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Add Bob Dylan to the growing list of rock stars who have entered the liquor industry. Next month, he will debut Heaven's Door whiskey, so named after his song "Knockin' on Heaven's Door."
“We both wanted to create a collection of American whiskeys that, in their own way, tell a story,” Mr. Dylan told The New York Times. “I’ve been traveling for decades, and I’ve been able to try some of the best spirits that the world of whiskey has to offer. This is great whiskey.”
Heaven's Door will be available as a straight rye, a straight bourbon and a double-barreled whiskey. Back in 2015, Marc Bushala, who helped create the Angel's Envy brand, noticed that Dylan had filed a trademark application for the term "bootleg whiskey" and reached out to Dylan, who is an investor in the company.
“Dylan has these qualities that actually work well for a whiskey,” Bushala said. “He has great authenticity. He is a quintessential American. He does things the way he wants to do them. I think these are good attributes for a super-premium whiskey as well.”
But collaborating with Dylan offered up a unique challenge when Bushala presented him with samples. “Sometimes you just get a long look and you’re not sure if that’s disgust or approval,” he said, also recalling that Dylan's notes after trying the double-barreled whiskey were, “It should feel like being in a wood structure."
After changing how they toasted the barrels in which the whiskey was aged, they presented him with something that evoked “that sweet, musty smell of a barn,” which met with Dylan's approval.
The iron gates on the bottle are representations of those that Dylan has created at his metalworking shop, Black Buffalo Ironworks, out of objects that he's found in his travels across the U.S. "I was born and raised in iron ore country, where you could breathe it and smell it every day," He said on Heaven's Door's website. "And I've always worked with it in one form or another."
Everyone has a plan, till you get punched in the face,
He surely has a Whiskey voice.
Dylan's just an old "barrel sniffer".
From The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter:
"Granpa's trade was making moonshine. This was the only way to make money because they had such a small corn patch that it was impossible to make money selling regular corn. Granpa got his trade from his Scotch side. He thought that it was an honorable trade that was often given a bad name because of bad moon shiners. There are many ways to cheat and Granpa didn't do any of them. He said that some big moon shiners try to get rid of the small ones by doing things like telling people that the moonshine is aged which makes no difference according to Granpa. He called the people that purchased that barrel sniffers."
I would probably be dead right now if I hadn't quit drinking 7 years ago. I am disappointed that someone like Bob Dylan who has always been viewed as being so socially aware now is promoting something that causes addiction, illness and death. Yeah, I know, some are not like me and can drink responsibly. That doesn't erase the dangers of alcoholism. I'm surprised Bob. A line of THC chocolates next time, maybe?
I would probably be dead right now if I hadn't quit drinking 7 years ago. I am disappointed that someone like Bob Dylan who has always been viewed as being so socially aware now is promoting something that causes addiction, illness and death. Yeah, I know, some are not like me and can drink responsibly. That doesn't erase the dangers of alcoholism. I'm surprised Bob. A line of THC chocolates next time, maybe?
To each their own. I'm sure this is a lucrative deal for Dylan et al involved. Mankind's one true addiction: CASH!
Anyone remember Rolling Stones beer?
I remember Rolling Rock beer!!!! LOL
I would probably be dead right now if I hadn't quit drinking 7 years ago. I am disappointed that someone like Bob Dylan who has always been viewed as being so socially aware now is promoting something that causes addiction, illness and death. Yeah, I know, some are not like me and can drink responsibly. That doesn't erase the dangers of alcoholism. I'm surprised Bob. A line of THC chocolates next time, maybe?
Usually agree with you Rob; sorry, but not this time. I quit beer about 7 years ago but still drink whiskey/bourbon/scotch on occasion and I like a good one. I'm looking forward to this, but I'm glad you stopped and are alive today. Congrats on 7 years sober! Way to go.
Bob might have been viewed as socially aware, but he stayed out of politics as much as he could, including the anti-war movement. He was dragged into it kicking and screaming, and always has done what HE wants. He did a fricken Victoria's Secret ad!
I don't believe it causes "addiction, illness and death". I understand it could/would have in you, but not in everyone. Used responsibly, it isn't harmful. Wow, now I sound the the NRA-- "alcohol doesn't kill people, people kill people." I guess, same with drugs. Only if abused are they harmful. I can't decide if this is a liberal or conservative view I have? Anyone?
To each their own. I'm sure this is a lucrative deal for Dylan et al involved. Mankind's one true addiction: CASH!
Exactly. And that's why I have a problem with it: Bob is putting cash ahead of responsibility.
Robbie Krieger, speaking of Jim Morrison's demise in the recently released Live @ Isle of Wight DVD:
"Alcohol is probably the worst of them all."
Tangled up in boooooze ....
Who wants their whiskey to taste like an old barn?
