What Bourbon Are You Drinking, Fall 2009

[hectic1]

I'm at a wedding so I brought with me 3 50ml's of bourbon...2 Weller 12's and a JRPS...those are all gone so now I'm forced to go JD and diet...rough conversion!

[CajunKY]

Sipping on a new bottle of Four Roses Private Selection Barrel Proof from Liquor World in Bardstown. This bottle is an OESO.

[callmeox]

I took an EC18 and the Curtis/Hightower FRSB to a party and both were well received.

[Lost Pollito]

vob bib. Another night with a nice bourbon.:cool:

[doubleblank]

FedEx just delivered a case of the Ledger's Four Roses Single Barrel Barrel Strength selected by the East Bay Study Group. At 7:11 pm on a Saturday evening. Gotta love FedEx.

It's a super spicy bourbon. None of the floral charastics that I sometimes get with FR. I can't wait to make a Manhattan with this.

Randy

[JamesW]

Old Fitz BiB, ORVW 10/107, and now some WLW 2008.

[ggilbertva]

FedEx just delivered a case of the Ledger's Four Roses Single Barrel Barrel Strength selected by the East Bay Study Group. At 7:11 pm on a Saturday evening. Gotta love FedEx.

It's a super spicy bourbon. None of the floral charastics that I sometimes get with FR. I can't wait to make a Manhattan with this.

Randy

Sounds nice Randy....I'm hoping to get my bottles next week sometime.

Tonight I'm sipping on a '72 Old Weller 107. Full bodied, lots of flavor and a very nice balance of wood. Very nice bourbon.

[p_elliott]

Friday night I had my first real pour of GTS it was the 09 it was AWESOME! Tasted like brown sugar so sweet and smooth no real burn as long as you took real small sips. I gotta get another bottle of this.

[Joshua]

Oh man... Where to start... Thanks to the Joe's in Chicago I had 1919 old crow, 70s Harper, hirsh 16 and hirsh 28, woodford sweet mash, Weller 12, sw old Fitz, bt white dog, VoB, four roses single barrel at barrel strength, 1967 aincient age, eagle rare 101, and jeffersonz presidential... Yum

[jburlowski]

A good friend I haven't seen for a long time called and stopped over. We enjoyed a bottle of Centennial, the Bengals victory, and our shared experiences.

These are the occassions that bunkers are made for..

[spun_cookie]

A good friend I haven't seen for a long time called and stopped over. We enjoyed a bottle of Centennial, the Bengals victory, and our shared experiences.

These are the occassions that bunkers are made for..

Good to see ya back man... begining to wonder...

Today I decided to pour a little of the VOF 8 yr from 68 that I have... that is just damn good juice...

[Gillman]

I've got two drinks back-to-back. The first is Buffalo Trace, a current bottling. I really like this one, it is slightly sweet with rounded barrel flavors, more wood than char, but all very approachable. A skilled hand went into approving this batch, very good indeed. And no earthy tones, which is a good thing in my view.

Second, Havana Club Cuban Barrel Proof Rum, modestly so at 45%. This rum has a liqueur-like sweetness but one that is entirely natural. There are flavors of pipe tobacco, spices and something tropical, but again all very soft and rounded. I don't imagine Cuba uses ex-bourbon barrels to age their rum, however they get the quality from the casks, they do it very well.

Gary

[ggilbertva]

Enjoying a nice glass of '95 OWA. A very nice bourbon with some zip that some wheaters lack.

[theDon]

Oh sweet Jebus, the Cowboys won today! I am over indulging (I have tomorrow off). Started with a 99 batch Rare Breed, next an ER101 and about 2 fingers of 7yr HH from '89. Banannas for dessert with that HH. Samples available if you ain't experienced that shiiiiiiiiit!!!:cool:

[fishnbowljoe]

Joshua and his girlfriend Jo stopped by my place on their way home to Minnesota. I opened my cabinet, and we tasted some 67 AA, JPS, ER 101, Rittenhouse Rye 23 year old, and Liquor World's Barrel Proof FRSB. It was great meeting Joshua and Jo. I had fun sharing my bourbons with them, and talking about bourbon. It made for a great Sunday afternoon. :grin: Thanks for the visit. Joe

[birdman1099]

holed up in the hotel for the next 3 days.

packed my budies.....

Willett 16

Willett 6

Old fitz BIB SW

American Spirit

09 Stagg

These botles make the stay bearable....:grin:

[spun_cookie]

holed up in the hotel for the next 3 days.

packed my budies.....

Willett 16

Willett 6

Old fitz BIB SW

American Spirit

09 Stagg

These botles make the stay bearable....:grin:

Damn man... what are you going to drink tomorrow

[ILLfarmboy]

WT RB tonight. What a dreary rainy Sunday night.....I think I'll pour me another..........

[docbible]

Started with a small pour of BTEC cab franc and had to follow up with JPS batch 2 to get the first off my palate. There is a taste that just does not sit well with this BTEC. It just lingers or an excuse to crack the JPS to end the evening. Either way the night ends well. tim

[Pieface]

Took two turkey's down in a two pour hunt.

WT101 8YO Export laid down his life first

WTRR101 was the second bird bagged.

I'm really liking the RR101 as a follower to another bourbon. I really seem to appreciate the nuances in this whiskey better when I already have a coating on my tongue. Not sure why that is but I'm not complaining!

[nor02lei]

As I hade been drinking beer on a beer festival Friday-Saturday so my liver made somersaults in my stomach I only had one pour of WTRRR yesterday. Must say that oxidation has improved this bottle a lot. Still on the light side but the flavours are more subtle now and the body isn’t as thin anymore.

Leif

[OscarV]

4R1B, neat.

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[Gillman]

A Sazerac. I have figured out over time the formulation I like. Generally, it is 2/3rds whiskey, one third brandy, a dash or two of absinthe or similar, and bitters.

Today I used Jack D., Buffalo Trace and Canadian whisky for the whiskey side, Portuguese brandy for the brandy part, and some 1970's Pernod Ricard and Portuguese absinthe for the anise hit. Bitters are Angostura and Peychaud's.

In this case I added ice.

You could use any brandy, any American one or any Cognac would be fine. I like Iberian brandy because it has a little sweetness which means you have just enough in the drink, no sugar is needed.

It is a very good drink if you get the balance right, hard to describe the taste, but I know it when I get it right. Sometimes I use orange bitters for a hint of that savour.

Gary

[ILLfarmboy]

Maker's Mark.

I picked up a 375ml today while I was taking my wife's car in for service. The liquor store was in walking distance of the garage. I don't normally buy smaller sizes but I had been meaning to buy some Maker's, mostly as an act of anti-government solidarity, ever since I read about Bill Samuels dropping the price of Maker's in KY 6% as a protest of a tax hike there. I hadn't pulled the triger on buying a fifth since most of my whiskey dollars have been going to OWA and hopefuly whenever a certain store in Peoria gets the Antique Collection in more will be spent there. Like I said, I don't normaly but smaller sizes, but this bottle caught my eye, its a perfect half scale of a 750. Maybe that's common. I've seen a few JD 375's like that, but not many. Its a cute little bottle.

Anyhow, the whiskey is just like I remember it, decent mild flavor with a short short finish.

[callmeox]

It's Monday night, so you know what that means. A BT on the rocks with a couple of cherries hit the spot after bowling.