Thanks, I needed that. I'll save some for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruiser
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Thanks, I needed that. I'll save some for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cruiser
hear! hear!
I have a bottle of the 20-year old that I'd been saving for a few years for a 'special occasion'. Then, about 3 weeks ago, NumbrdDays was in town, and we met up for beers, and the topic of bourbon came up, and before I really knew what I was doing, we'd opened the bottle. I didn't go into the evening with that on the plan, and I don't know that it was the undefined "special occasion" I'd been waiting for, but to share that with someone who appreciated it, and in the midst of everything else that was going on, it was the right thing to do, and I'm glad it happened that way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Meadow Skipper
Now, I'm telling myself that I won't have any more until I have someone else around to share it with, and drinking my less-special bourbons while I'm alone...
How about Rye? I finally got my hands on the "best whisky of the year 2015". Pretty good, and easy drinking. Can't complain about the price at around $30, if you can find it.
http://gearpatrol.com/2015/11/19/the...ook-to-canada/
Good Lawd, Sean Brock is a bourbon king.
Worth the read:
http://gardenandgun.com/article/grea...bon-taste-test
http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/insi...t2016_facebook
That looks like fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I've been grabbing that cheap Weller lately.
Been on a Michter's Rye kick too. Caramel!
Pretty sure this:
Is what Brock did with really good bourbon in this:Quote:
Originally Posted by KQ
Metphorically speaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I recently had the best Bourbon I have tasted yet straight from the barrel stashed in a barn outside of Louisville. Where it was originally made is unclear, but it was some of the smoothest I've ever had. Barely a trace of the heat/burn I was braced for. Kentucky is a special place. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a388e40800.jpg
Was it one of the stolen Pappy/Antique Collection barrels?Quote:
Originally Posted by bgrayvy
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Doubtful, although it was as good as any 20-year-old Pappy I've had. Likely one of the old Stitzel-Weller barrel stash.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
Very cool.
Maybe it's where all the Black Maple Hill went. Fuckers need to give that shit up!
Whatever the provenance, it was amazing. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...bc993a7a1b.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
You in Louisville?Quote:
Originally Posted by bgrayvy
Picked up some rock hill farms tonight. Had some wonderful 10yo Pappy this past weekend. Forgot how syrupy it is.
I was back visiting the homeland over Labor Day.
Joined Flaviar yesterday.
Looks interesting.
I found them to be a PiTA. Pretty expensive for the tiny tasters you get. Some good hooch tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beer Drinker
I doubt I will do it long. Just going to try some rums and gins.
Buddy gave me a bottle of the Weller Antique 107 a few weeks back. Little hot but once it mellows out it is damn tasty.
Sounds like my local spot got their allotment of Pappy, etc. I think they do it auction style for charity.
We had a bourbon tasting on the mountain Saturday night. New one for me, Breckenridge, came in at #2 out of 12, to the best of my fuzzy recollection. Pretty smooth stuff. Woodford came in #1. Makers near the bottom as was Bulleit.
Have a client that services the Maker's Mark factory. Helped him with a lead foot problem and received a bottle of Makers Cask Strength weighing in at a whopping 110.4 proof. Haven't been brave enough since Saturday night to open it.
Last Christmas I bought a friend a bottle of Glenlivet Nadurra that was 114 proof. Shit was unbelievably smooth.Quote:
Originally Posted by TNKen
TNKen I've been keeping a bottle of the Breck on hand lately. I like it.
Probably been mentioned already, but Col. E.H. Taylor. The best $40 price point bottle I've had yet. Fantastic.
What I'd give to get my hands on the newly released Eagle Rare 17 (Antique Collection)
Only 32 barrels selected.
Stocked up on Old Granddad 114 with news it's going away. Have 3 bottles stashed. Trying to figure out what my replacement daily sipper will be, it can't be beat for 25$.
Opened the latest Booker release last week, damn tasty. 'Off your rocker' version. Recommend it to people wanting a good barrel proofer if you can't get Elijah Craig BP.
Also, amazing that this thread starts with Benny saying how he doesn't want to pay 20$ for a pour of Pappy 23 in 2009. My, how times have changed.
I like W.L. Weller as my daily. I preferred the younger special reserve in a double blind tasting, but the 12 is tasty too. It's a wheated bourbon; same as Pappy, just not quite as old and not from such a prime location in the warehouse.
Noticed a decrease in quality of the weller 12 and special antique this year. Had a weller 12 bottle that I purchased several years ago and compared it to a bottle I picked up this fall, and much preferred the older bottle(maybe 3 years old?) My local liquor store has a one bottle per person policy on the special antique, which blows my mind.
#L'villeproblems.Quote:
Originally Posted by CantDog
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Eastern TN mags: anyone been to the Liquor Barn lately? Wondering what goodies they may have gotten in for the fall releases or if I should just hit up the Party Source on my way north for the holidays.
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by Soups
Gonna order myself a case of the og114 before the end of the year. Will be sorry to see that one go...
And yeah, Weller has really tightened up. They're limiting us to 2 barrels a year of the regular and this holiday season we were only allocated 6btl each of the 12y and 107 antique. Their supplies must be really slim right now.
Just had a long discusssion with my buddy from Midway, KY over a few pops at the local dive about one of my favorite bourbons in my home bar: Black Maple Hill (blue label and orange label).
I always knew it was KBD sourced juice and most likely Stitzel-Weller older barrels similar (if not the same) to what was going into Pappy at the time as Julian VW III blended it (at least with the blue label) and the orange/red label was a younger but also unknown provenance non-distiller product that followed the blue to keep up with cult demand.
What I didn't know is that in my never ending hunt for the stuff (it disappeared for a few years) is that they brought it back out for retail. In a different bottle. Using bourbon produced in Oregon.
I was excited but my buddy just bought a bottle and said don't waste your money. It's shit.
Somewhere inside me I'm torn between wanting to drink the now-very rare BMH I have left or save it forever admiring it like a shrine to Pappy's long lost twin.
I need to find a new bottle to get into I think.
$40??? WHERE??????Quote:
Originally Posted by Soups
It's $75 'round these parts (and yes, it's awesome.)
Edit: for the Single barrel, not the Small batch
The Party Source in Northern Kentucky has it for $43 my last check. Same with Capital City Liquors in ATL (when they have it). Same for the Liquor Barn in TN (and they ship if you're in a state that allows)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
Yeah. Small batch is $40. Haven't seen the single barrel at Argonaut in Denver yet. Always out.
On a side note. Anyone able to find Elmer T. Lee lately?
I edited. The Small batch is 1/2 the cost of the Single Barrel.
Does anyone else find Wooderson a perfect pitchman for Wild Turkey?
Cruiser, et al - is it just the OG 114 that's been discontinued? BiB will still be around? Stopped in my spot on way home and grabbed a few 114's. They still had a bunch on the shelves, for now.
It hasn't been disco'd but there's some speculation that it will be phased out next year since it's a high proof product that is composed of good material that could be devoted to other lines (like the bib version) that are more popular and profitable. Maybe the rumors won't come to pass, our salesman just said today that he has heard nothing about it, and I'll be stuck with a bunch of it but I'm totally willing to accept that risk. :fm:
And yeah, that Taylor single barrel was tits. Not inexpensive but real purty.
+2...for E.H. TaylorQuote:
Originally Posted by Powder Ho