smokinjoe Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Virgin Bourbon. Why a state like Alabama, with such an overall sucky bourbon selection, is one of the few to offer such an inexpensive gem like this...is beyond my comprehension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Virgin Bourbon. Why a state like Alabama, with such an overall sucky bourbon selection, is one of the few to offer such an inexpensive gem like this...is beyond my comprehension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmpevans Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Virgin Bourbon. Why a state like Alabama, with such an overall sucky bourbon selection, is one of the few to offer such an inexpensive gem like this...is beyond my comprehension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegoz Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Weller 12. Opened this bottle about four months ago and it's drinking mighty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Lamplighter Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 HWRR followed by a generous sampling of WTRB on a cold, rainy night in TN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I didn't know Alabama had any Virgins left. Well Josh, if there were any before, there ain't any now after the Tide rolled! I'm guessin' that party's still goin' on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkersback Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 An excellent vatting night in honor of Gillman:Some ND OGD, a mixture of 86 and BIB. Wonderfully solid. It makes me think of wood, but not like heavy, GTS barrel char wood. More like the smell of freshly sawn 2x4, mixed with a heavy honey. So glad I have a few more bottles of ND OGD in the bunker--and it's makes me want to do a comparison with the current stuff.Then a pour of what seems to have taken on the name of the "SB Weller Blend"--half Weller 12 and half OWA (both current)...man, it's like candy: caramel, vanilla ice cream, "red pop" (as we called it in Michigan, anyway), all underlaid by just enough burn from the OWA. It was so good that I broke my "two drinks in a night" rule and poured a bit more. Anybody who can get Weller 12 and OWA, do yourself a favor and mix up a batch. And I buy the whole, "let a wheater breathe and it gets better" rhetoric, so if you have the bottles, pour just part of the mixture into a bottle or dencater to let it sit, and each pour will be better than the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Started with a small pour of Ritt BiB, now I'm having a generous pour of the SB blend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sob0728 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I don't think it gets much love around here, but I am having my first pour of 1792 and I really like it. Great nose. Chewy up front, smooth finish that is sweet then turns spicy. I am really enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c2walker Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I tried GTS for the first time at a local establishment and it's pretty much ruined every bottle I have at home. I thought it was *that* good. Unfortunately I have 0% chance of finding a bottle living in NC...okay...maybe 1% since I scored a bottle of Handy from the ABC. I'm not above a little charity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmpevans Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 An excellent vatting night in honor of Gillman:Anybody who can get Weller 12 and OWA, do yourself a favor and mix up a batch. And I buy the whole, "let a wheater breathe and it gets better" rhetoric, so if you have the bottles, pour just part of the mixture into a bottle or dencater to let it sit, and each pour will be better than the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosugoji64 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 For fun, I poured a 1:1 WT rye/Mellow Corn. IMHO, the result deserves further exploration. At 1:1 it reminds me of OFBB - very sweet but with ample spice. I think it will be fun to tinker with the ratio on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Bowling night last night. Gary bowled good. Me, ehhhh. But we drank good. :grin: Latest release Lot B, and Pappy 15, and older Pappy 15. All good. I stopped in the chat room for a while after I got home, and I had (coincidence with all this talk of vatting) a pour consisting of a vatting of OWA and Weller SR. It was so good, I had a pour when I got home from work tonight....................... after I finished shoveling. :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosugoji64 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Bowling night last night. Gary bowled good. Me, ehhhh. But we drank good. :grin: Latest release Lot B, and Pappy 15, and older Pappy 15. All good. I stopped in the chat room for a while after I got home, and I had (coincidence with all this talk of vatting) a pour consisting of a vatting of OWA and Weller SR. It was so good, I had a pour when I got home from work tonight....................... after I finished shoveling. :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eth3rStrik3r Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Finally popped open a bottle of Jefferson's I got for christmas. Very smooth and sweet, definitely one of my favorites from the most recent batch of stuff I have tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Kahn's EC12, this bottle is growing on me and tonight it really hit the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Dog Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Finally popped open a bottle of Jefferson's I got for christmas. Very smooth and sweet, definitely one of my favorites from the most recent batch of stuff I have tried.Which Jefferson's?As for me, I am having, for the first time in my life, WTRR101, thanks to a friend in Michigan.:toast: And yes, it's a good as I've heard.:cool: :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clavius Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Started out with some Old Weller Antique. Then some Blanton's and now some EC18... might be a rough morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.H.Adams Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I started the evening with Eagle Rare 17 and will have a nightcap of GTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eth3rStrik3r Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Which Jefferson's?As for me, I am having, for the first time in my life, WTRR101, thanks to a friend in Michigan.:toast: And yes, it's a good as I've heard.:cool: :cool:The standard bottle, I also have a bottle of the JP17, but I'm saving opening it until the day I finally get off my lazy ass and buy my fiancee her ring or some other special occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegoz Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Last night I made it through a pour of Rebel Reserve. Rewarded myself with a bit of ER17, bottled in Fall 2005. Felt my age when I realized that the ER had gone into the barrel the year I graduated high school.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishnbowljoe Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 After a long, frustrating week at work, I'm kicking back with some current release LotB while listening to some good jazz. FWIW, The Yellowjackets are currently playing on my iTunes. Both are hitting the spot. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tucker Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Conditioning myself for tomorrow's meeting of the GBS by finishing up a bottle of JPS 17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Which Jefferson's?As for me, I am having, for the first time in my life, WTRR101, thanks to a friend in Michigan.:toast: And yes, it's a good as I've heard.:cool: :cool:Tis a good bottle indeed. Luckily I still have one left in my bunker thanks to a friend in Chicago and another one in Ohio. We midwestern bourbonians take care of our own!:cool: I'm enjoying a vatting of 4R Single Barrel Ltd Ed 2009, Kahn's OBSQ, and SmB Ltd Ed 2011.The Q yeast is representin' Pretty tasty stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parkersback Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 GTS 2010 down to about 100 proof: not bad, but still not my cup of tea.And some McKenzie Bourbon: some butterscotch, some floral notes, some corn, but all in a pretty idiosyncratic way. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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