"Hey, should we open that gavel filled with bourbon from the 1970s?" The only acceptable answer to this question is yes, and I gave it with no hesitation last night when offered Ezra Brooks from said vessel. If the label is to be believed, it aged in a barrel for 101 months. Then it was poured into a gavel, sealed with
spirits
I've always thought the ATF is an odd agency. You'd think overseeing alcohol, tobacco and firearms would be very different tasks. But this rifle-shaped vodka bottle is perhaps the best argument I've seen for the ATF's mandate. I'm waiting for someone to figure out a way to make it smokeable. /mark

