What bourbon are you drinking? Winter 12/13

[compliance]

Been drowning my sorrows in WLW during the BCS game all night, and just switched to ETL. I love ETL, but following the WLW isn't doing it any favors.

[JPBoston]

After spending about 3 hours in an Urgent Care after dislocating my finger during a bball game (I've jammed a finger probably a dozen times over my bball playing 'career', but this is my first dislocation), I'm sipping some 4RSmB.... very fruity, yet woody as well.

All that waiting, and the doctor simply had to pull on the affected finger (rimshot). He was about to give me a numbing shot, but says "eh, you look pretty tough" and away we went. That guy was seriously good, barely hurt at all and didn't even need a shot.

[ChainWhip]

Glad to hear your finger's been taken care of - I've had to give up BBall on account of my knees but I'll tip one back to your speedy recovery & quick return to the courts.

[ChainWhip]

CEHT SmB and Weller 12.

[Mikede1285]

4R new Visitors center 17yo, a truly great bourbon, probably the best of last year.

Best regards, Tony

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[dryeager]

Tony, any idea if any of those bottles would still be available at the Visitors Center? I'm planning a trip down there over my spring break and was hoping to get some if it still is.

[JPBoston]

Glad to hear your finger's been taken care of - I've had to give up BBall on account of my knees but I'll tip one back to your speedy recovery & quick return to the courts.

Edited January 8, 2013 by JPBoston

[Yeti]

Tony, any idea if any of those bottles would still be available at the Visitors Center? I'm planning a trip down there over my spring break and was hoping to get some if it still is.

[tanstaafl2]

I managed to pick up two bottles of the 17 and one 13 with a lucky call to the visitor center. When I visited at the end of November to pick them up, they had three barrels available, I think they were all between 10-12 years old.

Anybody know if the 4R Cox's Creek Warehouse gift shop near Bardstown has a similar selction to the main distillery in Lawrenceburg?

[tanstaafl2]

A delightful evening at Seven Lamps, a new restaurant near Lenox Mall. Arianne Fielder, formerly of Bourbon Bar is at the stick and she was assisted tonight by Tom McGuire, who also mans the bar at Prohibition. We started with a pour of the new JD white dog rye that a friend had acquired and although I was fully prepared to dislike it I was pleasantly surprised. It was full of sourdough bread notes but did not have a lot of white dog roughness to it. We then had a taste of Troy & Sons corn whiskey. Somewhat similar to the JD rye but more subdued and a bit sweeter. I have to admit I preferred the JD rye.

I brought the Hawaiian "Moonshine" okolehao to the party and everybody seemed to like it, Tom quickly turned it into a cocktail that we called "Bottoms Up" (okole meaning your bottom or butt in Hawaiian. Okolehao is the name of an iron three legged pot that was turned into a still in Hawaii and no doubt looked like a nice round bottom...). The drink consisted of 1.5 oz okolehao, 0.5 oz St Germaine and 0.5 pomegranate juice served over ice and topped with 3-4 oz of ginger beer with a lime wedge squeezed into the drink and then dropped into the drink. Somewhat tiki-esque which was quite apropro and very tasty!

Arianne then used it in a variation on a Mary Pickford Cocktail with pineapple juice, maraschino liqueur and a splash of hibiscus grenadine on the bottom and a variation on a classic Doctor Cocktail (a personal favorite) with Swedish punsch and lime juice. Both were very nice but I am partial to the Doctor Cocktail..

From there we moved on to some Perique tobacco liqueur and Angels Envy Cask Strength to accompany the Baba au Rhum for dessert.

A most pleasant evening!

Forgot one! We also had a sample of some genuine (as in you gotta know someone who knows someone. Fortunately my friend is in the industry and knows the right someone) peach flavored "moonshine" complete with miniature mason jar! It was surprisingly tasty stuff with a strong but not overbearing peach flavor. And my vision is still clear this morning, more or less...

Definitely a white dog kind of night.

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[squire]

Lunch martini was a Barton based cocktail, whisky, triple sec, orange juice and grenadine.

[Yeti]

Liquid lunch, I love it. Sounds like a tasty one.

[squire]

Occasionally chase it with some food.

[jwacky]

Had a bit of Buffalo Trace last night with Tatuaje Black Petit Lancero.

[smokinjoe]

A magnificent pour of 2012 PHC.

[Mikede1285]

Thanks for the info on 4R visitors center, guys. Hopefully I get something nice when I'm there.

[savagehenry]

Mckenna BIB.

I must add that my wife is awesome. She just walked over to the bar, topped with 25 opened bottles, and asked "Do we have anything that's bonded?" "Yes honey, but currently just the McKenna and CEHT rye."

"I'll take the McKenna."

[WAINWRIGHT]

Starting the night off on the right foot with a pour of OF BIB.

[Bourbon Boiler]

ER10 to start the evening.

[smokinjoe]

For no other reason than I ran by my buddy Jay's house this afternoon on my run...Jacob's Well................Well that, and of course, it IS the "Original Micro Bourbon"... :woohoo: :falling:

The very nicely done label says...

...it's "twice barreled"...The contents of select bourbon barrels are married to bring the subtle flavors together and then re-barreled in the same casks for continued aging and smoothness...(YOWZA!!)

..."84 mos. old"...(not just plain ol' 7 yr!)

..."Batch No.: #B-0230-JW459"....(JACKPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Holy Grail for Jacob's Wellophyles!!!!!!!)

..."specially crafted from a recipe that includes KENTUCKY LIMESTONE water, just like that drawn from a well discovered by Jacob Beam 200 years ago." (SOLD!!!!!!!!!!!)

Despite all that, it's not a bad little whiskey. Fair amount of caramel to it. Nice and chewy. Just, $18 and change. And, for the Beam "yeasty" haters, I detect none...Although, I tend to enjoy that Beam yeasty thing...But, still trying to figure out what is a "Micro Bourbon", what qualifies this as a "Micro Bourbon", and why a "Micro Bourbon" is important....:fish2::fish2::fish2::fish2::fish2:

[squire]

Those are deep questions indeed Joe that I must ponder a bit over my Grand Dad BIB.

[qman22]

FRSB and now some OWA, I think I'm going to step it up with a pour of Stagg next

[thiemb]

A little nightcap of BT tonight.

[T Comp]

I made like I was at one of those new kind of whiskey restaurant/ bars popping up that serve flights in 3/4 ounce pours. Lined up the glencairs and measured out some OWA SB, CEHT Tornado and Dant BIB DSP2/DSP16. It was all good. Had me a little 4R OESK after that too.

[thiemb]

What's your take on the CEHT SmB?

It's okay. I get a dry chalkiness that isn't my favorite. I'll probably use it more for cocktails.