Ken Albala

History of Bourbon

Lacy W

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I’m spending the rest of 2020 attempting to clean out everything from clothes to books. I want to start fresh for the new year, you know? I need a fresh start. This year has been so stressful. After getting COVID-19 and dealing with the side effects of it months later, I realized that life is not always guaranteed. You truly never know what is going to happen. Cleaning out everything means going through my audiobooks that I bought while I had a subscription to Audible and when there was audiobook sales. This book is one of the books I had impulsively bought when I was going through a “I miss school and want to listen to lectures again.” phase.

I actually enjoyed this lecture more than I thought I was going too. I confess. I don’t drink a lot of bourbon. In fact, I’m not sure if I have even tried bourbon. I’m too poor to afford that kind of stuff. Anything stronger than vodka messes me up. I can’t even drink whiskey without wanting to just puke, much to the dismay of my dad. My dad enjoys whiskey but I just can’t do it. But that doesn’t mean I’m not interested in learning about alcohol. I’ve always wanted to learn how to mix drinks. It seems like a lot of fun. And learning about bourbon was a lot of fun. 

It helped that the lecturer was incredibly excited to teach about bourbon. I could tell that bourbon was a passion for him. He added that extra oomph to the material, which could have come off as dry if it was presented by anyone else that wasn’t excited about bourbon. I could tell he researched quite a bit about bourbon. Several times, he mentioned that he visited the different places where bourbon was made. It added a nice personal touch. 

Overall, this was a quick and easy listen. I believe it was only three or four hours. I played World of Warcraft while I listened. I learned quite a bit about bourbon although I’m pretty sure I won’t ever drink it. Regardless, I had fun and I’m going to look up more lectures by Ken Albala because this was a great lecture.