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Reading this forum every day, and living in a control state with an extremely limited selection, I call myself "frustrated." :smiley_acbt:

Larry

I'll keep your post in mind on my next trip to my local ABC store. Last time around, despondently eyeing the meager choices, I decided to try a bottle of Old Charter 8. That was eleven bucks that...

I too found Dan's list most helpful and would cast a vote for making this a sticky.

Dan, since you broached the subject ... what were some of those "ridiculous purchases" you made early on? Or...

For Alabama residents, that'd be a significant widening of the available selections. We have a choice of Jim Beam Rye, Jim Beam Rye, or Jim Beam Rye. :smiley_acbt:

Larry

Welcome, Steve, from another (relative) newbie.

When I first tried Maker's Mark, maybe two years ago, I didn't dislike it; but I did find it notably different from my usual and familiar pour of...

I'm a newbie here, and don't yet have a good sense of what might and might not work. And much of what follows amounts to little more than some brainstorming of my own. With those things said:
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Thank you for the welcoming words, everyone, and thanks for the recommendations, too.

I realize that most of the bottlings I've tried are rather ordinary. That's mainly a function of the...

It's November, now, and I suppose that's as good a reason as any for another new member to step forward. I've been lurking for a couple-few weeks, after discovering the site via a happy accident,...