Bought 8 Bottles This Week....(Pictures)

[davek]

Jumping right into it....am I...... :bigeyes:

[funknik]

Good start! I'm interested to hear your reaction to & side-by-side comparison of the Elijah Craig 12 & 18...they are a couple of my favorite pours.

[fishnbowljoe]

That's a great eight there Dave. Joe

[cowdery]

We're terrible. The guy just dropped $200+ and we say, "good start."

Okay class. How many different distilleries does this haul represent?

How many different companies?

[callmeox]

5 companies but I'm not sure about where the Beam labels are distilled.

So (*takes off shoes for proper counting*) assuming that the KC and BH are different distilleries, I say 6.

(I checked my HH dates, so I edited out a bad guess)

[Attila]

Whats the difference in the two makers mark?

[callmeox]

One's a Blue and White wax bottle (Penn State?) and the other looks like a Christmas package.

[Attila]

One's a Blue and White wax bottle (Penn State?) and the other looks like a Christmas package.

So its the same whisky in different packages?

If so I would have swapped out one MM for a Wild Turkey Rare Breed, and the Basil Haydens for a Van Winkle Rye.

Actually, the only thing I see wrong with these pictures is that there are 8 bottles of bourbon, and none of them are open.

[bvscfanatic]

We're terrible. The guy just dropped $200+ and we say, "good start."

Right you are. And I want to be the first to offer to make this indignity up to him. So, Dave, if you need any help sampling that stuff, I just want to offer my services. :cool:

[birdman1099]

Actually, the only thing I see wrong with these pictures is that there are 8 bottles of bourbon, and none of them are open.

I would tweak that statement a bit....

Actually, the only thing I see wrong with these pictures is that there are 8 bottles of Bourbon, and none of them are MINE !!!!:grin:

Nice little Haul !!!!

[funknik]

We're terrible. The guy just dropped $200+ and we say, "good start."

Geez...I just meant that if Dave hadn't had a lot of bourbon before, these are good, solid representations...covering the bases, if you will. A good sampling of a few different price ranges and flavor profiles and most of these bottles very readily available. Next time, I'd go for something a little more exotic.

I am kinda terrible, though :stickpoke:

:grin:

[mozilla]

I like two of them...but, the other six could have been improved on.

I agree with Chuck. Too many rookies are overspending on labels that are not unique. Your just spending on advertising and packaging...which IMO, are complete ripoffs. You can't drink marketing. If you need marketing....go buy a magazine.

Look for labels from each distillery before going too far into purchasing. Get one from each and then move on. Try a couple of different proofs before trying over aged products. Many times with extra proof comes extra flavor.

And remember...PRICE DOES NOT EQUAL FLAVOR.

[davek]

OK....I am HOOKED !

It is snowing out....it's Sunday morning and I planning on hitting 10 little liquor stores throughout the day to see if I can find anything special.

I'll let you know what I come across :cool:

The Makers....only diff is the caps. You know the predidential bottle is going for $50+ on ebay. I am bidding on one.

Yep all are closed....I am waiting to invite ALL of you over for a tasting :bigeyes:

I'll let you know what I find today :0) I'm outta here.

[funknik]

OK....I am HOOKED !

It is snowing out....it's Sunday morning and I planning on hitting 10 little liquor stores throughout the day to see if I can find anything special.

I'll let you know what I come across :cool:

The Makers....only diff is the caps. You know the predidential bottle is going for $50+ on ebay. I am bidding on one.

Yep all are closed....I am waiting to invite ALL of you over for a tasting :bigeyes:

I'll let you know what I find today :0) I'm outta here.

Good Luck, Dave....Happy Hunting!

[davek]

Thanks Andy....

Just won these also. I am going to get George Bush Jr. to sign them and sit on them for a while then re-sell them. I think I can pull about $300 each for them once they are signed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400018400393

[shoshani]

Okay class. How many different distilleries does this haul represent?

How many different companies?

Well, let's see...

We have in the pictures:

Maker's Mark, Elijah Craig 12, Old Forester, Basil Hayden, Maker's Mark, Blanton's, Elijah Craig 18 SB, Knob Creek.

This makes for five distilleries (Makers from Makers, Elijah Craig from Heaven Hill, Old Forester from Brown-Forman, Blanton's from Buffalo Trace, and both Basil and Knob from Jim Beam) and four companies, since Jim Beam owns Makers.

[bvscfanatic]

I suspect that you will be very pleasantly surprised by the Old Forester. Pricewise, it's pretty low ticket compared with the other bottles in your photo. I couldn't help noticing how it stood out. But it's quite a fine bourbon for the money, in my opinion.

[Lost Pollito]

Thanks Andy....

Just won these also. I am going to get George Bush Jr. to sign them and sit on them for a while then re-sell them. I think I can pull about $300 each for them once they are signed.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400018400393

I'd say most people here are into bourbon based on it's taste. Not flipping things on e-bay for a profit. That is frowned upon. Get'm signed and drink them.

[cowdery]

It was a trick question, sort of. The answer is six distilleries and four companies, and it could be seven distilleries if the BH and KC were not both made at Clermont, but they probably were. They are two different recipes, but that's a different question.

Here's the tally.

Maker's Mark (both of them) -- Distillery is Maker's Mark, company is Beam Global

Elijah Craig 12 -- Distillery is Heaven Hill Bernheim, company is Heaven Hill

Old Forester -- Distillery is Brown-Forman, company is Brown-Forman

Basil Hayden's -- Distillery is Beam Clermont, company is Beam Global

Blanton's -- Distillery is Buffalo Trace, company is Buffalo Trace

Elijah Craig 18 -- Distillery is Heaven Hill Bardstown (DSP-31), company is Heaven Hill

Knob Creek -- Distillery is Beam Clermont, company is Beam Global

And for eight bottles, that's not a bad spread.

[shoshani]

Ah! I missed the distinction between DSP-1 and DSP-31 in the Elijah Craig.

Good trick question! :-)

[callmeox]

I was going that way with my initial guess, but riddle me this:

The HH fire in Bardstown was in early November 1996, so that's just over 12 years ago.

Any whiskey made at HH-Bernheim would be younger than 12 years as would any contract whiskey made elsewhere between the fire and when HH took over at Bernheim.

So...EC 12 is either HH-Bardstown or non-HH whiskey made elsewhere under contract prior to the fire, correct?

[davek]

I'd say most people here are into bourbon based on it's taste. Not flipping things on e-bay for a profit. That is frowned upon. Get'm signed and drink them.

Sorry...that was a sad attempt at a joke. I was hoping to hear someone say it would be worthless with J-Dubs sig on it. I know...bad bad attempt.

[Lost Pollito]

Cool. I just gotta thing against e-bay flippers. Bourbon is for drinkin. Btw, nice start on your stash.

[bvscfanatic]

Sorry...that was a sad attempt at a joke. I was hoping to hear someone say it would be worthless with J-Dubs sig on it. I know...bad bad attempt.

Yeah, that was the way I took it ... tongue in cheek.

[Attila]

Cool. I just gotta thing against e-bay flippers. Bourbon is for drinkin.