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Where’s we leave off with E2? Buffalo Trace? Well with the morning after, Eva and Boyd have gotten into a uniquely shaped bottle of Jack and they didn’t take any breaks in between. That’s a Harlan evening if we’ve ever seen one.
Nursing a handover soon after, Boyd gets to meet new face Ty Walker. And unlike past visitors to Harlan County, Walker is more than willing to accept the kindness of a three-fingered pour. “Buffalo Trace” is his call, a simple man to please.
But the most surprising pour of the night belongs to Catherine Hale. Avery Marcum’s lover/possible foe calls Wynn Duffy and Boyd for a business conference… and she’s greeting them with Old Forester? Haven’t seen that around these parts in six seasons.
Things are rough in S6 for Eva Crowder. Her fiance is getting mixed up with the wrong people yet again; her ex is a federal agent threatening to send her back to prison should she slip up. So all things considered, it’s understandable that she’d resort to the ol’ Secret Breakfast with the fine Wild Turkey as a Jim substitute.
It’s only later on the episode, when things have settled down a bit and she’s feel a bit better about seeing ol’ Boyd Crowder, that she can graduate to more of a sipper like Boyd’s office stash of Buffalo Trace.
We’re sad too, Boyd… but no amount of Jameson will ease these sorrows. As Mr. Crowder ponders his next move in Harlan County, the inevitable end of Justifiedlooms when S6 wraps up. “Fate’s Right Hand” sets the table for what’s to come, and like any table on Justified,whiskey is being served.
Though beyond the Jameson, what’sbeing served is some what of a question. We know Art Mullen has a soft spot for Blanton’s, but this bottle doesn’t appear quite right and it’s being pulled out of something in velvet (ala Crown Royal, but that isn’t the right shape either). If you have any intel, certainly speak up.
President Obama and KY-R Mitch McConnell need to get along after the fall elections? SNL knows Woodford Reserve is the only true way to bond two ideological gents.
Super agent Peter Quinn wants out, but they keep dragging him back in. The emotional toll of his time as an international killing machine means he’s consistently on a bender when given “off” time, so S4 is no different. Slug down a few bottles of whatever, sleep with the hotel manager/owner, rinse and repeat.
What is he slugging down, however? Certainly based on quantity, it’s theoretically some plastic cap style whiskey. However, searching for “first” in relation to whiskey is not at all helpful to narrow down the brand (the same goes for “firstw-” the visible portion of his bedside bottle). There’s a good chance that, given it’s being used with such destructive behavior, this is a Hollywood fake where no brand wanted to be featured.
Any intel?
Previous editions:
Unidentified Brown Spirits: The Walking Dead
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Merle’s Walking Dead handle
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Mad Men (and again)
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Kid Cudi’s whiskey
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Shirley’s Community booze |Prof. Hickey's Community booze
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Ben Affleck’s Argo poster
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Top Of The Lake
Unidentified Brown Spirits: This American Life
Unidentified Brown Spirits: The League
You don’t often see booze on Louie, which may seem odd for a show that always has scenes from a small comedy club. But when Pamela is involved—Louie’s ongoing romantic interest, someone who loves to poke, prod, manipulate and frustrate—naturally we get a glimpse. Like every aspect of Louie, this is tastefully done… Bulleit.
Living in New Orleans, we didn’t start watching Treme expecting to see an abundance of whiskey. It exists here, it’s just not one of the top three orders from anecdotal research.
However,Treme is another David Simon joint. And if The Wire taught us anything, it’s that whiskey is a universal social lubricant, used by both copsandrobbers. After watching S1 of Treme, the good stuff was surprisingly well represented:
Ladonna with Southern Comfort…
Davis with Jameson…
And Creighton with Woodford Reserve.
It’s weird. We knew Glencallan—TV’s most famous fake whiskey—hasbeen on Community before. At the same time, it’s an odd situation given the show’s numerous references to Jeff Winger’s Macallan love. But as shows tend to do, when whiskey is portrayed in less than positive light (here, Jeff drinks down a few anti-aging pills until he falls into a coma-esque animation dream), it’s better that a fake whiskey be the fall man.
Don Draper is finally out of his extended field trip/malaise and ready to get back working… even if it’ll look fundamentally different. (Only social drinks with clients allowed? That office mini-bar will look mighty different.) However, to prep for his new life (or at least, to cope with the anxiety of its inevitable arrival) his old friend shows up. Never change Don Draper.
Much was made of Mad Men's take on Valentine’s Day, where most ended up as sad as they are in their lives as a whole. But there was a quiet love still burning and properly celebrated—these sad people and their booze. Pete cuts into a previously unseen bottle of Cutty 12, Don wakes up to ol’ reliable Canadian Club (and even uses it to sort of mark time). Happy Valentine’s Day indeed.
Season 7 of Mad Men started off differently. Don didn’t show face until well after the first two scenes; he drank champagne in California before anything else. But when things got back to some level of normalcy—a man who only understand how to sell an experience, selling his wife on a work life and using a fellow drunk to maintain a gig—we got that glimpse at the Draper home bar. It stayed closed for now, but the Seagrams looms.
For a show based in rural Louisiana, the folks of HBO's True Detective sure do not care about any regional products. When it comes down to what whiskey these forlorn cops drown their sorrows in, Jameson is clearly the everyday liquor of choice (evidenced here by both Rust and Marty):
Things get slightly classier (but no deeper in local drink ties) when the main duo celebrates. Johnnie Walker Black seems to satisfy all the cops for an occasion.
Finally, when modern times arrive and bourbon is absolutely prevalent, it’s Macallan that greases the bureaucratic wheels of justice.
If DEA lawman Alex Miller wasn’t a clear enough Ghost of Christmas Future for Raylan, he also fancies himself a whiskey drinker. Wild Turkey would’ve been too on the nose, so Maker’s Mark fits in here just fine.
We’ve seen everyone’s favorite fake—Glencallan—show up in this season of Community despite the show’s open love of Macallan. Most of that revolves around Jeff Winger however, and last week the two sipping on a little something were Abed and Prof. Hickey. What’s the beverage of choice when it’s time to bury the hatchet between these two? Well… we could use a little help. Anyone with intel?
Previous editions:
Unidentified Brown Spirits: The Walking Dead
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Merle’s Walking Dead handle
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Mad Men (and again)
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Kid Cudi’s whiskey
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Shirley’s Community booze
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Ben Affleck’s Argo poster
Unidentified Brown Spirits: Top Of The Lake
Unidentified Brown Spirits: This American Life
Unidentified Brown Spirits: The League
