What Are You Drinking Tonight, Winter'07/'08

[SBOmarc]

Home with the Mother of all Flu's...put a full shot of OGD 114 in some tea with lemon and honey. I still feel crappy, but it doesn't matter as much.

[fogfrog]

Old Weller Antique 107 with a little Britta water mixed in it.

[bigtoys]

Well, technically not tonight.

Just went to a big warehouse wine sale with 2 friends and on the way back talk turned to whiskey. Two of us are big Pappy 20 fans; the third wasn't a big whiskey fan. I suggested that we come in for a Pappy tasting and they agreed.

We had a small tasting of Pappy 20, Pappy 15, and Old Forester Birthday (hadn't opened it yet). I also poured a sample of the BT Experimental Chardonnay, since we had just had several Chardonnays.

Overall, a nice Saturday afternoon.

[spun_cookie]

Home with the Mother of all Flu's...put a full shot of OGD 114 in some tea with lemon and honey. I still feel crappy, but it doesn't matter as much.

They flu just does not seem to like Bourbon... dulls the pain, but you pay for it the next morning...

I had to take a couple of days off the sauce to recover... well mostly recover before I started up again...

better heath to you... I toast to your recovery with someEvan Williams....

[whiskydude]

A nice, slightly heavy pour of 4R1B. Very good.

[birdman1099]

Tonight has benn a Van Winkle Tribute day.

First, A big pour of Pappy 15
next, a generous pour of 12yr lot b. (yummy)
and to tie it all up....
ORVW 10/107 !!!!!


Cheers, Julian !!!!

[Gillman]

As a nitecap, a little Knob Creek.

It has a good nose with barrel wood, some charred notes and some pleasant estery scents, like apples. There are no off-scents or discordant notes. The taste is clean, medium-bodied, medium-rich, inclining to vanillin sweetness but with a good distillery character in evidence. Light oak char reappears in the finish.

I find it interesting how Knob Creek stands apart in palate from the rest of the Beam line including Old Grandad. I can't detect any of the orange or anise notes that the other whiskeys have. Knob Creek seems to go for a different profile. A fine product and the Beam flagship bourbon in my opinion.

Gary

[fogfrog]

On Sunday Morning its Meet the Press and Old Weller Antigue 107 with a bit of water added.

[bigtoys]

Last night's original plans changed. No limo ride into the city, so I have extra Pappy 20 now.

Went to a steakhouse in the 'burbs. Perusing the bourbons behind the bar, and to my surprise saw Lot B. This was good. Followed that with a Bulleit, which I've never had. The Bulleit had kind of a tobacco taste. Very different. We got our 4th man to convert to MM after a vodka martini.

In talking to the bartender, a guy next to me heard me mention 4R and struck up a conversation. He ended up being the original brand manager for Knob Creek, ho fortuitious and he came over and talked to us for a little while.

Had Joseph Phelps Cabernet Sauvignon with dinner, an incredible wine.
Another highlight for me was steak tartare appetizer!!

[TBoner]

Old Rasputin Imperial Stout - a perennial favorite.

Laphroaig 10 - ditto

Oh, wait, this is a bourbon site? Okay- time to move on to S-W Weller 107.