Deeply Worrying Labour Strike in Strategically Vital Industry

[kham]

Jim Beam...

Fortunately , I drink scotch. Or if bourbon, Jack Daniels

[Mynock]

Symptom of a wider problem. They get around having to legally provide health insurance, benefits, etc. by hiring "temp" workers and only working them part time. So you have a bunch of constantly turning over staff that pretty much don't give a shit about their job. Yea that's a great idea.....

[nachtjaeger]

Good employees are valuable resources- exploit them. Pay them enough to keep them, and work them as many hours as you can without burning them out.

Interesting note- once the employees' benefits exceed 50% of salary, it becomes cheaper to work the employees you have for extended hours rather than hire additional help. Which may explain why Government agencies such as police and fire departments and health facilities are chronically understaffed.

Symptom of a wider problem. They get around having to legally provide health insurance, benefits, etc. by hiring "temp" workers and only working them part time. So you have a bunch of constantly turning over staff that pretty much don't give a shit about their job. Yea that's a great idea.....

[dlodoski]

Jim Beam...

Fortunately , I drink scotch. Or if bourbon, Jack Daniels

Hmmmm. Don't call Jack Daniels 'bourbon' - in Tennessee or Kentucky. (Bourbon technically/legally can only be associated with Kentucky whiskey )

[Duncan Edwards]

The state legislature defined "Tennessee Whiskey" so narrowly that while it meets the standards of Bourbon it is also a variety unto itself. The details of which are spelled out pretty well here -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_whiskey

Most importantly since Tennessee is a right to work state with little unionization in the liquor business I think the product is safe. While Jack Daniels is produced in Lynchburg, ironically a historically dry county, it is closer to religion than business. Disruption by Holy War might be more likely than labor issues. George Dickel and several others are much the same.

[kham]

Tell you what, we get down to Tennessee sometime in future, I'll handle the Guinness, Jameson's and actual good Scotch and you take care of the Tennessee sippin' whiskey. Beer additional. But it's all one of the few things that arguments are still good-natured for. Local Holy Wars aside

[Mynock]

Don't forget some good old fashioned hooch. Nothing like the subtle "I just swallowed molten lava" flavor of white lightining.

[duuudeization]

Jack Daniels is considered sour mash rather than bourbon. Perhaps someone here knows the difference.

[Mynock]

Nope.....pretty much all Bourbon is sour mash, it just refers to jump starting the fermentation process by using a little leftover mash from the previous batch.

The dirty secret is that Tennessee Whiskey IS Bourbon, except with special water and charcoal filtering. But be warned it's a hanging offense to mention that out loud in Tennessee.

That being said, I am NOT knocking the stuff in any way. The JD's been my go-to adult beverage since long before I should've been drinking it.....lol.

[nachtjaeger]

One of the items on my "bucket list" is to build myself a still and run off a batch of corn whiskey. I wonder how using fresh sweet corn to make the mash would work- that has a lot of sugar in it.