107.9 The River » Whiskey http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What's the History of the Irish Car Bomb? http://theriver1079.com/the-history-of-the-irish-car-bomb/ http://theriver1079.com/the-history-of-the-irish-car-bomb/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:41:08 +0000 Cole Stryker http://tsminteractive.com/?p=4385 The Irish car bomb (a shot of Irish whiskey and Irish cream dropped into a pint of Guinness) is a standard St. Patrick's Day cocktail, though its origins aren't commonly known.

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]]> http://theriver1079.com/wyoming-whiskey-hits-the-shelves/feed/ 0 Ian Delap, Townsquare Media Whiskey Soothes Sore Throats and Freshens Breath While Getting You Drunk http://theriver1079.com/whiskey-soothes-sore-throats-and-freshens-breath-while-getting-you-drunk/ http://theriver1079.com/whiskey-soothes-sore-throats-and-freshens-breath-while-getting-you-drunk/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 18:15:50 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://guyspeed.com/?p=26747 You don’t usually need a good excuse to have a nice glass of heavenly whiskey, but now you have one.

Whiskey can do so many things: calm your nerves after a long day, make a three look like an eight-and-a-half, turn a misdemeanor into a felony. Now, it can al

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