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What Bourbon Did You Purchase Today? - Fall 2012


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Just bought my first BIBs...Old Heaven Hill and Very Old Barton. Both of these knock the socks off Knob Creek and Woodford Reserve. Wow!

Well, I've got a lot to learn. Seems every time I tasted these two, they are different. Mostly good, but sometimes kinda bad. Never as good as the first taste. And every time I taste the Knob Creek, it's good. Hmmmm....

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Well, I've got a lot to learn. Seems every time I tasted these two, they are different. Mostly good, but sometimes kinda bad. Never as good as the first taste. And every time I taste the Knob Creek, it's good. Hmmmm....

That's happened to me too. It's very frustrating.

I'll pop open a bottle and think "This is incredible!" then a few days later I'll be looking forward to enjoying some more, and be severely disappointed. OWA did this to me, though I still enjoy it overall. JBB really was the monster though. First pour was very sweet but not much else, but the sweetness made it interesting. The rest of the pours lost all the sweetness and left only bitter wood with no other flavor at all.

Then other times, the opposite will happen, where opening a bottle and getting some fresh air in there seems to 'open up' the flavor a bit (seems to be the case with EC12 for me).

I do agree about KC --- great, reasonably priced, readily available, consistent stuff.

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Over the weekend, I was fortunate enough to snag a few bottles of 4RSmB LE 2012 along with 2x's Willett 8yr.

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Picked up a bottle of Blanton's from a store nearby that just received their own barrel. Going to try real hard to not open it till Thanksgiving with my Dad.

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Picked up a bottle of Blanton's from a store nearby that just received their own barrel. Going to try real hard to not open it till Thanksgiving with my Dad.

Sounds good, is it standard proof or a little higher?

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Sounds good, is it standard proof or a little higher?

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Standard 93. They told me they got six different samples to choose from.

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Picked up a bottle of Blanton's from a store nearby that just received their own barrel. Going to try real hard to not open it till Thanksgiving with my Dad.

I did as well. Did Carolyn give you a call today?

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I did as well. Did Carolyn give you a call today?

A woman called me today, yeah, but I'm not a frequent customer there so I'm not sure if it was her or not. A friend tipped me off to it weeks ago so I got on the list. Seems like a great store.

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1x GT Stagg 2007 @ 144.8 pr

1x GT Stagg 2008 @ 141.8 pr

1x JPS-17 batch 7

1x FRSmB LE 2012

I haven't tried Stagg earlier than 2009. I got these for a good price - anyone know how these stand up to current years?

Rob

I have been working on the last bit of an '08 GTS bottle and so I've had a bit lately. Assuming the price was right... Great buy. There are precious few old Staggs left around still on shelves.

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I have been working on the last bit of an '08 GTS bottle and so I've had a bit lately. Assuming the price was right... Great buy. There are precious few old Staggs left around still on shelves.

Thanks for the input. I first saw these bottles over a year ago and have been watching them ever since. I checked the archives to see what was being said about these years when they were released.

They were higher priced than I wanted to pay for a year that I had not tried (but still a little less than current suggested retail). I asked for a bit of a discount since I seemed to be the only one interested. Now they're mine... all mine!

Rob

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I caught a bottle of Old Forester Birthday added to one of my favorite web retailers and placed an order. Haven't had this yet, but I like the description in the reviews.

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Picked up a couple bottles of lot B, the only Van Winkles I will probably be lucky enough to track down this year.

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Stumbled on 2 PHC 2012, a WLW 2012, and the Buffalo Trace Experimental 19 year! Can't wait to get into these beauties.

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Stumbled on 2 PHC 2012, a WLW 2012, and the Buffalo Trace Experimental 19 year! Can't wait to get into these beauties.

I need to move to your part of the state!

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A woman called me today, yeah, but I'm not a frequent customer there so I'm not sure if it was her or not. A friend tipped me off to it weeks ago so I got on the list. Seems like a great store.

They had (have?) a barrel of ETL that has a wonderful nose and very nice finish.

You'll remember Carolyn if you saw her.

Will

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Today I found a WTKS dark wood top from 12-21-04, EC 18 barreled 12-28-1990, and an OF B-Day Bourbon distilled in Spring 1990 bottled in 2003. Along with some solid single malts and tequila all at really good prices (for my part of California). All at a store I wouldn't have found if I didn't take a wrong turn. So cool when that happens.

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Saw a couple of bottles of HW Bourye on the shelf today while shopping in a store in a part of town I don't normally go to. Seems to be getting scare in my part of town so I decided to pick one of them up to back up my current bottle.

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BT Whie Dog Mash #1 - just for fun and educational purposes.

4R Yellow

PVW20 (2)

PVW23

OF BB

Buffalo Cream - why not right?

4R LE SmB 2011 (6) - both the retailer and I were shocked it was last years when it was received from the disty. So be it!

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4R LE SmB 2011 (6) - both the retailer and I were shocked it was last years when it was received from the disty. So be it!

How is that 2011? You must think highly of it to load up like that - how does it compare to the 2012 or the 2009 Mariage?

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