Back when UFC superstar Conor McGregor was set to face off against pugilist legend Floyd Mayweather Jr., “Notorious” began promoting his own brand of whiskey. Now the former multi-division UFC champion has taken to social media to criticize Tennessee whiskey.
Conor McGregor recently took to Instagram to offer a few words from a recent practice. When a fight fan from Tennessee decided to criticize the fighter, McGregor retaliated with an unexpected rant on the state’s whiskey.
“Thank you for this message. I recognise and respect Tennessee as solid whiskey distillers,” McGregor wrote. “Your methods of aging whiskey over 2 years, and in charred brand new barrels however, is a crime where I come from.”
“Using corn, rye or wheat over grain is another conversation altogether,” he continued. “However, forgetting your choice of ingredients, whatever they are, you must let those ingredients age sufficiently. Allow the ingredients the correct time to age and allow them to age in barrels as old as Whiskey itself. They deserve time to reach their maximum flavor potential. We do not even know what American whiskey truly tastes like, because to gage a correct and fair opinion of it, it needs to be given the correct and fair time to age.”
“Thank you for this message however, I appreciate it and it motivates me to continue,” McGregor continued. “I respect your state, and your land, and I will be in Tennessee in the very near future. Along with all of the other major states of the United States of America.”
“I will be there with my own Irish made Whiskey for you all.”
“I look forward to engaging more in this debate and introducing you to my master creation.”
