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Our Bourbon Of The Month

  • BOTM 03/25 Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond 7 year March 2, 2025
    The Basics   Distillery: Heaven Hill (New Bernheim) Brand Owner: Heaven Hill Mash Bill: 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley (Heaven Hill’s primary rye recipe bourbon mash bill) Proof: 100 Age: 7 years old MSRP: $50 ($55 for picks) Expression introduced: 2019 Last time as BotM: First time (its predecessor 6-year bonded version […]

History

  • Old Rip Van Winkle NAS 1989/1990 October 23, 2024
    Hello, I am a new member from Germany.   I am interested in Old Bourbon Bottles. Knowing something but want to learn more, so I joined this forum.   Somebody offered me this bottle to buy for 2000€ (~2150USD) (Pics seems to come from a shop) Looks great, but I cant find informations about this […]
  • Return home to Michter's Distillery September 3, 2024
    This past Saturday, I needed to go to Schaefferstown, PA to get new sneakers at one of my favorite stores. I thought I'd take a small detour and stop at the former Michter's Distillery for a photo op. Here's one of my still sealed jugs from the original Michter's,  with the building it was distilled […]

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Membership

  • Heaven Hill and Lux Row's crazy expensive membership programs…. April 1, 2025
    Heaven Hill and Lux Row have both come out with crazy expensive membership programs that guarantee's access to their limited/rare bottle offerings on a quarterly basis.  The Heaven Hill program, called the Connoisseur Circle guarantees you the right to purchase the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection bottle (the HH19yr wheated bottle this year), along with the […]
  • OGD 7yr BIB April 1, 2025
    Oh hello now!    
  • What Bourbon Are You Drinking Spring 2025? March 22, 2025
    Sitting out front on a beautiful Spring day, and azaleas blooming.  It’s not overly warm, but a blazing Sun is causing my clear ice cube to melt prematurely in my glass.  So, brought out my GBS Yeti mug to keep things nice.  KC12 takes ice well, by releasing some sweetness, that gets overly covered up […]
  • What bourbon did you purchase this spring season of 2025? March 20, 2025
     My apologies for starting a new thread as a newbie here but I have been waiting for this liquid for a month or so now.  Btw It was worth the wait!
  • Is this worth anything or should I just open it and drink it March 12, 2025
    This is an unopened 1971 old Fitzgerald that has been passed down to me by my father. Is there anyone out there that knows more about it? Is it worth anything? 

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Premium Bourbon / Specialty Bottlings

  • Jack Daniels 14 Year April 1, 2025
    Anybody been able to snag a JD14 yet?  MSRP looks like $150.  I've had a couple feelers out to some local shops for a couple weeks and one of the owners just messaged me back this morning that they got some in and they'd hold one for me.     Almost all of the big whiskeytubers […]
  • 2024 Unicorn Season Luck October 23, 2024
    OK, here's my latest additions to this season's Unicorn luck:           Got a call earlier this month for the 2024 MMCA – will be trying it in a SBS at the SB.com Bourbon Social on Friday nite in April.  Weller Centennial will probably show up at the Gazebo Saterday nite.   […]
  • Newest Booker's: "The Reserves" September 22, 2024
    Has anyone had a chance to try or buy a bottle of the newest Booker's release?   I believe it will become an 'annual release' of a sort of super premium blend of barrels.   This one is that.   It has 'older' barrels than usual Booker's of late: 3-whse-locations of 8-year, 3-of 9-year, 1-10-year, and 1-14-year.   Suggested […]
  • Clock face Old Charter bottle – anyone familiar August 25, 2024
    A friend inherited his father’s liquor stash and this bottle is among the stash. I’ve been attempting to help find info on it but not having much luck. I ran across this site while searching so joined to see if anyone could assist also great site to join, didn’t know it existed so thanks in […]
  • The evolution of JMCB – M&D w/ Nancy Fraley August 8, 2024