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This evening the choice is good old OGD 114. This is IMO, one of the best, very affordable pours out there. Love this stuff.

Interesting. I can get it at my local total wine. Just checked their website. This is the one from my collection I think we are talking about?

Anwalt meant to say the mutant yeast was Four Roses, not the OF BB.

They didn't used to be hard to find before they were discontinued in Texas, so I hope they will be an every day shelter again. Found an article below about them becoming a "Kentucky Only" bottling from 3 years ago. Evan Williams Single Barrel Is Now Kentucky-Only

Sounds like DFW is priced about the same. This one was $34.99

Larceny, C922. Rightly hailed as quite good at the time, now forgotten and available for more or less MSRP. From such "dregs" does wonder arise. Silly taters.

Catching up, the past few evenings: OGD 114, Chattanooga Batch 35 Centenery cask ( finally getting a handle on this and is damn good!!). Plus a new one from Glenns Creek. the Cuervito vivo which they can't use anymore due to a cease and desist from Jose Cuervo, whatever....the bottling is distillate formulated in conjunction with Bob Robinson former Old Crow plant superintendent to get as close as they could to the OC distilled on that site many years prior. According to Bourbon Joe, it is good but "it ain't Old Crow". I wouldn't know, but I can say it is good. That's a trio of wildly different flavor profiles and all delicious.

I love that horse! See above.

A little early in the CC year. Calumet 18! I hope the bourbon is half as good as the package and bottle.

The BB was the 2013 vintage.

Was it the 16yr or 17yr single barrel?

really? Wow, I had no idea. I received this Evan Williams and the Bottled In Bond as a gift. I use them as mixers. I had no idea they were hard to find

Nice timing, Anwalt! It is, after all, National Nurses Day today.

I too have been seeing those around. And I too wish they were a lil higher proof. What price are they fetching in your area? 33-38 is what I've been seeing.

Leipers Fork isn’t far from Nashville and it’s a cool stop, definitely worth a visit/tasting/tour.

I've started seeing those now and then on shelves. A little higher proof ~ HMcK B.I.B. (seeing some of those too.)

I think the standard bottle size should be one liter. If alternative smaller sizes are available, that's ok too. Changing from 750ml to 700ml just seems like chiseling the consumer. (Chiseling was a practice of shaving a little off the bottom of standardized weights, in order to cheat each customer just a small amount, barely noticeable at the time.) It's all a matter of economies of scale. Minus 50ml (a good pour) from a one bottle might not seem like much, but consider how that works out per case, pallet, truck load, etc ... Now we're talking real volume. When I see a 700ml bottle on a shelf, I feel irritated, and don't want to buy it.

Nurse Ratched has something extra special for you!

In 2022, this stopped being distributed in Texas, but I guess they have enough stock to start distributing it nationwide again, because I just picked up a bottle on Saturday that was bottled in 2024. Glad to see it on a shelf again, but always wished these were a little higher in proof.

Yeah, those have started creeping up in price too. What used to be a $55-60 bottle is now a $70-80 bottle in my area.

Both of our daughters preferred scotch when they wew teething - but not just any scotch, but The Macallan 12! Seemed to work, tho'. BTW, that was also SWMBO's favorite at teething time . . .

Amen, brother!

I'm not too upset about the small 'cash penalty', if the distilleries "bend us over" on this deal. It's the lack of lubrication that irritates.....

Hmmm. I always thought they'd just swab a little on the teething baby's tender gums? Or, maybe I just assumed that....