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This is so true, I'd like to think that a good butcher shop could really clean up around town, but then everyone's a cheap ass that goes to WalMart or some other big store and hoses the little guy.
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Hmm, weird. Is it an "Export Only" type of bottling?

Hide-e-ho, friend.

Welcome.

:D

Hey, welcome aboard. So much info here. My bit of advice, taken from someone else, wait to dig into the pricey stuff until you have a decent appreciation for it.

Unless you have the cash and...

Haven't been to an actual liquor store yet, but this is not readily available in liquor departments in grocery stores.

I'd like to try it out, as it sounds like a good deal.

Have to swing by...

I agree, great places to jump to.

Just semantics, I guess. I just wouldn't call Buffalo Trace "starter" bourbon.

I'd call it a good one to start with, after you are already hooked. :)
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Buffalo Trace is a "starter" bourbon?

Your opinion, of course, and I see what you could mean as far as flavor, but I bet I only know 5 other people that even know what the heck Buffalo Trace is...

Which is one of many reasons why I prefer bourbon, Sir.

:D

Brisko - Not saying there aren't good buys out there for Scotch, saying that over all, they seem to be a little overpriced. Of course, I am not a huge fan, either, so take that for what it's worth.
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Yeah, you don't get much more "non-neutral" for scotch than Laphroaig.

It tastes like chewing on a piece of burnt charcoal. I actually like it (in small doses) but it is very "aquired".

Not...

http://www.examiner.com/bartender-in-national/bartending-101-what-s-a-mat-shot

Just for anyone that doesn't know what a "mat shot" is.

:slappin:

Hey, welcome to the club. Luckily, I have 25 years to tie your on the age, so hopefully I will REALLY know a lot about bourbon by then.

Probably not, though.

Anyway, I also really enjoy...

Welcome aboard, Jeff. I am fairly nearby, as well. Curious to hear what you have available that we may not up here.

My biggest "surprise" since my love affair with Bourbon started, is how...

Ahh, I guess I have an answer here, I didn't notice this before. Sorry.

Anyway, welcome! :grin:

Just out of curiousity, are you born and raised in Japan, or do you just live there now?

Interesting info you have there, and welcome to Straight Bourbon. :)

Your beard is weird.

:lol:

Must have been a bottle of that "Pappy Van Stankle" I was reading about in a thread a few days back.

Something like that, anyway.

:cool:

From what I was told right off the bat, and my experiences, the WT 101 is a ryed whiskey, while MM is a wheater. It may be that you prefer the more subtle wheated burbons. I like them all,...

It really depends on what sort of burbon you are looking for. I am a newbie here, but I do know that there is a huge variety of different flavors just in that sampling you listed.

My choices out...

How was the 4 Roses? Can't find the stuff around here. :(

Oh, welcome to the party, great info here. Has really helped me find some stuff I like or even love.

(Bump)

Have now tasted ORVW 10yr and have a bottle of EWSB in my house.

Both great.

:) Thanks again for the list, it is a great place to start.

Welcome fellow new member.

Great place to get info and opinions about the fire water.

Picked up a bottle of the 2000 dated EWSB at Hy-Vee last night. Wow, tasty stuff, and not too bad, even from a grocery store. $27 and change plus tax / deposit.

Anyway, great nose on that...

Thanks again, everyone. Found that my local Hy-Vee grocery store has a decent selection, even if it isn't the cheapest, as does Dahl's.

Going to be stopping there a few times inthe next week or...

Had a glass of MM last night, and one of WT 101 to follow. Both were great. Not sure I liked either "better", both had nice complex tastes.

The WT was, however, quite a bit more potent, which I...