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Kevin, I concur.

Regards,

This has been a favorite of mine from the moment I tasted it.

It is quite sweet, but manages to avoid being one-dimensional. This is probably owing mostly to its age, which allows it to take on...

Ray,

Guess I missed this a couple of weeks back. Welcome aboard!

OC10 is available in most of the stores I frequent, though I do know it has gone up in price and is now not quite the bargain...

It will be different. I have many bottles of this stuff w/the 8yr age statement. Some signifcantly older whiskey made it in. For the most part, that's a good thing, but I opened a bottle recently...

Chuck,

I finally got around to picking up some tamarind candy at my local Asian supermarket, a soft candy similar (probably) to what you had. Indeed there is something Beam blackish about it, and...

Agreed on all points, Gary.

IIRC, Chuck has said that 1792 is one of the higher-barley recipes out there. Try tasting it next to a mid-shelf pour with less barley. I think barley does a nice job...

I often see RHF for the same price as Blanton's, but it's usually $10 less or so. I did find an obviously mispriced bottle for $26.99 once.

At any rate, I've also never seen Blanton's for less...

Tim,

Good point. And I prefer RHF and ETL - both cheaper - to Blanton's, based on admittedly limited experience with the latter. Given the single-barrel variations that can occur, I suppose...

Welcome!

I'll echo the congratulations on amassing a fine array of whiskeys already.

And, since you're in Texas, a Barton brand you can pick up that I'm fond of is Tom Moore BIB. Not as refined...

Agreed that JBB is somewhat middle-of-the-road. It is an excellent reference point for other whiskeys, and a much cheaper way than the mid- and top-shelf stuff to get people interested in bourbon. I...

On a trip to Chicago in March, I bought a bottle of Small Batch at the Halsted location. $36. Single barrel was $47.

Beers stateside have done this for some time now. Most notable is the Alaskan brewing co.'s Smoked Porter, a vintage-dated beer brewed with alderwood-smoked malt. A couple of other use cherry and...

WT did the same thing when they dropped the 8-yr age statement and went to "No. 8 brand." EW 1783 doesn't sell a ton, so some stores in Dallas will have 10-yo product aroundl, as it changed pretty...

Though I, too, keep a lot of whisk(e)y around, and like a good bit of variety day-to-day, I notice that my OC12, OGD BIB, WT101, and Knob Creek wind up empty more frequently than anything else. All...

Well, I was on the edge anyway, and re-reading the thread has done it: I'm going to buy a bottle tomorrow. Yes, there are a few I know of still around. I don't have the cash, but it has to happen.
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I'm really kicking myself for not buying a bottle at Binny's now. I've been pondering asking my favorite liquor store to get some ETL (they've picked up two other whiskeys when I asked about them),...

I have yet to try this stuff, as my go-to "cheap" store doesn't stock it, and for whatever reason, the price around here keeps going up. $32.99 is now the cheapest I can find it. In Chicago, I nearly...

Last night I got into one of my ND OGD 114, the first I've opened. Had some issues with the cork, but it came out in one piece. I decanted due to the cork's, er, degraded state.

The first thing I...

Following the pattern of other posts,

If money is a concern:

1. OGDBIB (rye-heavy)
2. Old Charter 12/90 (sweet, low-rye, but balanced)
3. Weller 12 year (this, being a wheater, would be...

Enjoying a pour of this in a snifter to bid it farewell as BOTM.

The nose tonight seems to be orange zest and cinnamon, maybe some just-burnt pie crust. Oddly, the first taste is sweet, but then...

I've recently picked up assorted older bottlings of OGD BIB. A bottle from 1976 was six years old when bottled, a bottle from 1988 was eight years old (due, I guess, to the "glut" of whiskey at that...

I love OGD BIB. The rye character is definitely out front, and I've recently come across a couple of older bottlings in which this is supposedly even more true. I eagerly await the chance to find...

Okay, cool. I'll probably get both of the BIB and one or two other bottles, since none were over $10. Thanks for the insights.

First, let me thank all of you for the wealth of wisdom you've shared on this forum. I have searched and found endless amounts of good information, which has led to a few excellent purchases...

Thanks. I bought only one add'l bottle for now, due to some unforeseen expenditures on other bourbons earlier in the day. The good price will still be there in a few weeks...