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<pointedly ignoring tiny quibble>
I can tell you that a julep was originally just a sweet drink (from an arabic word for rose-water), US'nized with brandy, whiskey, etc.
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Jackie, bring me champagne and WW bring me wine. You gurls duel it out and I'll snuggle into the roots of the gentle trees with no morels.[wood nymph-e]
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Well, if we're talking champagne, that's altogether different. I change my mind. Champagne it is. A bottle I'll bring to you, Consuelo, if you'll consider sharing your morels. Inside or outside the fairy ring, doesn't matter much to me.
Mush room = required by all good huskies.
Which thread am I on? I'm confused.
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There can be no honest controversy here, ladies; the answer is incontrovertible and beyond debate. Perhaps Ogden Nash said it best, as he so often did (emphasis added):
There is something about a mint julep.
It is nectar imbibed in a dream
As fresh as the bud of the tulip,
As cool as the bed of a stream.
There is something about a mint julep.
A fragrance beloved by the lucky,
And perhaps it's the tint
Of the frost and the mint,
But I think it was born in Kentucky.
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Of course, Jack from Tennesse just might have somethin' to say about all this.http:////www.straightbourbon.com/faq.html#1: FAQ's: 5. Why is this whiskey called bourbon? It takes its name from Bourbon County, located in the central Bluegrass region of Kentucky. It was formed from Fayette county in 1785 while still a part of Virginia and named to honor the French Royal Family
6. Is Jack Daniel's a bourbon? Jack Daniel's, is not considered a bourbon because it is charcoal-mellowed ... the process, called the Lincoln County Process ... But up to and after the charcoal filtering, the Jack Daniel's production is much the same as any other Bourbon. Jack Daniel's and George Dickel are two fine Tennessee Whiskeys though neither can be called bourbon.
12. Why isn't Jack Daniel's or George Dickel listed on this site? Because they are not bourbon. They are both Tennessee sour mash whiskies.As to the legalese: http://www.straightbourbon.com/articles/ccname.html, about 4/5 of the way down the page: Today, 'bourbon' has a specific legal meaning that has little to do with its geographic origins. According to federal law, bourbon must be at least 51% corn, distilled at less than 160 proof, and aged for at least two years in new, charred oak barrels. (There are some other requirements, but those are the main ones.) Bourbon also must be made within the United States. In other words, a foreign product that meets all of the other requirements still can not be sold in the U.S. as bourbon.
Contrary to popular belief, there has never been a legal requirement that bourbon be made in Kentucky, which is why most Kentucky producers call their product 'Kentucky Bourbon.' Today there are very few examples of non-Kentucky bourbon left, but Virginia Gentleman is one.
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Dear Max, thank you kindly, my friend. (You too, Keiva.) Ah told you-all there weren't no doubt about it. Consuelo, I shall be happy to bring you champagne--or whatever. But--just be careful which tree you pick, 'cause if it isn't strictly upright, it may be a-morel... 
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And, dear consuelo, avoid amanita phalloides. They look......interesting, but are not to be trifled with.
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The esteemed Odgen Nash ["Reflections on Ice-Breaking"] will serve to link this whiskey discussion back to the original subject of "rooting":
Candy
Is Dandy
But liquor
Is quicker.
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And, dear consuelo, avoid amanita phalloides. They look......interesting, but are not to be trifled with.But can they be truffled with? 
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