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It's complicated and tonight I'm too distracted to offer a thoughtful response. FWIW, there is a whole thread here on SB in the General Bourbon forum dedicated to your very questions. That thread has been going strong for 10 years. When you have some free time to waste, you might find it interesting (and possibly amusing, 20/20 hindsight being what it is) to skim over some the predictions folks have had about this bourbon bubble the past several years. That thread is named "Our ongoing observations about whether the boom has peaked"

RRSBSP (CNB) for the evening pour(s).

I don't know about anyone else, but after I've had a dry spell without any alcohol, when I do have a pour, ... "everything tastes GREAT"

I have only had a pour at the distillery. Not this particular btl but one a couple yrs back. I have no memory of what it was lime other than I loved it. Tell me more please! As I have to live vicariously through SB on A LOT of bourbons I can not get.

Tell me more about this btl plz? Flavors? Where did you get it? Do I have to wait 3 months to hear about it? Lol

I'm having a pour of Chattanooga Bottled in Bond tonight while watching some baseball.

If my interpretation of this chart is wrong, I know I will be corrected. Is it true? I have no idea.

I am not sure I have said this here before, so bare or bear with me if I have. I read somewhere that there is more bourbon in barrells aging now than ever before. Somewhere between 2-4 times what was stored 15-20 yrs ago. But the bottling of bourbon has remained relatively the same in that same time frame. ( i will try to find my source) As you all prolly know ,I can find a lot of false info. Lol So with the boom busting, what is going to happen? Less bourbon drinkers, tariffs affecting global sales and distribution, more bourbon aging, same bottling volume, and demand diminishing.... are they going to give us better bourbon in smaller bottles(same or more $$$) or continue status quo? Will global markets benifit once the tariff wars end? Maybe this belongs on a different topic. My bad.

Sadly we will see more of this trend. Why, because they can

That makes sense too.

I see Pursuit United is overhauling their packaging. Guess what bottle size they decided to downsize to? Yup 700 mL Press release Pursuit Spirits unveils new expressions alongside packaging redesign I've never bought a bottle of their stuff and now I have another reason not to.

Gotta get a Dickle tickle. Lol

Finished off the Woodinville SBBS rye, ‘twas a good one, time to explore other areas of the rye realm.

The Missus already vetoed that anyway. She only wants to hit one distillery and JD is where she wants to go. I'm working on her see if we can hit Dickel too, but that's probably not in the cards...

I don't think they have a still on site and from what I read it sounds like more of an event center with a bar and restaurant. Also sort of a concert venue. If you don't like their whiskey then there's probably no reason to go.

Hell if I know!

Yes I have.

This whiskey is fine enough for me. Several I like better, but it is my nice “change of pace”, rye. Easy sipping, and has some unique profiles across the palate which make it just interesting enough when sipped neat. Water or ice kill it, and it just doesn’t hold up for me. It tends to get lost in my cocktails, so I don’t use it there… But, it shines for blending with bourbons, for some reason. My blends are hardly ever “intentional”, but when a bourbon just ain’t hittin’ it for me, I find that an addition of some of this rye really melds well and ultimately saves the day, and then some. So, i usually keep it on hand for that…gladly.

Exactly the same experience.

I got a few Dickel 15 KL Wine SP bottles. $50. Stupid cheap for what it is. And I LIKE my vitamins & minerals.

I’m having a WSR afternoon pour.

The other fresh open that burned more than I expected (that is, "at all") was the OF High Angel's share. I remember trying it (same version) at a friend's place and really liking it.

Opened up some bottles from the trip to Kentucky. I have not had any alcohol for 3 weeks. Is normal after such a spell that "everything tastes hot"? Both bottles did. I know they were neck pours...but not really high proof. I'll let them sit for a few months as is often my habit. This "7" year SP went 11 years & 8 months. Definitely has that Beam flavor. PS: Thanks Gen Tee!

They put down more of the four grain mash bill as the stuff that became the EH Taylor Four Grain releases was aging, so that might be another thing they could do to differentiate it.