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Went to a bourbon club dinner/lottery tonight that was Old Forester sponsored/centric. I was the 2nd overall pick and had to settle for 1924 as there was only ONE bottle of Birthday. Also picked up a store pick barrel proof. The food was really good and had good company and conversation.

If I recall correctly, this was older barrels of Stitzler weller juice that Seagrams bought to mix in their Seagrams seven back in the 80’s. It was “found” in a warehouse that Jefferson’s bought and they marketed very carefully to not cross any legal lines. It was great sourced juice and gave a jump start to Jefferson’s early on. Enjoy and Cheers

Found it! And a few other btls over the last 2 wks.

1 bourbon, 1 rye....... found their way to my home today. I haven't seen OF Rye in some time and today, BAM, there it is. LQ owner says it has been about a yr since he rec'd any. Lucky me. Finding the 18yr old KC was a big surprise. I don't care to spend this much $$$ on bourbon in the last 2 wks (If you recall I bought EC 18yr and Michter's 10yr bourbon last wk) but my blind tasting of KC 12 and 18 yr olds showed me the light and increased my flexaibility to reach in the pocket for more cash.

Did you have a little too much to drink at The General Nelson or some of the other places we dragged you to help our souls feel wanted?????

I am not feeling well, may I get a care package?

I really like the Cask . I wanna try the 9yr but the price is holding me back, or is that cheap bastard in me that is keeping me from reaching for the wallet??

We took advantage of a dry day and worked outside all day. Came in and 1792 bib seemed to be the right choice for the evening.

Headed to the doctor’s office tomorrow. Turns out he loves rye. Which is not really sold much here in PR. So a care package helps the world go round.

If you come across the 8 or 9 year bottles they are really something special. But pretty much everything they have is good.

Turn lemons into lemonade! I bought a bottle of the KC Maple last year. Too sweet for me to drink neat, but it is VERY nice in an Old Fashioned. Just don’t add the sugar, or minimally dial back your usual dose of it.

Oh thank God. My palate is returning. Had a RR13. It tasted as it ought.

I bought a bottle of Knob Creek Maple over the Christmas holiday season. It was a terrible bourbon for me. I gave it to my wife and she used it to honey, maple glaze the ham for Easter. Now that was very good. At $30 a bottle, I may do this again.

Thank you. All of the ones you listed above are fairly easy to come by here. It's interesting what is easy here is difficult elsewhere and vice versa

Springers on the shelf today (at retail). This is like a once or twice a year, right day/right time kinda thing. Auto buy for me any time this happens

The Small Batch rye, or Cask Strength or pretty much any of the picks if you can get your hands on one are good. If you like the oak....then you'll probably like the Double Oaked. They have some finished whiskey, but I've never tried them because I'm not a big fan. I really, really need to get to the distillery, (it's only 15 minutes or so from the house), to try a few different ones..

Wow! 20 yo Dickel and nearly cask strength for $75 is unbelievable in today's market, and the whiskey is insanely good, even at lower proofs. I've had some 17 and 18 yr ones that were outstanding. What's the proof on your bottle? I had a bottle at 84.x proof that had amazing concentration of flavor. What I heard (from someone who got it directly from Dickel) is that these barrels come from the lower floors of the rickhouse and lose proof as they age. They have a range of target proofs for these so, at bottling, they proof them down by 1-1.5% or so in order to simplify the bottling and labeling process. So, my most recent bottle of 15yr, bottled at 96.2 proof, probably came out of the barrel at around 97 proof. That small amount of water is not going to impact the flavor to any significant degree.

What is this 'dry spell' of which you speak?

Jealous! Happy belated birthday! Cheers

wow, lucky you. That looks wonderful

$$$$$$$? Profile? Hmmmmm...Licking a burnt log?

Anyone had the opportunity to sample this one? I enjoy the Penelope offerings and this one looks very intriguing to me.

I’m going to pick up a bottle of sagamore this weekend. Not sure which one to buy. Any suggestions? The peerless double Oaked is also intriguing

I’m excited to crack open the Old Forester 1924, 10 year tonight. I’ve been looking for a good deal on this since last summer. Can’t find it in Texas.

Do you have veto power as well for things that aren’t appealing to you?