mike1 Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 While I am new to this forum I am not new to bourbon. I am more capable with bourbon than I am with computers. I have tasted most of the bottling that have been discussed.Two that I like that I have not seen discussed are Dowlins BIB anjd Even Williams 10 year 1783. The former has a barrel flavor that makes the objectionable grassy flavor that I find predominate in Heaven Hills lower end product disappear The later has an interesting spiceness to it.Does anyone else find the less expensive HH products i.e. Mattingly and Moore,T>J Samuels,Henry McKenna et. al to have a vegatal flavor that is unpleasant. None is this is present with Elijah Craig or Evan Williams. Maybe they use differnet mashbills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 First welcome to the forum , may your stay be pleasant. HH is supposed to be a 1 Mashbill house , ' cept for a couple things. They are planning to run a wheat if it isn't being done already, for Old Fitzgerald. They also have a Rye that is hard to find anywhere but Maryland, I don't know why. I have tried a few of these lower end HH offerings and was having a good time with them until I opened a bottle of Old Bardstown, Once biten twice shy. The ones I like, Echo Spring, JTS Brown, H Mckenna ( Not the single barrel , the cheap one) . Guthrie McKay owner of Toddy's commented about the Dowling that it was worth much more than the asking price of around 8-10 dollars a bottle. I don't find the vegatal flavors but would have a hard time labeling them if there. These bourbons probably would be lacking if you tried to drink them after a super good pour, but if you start the day on them they hold up well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike1 Posted March 10, 2003 Author Share Posted March 10, 2003 A few years ago while on a tour of the area I went into Toddy"s to buy a case of bourbon to take home. I was talking with the owner, and commented on how Early Times used to be a bourbon and was now a 'Kentucky Whiskey". I didn't know how seriously bourbon is taken in the Bardstown area. The owner said to me he was aware that Early Times was no longer a Bourbon and commented that he thought that Brown Forman were ' whiskey whores' . I remember that well as I got a kick out of the comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 </font><blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /> These bourbons probably would be lacking if you tried to drink them after a super good pour, Read: George T Stagg?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 No not even close, Everything is lacking after Stagg. I was thinking more along the lines of AAA or Old Forester, Wild Turkey. Just good solid stuff . I can see why you might go there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyc Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I think you can still get Early Times Bourbon in Japan. At least they didn't screw with Old Forester but I guess that would really be on the verge of the sacreligious. They found a way to make ET cheaper and it appeals to some they sell a lot of it. Too bad a little ET Bourbon isn't available to us. The only thing people in Bardstown take more seriously than Bourbon is Bardstown itself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted March 11, 2003 Share Posted March 11, 2003 I think I saw Early Times on my last visit to some of the Naval/Air Force bases around the Norfolk VA area. I'm going down there again early April, so I'll double check then. Nothing ever prompted me to want to buy a bottle though...--> Mark R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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