Brandon -B-
10-04-2010, 12:55
Greetings from Santa Rosa, California. *I probably won’t be doing a lot of posting since I’m new and I’ll be sponging all of this info up but I did want to drop in and say Hi and share my first experience with Bourbon (or any Whiskey for that matter) *
My wife and I were going out on a rare and coveted date night and she suggested that we go for cocktails at the lounge above the restaurant. *I rarely drink and had never had “cocktails” Most of my drinking experience is beers at a ball game or BBQ or Wine once and a while for dinner. *Behind my wife’s back I had to text my buddy and ask what in the hell I should order at a lounge so that I didn’t end up with an alcoholic slurpee with a pink umbrella in front of me. *He texts me back that I have to go whiskey straight up. *(he’s been watching a lot of Mad Men recently.) *When we get there, my wife takes her *seat and I order wine for her and tell the bartender that I need a little help with a whiskey choice, He named a couple and said that a lot of folks seemed to like Blanton’s so that’s what I ended up with. *I ended up having two that night, the first with a little ice and the second one neat. *I felt like the water and chill from the ice didn’t do the Blanton’s any favors and I much preferred my second one without water. *At any rate, I was now hooked on Bourbon.
I hit the interwebs looking for more info because I knew I had to get a bottle the next night. Google pointed me to your fine site here and through Dan or Sijan’s informative thread about affordable bourbon; I decided to get a bottle of Bulleit for my first big-boy-all-growns-up beverage purchase. * Since then I’ve gone through about half the bottle and figured out a few things. *
I like a shot in a giant open mouthed glass rather than in a smaller rocks glass (our rocks glasses are roundish and concentrates the uh…fumes at your nose).
While the Blanton’s was better without any water, I actually prefer the Bulleit with a little touch of water. At first I was using some ice chips but I’ve also discovered that I much prefer it room temperature. More flavor that way probably because my mouth is getting less conflicting information.
I have been sipping a shot (dram?) 1 ½ oz. anyway, or sometimes two in the evening while reading and I just love savoring the different flavors, hell some nights I don’t even want to brush my teeth because I can’t stand the idea of washing away all that flavor with the foul mint toothpaste :)
There are no words to describe how well Belgian chocolate crisps from Trader Joe’s and Bulleit bourbon go together. *Discovered it last night…Just no words…
Some bourbons that I'm looking forward to trying are
Elmer T. Lee
Woodford Reserve
Bookers
Thanks for a great site and all the info here. *I’ll let you know if I have any questions but rest assured, I do know where the search function is located!
Brandon
My wife and I were going out on a rare and coveted date night and she suggested that we go for cocktails at the lounge above the restaurant. *I rarely drink and had never had “cocktails” Most of my drinking experience is beers at a ball game or BBQ or Wine once and a while for dinner. *Behind my wife’s back I had to text my buddy and ask what in the hell I should order at a lounge so that I didn’t end up with an alcoholic slurpee with a pink umbrella in front of me. *He texts me back that I have to go whiskey straight up. *(he’s been watching a lot of Mad Men recently.) *When we get there, my wife takes her *seat and I order wine for her and tell the bartender that I need a little help with a whiskey choice, He named a couple and said that a lot of folks seemed to like Blanton’s so that’s what I ended up with. *I ended up having two that night, the first with a little ice and the second one neat. *I felt like the water and chill from the ice didn’t do the Blanton’s any favors and I much preferred my second one without water. *At any rate, I was now hooked on Bourbon.
I hit the interwebs looking for more info because I knew I had to get a bottle the next night. Google pointed me to your fine site here and through Dan or Sijan’s informative thread about affordable bourbon; I decided to get a bottle of Bulleit for my first big-boy-all-growns-up beverage purchase. * Since then I’ve gone through about half the bottle and figured out a few things. *
I like a shot in a giant open mouthed glass rather than in a smaller rocks glass (our rocks glasses are roundish and concentrates the uh…fumes at your nose).
While the Blanton’s was better without any water, I actually prefer the Bulleit with a little touch of water. At first I was using some ice chips but I’ve also discovered that I much prefer it room temperature. More flavor that way probably because my mouth is getting less conflicting information.
I have been sipping a shot (dram?) 1 ½ oz. anyway, or sometimes two in the evening while reading and I just love savoring the different flavors, hell some nights I don’t even want to brush my teeth because I can’t stand the idea of washing away all that flavor with the foul mint toothpaste :)
There are no words to describe how well Belgian chocolate crisps from Trader Joe’s and Bulleit bourbon go together. *Discovered it last night…Just no words…
Some bourbons that I'm looking forward to trying are
Elmer T. Lee
Woodford Reserve
Bookers
Thanks for a great site and all the info here. *I’ll let you know if I have any questions but rest assured, I do know where the search function is located!
Brandon