Joe Paterno's preferred whiskey confirmed
by WFY on Aug 4, 2009 11:40 AM EDT
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PrintI may have mentioned in previous comments (and certainly on my blog) the my group of Penn State friends and I have a victory tradition -- post-game bourbon. Since October 27, 2001, every Nittany Lions victory has been celebrated with some of the "brownest of the brown liquors." I started the tradition it because of this quote by Joe Patenro after the 2001 Northwestern game:
This is the kind of game you love. I'm going to go home and get in trouble with a good stiff bourbon. Then I'm going to take a nap and get out some Ohio State tapes.
Over the years, the tradition has remained in place, but there have been reports of JoePa preferring Jack Daniel's, something a few of my friends, who preferred filtered Tenneessee sipping whiskey, have tried to use as defense for changing the tradition. Rather than go into another season with this uncertainty, I decided to go to the source or as close as I could get to settle the matter once and for all:
http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2009/08/joe-paterno-debate-whiskey.html
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I saw that after the fact
It is on Old Granddad’s Wikipedia entry.
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
Well, I guess your next step is
to figure out which proof he prefers.
by PennStateBasketball on Aug 4, 2009 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Since he puts a lot of ice in it
Why bother?
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
Nah, Scotch is too fancy for Joe
I could see Jay drinking it though
Agreed
Not Country enough. JVP needs something more blue collar. More Brooklyn. OGD fits the bill.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
LOL @
“Not Country enough” and “needs more blue collar. More Brooklyn”
Didn’t know Brooklyn was in the country ;-)
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 4, 2009 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Brooklyn
was too country for Joe Pa…that’s why he moved to SC.
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 4, 2009 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you
Ahem, what he said.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
I'm guessing the hotel bars that they did the friday night reporter sessions
just didn’t carry Old granddad’s, so they put out JD.
maybe that is why he stopped showing up during the dark ages...
he wanted his Old Granddad
"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden
Nittany Point of View
i could've conirmed this earlier as well...
Buddy of mine did some work for Penn State and flew on a 9-seater, sitting next to Joe Paterno, for a fundraiser in Atlantic City. Joe’s drink during the flight: Old Granddad Whiskey.
that doesn't necessarily confirm anything, though
witnessing someone drink a drink once, as by that metric, there were many witnesses (or I guess non-witnesses) of Joe liking JD at the friday night press socials, which obviously isn’t his preferred drink.
I guess now I’ll just have to start drinking some Old Grandad to celebrate everyone’s adopted old grandad.
BTW, I love the name Old Granddad. Reminds me of Uncle Jemima.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 4, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I threw up in my mouth a little
just typing that
I've always wondered what Bankers decided to make a club that produces horrible alcohol
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 4, 2009 4:47 PM EDT up reply actions
Honestly, and IMHO
I would rather down a shot of gasoline than Bankers Club or Vlady vodka. I’ve mixed Grey Goose vodka with Gatorade one time, other than a slight burn, you don’t taste it at all. No matter what you do with Bankers, you always get a nasty taste. Always.
Only a college kid
mixes Grey Goose with Gatorade.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
That's an interesting development
since GG is a premium vodka. It’s more expensive, so most wouldn’t bother with it. But if they are buying it now, why mix it with gatorade to lessen it’s greatest strength: neutral taste.
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 5, 2009 10:22 AM EDT up reply actions
I think that was the point jesse. was trying to make
only a college kid would be naive enough to waste a premium vodka by mixing it with gatorade.
I think someone mentioned in the thread with the tangent of mixing champagne with guiness about how in college they mixed a single malt aged wiskey into their coffee. Similar principle.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 5, 2009 11:15 AM EDT up reply actions
Yeah I got that
just trying to understand if more college kids are buying GG to mix b/c it’s got essentially no taste that way. It’s a pretty hefty premium to pay over Vladimir vodka just to mix with gatorade, etc.
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 5, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions
agreed
if you’re buying vodka to mix, don’t go above smirnoff, it’s just a waste of $$
But yeah, Bankers, Gordons and Vlady still taste foul when mixed
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 5, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions
If you ever really want to get into trouble
Glass. Ice. Vodka. Two or three sprigs of fresh mint.
It doesn’t even matter what kind of vodka it is, the mint just takes all the alcohol flavor away.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
I have a bunch of Serbian and Russian friends
and they laugh at your mint and ice.
