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Damn Joe Where did the cigar smokers go?

On a hot day in South Texas, a St.Arnold's Lawnmower hits the spot!

My wife bought me a bartesian cocktail machine last Christmas. It makes pretty good cocktails from a pod. That said, each month they offer different drinks. June is a watermelon margarita. Not for me, but my wife will love them.

Years ago, my dad would drink Glenfidich, I could never get beyond the peated taste, still can't. Are all Scotch Whiskey's peated?

I bought Sagamore Double Oak and Peerless Double Oaked Rye over the weekend. I don't ordinarily like ryes but the sagamore was very good. The peerless was exceptional too. My go to bourbon if I could only have one would be Woodford Reserve Double Oaked. Thank you for the suggestions.

Then you will probably love the Cigar Blend. If you like sweeter whiskey, I can highly recommend Sagamore double-oaked rye and Woodford Reserve double-oaked too. They're not my cup of tea, because I find heavily oaked whiskey a little cloying and sweet, but my sons, and friends friends love it.

thank you for the great feedback. I tend to like the sweeter bourbons, and finished offerings. This may be worth finding. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts

I have 1/2 a bottle of the CB that was gifted to me. According to the label it's "Batch 391" and weighs in ~ 110proof. I'm not a big fan of finished whiskey, and it's a tad on the sweet side for my liking but, when paired with a cigar, it really sings. I guess that's the point of the blend. I do appreciate that the barrels that it was finished in don't overwhelm the base whiskey. @Anwalt gave an apt description.

I enjoyed the Barrel Strength, even more so at much less than the secondary market pricing which can be crazy

I picked up a Barrel Strength a couple months ago. I found it to be delicious. Considerably better than the 2 or 3 other btls I had. Enjoy!

Yes, I whole heartedly agree with your comments. Great post indeed. Anytime we can talk about food and in particular Chicago staples, I am always excited for the dialog given much of my life was spent there. I also agree with your sentiments about telling someone they did wrong by selecting one pizza place over another. Both are largely considered institutions in Chicago, and therefore why not give them both a try. You'll never find complete alignment on one over the other. For what it is worth, they are both very different. In the same way, I would never tell someone not to put ketchup on their Chicago style hot dog. Rather I share with them what most Chicagoan's define as a true Chicago Style experience. At the end of the day, you are paying, you should enjoy it the way you like it

Come to Boston! I have 7 or 8 Cigar Blends - all recommended by Nancy Foley herself. That will be some tasting . . . . . .

I found it for $99. Not terrible. Bought it with the Barrel Strength variety as well. Not easy to find these so I was happy to add them

It is a straight rye whiskey. I have read and heard good things about it but I have yet to try it myself. If you don't kind me asking, what was the price of said btl? I haven't seen a btl in sometime, so nice find.

Curious for thoughts on the EH Taylor Straight Rye. I picked on up yesterday but haven't opened it yet. Is it indeed a Rye bourbon?

I bet the Cubs lure sinks to the bottom from the top very quickly. Sorry, I could not resist

I plan to add one to my collection, not sure which one I will add. I would love to find a sample at a bar or restaurant but that's pretty uncommon.

I shall retry it and compare. My "problem" is that I have so many different things that I go an age without trying some of them. When I first got into bourbon circa 3 years ago I was super hot-to-trot on finished stuff. AE bourbon & rye, the 3 JM's, etc. I have loved the JMCB every time I've tried it. I don't know how they've evolved, my bottles are in the upper two-digits and now they are at #300+ (as to batch number). I'll need to blind the JMCB vs the regular. I think the former is more intense, more complex, and higher proof. Both are finished "just right" and started with quality bourbon. Much of the other finished stuff I've had was lower quality bourbon with an overdone finish to mask the fact.

I was at the grocery store and saw Woodford Batch Proof @ $143. Silly as it seems, that's probably close to MSRP. Then I noticed they had really raised the price on regular MM and RR 10 year (stuff I actually might buy). WTF Ok I'll buy it, but not there.

I can't recall who said this, but I totally agree. Star Trek is science fiction. Star Wars is magic. I enjoyed a lot of both, except for the reboot of Star Wars. The Phantom Menace was the worst movie I ever saw in a theater. It's hard to believe, with a huge budget and multiple talented actors - such a bad movie. I made sure to not see any of the following sequels.

Have you tried the Joseph Magnus Cigar Blend? If so, I welcome thoughts

As referred to in my posts in the “Man Up, Man Down” thread….. Two to the bin!

Double down, double up. Kinda. Yes, the MM 101 is empty, but I don’t like the new paper label bottle. I like the old gold embossed bottle. (thank you @smokinjoe) So, I decanted my just opened paper label bottle into my just emptied gold embossed bottle. Minor problem solved. As for the MM, my 750 was emptied, and I refilled it from a 1.75. Next!

Personally I definitely prefer Giordano's over Lou Malnati's. Both are great. I'd never tell someone that they did it wrong by choosing one or the other. I mean, why do that. I'm happy for the guy that got to enjoy a great dining experience. Great post by Clueby.