Just returned from a Bourbon Dinner at a local restaurant that was hosted by the restaurant and my local whiskey monger. Jimmy, me and our wives had a great time. Heaven Hill whiskies were featured, with Bernie Lubbers at the helm. Bernie has a new spiel that he is doing for HH, called "The Evolution of Bourbon Flight". Vintage Bernie all the way, which is a very entertaining thing. Did a very nice job. So, it was Trybox Corn, Mellow Corn BIB, EC12 Cask Strength, EW BIB White Label, Rittenhouse BIB, and Larceny for me tonight. Interestingly, Bernie insisted the EW BIB was a 5 yr old. Also, the HH rep brought over a pour that he wanted to see if we could identify. Crap that is hard. Brain was going everywhere from, "this is a trick question, he's fu@$#*$ with me, and it's really a scotch", to trying to out-think myself. I wiffed, of course. It was the 2012 PHC. My guess was embarrassing...

Really a great time, and Bernie Lubbers is a true credit to this industry. And, I mean that sincerely. The guy really loves this stuff, and it shows.