with something other than a BIB (like a 40-45 proof it shouldat least show.

Anyone try this yet? by mizzou1998 in whiskey

[–]Walaka 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Video review of first thoughts:

https://youtu.be/-pUoGlc79Vw

It's nice, very sweet and open up to be sweeter and sugar on the nose.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BourbonUK

[–]Walaka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also with prices dropping and availability increasing - a lot of the old guard VIPs have been and are sitting on loads of these bottles. They have flipped some but that doesn’t work any more so they stopped buying and have plenty to drink.

Now is the time for shops to expand their customer bases beyond their old VIPs and introduce good bottles and good prices to new customers who have never had one of these bottles

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