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| Posted: Fri Nov 2nd, 2012 01:43 am |
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Old Blu Member
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I often wondered what kind of liqueur he drank!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 2nd, 2012 02:31 am |
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Texas Defender Member
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Old Blu- Perhaps this will foster further speculation: http://www.fohbc.org/PDF_Files/USGrant_JSullivan.pdf
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| Posted: Fri Nov 2nd, 2012 09:01 am |
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BHR62 Member
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I tried Old Crow while reading Grant's memoirs. Pure rot gut. It doesn't hold a candle to Beam. In those days there wasn't any nation wide brands was there?
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| Posted: Fri Nov 2nd, 2012 09:13 pm |
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Darryl Member
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He probably drank Bonded's 1851 when he could afford it.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 3rd, 2012 05:15 pm |
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JG6789 Member
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Old Blu wrote: I often wondered what kind of liqueur he drank! Yeah, supposedly so did Lincoln, at least in sarcastic dismissal of a group of men bringing to him another dreary "Grant was drunk" story. He probably didn't actually make the comment, though.
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