It is actually really funny when my one good friend orders from a bar, because a lot of places just don’t understand why anyone would want a glass of plain vodka, so he’ll sometimes just start ordering 2 glasses of vodka on the rocks, take the ice out of them, and pour one of the glasses into the other. You’d think a good bartender would get the hint and just give the man what he wants, and charge whatever they want, but it seems he always has to go through the same motions. Some bartenders have even told him that they’re not allowed to serve a plain glass of vodka. Weird.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 5, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Well
The guy I got this from is very, very, Russian. Actually, he’s the kind of guy that had to leave Russia after they got rid of the Communists, because well, he was kind of a member of the communist party. But I digress.
One thing I’ve learned from a life of dealing with many different Russians is that it’s simply not wise to try and base your drinking habits on what a they are doing.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
I had that with a group of native Poles
They had shots of vodka with chasers of cola and asked me to join. I figured I could handle it—-until I found out the chasers were 10% cola and 90% vodka.
by Cairo on Aug 5, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
/Yakov'd
“I have a bunch of Serbian and Russian friends and they laugh at your mint and ice.”
In Soviet Russia, mint and ice laugh at you!
I once saw a news program where they did a vodka blind taste test
I can’t remember what brands they had, but I do remember the Grey Goose snobs actually liked the cheaper ones better. I think I remember that someone said the GG tasted like spit. And when they made mixed drinks with the vodka, there was no noticeable taste differences. And the conclusion was don’t pay a ton for GG mixed drinks – the cheaper stuff is just as good.
I saw this same blind taste test thing for coffee too. Pretty funny when the Starbucks snob chooses instant coffee!
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
I need to defend myself a little
First, I wasn’t the one who mixed Grey Goose with the gatorade. That was back at Senior Week in OC, NJ. A friend of mine from HS had gotten a hold of a bottle of GG for himself because he heard it was awesome. He was the one who mixed it with gatorade, and let me taste it, which allowed me to make the previous realization that you can’t taste it with Gatorade. The only vodka I had mixed with Gatorade myself was the cheap crap, which tasted horrible, even with Gatorade.
Second, don’t read to much into it for everyone below. College kids are not buying GG to mix with gatorade (I’m sure some do, but I haven’t met any). I also haven’t bought any liquor since being 21, only beer, but I sure as hell wouldn’t spend a ton of money on hard booze just to mix it with a sports drink.
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 5, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Don't take it too hard
We’re old and bitter. What I consider partying today, constituted a Tuesday afternoon when I was in college.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
For real.
That’s why I’m hesitant to dwell on players getting busted for alcohol and other things. I prefer to think it’s amateur hour compared to what I did.
--
Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 7:16 PM EDT up reply actions
I can't ever get myself to get upset over alcohol (or "minor" drug) issues (not including drunk driving or drunk fighting)
if it is something I don’t hold myself, or close friends accountable, who am I to think worse of someone I don’t even know for doing the same thing?
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 6, 2009 11:47 AM EDT up reply actions
Don't worry about it
we’re just busting chops. Any sort of “plastic container” vodka tastes terrible with gatorade or lemonade, our choice of mixing agent in high scho err, college. In the summer, we found a nice mix for vodka was a slurpee from 7-Eleven (think consistency of a TexMex margarita and just as potent).
by Screen Name 20 on Aug 5, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Citibank? Bank of America?
--
Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.
by Run Up The Score on Aug 5, 2009 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you perform what my friends and I call a "phone shot"?
For those that can’t be in attendance at the post-game tailgate, they call in, we discuss the game, and perform a shot over the phone.
cousin to the IM shot and the message board shot.
I propose for all those of age (ha, I keed I keed) to do a shot of Old Granddad after every win, and communicate it on here as best you can (there’s even mobile commenting on this site now, so even less excuses)
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 5, 2009 11:17 AM EDT up reply actions
If i don't enjoy whiskey, can I make it gin?
If not, can I just say it was whiskey?
I agree, post game shot thread via mobile commenting. awesome.
If it is a loss, post game fifth thread.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
For losses
Tequila seems appropriate
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
by WFY on Aug 6, 2009 8:33 AM EDT up reply actions
as a biochemist I know this shouldn't be true
and that alcohol is alcohol (though getting higher concentrations into your system faster is going to have a significant short term impact, and there could technically be other byproducts that differ from alcohol to alcohol that change absorption properties and whatnot, but still, alcohol is alcohol).
Judging from life experiences, though, it sure seems true
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 6, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
R'86, if you don't like the taste of
whiskey, you can just do this:
http://www.totaldui.com/news/articles/breathalyzer/kentucky-alcohol-vaporizers.aspx
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
A girl from my HS
went from being a pretty good student, and friendly, to being a pretty dumb idiot once she started using one of these. Not sure if she “overdosed” or if there were other factors involved (other drug use, etc), or if she was just being a rebel/lazy and saying “F it all”, but pretty much got me to never want to try it.
by The JuggerNitt on Aug 6, 2009 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
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