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Aloha, William,

Enjoy your bourbon journey. Look me up whenever you're on the Big Island. I've always got something interesting to sip: now working on a bottle of Four Roses 100th Anniversary,...

Aloha, Mark, from the Big Island.

I live on the Hamakua Coast north of Hilo. Just returned from the Mainland on Monday with a couple of bottles of bourbon you can't get here: William Larue...

Nice pick, Joe! It really is a delightful whiskey, and I agree that pouring it over ice is counterproductive. I nursed a bottle for 18 months, but now it is gone. I'll be looking for another next...

Welcome on board, Marine Dad! Where in Tennessee?

Buffalo Trace is a splendid whiskey at a good price. It is not for sale here in Hawaii, so whenever I'm on the mainland I try to pick up a bottle...

I've been working on a bottle of ERSB for some time now, alongside a bottle of Old Charter 10/86. Both are pleasant enough, with the ERSB being a little richer in flavor. I doubt whether I'll go to...

Rutter,

Welcome on board! If you were to offer me a pour of anything in your cupboard, I'd probably ask for a shot of Buffalo Trace. What do you think of it?

Cheers!

Hi, Jeff,

And welcome aboard. I share your appreciation for anything coming out of Buffalo Trace. Go to Frankfort and do the "hard hat" tour if you get the chance.

We once lived...

What's the point of JBB? Market saturation. Beam has something for everyone in every price range. Except for wheateds. Oh wait, they bought Maker's Mark to fill that niche. . . .

Hi, Blitz,

Who knows. In the case of the BT distillery, they have only two ryed bourbon mash bills, so it's easy to call one light or low, and the other high or heavy. And they have just one...

Squash,

I, too, am interested in the mash bills of the bourbons I drink. Here's a list I've started. The info is culled from back issues of Chuck Cowdery's "Bourbon Country Reader". Some of it...

Waiahi,

Aloha, and welcome to the board! I live on the Big Island (Hilo side) and share your distress at the lack of selection of bourbons. I have developed a liking for Buffalo Trace...

Smittyb,

Welcome to SB! I grew up in NW Tennessee--Dyer County, which happened to be beer and liquor "wet". Where are you?

Cheers,
Mark

Welcome to the site, QM!

How far from Lexington are you? I was visiting eastern KY in May and a friend introduced me to the Liquor Barn there. It was an almost religious experience. I ended up...

Dunk,

Welcome to SB. I'm new, too, and you and I have a few things in common, including age. I was a devoted JD drinker until I stumbled on to Maker's Mark, and then a Kentuckian gave me a bottle...

Well, I dropped a shot of Bulleit over one ice cube last evening and it was, as my Tennessee grandpa used to say, "tolerable", which meant better than tolerable and not bad at all. I taste sweet...

boss302,

Interesting you should mention Maker's Mark in relation to Bulleit. I'm pretty new to all this, but for now MM is my "benchmark" bourbon--the standard I measure others by.

Picked up...

Thanks for reviving this thread. It's very helpful as I try to build knowledge and a basic collection of decent whiskeys.

Joe,

So how IS Bulleit pronounced? A la Steve McQueen?

Cheers,
Mark

Mark,

I'd be happy to take on the project of researching the bourbon availability in Hawaii. This will take some time, as the State consists of several islands. But it is not at all an onerous...

Thank you all for the warm welcome!

I celebrated joining SB by picking up a bottle of Fighting Cock 6 year-old 103 proof KSBW yesterday. Sampled it last night. Words fail me. (I have yet to get...

. . . from a Tennesseean transplanted to the Big Island. I've been drinking whiskey for over 40 years in a rather unfocused and negligent manner. For many years Jack Daniel's was my benchmark...